Patents by Inventor Edward Gausman

Edward Gausman 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).

  • Providing community-based media item ratings to users
    Publication number: 20060288041
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, and systems for providing a user with media item ratings based upon media item ratings of a community of related users. The user sends information about herself to the system. The system places the user in a community of users based upon the user information and provides media item ratings to members of the community based upon media item ratings by other community members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Plastina, Edward Gausman, John Mullally, Michael Novak, Pradeep Jha
  • Methods, computer-readable media, and data structures for building an authoritative database of digital audio identifier elements and identifying media items
    Publication number: 20060253207
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, and data structures for building an authoritative database of digital audio identifier elements from digital media accessed by clients. The digital media including one or more media items, such as tracks on a CD. The methods, computer-readable media, and data structures further identifying metadata associated with a media item accessed by a client utilizing the authoritative database of digital audio identifier elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Jaffray, Michael Polson, Daniel Plastina, Eric Louchez, John Terrell, Kasy Srinivas, Mala Munisamy, Edward Gausman, Pradeep Jha
  • Methods, computer-readable media, and data structures for building an authoritative database of digital audio identifier elements and identifying media items
    Publication number: 20060242198
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, and data structures for building an authoritative database of digital audio identifier elements from digital media accessed by clients. The digital media including one or more media items, such as tracks on a CD. The methods, computer-readable media, and data structures further identifying metadata associated with a media item accessed by a client utilizing the authoritative database of digital audio identifier elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Jaffray, Michael Polson, Daniel Plastina, Eric Louchez, John Terrell, Kasy Srinivas, Mala Munisamy, Edward Gausman
  • Spark gap apparatus
    Patent number: 3958854
    Abstract: Spark gap apparatus is provided wherein a wafer of electrical conducting material is affixed to a wafer of electrical insulating material and spaced from a circular array of circular pins of an electron discharge device to provide a spark gap intermediate the wafer of electrical conducting material and certain ones of the circular pins of the electron discharge device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1976
    Assignee: GTE Sylvania Incorporated
    Inventors: William Lee Arrington, Robert Dwight Gantt, Thomas Edward Gausman, Glen Edward Snyder