Patents by Inventor James C. Robert

James C. Robert 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).

  • Automatic management of digital archives, in particular of audio and/or video files
    Patent number: 9031965
    Abstract: Methods are described for selecting and/or deleting files in a set of files, preferably relating to audio and/or video sequences. The present invention is based on the idea of finding substantially duplicate files, selecting the best one and deleting the others, this process being carried out in an automatic or quasi-automatic manner, i.e. with the user having to answer one or more confirmation requests. A certain number of duplicate files can be subjected to P logic blocks Ck (k being an integer, 1?k?P); each logic block makes a selection according to a choice criterion having higher priority than the next block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: S.I. SV. EL. S.p.A.
    Inventor: James C. Robert
  • AUTOMATIC MANAGEMENT OF DIGITAL ARCHIVES, IN PARTICULAR OF AUDIO AND/OR VIDEO FILES
    Publication number: 20100049768
    Abstract: Methods are described for selecting and/or deleting files in a set of files, preferably relating to audio and/or video sequences. The present invention is based on the idea of finding substantially duplicate files, selecting the best one and deleting the others, this process being carried out in an automatic or quasi-automatic manner, i.e. with the user having to answer one or more confirmation requests. A certain number of duplicate files can be subjected to P logic blocks Ck (k being an integer, 1?k?P); each logic block makes a selection according to a choice criterion having higher priority than the next block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2006
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventor: James C. Robert