Patents by Inventor Mark Lane Craig, Jr.

Mark Lane Craig, Jr. 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).

  • User navigation via vectors dynamically mapped to distinct media attributes
    Patent number: 8286080
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprises generating and displaying to a user a user selection interface, the user selection interface representing a plurality of content selection vectors extending from its origin and mapped to respectively distinct media attributes within a prescribed attribute type; detecting a user input that extends from the origin toward at least one of the content selection vectors and that identifies a selected position within the user selection interface; displaying to the user an updated user selection interface representing a corresponding updated origin at the selected position and representing a plurality of updated content selection vectors having a determined relation to the at least one content selection vector; and selecting and displaying at least one identifier for a corresponding video content element having the corresponding media attribute having a highest correlation with the at least one content selection vector relative to the selected position from the origin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaorong Tai, John Toebes, David F. Baker, Mark Lane Craig, Jr.
  • User Navigation via Vectors Dynamically Mapped to Distinct Media Attributes
    Publication number: 20100023862
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprises generating and displaying to a user a user selection interface, the user selection interface representing a plurality of content selection vectors extending from its origin and mapped to respectively distinct media attributes within a prescribed attribute type; detecting a user input that extends from the origin toward at least one of the content selection vectors and that identifies a selected position within the user selection interface; displaying to the user an updated user selection interface representing a corresponding updated origin at the selected position and representing a plurality of updated content selection vectors having a determined relation to the at least one content selection vector; and selecting and displaying at least one identifier for a corresponding video content element having the corresponding media attribute having a highest correlation with the at least one content selection vector relative to the selected position from the origin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Xiaorong TAI, John Toebes, David F. Baker, Mark Lane Craig, JR.