Patents by Inventor Nick Vicars-Harris

Nick Vicars-Harris 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).

  • Encoding and decoding methods and systems
    Patent number: 8363731
    Abstract: Methods and systems enable uncompressed source data, corresponding to previously-compressed data, to be manipulated or otherwise modified, prior to being rendered by a rendering application. For example, audio data can be modified to include additional audio content, and/or video data can be modified to include additional video content. Accordingly, when the modified or manipulated source data is rendered by the rendering application, it can contain additional information that was not part of the previously-compressed data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Nick Vicars-Harris
  • Encoding and decoding methods and systems
    Patent number: 8160154
    Abstract: Methods and systems enable uncompressed source data, corresponding to previously-compressed data, to be manipulated or otherwise modified, prior to being rendered by a rendering application. For example, audio data can be modified to include additional audio content, and/or video data can be modified to include additional video content. Accordingly, when the modified or manipulated source data is rendered by the rendering application, it can contain additional information that was not part of the previously-compressed data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Nick Vicars-Harris
  • Encoding and Decoding Methods and Systems
    Publication number: 20110164687
    Abstract: Methods and systems enable uncompressed source data, corresponding to previously-compressed data, to be manipulated or otherwise modified, prior to being rendered by a rendering application. For example, audio data can be modified to include additional audio content, and/or video data can be modified to include additional video content. Accordingly, when the modified or manipulated source data is rendered by the rendering application, it can contain additional information that was not part of the previously-compressed data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Nick Vicars-Harris
  • Encoding and decoding methods and systems
    Patent number: 7920631
    Abstract: Methods and systems enable uncompressed source data, corresponding to previously-compressed data, to be manipulated or otherwise modified, prior to being rendered by a rendering application. For example, audio data can be modified to include additional audio content, and/or video data can be modified to include additional video content. Accordingly, when the modified or manipulated source data is rendered by the rendering application, it can contain additional information that was not part of the previously-compressed data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Nick Vicars-Harris
  • Encoding and decoding systems
    Patent number: 7612691
    Abstract: Methods and systems enable uncompressed source data, corresponding to previously-compressed data, to be manipulated or otherwise modified, prior to being rendered by a rendering application. For example, audio data can be modified to include additional audio content, and/or video data can be modified to include additional video content. Accordingly, when the modified or manipulated source data is rendered by the rendering application, it can contain additional information that was not part of the previously-compressed data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Nick Vicars-Harris
  • Encoding and Decoding Systems
    Publication number: 20070136347
    Abstract: Methods and systems enable uncompressed source data, corresponding to previously-compressed data, to be manipulated or otherwise modified, prior to being rendered by a rendering application. For example, audio data can be modified to include additional audio content, and/or video data can be modified to include additional video content. Accordingly, when the modified or manipulated source data is rendered by the rendering application, it can contain additional information that was not part of the previously-compressed data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventor: Nick Vicars-Harris
  • Encoding and decoding systems
    Patent number: 7190285
    Abstract: Methods and systems enable uncompressed source data, corresponding to previously-compressed data, to be manipulated or otherwise modified, prior to being rendered by a rendering application. For example, audio data can be modified to include additional audio content, and/or video data can be modified to include additional video content. Accordingly, when the modified or manipulated source data is rendered by the rendering application, it can contain additional information that was not part of the previously-compressed data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Nick Vicars-Harris
  • Encoding and decoding methods and systems
    Publication number: 20050163491
    Abstract: Methods and systems enable uncompressed source data, corresponding to previously-compressed data, to be manipulated or otherwise modified, prior to being rendered by a rendering application. For example, audio data can be modified to include additional audio content, and/or video data can be modified to include additional video content. Accordingly, when the modified or manipulated source data is rendered by the rendering application, it can contain additional information that was not part of the previously-compressed data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Nick Vicars-Harris
  • Encoding and decoding methods and systems
    Publication number: 20050163490
    Abstract: Methods and systems enable uncompressed source data, corresponding to previously-compressed data, to be manipulated or otherwise modified, prior to being rendered by a rendering application. For example, audio data can be modified to include additional audio content, and/or video data can be modified to include additional video content. Accordingly, when the modified or manipulated source data is rendered by the rendering application, it can contain additional information that was not part of the previously-compressed data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Nick Vicars-Harris
  • Encoding and decoding methods and systems
    Patent number: 6917945
    Abstract: Methods and systems enable uncompressed source data, corresponding to previously-compressed data, to be manipulated or otherwise modified, prior to being rendered by a rendering application. For example, audio data can be modified to include additional audio content, and/or video data can be modified to include additional video content. Accordingly, when the modified or manipulated source data is rendered by the rendering application, it can contain additional information that was not part of the previously-compressed data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Nick Vicars-Harris
  • Encoding and decoding systems
    Publication number: 20050071353
    Abstract: Methods and systems enable uncompressed source data, corresponding to previously-compressed data, to be manipulated or otherwise modified, prior to being rendered by a rendering application. For example, audio data can be modified to include additional audio content, and/or video data can be modified to include additional video content. Accordingly, when the modified or manipulated source data is rendered by the rendering application, it can contain additional information that was not part of the previously-compressed data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Nick Vicars-Harris
  • Encoding and decoding methods and systems
    Publication number: 20030149701
    Abstract: Methods and systems enable uncompressed source data, corresponding to previously-compressed data, to be manipulated or otherwise modified, prior to being rendered by a rendering application. For example, audio data can be modified to include additional audio content, and/or video data can be modified to include additional video content. Accordingly, when the modified or manipulated source data is rendered by the rendering application, it can contain additional information that was not part of the previously-compressed data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventor: Nick Vicars-Harris