Patents by Inventor Henry Mason

Henry Mason 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).

  • Patent number: 11133882
    Abstract: A computer system receives information snippets from a mobile device. The information snippets are extracted from a simulcast of a data stream of a radio broadcast received on the mobile device. The system identifies content metadata from the information snippets. The content metadata describes one or more features of the radio broadcast. The system selects a radio station from a radio station repository based on attributes of the radio station. One of the selection criteria is that the attributes of the radio station match at least a portion of the content metadata. The system presents a reference to the radio station to the mobile device as a recommendation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Freddy A. Anzures, Henry Mason, Lucas Newman
  • Patent number: 9620105
    Abstract: Systems and processes for analyzing audio input for efficient speech and music recognition are provided. In one example process, an audio input can be received. A determination can be made as to whether the audio input includes music. In addition, a determination can be made as to whether the audio input includes speech. In response to determining that the audio input includes music, an acoustic fingerprint representing a portion of the audio input that includes music is generated. In response to determining that the audio input includes speech rather than music, an end-point of a speech utterance of the audio input is identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Henry Mason
  • Publication number: 20160065321
    Abstract: A computer system receives information snippets from a mobile device. The information snippets are extracted from a simulcast of a data stream of a radio broadcast received on the mobile device. The system identifies content metadata from the information snippets. The content metadata describes one or more features of the radio broadcast. The system selects a radio station from a radio station repository based on attributes of the radio station. One of the selection criteria is that the attributes of the radio station match at least a portion of the content metadata. The system presents a reference to the radio station to the mobile device as a recommendation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Freddy A. Anzures, Henry Mason, Lucas Newman
  • Publication number: 20150332667
    Abstract: Systems and processes for analyzing audio input for efficient speech and music recognition are provided. In one example process, an audio input can be received. A determination can be made as to whether the audio input includes music. In addition, a determination can be made as to whether the audio input includes speech. In response to determining that the audio input includes music, an acoustic fingerprint representing a portion of the audio input that includes music is generated. In response to determining that the audio input includes speech rather than music, an end-point of a speech utterance of the audio input is identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventor: Henry MASON
  • Patent number: 9154246
    Abstract: A computer system receives information snippets from a mobile device. The information snippets are extracted from a simulcast of a data stream of a radio broadcast received on the mobile device. The system identifies content metadata from the information snippets. The content metadata describes one or more features of the radio broadcast. The system selects a radio station from a radio station repository based on attributes of the radio station. One of the selection criteria is that the attributes of the radio station match at least a portion of the content metadata. The system presents a reference to the radio station to the mobile device as a recommendation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Freddy A. Anzures, Henry Mason, Lucas Newman
  • Patent number: 8577315
    Abstract: Operating a radio receiver can include identifying a set of stations that broadcast a radio program using different frequencies or different transmission protocols at substantially the same time. Broadcast signal strength, or some other signal quality metric, of broadcast signals from the stations can be evaluated, and the radio receiver can be tuned to one of the stations in the set of stations based on the evaluation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Freddy A. Anzures, Henry Mason, Lucas Newman
  • Patent number: 8401580
    Abstract: A mobile device receives a radio simulcast of streaming data and content. The mobile device extracts metadata from the radio simulcast. The mobile device identifies a communication channel to a content provider by comparing components of the metadata with reference data. The mobile device presents a user interface for connecting to the content provider through the communication channel. The mobile device also records the metadata with a time stamp and provides a user interface for displaying the data and time of content received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Freddy A. Anzures, Henry Mason, Lucas Newman
  • Patent number: 8331966
    Abstract: A computer system receives information snippets from a mobile device. The information snippets are extracted from a simulcast of a data stream of a radio broadcast received on the mobile device. The system identifies content metadata from the information snippets. The content metadata describes one or more features of the radio broadcast. The system selects a radio station from a radio station repository based on attributes of the radio station. One of the selection criteria is that the attributes of the radio station match at least a portion of the content metadata. The system presents a reference to the radio station to the mobile device as a recommendation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Freddy A. Anzures, Henry Mason, Lucas Newman
  • Publication number: 20120311161
    Abstract: Metadata is synchronized between a mobile device and a remote node over a first network, where the metadata specifies media content to be synchronized between the mobile device and the remote node. Subsequently a network connection is established with the remote node over a second network. The media content is bi-directionally synchronized between the mobile device and the remote node over the second network based on the metadata that was synchronized over the first network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Edward T. Schmidt, Gordon J. Freedman, Nitin K. Ganatra, Thomas M. Alsina, Christopher R. Wysocki, Thomas G. Adcox, Henry Mason
  • Patent number: 8255545
    Abstract: Metadata is synchronized between a mobile device and a remote node over a first network, where the metadata specifies media content to be synchronized between the mobile device and the remote node. Subsequently a network connection is established with the remote node over a second network. The media content is bi-directionally synchronized between the mobile device and the remote node over the second network based on the metadata that was synchronized over the first network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Edward T. Schmidt, Gordon J. Freedman, Nitin K. Ganatra, Thomas M. Alsina, Christopher R. Wysocki, Thomas G. Adcox, Henry Mason
  • Publication number: 20100304702
