Patents by Inventor MARC STEVEN BIRNKRANT

MARC STEVEN BIRNKRANT 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).

  • COMPUTER ECOSYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC "LIKE" TAGGING
    Publication number: 20150150032
    Abstract: A consumer electronics (CE) device receives, from an imager and/or a microphone, an emotion signal representing an expression of a user of the CE device. Also, a biometric sensor generates a biometric signal representing a biometric parameter of the user of the CE device. Based on the emotion signal and biometric signal, a rating is determined that is related to content presented on the CE device at or near the time the emotion signal and biometric signal were generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Marc Steven Birnkrant
  • COMPUTER ECOSYSTEM WITH AUTOMATICALLY CURATED VIDEO MONTAGE
    Publication number: 20150147045
    Abstract: Electronic images of a video stream are programmatically analyzed and metadata associated with the images automatically populated with contextually relevant tags and markers for later referencing the images for curated entertainment. Specifically, a user can specify parameters for a video montage that leverages the metadata for automatic video montage creation based on the metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: MARC STEVEN BIRNKRANT
  • CONTENT MANAGEMENT USER INTERFACE THAT IS PERVASIVE ACROSS A USER'S VARIOUS DEVICES
    Publication number: 20130332831
    Abstract: A content management user interface (UI) provides a consistent appearance and operation across multiple devices of a user. Thumbnails representing content that is located on the user's devices are presented along with layered filtering operators which enable a user to filter the thumbnails by both content source and content type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Marc Steven Birnkrant, Gary Robert Lyons, Edward Theodore Winter, Adrian Crisan, Christopher Mark Ohren, Arvind Knudsen, Andrew Lee Lawton
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DATA MIGRATION SERVICES
    Publication number: 20130254520
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing data migration services for a device such as a computer is disclosed. The method for data migration comprises collecting a plurality of parameters from a user device, storing the plurality of parameters as migration data in a database, and imaging a new device with the migration data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: MARC STEVEN BIRNKRANT, GARY ROBERT LYONS, EDWARD THEODORE WINTER