Patents by Inventor Norman Townsend

Norman Townsend 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: 12719939
    Abstract: Techniques for media processing are described. A system may initiate and manage a communication session between two or more devices using a media session orchestrator (MESO). The MESO interacts with components associated with media processing services, media routing services, and signaling edge services, enabling devices from one or more networks to send and receive data. During the communication session, the system may perform media processing on data being sent between devices in order to provide additional functionality. For example, video content may be processed to provide subtitles in a plurality of languages, filters may be applied to change color balance or perform colorization of black and white content, or the like. The MESO architecture comprises a plurality of MESO routers and MESO executors, with the MESO routers being configured to route triggers and events associated with a specific media session to a single MESO executor that processes the media session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: Amazon Technologes, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Oliver, Christopher Ayoup, Neil Barakat, Derek Fosbury, Mark Andrew Gere, Samuel Scott Gigliotti, Roberto Gino Rasile, Norman Townsend, Guilherme Trein, Xiang Wu
  • Patent number: 11082457
    Abstract: Techniques for media processing are described. A system may initiate and manage a communication session between two or more devices, with routing services enabling devices from one or more networks to send and receive data. During the communication session, the system may route media data to a media processing unit to perform media processing on data being sent between devices in order to provide additional functionality. For example, video content may be processed to provide subtitles in a plurality of languages, filters may be applied to change color balance or perform colorization of black and white content, or the like. The media processing unit and routing are configured to allow low latency processing to enable feature rich configurable processing to enhance various media communication sessions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Oliver, Christopher Ayoup, Neil Barakat, Derek Fosbury, Mark Andrew Gere, Samuel Scott Gigliotti, Roberto Gino Rasile, Norman Townsend, Guilherme Trein, Xiang Wu