Patents by Inventor Christopher James Pearson

Christopher James Pearson 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).

  • Publication number: 20120209413
    Abstract: The subject disclosure is directed towards a technology in which a mobile device service plays background audio as instructed by a third party audio player application. The service continues to play background audio after the audio player application is deactivated from the foreground, e.g., as another application becomes the foreground application. Also described is launching agents to obtain additional information and/or to handle custom audio formats, and handling of user requests from a universal (system) volume control or the audio player application (when in the foreground).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lejie Xu, Peter John Torr, Mei L. Wilson, Rachel Jiang, Bryan Welbourne Nealer, Eric H. Bie, Christopher James Pearson, William G. Patton, III, Yensheng Wang