Patents by Inventor Frederick Joseph Patton

Frederick Joseph Patton 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).

  • Systems and methods for authoring content
    Publication number: 20040205648
    Abstract: A method for authoring content includes acquiring and annotating a content resource; composing one or more scenes and constructing a narrative; and exporting the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: David Tinsley, Frederick Joseph Patton
  • Intelligent fabric
    Patent number: 6744729
    Abstract: An intelligent switch for routing data through a network fabric in accordance with a requested quality of service (QoS), comprising: a processor; a network interface coupled to the processor and the network fabric; and means for predicting load and redistributing traffic to deliver the data at the requested QoS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Interactive Sapience Corp.
    Inventors: David Tinsley, Frederick Joseph Patton, II
  • Intelligent fabric
    Publication number: 20030043815
    Abstract: An intelligent switch for routing data through a network fabric in accordance with a requested quality of service (QoS), comprising: a processor; a network interface coupled to the processor and the network fabric; and means for predicting load and redistributing traffic to deliver the data at the requested QoS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: David Tinsley, Frederick Joseph Patton
  • Systems and methods for displaying a graphical user interface
    Publication number: 20030043191
    Abstract: A method for interacting with a user through a graphical user interface (GUI) for a device includes receiving a media file representative of the GUI, the media file containing a plurality of GUI streams; determining hardware resources available to the device; selecting one or more GUI streams based on the available hardware resources; rendering the GUI based on the selected one or more GUI streams; detecting a user interaction with the GUI; and refreshing the GUI in accordance with the user interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: David Tinsley, Frederick Joseph Patton
  • Systems and method for presenting customizable multimedia presentations
    Publication number: 20030041159
    Abstract: A method for presenting customized content to a viewer by archiving the viewer's behavior on a server coupled to a wide area network and collecting the viewer's preferences over time; receiving a request for a selected audio or video content; dynamically generating customized audio or video content according to the viewer's preferences; merging the dynamically generated customized audio or video content with the selected audio or video content; and displaying the customized audio or video content to the viewer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: David Tinsley, Frederick Joseph Patton