Patents by Inventor Michael G. Ingoldby

Michael G. Ingoldby 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).

  • Methods and arrangements for content filtering
    Patent number: 10673795
    Abstract: Systems and arrangements are provided for filtering language. As presently preferred, these are configured to filter inappropriate language, symbols, words, etc on web sites or used in chat rooms. Embodiments create one or more arrays of inappropriate character strings representing, for example, obscene words and character combinations. Embodiments identify the inappropriate character strings, for example in chat text, and edit them to an appropriate form, for example with cartoon characters, and/or delete the inappropriate character strings. Preferably, at least one embodiment applies the content filter via executing a program of instructions, stored on a tangible storage medium, to achieve this functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Brent Milne, Jeffrey C. Ward, Michael G. Ingoldby, Jonathan B. Ballagh, Thomas E. Fischaber, Krista M. Marks
  • METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR CONTENT FILTERING
    Publication number: 20110035456
    Abstract: Systems and arrangements are provided for filtering language. As presently preferred, these are configured to filter inappropriate language, symbols, words, etc on web sites or used in chat rooms. Embodiments create one or more arrays of inappropriate character strings representing, for example, obscene words and character combinations. Embodiments identify the inappropriate character strings, for example in chat text, and edit them to an appropriate form, for example with cartoon characters, and/or delete the inappropriate character strings. Preferably, at least one embodiment applies the content filter via executing a program of instructions, stored on a tangible storage medium, to achieve this functionality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Brent Milne, Jeffrey C. Ward, Michael G. Ingoldby, Jonathan B. Ballagh, Thomas E. Fischaber, Krista M. Marks
  • Using high-level language functions in HDL synthesis tools
    Patent number: 7574688
    Abstract: A method of integrating a High-level Language (HLL) function with a Hardware Description Language (HDL) representation of a circuit design can include identifying an attribute of the HDL representation of the circuit design that is resolved at compile time and determining a value for the attribute using an HLL function when compiling the HDL representation of the circuit design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: XILINX, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Ward, James Ogden, Mark R. McLaughlin, Jerome Bertrand, Michael G. Ingoldby