    Abstract: Operating a radio receiver can include identifying a set of stations that broadcast a radio program using different frequencies or different transmission protocols at substantially the same time. Broadcast signal strength, or some other signal quality metric, of broadcast signals from the stations can be evaluated, and the radio receiver can be tuned to one of the stations in the set of stations based on the evaluation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Freddy A. Anzures, Henry Mason, Lucas Newman
  • Publication number: 20100291861
    Abstract: A computer system receives information snippets from a mobile device. The information snippets are extracted from a simulcast of a data stream of a radio broadcast received on the mobile device. The system identifies content metadata from the information snippets. The content metadata describes one or more features of the radio broadcast. The system selects a radio station from a radio station repository based on attributes of the radio station. One of the selection criteria is that the attributes of the radio station match at least a portion of the content metadata. The system presents a reference to the radio station to the mobile device as a recommendation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Freddy A. Anzures, Henry Mason, Lucas Newman
  • Publication number: 20100289756
    Abstract: Methods for controlling a radio broadcast receiver on a mobile device are disclosed. A user can switch the user interface for a radio broadcast receiver on a mobile device by rotating the mobile device from a first orientation to a second orientation. A user can control a radio broadcast receiver by creating some movement of a mobile device in a certain manner, such as shaking or tapping the mobile device. Movements of the mobile device are detected by an accelerometer in the mobile device and interpreted according to a set of predetermined and context-based rules. The context information can be provided by previous user inputs, other sensors in the mobile device, or the current state of the radio broadcast receiver or mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Freddy A. Anzures, Henry Mason, Lucas Newman
  • Publication number: 20100292816
    Abstract: A mobile device receives a radio simulcast of streaming data and content. The mobile device extracts metadata from the radio simulcast. The mobile device identifies a communication channel to a content provider by comparing components of the metadata with reference data. The mobile device presents a user interface for connecting to the content provider through the communication channel. The mobile device also records the metadata with a time stamp and provides a user interface for displaying the data and time of content received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Freddy A. Anzures, Henry Mason, Lucas Newman
  • Publication number: 20080157781
    Abstract: A method of detecting a series arc in an alternating current electrical system is provided. The method is a pattern-recognition based approach and includes passing raw current signals from a conductor in the electrical system through one or more filters to provide a filtered signal; extracting one or more features from the filtered signal; and classifying the features to a known state representative of the series arc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Henry Mason, Weizhong Yan, Xiao Hu, Karim Younsi, Yingneng Zhou
  • Publication number: 20080006182
    Abstract: A table has a plurality of picture frames embedded in the top surface thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Inventors: Regina L. Mason, Henry Mason
  • Patent number: 7088020
    Abstract: A header (10) for use with an inner-cooled half coil (13) in a stator phase winding of an electrical generator. The half coil may include a stack of cooling tubes (16,18) with a first stack of conductive strands (20, 22, 24, 26) adjacent a first side of the stack of cooling tubes and a second stack of conductive strands (20, 22, 24, 26) adjacent a second side of the stack of cooling tubes. A header (10) is conductively bonded (92) by brazing to each strand of the first stack of conductive strands (20, 22, 24, 26) and to each strand of the second stack of conductive strands (20, 22, 24, 26) for consolidating the first and second stacks of conductive strands. A means (34, 36) for allowing a coolant to flow through the header (10) may be provided to allow coolant to flow through the stack of cooling tubes (16, 18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens Power Generation, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry Mason Holly, III, Rex Joel Baker, Kenneth E. Larson, Jeffrey Neal Lankford, Donnie R. Hartman, Bradley Graves Bardsdale, David E. Hulsey, Thomas M. Majernik, Greyson L. Mellon, Robert Alan Ward, Curtis E. Bass
  • Publication number: 20050275411
    Abstract: A device for testing for a wiring fault condition is disclosed. The device includes an electrical connector, a first signal generator, a second signal generator, and a user interface. The electrical connector includes first and second contacts that are configured to establish an electrical connection to the wiring. The first signal generator is in signal communication with the electrical connector, and is configured to generate a signal on the wiring and to receive a reflected signal therefrom. The second signal generator is in signal communication with the electrical connector, and is configured to generate a radio frequency signal on the wiring. The user interface is in signal communication with either or both of the first and second signal generators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2004
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Inventors: Henry Mason, Craig Williams, Michael Tignor, Geoff Butland, Michael Bradley, Greg Lavoie, Raymond Seymour
  • Publication number: 20050219032
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing electrical protection to a protected circuit in electrical communication with an electrical source is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing, a separable conduction path in series connection with the protected circuit, an operating mechanism in operable communication with the separable conduction path, a thermal element in thermal communication with the separable conduction path, and an electronic trip unit in signal communication with the thermal element and in operable communication with the operating mechanism. The electronic trip unit is adapted to sense a voltage drop across the thermal element and to trip the operating mechanism in response to the sensed voltage drop being in excess of a first trip threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Craig Williams, Henry Mason, Michael Tignor, Geoffrey Butland, Michael Bradley, Gregory Lavoie
  • Publication number: 20050212629
    Abstract: A circuit breaker configured to be remotely operated by a controller is disclosed. The circuit breaker includes a set of main contacts, an operating mechanism, a remotely operable drive system configured to open and close the main contacts separate from actuation of the operating mechanism, and a control circuit in operable communication with the main contacts. The drive system includes a motor, and a primary drive responsive to the motor and in operable communication to open and close the main contacts. The control circuit indicates a closed main contact state in response to the operating mechanism being in an on position and the main contacts being closed, and an open main contact state in response to the operating mechanism being in an on position and the main contacts being held open via the drive system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Craig Williams, Henry Mason, Jr., Roger Castonguay, Joseph Nagy, Heather Pugliese, Narayansamy Soundararajan, John Dougherty