Patents by Inventor John Scalo

John Scalo 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).

  • Multimedia content filtering
    Patent number: 8626930
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses to filter multimedia content are described. The multimedia content in one embodiment is analyzed for one or more parameters. The multimedia content in one embodiment is filtered based on the one or more parameters using a latent semantic mapping (“LSM”) filter. In one embodiment, the one or more parameters include information about a structure of the multimedia content. A tag that encapsulates the one or more parameters may be generated. Then, the tag is input into the latent semantic mapping filter. In one embodiment, the LSM filter is trained to recognize the multimedia content based on the one or more parameters. In one embodiment, more than two categories are provided for a multimedia content. The multimedia content is classified in more than two categories using the LSM filter. The multimedia content may be blocked based on the classifying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Giovanni Donelli, Jerome Bellegarda, Steve Ko, John Scalo
  • Multimedia content filtering
    Publication number: 20080228928
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses to filter multimedia content are described. The multimedia content in one embodiment is analyzed for one or more parameters. The multimedia content in one embodiment is filtered based on the one or more parameters using a latent semantic mapping (“LSM”) filter. In one embodiment, the one or more parameters include information about a structure of the multimedia content. A tag that encapsulates the one or more parameters may be generated. Then, the tag is input into the latent semantic mapping filter. In one embodiment, the LSM filter is trained to recognize the multimedia content based on the one or more parameters. In one embodiment, more than two categories are provided for a multimedia content. The multimedia content is classified in more than two categories using the LSM filter. The multimedia content may be blocked based on the classifying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Giovanni Donelli, Jerome Bellegarda, Steve Ko, John Scalo