Patents by Inventor Christopher Hugill

Christopher Hugill 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).

  • Analysis of media content via extensible object
    Publication number: 20070239779
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for analyzing media content and generating related metadata as it is provided to a computer. In one embodiment, the system includes an extensible analysis object managing a plurality of plug-ins for analyzing the media content and generating metadata related to the media content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Hugill, Andrew Kutruff, Michael Patten, Randolph Oakley, Richard Qian
  • Simultaneous capture and analysis of media content
    Publication number: 20070239780
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for analyzing media content and generating related metadata as it is provided to a computer. In one embodiment, the system includes at least one analysis object for analyzing the media content as it is received and generating metadata relating to said media content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Hugill, Andrew Kutruff, Michael Patten, Randolph Oakley, Richard Qian
  • Operating system shell management of video files
    Publication number: 20060271855
    Abstract: Managing digital video files on a computer. A media file system object stores metadata representative of a video clip defined from a video file to be managed. A shell interface associated with an operating system of the computer exposes the object to enable management of the video clip directly via the operating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Patten, Christopher Hugill, Ian Mercer, Randolph Oakley, Richard Qian