Patents by Inventor James R. Kent

James R. Kent 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).

  • Publication number: 20090201290
    Abstract: The methods and systems for scoring multiple time-based assets and events include declaratively playing a first media sequence; and declaratively initiating a second media sequence at a predetermined time prior to an end point of the first media sequence wherein the predetermined time is independent from an amount of time utilized to play the first media sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventors: Christopher F. Marrin, James R. Kent, Peter G. Broadwell, Robert K. Myers
  • Patent number: 7532217
    Abstract: The methods and systems for scoring multiple time-based assets and events include declaratively playing a first media sequence; and declaratively initiating a second media sequence at a predetermined time prior to an end point of the first media sequence wherein the predetermined time is independent from an amount of time utilized to play the first media sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher F. Marrin, James R. Kent, Peter G. Broadwell, Robert K. Myers
  • Patent number: 7330186
    Abstract: The methods and systems for scoring multiple time-based assets and events include declaratively playing a first media sequence; and declaratively initiating a second media sequence at a predetermined time prior to an end point of the first media sequence wherein the predetermined time is independent from an amount of time utilized to play the first media sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher F. Marrin, James R. Kent, Peter G. Broadwell, Robert K. Myers
  • Patent number: 6856322
    Abstract: A system and method for the real-time composition and presentation of a complex, dynamic, and interactive experience by means of an efficient declarative markup language. Using the Surface construct, authors can embed images or full-motion video data anywhere they would use a traditional texture map within their 3D scene. Authors can also use the results of rendering one scene description as an image to be texture mapped into another scene. In particular, the Surface allows the results of any rendering application to be used as a texture within the author's scene. This allows declarative rendering of nested scenes and rendering of scenes having component Surfaces with decoupled rendering rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher F. Marrin, James R. Kent, Robert K. Myers, Peter G. Broadwell
  • Publication number: 20040095354
    Abstract: A system and method for declarative markup that allows temporal manipulation of media assets. The media assets can be audio media, video media, animations, audio-visual media, images or events. Using the present invention a media sequence can be formed by playing more than one medium in series, in parallel or in any other temporal combination wherein a medium is cued to another medium. A media sequence created using the present invention can become part of a new media sequence, and the rate of playing the media sequence can be controlled by fields associated with the new media sequence. Also, using present invention, a media sequence can be cued to start playing at a fixed time before the end of a first media sequence, and in this instance the length of the first media sequence can be varied while still maintaining the fixed time from the end of the first media sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: Christopher F. Marrin, James R. Kent, Robert K. Myers, Peter G. Broadwell
  • Patent number: 6707456
    Abstract: A system and method for declarative markup that allows temporal manipulation of media assets. The media assets can be audio media, video media, animations, audio-visual media, images or events. Using the present invention a media sequence can be formed by playing more than one medium in series, in parallel or in any other temporal combination wherein a medium is cued to another medium. A media sequence created using the present invention can become part of a new media sequence, and the rate of playing the media sequence can be controlled by fields associated with the new media sequence. Also, using present invention, a media sequence can be cued to start playing at a fixed time before the end of a first media sequence, and in this instance the length of the first media sequence can be varied while still maintaining the fixed time from the end of the first media sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics
    Inventors: Christopher F. Marrin, James R. Kent, Robert K. Myeb, Peter G. Broadwell
  • Patent number: 5973699
    Abstract: A process for optimally rendering 3D worlds so that a sufficiently detailed representation of the 3D world is displayed at a frame rate that provides fluidity of motion while maintaining enough context of the world to enable user interaction. A data structure is computed that contains information about how the world is spatially organized. The 3D world is divided into a non-uniform subdivision grid in each of the three dimensions. Each element in the data structure represents one 3D rectangular cell within the spacial subdivision. Each element stores a list of all the objects in the world which occupy any portion of the 3D cell represented by the data element. The subdivision grid and the array are used to determine which portions of the scene are most visually important to the user. An imaginary ray is cast into the subdivision grid from the viewer's perspective along the viewer's line of sight. The first objects rendered are those within the first cell the ray intersects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Platinum technology IP, inc.
    Inventor: James R. Kent