Patents by Inventor Christopher Bruce Weare

Christopher Bruce Weare has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8621028
    Abstract: Digital content items are shared using content-recommendation messages by recognizing an indication of a digital content item to be recommended and recognizing an indication of an intended recipient of the digital content item. A content-recommendation message for that digital content item is then built. The content-recommendation message includes first instructions for displaying, with a first visual appearance and a first feature set, information relating to the digital content item if the intended recipient belongs to a first class. The content-recommendation message includes second instructions for displaying, with a second visual appearance and a second feature set, information relating to the digital content item if the intended recipient belongs to a second class.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Hull, Thomas Forsythe, Christopher Bruce Weare
  • Publication number: 20100115037
    Abstract: Digital content items are shared using content-recommendation messages by recognizing an indication of a digital content item to be recommended and recognizing an indication of an intended recipient of the digital content item. A content-recommendation message for that digital content item is then built. The content-recommendation message includes first instructions for displaying, with a first visual appearance and a first feature set, information relating to the digital content item if the intended recipient belongs to a first class. The content-recommendation message includes second instructions for displaying, with a second visual appearance and a second feature set, information relating to the digital content item if the intended recipient belongs to a second class.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric Hull, Thomas Forsythe, Christopher Bruce Weare
  • Patent number: 7240207
    Abstract: A system and methods for the creation, management, and distribution of media entity fingerprinting are provided. In connection with a system that convergently merges perceptual and digital signal processing analysis of media entities for purposes of classifying the media entities, various means are provided to a user for automatically processing fingerprints for media entities for distribution to participating users. Techniques for providing efficient calculation and distribution of fingerprints for use in satisfying copyright regulations and in facilitating the association of meta data to media entities are included. In an illustrative implementation, the fingerprints may be generated and stored allowing for persistence of media from experience to experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher Bruce Weare
  • Patent number: 7080253
    Abstract: A system and methods for the creation, management, and distribution of media entity fingerprinting are provided. In connection with a system that convergently merges perceptual and digital signal processing analysis of media entities for purposes of classifying the media entities, various means are provided to a user for automatically processing fingerprints for media entities for distribution to participating users. Techniques for providing efficient calculation and distribution of fingerprints for use in satisfying copyright regulations and in facilitating the association of meta data to media entities are included. In an illustrative implementation, the fingerprints may be generated and stored allowing for persistence of media from experience to experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher Bruce Weare
  • Patent number: 6963975
    Abstract: A system and methods for the creation, management, and distribution of media entity fingerprinting are provided. In connection with a system that convergently merges perceptual and digital signal processing analysis of media entities for purposes of classifying the media entities, various means are provided to a user for automatically processing fingerprints for media entities for distribution to participating users. Techniques for providing efficient calculation and distribution of fingerprints for use in satisfying copyright regulations and in facilitating the association of meta data to media entities are included. In an illustrative implementation, the fingerprints may be generated and stored allowing for persistence of media from experience to experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher Bruce Weare