Patents by Inventor David A. Vest

David A. Vest 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).

  • Searching and sorting media clips having associated style and attributes
    Patent number: 6970859
    Abstract: A style identifier is associated with each of a plurality of media clips stored in a database, based on a subjective evaluation of various characteristics of each media clip by an expert. The style represented by the style identifier corresponds to an impression on the expert regarding various qualities of the media clip and is not constrained by the subject of the media clip. Media clips with which style identifiers are associated can be any form of digital media, such as clip art files, sound files, photographs, animation files, fonts, etc. Also associated with each media clip in the database is an absolute ranking value for each of a plurality of different attributes based on a subjective evaluation of each media clip by an expert. A user can search the database for media clips associated with a specific style identifier and can sort the media clips that were identified by a search, based upon the absolute ranking value for a selected attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric L. Brechner, Dean A. Slawson, David A. Vest, Krzysztof J. Cwalina, Glen Iwasaki, John J. Thrall, Colin R. Anthony