Patents by Inventor Ned McClain

Ned McClain 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: 8151178
    Abstract: An associative media architecture and platform that enables communication of media objects between participants using a variety of communication infrastructures and media presentation devices as determined by the users and owners of the media assets. Media assets formatted as media representations are associated with a globally unique identifier to form a media object. The media object can contain any media representation irrespective of format. The media object is an elemental entity having characteristics that are preferably retained throughout the life of the media object. The media object may be owned by one or more participants. The media object may be associated with owner preferences that can influence the context in which the media object is presented. The media object may exist in multiple storage locations, although each stored instance of the media object retains its unique identification and remains associated with the owner preferences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: G. W. Hannaway & Associates
    Inventors: Jennifer Ross, William Snyder, Ned McClain, Trent R. Hein
  • Patent number: 7075894
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and algorithms for prioritizing event datum received from a plurality of asynchronous telemetric streams. A historic learning algorithm is utilized to prioritize event datum based upon a current level of system health and historic correlations between event values and recorded levels of system health.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Fair Isaac Corporation
    Inventors: Trent R. Hein, Ned McClain
  • Publication number: 20050060640
    Abstract: An associative media architecture and platform that enables communication of media objects between participants using a variety of communication infrastructures and media presentation devices as determined by the users and owners of the media assets. Media assets formatted as media representations (e.g., a file having a playable media format, a media stream, a disk, tape, wire, or carrier wave having analog and/or digital data encoded thereon, and the like) are associated with a globally unique identifier to form a media object. The media object can contain any media representation irrespective of format. The media object is an elemental entity having characteristics that are preferably retained throughout the life of the media object. The media object may be owned by one or more participants. The media object may be associated with owner preferences that can influence the context in which the media object is presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Jennifer Ross, William Snyder, Ned McClain, Trent Hein
  • Publication number: 20030204592
    Abstract: The present system for uniquely identifying assets and subscribers in a multi-media communication network assigns a unique and substantially self-identifying signature to every asset managed by the multi-media communication network as well as the subscribers who access the multi-media communication network. The signature ID system operates as an overlay on the multi-media communication networks to receive individual subscriber requests for a selected multi-media asset and deliver that asset as desired to the requesting subscriber. This service is facilitated by the use of the signature ID system which is used to assign each subscriber and asset a unique identification, that contains both immutable and dynamically assignable segments. The registration system component functions to authorize the registration of subscribers and/or assets and assign their respective unique identification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Applicant: Crown Media Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Susan Crouse-Kemp, Timothy Hanafee, Trent Hein, Ned McClain, Jennifer Ross, William Snyder
  • Publication number: 20020178275
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and algorithms for prioritizing event datum received from a plurality of asynchronous telemetric streams. A historic learning algorithm is utilized to prioritize event datum based upon a current level of system health and historic correlations between event values and recorded levels of system health.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Inventors: Trent R. Hein, Ned McClain