Patents by Inventor Paul O. Warrin

Paul O. Warrin 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: 7552228
    Abstract: A system and method for recording and playback of a live presentation that enables a reproduction of audio and visual aspects of the live presentation and enables on-demand viewing of the presentation at a later time. A live presentation comprising a plurality of presentation slides, audio content, and optionally, visual content are recorded as a data stream, so that when the recording of the data stream is played, the presentation slides are displayed in substantial synchrony with reproduced audio and visual content on a viewer's computer, thereby reproducing the live presentation. The plurality of presentation slides are saved as HTML files to a predetermined location that is accessible by the viewer's computer over a computer network, such as the Internet. During the presentation, the live audio and visual content is captured and encoded into the data stream, which is in an active streaming format (ASF), and the data stream is saved to a file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Shashank Mohan Parasnis, Paul C. Poon, Paul O. Warrin
  • Publication number: 20080126943
    Abstract: A system and method for recording and playback of a live presentation that enables a reproduction of audio and visual aspects of the live presentation and enables on-demand viewing of the presentation at a later time. A live presentation comprising a plurality of presentation slides, audio content, and optionally, visual content are recorded as a data stream, so that when the recording of the data stream is played, the presentation slides are displayed in substantial synchrony with reproduced audio and visual content on a viewer's computer, thereby reproducing the live presentation. The plurality of presentation slides are saved as HTML files to a predetermined location that is accessible by the viewer's computer over a computer network, such as the Internet. During the presentation, the live audio and visual content is captured and encoded into the data stream, which is in an active streaming format (ASF), and the data stream is saved to a file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2008
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shashank Mohan Parasnis, Paul C. Poon, Paul O. Warrin
  • Patent number: 7330875
    Abstract: A system and method for recording and playback of a live presentation that enables a reproduction of audio and visual aspects of the live presentation and enables on-demand viewing of the presentation at a later time. A live presentation comprising a plurality of presentation slides, audio content, and optionally, visual content are recorded as a data stream, so that when the recording of the data stream is played, the presentation slides are displayed in substantial synchrony with reproduced audio and visual content on a viewer's computer, thereby reproducing the live presentation. The plurality of presentation slides are saved as HTML files to a predetermined location that is accessible by the viewer's computer over a computer network, such as the Internet. During the presentation, the live audio and visual content is captured and encoded into the data stream, which is in an active streaming format (ASF), and the data stream is saved to a file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Shashank Mohan Parasnis, Paul C. Poon, Paul O. Warrin
  • Patent number: 6728753
    Abstract: A system and method for broadcasting a presentation over a computer network to an online audience. The system comprises an integrated environment that leverages many of the features of Microsoft Corporation's NETSHOW™ server technology, along with Microsoft Corporation's POWERPOINT 2000™ presentation design application program to enable a presenter to broadcast a presentation to an online audience over a computer network, such as an intranet or the Internet. The system enables a live presentation comprising a plurality of presentation slides, and audio and optionally, a visual content to be broadcast to a plurality of receiving computers over a network so that the presentation slides are displayed and the audio and visual content are replicated on the receiving computers synchronized with the presentation slides, just as in the live presentation. Preferably, the plurality of presentation slides are sent as HTML files via the computer network in advance of the start of the presentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Shashank Mohan Parasnis, Paresh Patel, Paul C. Poon, Paul O. Warrin, Alice Wang, Chayaboon Purnaveja, Brian Crites
  • Patent number: 6636888
    Abstract: An integrated environment for scheduling a presentation broadcast that allows a user to seamlessly schedule, make changes, replace, and reschedule a presentation broadcast from within a presentation design application program. The system leverages many of the features of Microsoft's OUTLOOK™ program to schedule a network presentation broadcast of a presentation broadcast from within the presentation design application program that is used to create or open the presentation. The user enters information concerning the presentation broadcast while within the presentation design application program, which is then automatically inserted into a meeting request message automatically sent to a list of prospective attendees of the presentation broadcast that the user has identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Bookspan, Shashank Mohan Parasnis, Paul O. Warrin, Paul C. Poon, Paresh Patel
  • Patent number: 6084582
    Abstract: A computer-based system and method of recording and playing back audio narration to accompany an electronic slide show presentation is disclosed. The method includes a slide show recording session, during which a series of slides are sequentially displayed. During the recording session, a segment of audio input corresponding to the display of each slide within a slide presentation is recorded and digitized. Each digitized audio segment is stored and associated with its corresponding slide. Audio data may be embedded within a slide, or alternatively stored in a file and linked to a slide. During a subsequent performance of the slide show, when each slide is displayed, its corresponding audio segment is retrieved and played back. The method also stores timings corresponding to each slide during the slide show recording session, and optionally uses these timings to advance slides during the subsequent slide show presentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Imran Iqbal Qureshi, Bakul Vinodchandra Patel, Paul O. Warrin
  • Patent number: 6072480
    Abstract: A computer-based system and method of creating and performing a soundtrack to accompany an electronic slide show presentation is disclosed. The method includes receiving input from a slide presentation author, the input specifying when the soundtrack is to begin, end, or change. The input also includes a specification of elements that control the soundtrack content. During an electronic slide show, when each slide (212) is displayed, the soundtrack specifications associated with the displayed slide (212) are retrieved. Based on the specifications, a music engine (230) is invoked with commands to control the composition and performance of a soundtrack that accompanies the currently displayed slide. The method also includes receiving specifications of motifs that are triggered to accompany predetermined events occurring during the electronic slide show.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Paul Harris Gorbet, Annette Marie Crowley, Vincent Teng-Wei Chun, Dennis Robert Austin, Bakul Vinodchandra Patel, Paul O. Warrin