Patents by Inventor Michael Ken Minakami

Michael Ken Minakami 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: 10681424
    Abstract: Data about content of the videos is organized into threads for the videos. The threads also contain video bookmarks. Different data are associated with different video bookmarks. The video bookmarks include a frame of the video that marks a time point in the video corresponding to the associated data. The video bookmarks enabling playback of the video from the marked time point. The threads are stored and published to allow subsequent searching by third parties. The video bookmarks can be shared with the third parties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Scenera, Inc.
    Inventors: David D. Lee, Jaegeun Lim, Dongcheol Jeong, Youngwoon Yoon, Michael Ken Minakami, Chien Lim
  • Publication number: 20180176648
    Abstract: Data about content of the videos is organized into threads for the videos. The threads also contain video bookmarks. Different data are associated with different video bookmarks. The video bookmarks include a frame of the video that marks a time point in the video corresponding to the associated data. The video bookmarks enabling playback of the video from the marked time point. The threads are stored and published to allow subsequent searching by third parties. The video bookmarks can be shared with the third parties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: David D. Lee, Jaegeun Lim, Dongcheol Jeong, Youngwoon Yoon, Michael Ken Minakami, Chien Lim
  • Patent number: 9900662
    Abstract: Members of a social network service may share real-time comments about multimedia content they are viewing. The comments are attached to bookmarks that allow other members to view the video and add to the discussion thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: VMTV, Inc.
    Inventors: David D. Lee, Jaegeun Lim, Dongcheol Jeong, Youngwoon Yoon, Michael Ken Minakami, Chien Lim
  • Publication number: 20160080820
    Abstract: Members of a social network service may share real-time comments about multimedia content they are viewing. The comments are attached to bookmarks that allow other members to view the video and add to the discussion thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: David D. Lee, Jaegeun Lim, Dongcheol Jeong, Youngwoon Yoon, Michael Ken Minakami, Chien Lim
  • Patent number: 9197593
    Abstract: Members of a social network service may share real-time comments about multimedia content they are viewing. The comments are attached to bookmarks that allow other members to view the video and add to the discussion thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: VMTV, Inc.
    Inventors: David D. Lee, Jaegeun Lim, Dongcheol Jeong, Youngwoon Yoon, Michael Ken Minakami, Chien Lim
  • Publication number: 20150180820
    Abstract: Members of a social network service may share real-time comments about multimedia content they are viewing. The comments are attached to bookmarks that allow other members to view the video and add to the discussion thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: David D. Lee, Jaegeun Lim, Dongcheol Jeong, Youngwoon Yoon, Michael Ken Minakami, Chien Lim
  • Patent number: 6055579
    Abstract: A system for synchronization of data processing in a data processing system including multiple command queues is disclosed. The disclosed data processing system includes one or more processing engines associated with one or more command queues. The use of multiple command queues supports multiple priority levels, such that commands in higher priority queues may preempt commands in lower priority queues. Data processing is synchronized by queue commands that allow a processing engine to queue commands on the command queue of any processing engine in the data processing system, including its own. Multiple data dependencies are resolved by conditional queue commands and event counters that queue a command only when all of the conditions precedent to execution of a particular data processing command are satisfied. The hardware queuing of the disclosed invention advantageously synchronizes data processing with minimal software supervision and with minimal latency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    Inventors: Girish Kumar Goyal, Robert Anthony William, Michael Ken Minakami, David Allen Lockett, Tarik Isani, Mark Paul von Gnechten
  • Patent number: 5878117
    Abstract: A method and system for processing a telephone call in a distributed system comprising a voice response unit and a resource server connected by a local area network; wherein the voice response unit utilizes one or more digital trunks, each of the trunks having a plurality of telephone lines, and wherein the resource server includes a voice recognition system. The method and system comprise demultiplexing an incoming signal, aggregating the incoming telephone signal into a succession of voice data packets, transmitting the packets over the local area network, performing a voice recognition function on the succession of packets, and transmitting the recognized text over the local area network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Ken Minakami, Brian Hulse, Jonathan Cook, John Brian Pickering
  • Patent number: 5668854
    Abstract: A first computer workstation 10 includes a voice response unit for interfacing to a telephone network. The first computer workstation is attached by a communications link 18 to a second computer workstation 20, which includes a server to perform a particular voice processing function, such as text to speech, voice recognition, FAX-back, and so on. For inbound applications the first computer workstation forwards the incoming signal over the communications link to the server on the second computer workstation for real-time processing, whilst for outbound applications, the reverse process occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: International Business Machine Corp.
    Inventors: Michael Ken Minakami, Brian Hulse, Jonathan Cook, John Brian Pickering