Patents by Inventor Michael A. Calendine

Michael A. Calendine 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).

  • Distributing metadata to peer devices
    Patent number: 9544662
    Abstract: This document describes techniques (300, 600, 700) and apparatuses (106, 800) for distributing metadata to peer devices. These techniques (300, 600, 700) and apparatuses (106, 800) enable a receiver device (106) store or create metadata associated with content streamed from one or more peer devices. The receiver device can distribute this metadata to other peer devices thereby enabling identification or procurement of the content at the other peer devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Mark D. Hansen, Michael A. Calendine, Grant H. Lloyd, Matthew Richard Vokoun, Cedric L. Welch
  • Collaborative content streaming
    Patent number: 9531767
    Abstract: This document describes techniques (300, 400, 500, 600) and apparatuses (100, 700) for collaborative content streaming. These techniques (300, 400, 500, 600) and apparatuses (100, 700) enable a receiver device (106) to stream content from multiple source devices (102) in a collaborative manner. In some embodiments, a receiver device (106) may establish multiple wireless connections with multiple respective source devices (102) from which streams of content are received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Mark D Hansen, Michael A Calendine, Taneka L Frazier, Grant H Lloyd, Scott A Wilke
  • DISTRIBUTING METADATA TO PEER DEVICES
    Publication number: 20150188975
    Abstract: This document describes techniques (300, 600, 700) and apparatuses (106, 800) for distributing metadata to peer devices. These techniques (300, 600, 700) and apparatuses (106, 800) enable a receiver device (106) store or create metadata associated with content streamed from one or more peer devices. The receiver device can distribute this metadata to other peer devices thereby enabling identification or procurement of the content at the other peer devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Mark D. Hansen, Michael A. Calendine, Grant H. Lloyd, Matthew Richard Vokoun, Cedric L. Welch
  • Collaborative Content Streaming
    Publication number: 20140359151
    Abstract: This document describes techniques (300, 400, 500, 600) and apparatuses (100, 700) for collaborative content streaming. These techniques (300, 400, 500, 600) and apparatuses (100, 700) enable a receiver device (106) to stream content from multiple source devices (102) in a collaborative manner. In some embodiments, a receiver device (106) may establish multiple wireless connections with multiple respective source devices (102) from which streams of content are received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Mark D. Hansen, Michael A. Calendine, Taneka L. Frazier, Grant H. Lloyd, Scott A. Wilke