Patents by Inventor David Paul Datta

David Paul Datta 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).

  • Wireless speaker connection management
    Patent number: 10013232
    Abstract: A connection management system comprises a wireless speaker including first and second connectors for communicating with two selected audio content source devices, respectively, of at least three audio content source devices; a rules engine that establishes a set of conditions under which the at least three audio content source devices share the first and second connectors of the wireless speaker; and a device allocation system that forms a first communication path between one of the two selected audio content source devices and the first connector of the wireless speaker and forms a second communication path between another of the two selected audio content source devices and the second connector of the wireless speaker at a time in accordance with the set of conditions established by the rules engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: BOSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christine M. Hostage, Naganagouda B. Patil, Keith D. Martin, David Paul Datta, Nathan Holstein, Douglas W. Young
  • WIRELESS SPEAKER CONNECTION MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20180060021
    Abstract: A connection management system comprises a wireless speaker including first and second connectors for communicating with two selected audio content source devices, respectively, of at least three audio content source devices; a rules engine that establishes a set of conditions under which the at least three audio content source devices share the first and second connectors of the wireless speaker; and a device allocation system that forms a first communication path between one of the two selected audio content source devices and the first connector of the wireless speaker and forms a second communication path between another of the two selected audio content source devices and the second connector of the wireless speaker at a time in accordance with the set of conditions established by the rules engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Christine M. Hostage, Naganagouda B. Patil, Keith D. Martin, David Paul Datta, Nathan Holstein, Douglas W. Young
  • Multimedia analysis and recommendation generation
    Patent number: 9529801
    Abstract: A computer program product, tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium, includes instructions, which when executed by a data processor of a multimedia player, cause the data processor to determine first media content characteristics that characterize a user-specific collection of media content; compare the first media content characteristics with second media content characteristics that characterize a first set of external media content channels; and based on the results of the comparison, present identifiers of a subset of the first set of external media content channels on an interface of the multimedia player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Keith Dana Martin, David Paul Datta
  • Multimedia Analysis and Recommendation Generation
    Publication number: 20120254363
    Abstract: A computer program product, tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium, includes instructions, which when executed by a data processor of a multimedia player, cause the data processor to determine first media content characteristics that characterize a user-specific collection of media content; compare the first media content characteristics with second media content characteristics that characterize a first set of external media content channels; and based on the results of the comparison, present identifiers of a subset of the first set of external media content channels on an interface of the multimedia player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Keith Dana Martin, David Paul Datta