Patents by Inventor Mark R. Jeffery

Mark R. Jeffery 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).

  • Apparatus and method for generating a special effect on a digital signal
    Patent number: 6314403
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for generating at a computerized workstation a special effect that is derived by numerical processing of the digital sample values associated with an analog signal. The analog signal is partitioned into wavefragments which are crossfaded at both a micro and macro level to generate the effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: Avid Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark R. Jeffery