Patents by Inventor Mitchell Dernis

Mitchell Dernis 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).

  • Voice-body identity correlation
    Patent number: 8781156
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for tracking image and audio data over time to automatically identify a person based on a correlation of their voice with their body in a multi-user game or multimedia setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Mitchell Dernis, Tommer Leyvand, Christian Klein, Jinyu Li
  • VOICE-BODY IDENTITY CORRELATION
    Publication number: 20120327193
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for tracking image and audio data over time to automatically identify a person based on a correlation of their voice with their body in a multi-user game or multimedia setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitchell Dernis, Tommer Leyvand, Christian Klein, Jinyu Li
  • Voice-body identity correlation
    Patent number: 8265341
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for tracking image and audio data over time to automatically identify a person based on a correlation of their voice with their body in a multi-user game or multimedia setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Mitchell Dernis, Tommer Leyvand, Christian Klein, Jinyu Li
  • VOICE-BODY IDENTITY CORRELATION
    Publication number: 20110182481
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for tracking image and audio data over time to automatically identify a person based on a correlation of their voice with their body in a multi-user game or multimedia setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitchell Dernis, Tommer Leyvand, Christian Klein, Jinyu Li
  • Extended USB protocol
    Publication number: 20060036780
    Abstract: An extension to the Universal Serial Bus (USB) protocol that utilizes reserved bits in the OHCI Endpoint Descriptors to signal which root hub port(s) should transmit the data. Typically, all ports transmit (broadcast) data. The present invention encodes transmission information that can be used by the hardware to effectively control which port(s) need to be tri-stated. However, by setting, the “on” bits for all the ports, the present invention retains standard USB functionality. Also provided is a method to increase the bandwidth of low speed devices connected to the USB bus by increasing the data payload for such devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Mitchell Dernis, Ankur Varma, Wei Guo, Eiko Junus, Gregory Williams, Harjit Singh
  • DVD-enabling dongle for a console-based gaming system
    Publication number: 20050137018
    Abstract: A peripheral dongle for a console-based gaming system facilitates DVD movie playback. The dongle has a connector that plugs into a USB game port in the console. The dongle stores playback code that enables DVD movie playback. When connected to the game console, the dongle passes the playback code over the USB connection to the game console, where it is executed to adopt the gaming system for DVD playback. The dongle also has an IR (infrared) receiver to receive and decode commands entered via a remote control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Mitchell Dernis, Sakphong Chanbai, Gary Gordon
  • DVD-enabling dongle for a console-based gaming system
    Publication number: 20050130745
    Abstract: A peripheral dongle for a console-based gaming system facilitates DVD movie playback. The dongle has a connector that plugs into a USB game port in the console. The dongle stores playback code that enables DVD movie playback. When connected to the game console, the dongle passes the playback code over the USB connection to the game console, where it is executed to adopt the gaming system for DVD playback. The dongle also has an IR (infrared) receiver to receive and decode commands entered via a remote control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Mitchell Dernis, Sakphong Chanbai, Gary Gordon