Patents by Inventor Matt W. Crowley

Matt W. Crowley 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).

  • Techniques for managing media content
    Patent number: 9430587
    Abstract: Various media management techniques are described. A mobile computing device may comprise a metadata information database to store metadata, a media object database to store media objects, and a media content manager to couple to the metadata information database and the media object database. The media content manager may comprise a metadata manager to retrieve and associate metadata from the metadata information database with different media objects. The media content manager may further comprise a media object classifier to classify the media objects into hierarchical categories based on the metadata. The media content manager may still further comprise an album generator to generate a media album representing a hierarchical category. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Pieter S. van der Meulen, Matt W. Crowley
  • Techniques for managing media content
    Publication number: 20070282908
    Abstract: Various media management techniques are described. A mobile computing device may comprise a metadata information database to store metadata, a media object database to store media objects, and a media content manager to couple to the metadata information database and the media object database. The media content manager may comprise a metadata manager to retrieve and associate metadata from the metadata information database with different media objects. The media content manager may further comprise a media object classifier to classify the media objects into hierarchical categories based on the metadata. The media content manager may still further comprise an album generator to generate a media album representing a hierarchical category. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: Pieter S. Van der Meulen, Matt W. Crowley