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).
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Patent number: 11133882Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 18, 2015Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Freddy A. Anzures, Henry Mason, Lucas Newman
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Patent number: 9620105Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 29, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Henry Mason
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Publication number: 20160065321Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2015Publication date: March 3, 2016Inventors: Freddy A. Anzures, Henry Mason, Lucas Newman
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Publication number: 20150332667Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2014Publication date: November 19, 2015Inventor: Henry MASON
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Patent number: 9154246Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 6, 2012Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Freddy A. Anzures, Henry Mason, Lucas Newman
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Patent number: 8577315Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 1, 2009Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Freddy A. Anzures, Henry Mason, Lucas Newman
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Patent number: 8401580Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 15, 2009Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Freddy A. Anzures, Henry Mason, Lucas Newman
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Patent number: 8331966Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 15, 2009Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Freddy A. Anzures, Henry Mason, Lucas Newman
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Publication number: 20120311161Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2011Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: APPLE INC.Inventors: Edward T. Schmidt, Gordon J. Freedman, Nitin K. Ganatra, Thomas M. Alsina, Christopher R. Wysocki, Thomas G. Adcox, Henry Mason
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Patent number: 8255545Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 30, 2011Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Edward T. Schmidt, Gordon J. Freedman, Nitin K. Ganatra, Thomas M. Alsina, Christopher R. Wysocki, Thomas G. Adcox, Henry Mason
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Publication number: 20100304702Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2009Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Freddy A. Anzures, Henry Mason, Lucas Newman
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Publication number: 20100291861Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2009Publication date: November 18, 2010Inventors: Freddy A. Anzures, Henry Mason, Lucas Newman
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Publication number: 20100289756Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2009Publication date: November 18, 2010Inventors: Freddy A. Anzures, Henry Mason, Lucas Newman
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Publication number: 20100292816Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2009Publication date: November 18, 2010Inventors: Freddy A. Anzures, Henry Mason, Lucas Newman
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Publication number: 20080157781Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2006Publication date: July 3, 2008Inventors: Henry Mason, Weizhong Yan, Xiao Hu, Karim Younsi, Yingneng Zhou
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Publication number: 20080006182Abstract: A table has a plurality of picture frames embedded in the top surface thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2006Publication date: January 10, 2008Inventors: Regina L. Mason, Henry Mason
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Patent number: 7088020Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 26, 2003Date of Patent: August 8, 2006Assignee: 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
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Publication number: 20050275411Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2004Publication date: December 15, 2005Inventors: Henry Mason, Craig Williams, Michael Tignor, Geoff Butland, Michael Bradley, Greg Lavoie, Raymond Seymour
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Publication number: 20050219032Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2004Publication date: October 6, 2005Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Craig Williams, Henry Mason, Michael Tignor, Geoffrey Butland, Michael Bradley, Gregory Lavoie
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Publication number: 20050212629Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2005Publication date: September 29, 2005Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Craig Williams, Henry Mason, Jr., Roger Castonguay, Joseph Nagy, Heather Pugliese, Narayansamy Soundararajan, John Dougherty