Patents by Inventor Michael H. Walker

Michael H. Walker 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).

  • Patent number: 11176196
    Abstract: In some implementations, a computing device may perform a method for providing a unified pipeline for media metadata to converge disparate schemas and data structures into a global unified graph. The method includes receiving media metadata from disparate media sources that may each have a different metadata schema that defines the structure and attributes of the metadata provided by each media source. The computing device may compare media metadata received from the different media sources to determine that metadata received from the different media sources correspond to similar, or the same, media entities (e.g., songs, movies, books, etc.). The metadata for the similar media entities may then be combined into a global unified graph that may include metadata attributes and/or values of the metadata received from the various media sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ashish Sharma, Han Jia, Jianqing Sun, Philip Edward Lamond, Darren Seeto, Edward J. Roberts, Michael H. Walker, Christopher J. Powell
  • Publication number: 20200104321
    Abstract: In some implementations, a computing device may perform a method for providing a unified pipeline for media metadata to converge disparate schemas and data structures into a global unified graph. The method includes receiving media metadata from disparate media sources that may each have a different metadata schema that defines the structure and attributes of the metadata provided by each media source. The computing device may compare media metadata received from the different media sources to determine that metadata received from the different media sources correspond to similar, or the same, media entities (e.g., songs, movies, books, etc.). The metadata for the similar media entities may then be combined into a global unified graph that may include metadata attributes and/or values of the metadata received from the various media sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ashish Sharma, Han Jia, Jianqing Sun, Philip Edward Lamond, Darren Seeto, Edward J. Roberts, Michael H. Walker, Christopher J. Powell
  • Patent number: 10459945
    Abstract: Methods and systems for managing for migrating feedback data from one digital asset to another digital asset are disclosed. Typically, the one digital asset is available for distribution from a network-based media distribution system, but then subsequently is removed from distribution for any of a number of reasons. However, since the one digital asset has been in use at the network-based media distribution system, it has accumulated feedback data. Hence, if the another digital asset serves (e.g., due to equivalency) to replace the one digital asset, then the accumulated feedback data from the one digital asset can be transferred to the another digital asset. As a result, the another digital asset can benefit from the feedback data that was previously associated with the one digital assert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew M. Wadycki, Ashish Sharma, Michael H. Walker, Ricardo D. Cortes, Sebastien P. Sahuc, Tracy L. Pirnack
  • Publication number: 20180341692
    Abstract: Methods and systems for managing for migrating feedback data from one digital asset to another digital asset are disclosed. Typically, the one digital asset is available for distribution from a network-based media distribution system, but then subsequently is removed from distribution for any of a number of reasons. However, since the one digital asset has been in use at the network-based media distribution system, it has accumulated feedback data. Hence, if the another digital asset serves (e.g., due to equivalency) to replace the one digital asset, then the accumulated feedback data from the one digital asset can be transferred to the another digital asset. As a result, the another digital asset can benefit from the feedback data that was previously associated with the one digital assert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Andrew M. Wadycki, Ashish Sharma, Michael H. Walker, Ricardo D. Cortes, Sebastien P. Sahuc, Tracy L. Pirnack
  • Patent number: 9977822
    Abstract: Methods and systems for managing for migrating feedback data from one digital asset to another digital asset are disclosed. Typically, the one digital asset is available for distribution from a network-based media distribution system, but then subsequently is removed from distribution for any of a number of reasons. However, since the one digital asset has been in use at the network-based media distribution system, it has accumulated feedback data. Hence, if the another digital asset serves (e.g., due to equivalency) to replace the one digital asset, then the accumulated feedback data from the one digital asset can be transferred to the another digital asset. As a result, the another digital asset can benefit from the feedback data that was previously associated with the one digital assert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew M. Wadycki, Ashish Sharma, Michael H. Walker, Ricardo D. Cortes, Sebastien P. Sahuc, Tracy L. Pirnack
  • Patent number: 9300986
    Abstract: A system and method for integrating media productions imported from a plurality of content provider systems are described. The system and method may communicate with a plurality of content provider systems to import a set of media productions from each content provider system and may normalize each media production into a normalized media document format. The media productions may be matched to each other based on the normalized media documents. The system and method may also create and store a plurality of canonical objects based on the matches determined for the media productions. For example, if a given media production matches one or more other media productions then all of the matching media productions may be linked together by a canonical object, e.g., so that the canonical object functions as an abstract representation of all of the matching media productions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Michael H. Walker, Ricardo D. Cortes, Ashish Agarwal, Ashish Sharma
  • Publication number: 20150278326
    Abstract: Methods and systems for managing for migrating feedback data from one digital asset to another digital asset are disclosed. Typically, the one digital asset is available for distribution from a network-based media distribution system, but then subsequently is removed from distribution for any of a number of reasons. However, since the one digital asset has been in use at the network-based media distribution system, it has accumulated feedback data. Hence, if the another digital asset serves (e.g., due to equivalency) to replace the one digital asset, then the accumulated feedback data from the one digital asset can be transferred to the another digital asset. As a result, the another digital asset can benefit from the feedback data that was previously associated with the one digital assert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Andrew M. Wadycki, Ashish Shama, Michael H. Walker, Ricardo D. Cortes, Sebastien P. Sahuc, Tracy L. Pirnack
  • Patent number: 9087341
    Abstract: Methods and systems for managing for migrating feedback data from one digital asset to another digital asset are disclosed. Typically, the one digital asset is available for distribution from a network-based media distribution system, but then subsequently is removed from distribution for any of a number of reasons. However, since the one digital asset has been in use at the network-based media distribution system, it has accumulated feedback data. Hence, if the another digital asset serves (e.g., due to equivalency) to replace the one digital asset, then the accumulated feedback data from the one digital asset can be transferred to the another digital asset. As a result, the another digital asset can benefit from the feedback data that was previously associated with the one digital assert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew M. Wadycki, Ashish Sharma, Michael H. Walker, Ricardo D. Cortes, Sebastien P. Sahuc, Tracy L. Pirnack
  • Publication number: 20140282796
    Abstract: A system and method for integrating media productions imported from a plurality of content provider systems are described. The system and method may communicate with a plurality of content provider systems to import a set of media productions from each content provider system and may normalize each media production into a normalized media document format. The media productions may be matched to each other based on the normalized media documents. The system and method may also create and store a plurality of canonical objects based on the matches determined for the media productions. For example, if a given media production matches one or more other media productions then all of the matching media productions may be linked together by a canonical object, e.g., so that the canonical object functions as an abstract representation of all of the matching media productions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Michael H. Walker, Ricardo D. Cortes, Ashish Agarwal, Ashish Sharma
  • Publication number: 20140201147
    Abstract: Methods and systems for managing for migrating feedback data from one digital asset to another digital asset are disclosed. Typically, the one digital asset is available for distribution from a network-based media distribution system, but then subsequently is removed from distribution for any of a number of reasons. However, since the one digital asset has been in use at the network-based media distribution system, it has accumulated feedback data. Hence, if the another digital asset serves (e.g., due to equivalency) to replace the one digital asset, then the accumulated feedback data from the one digital asset can be transferred to the another digital asset. As a result, the another digital asset can benefit from the feedback data that was previously associated with the one digital assert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew M. Wadycki, Ashish Sharma, Michael H. Walker, Ricardo D. Cortes, Sebastien P. Sahuc, Tracy L. Pirnack
  • Patent number: D296902
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1988
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David R. Gormley, Robert M. Hofland, Richard Santoya, Dean B. Stockton, Michael H. Walker, Roger E. Warden, Jr.