Patents by Inventor Randolph Bruce Oakley

Randolph Bruce Oakley 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).

  • Example based video editing
    Patent number: 9880693
    Abstract: Enabling creation of a user-specific storyboard style based on a storyboard edited by a user. Metadata defined by analyzing the editing decisions made by the user and the media content associated with the storyboard represents the user-specific style. The user-specific style may be applied to other media content to produce a fully edited storyboard that matches the style of the example storyboard from which the user-specific style was created. The produced storyboard is combined with the other media content to produce audio/video data for consumption by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Randolph Bruce Oakley, Michael J. Patten, Andrew Kutruff, Russell Scott Randall
  • Example based video editing
    Patent number: 8375302
    Abstract: Enabling creation of a user-specific storyboard style based on a storyboard edited by a user. Metadata defined by analyzing the editing decisions made by the user and the media content associated with the storyboard represents the user-specific style. The user-specific style may be applied to other media content to produce a fully edited storyboard that matches the style of the example storyboard from which the user-specific style was created. The produced storyboard is combined with the other media content to produce audio/video data for consumption by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Randolph Bruce Oakley, Michael J. Patten, Andrew Kutruff, Russell Scott Randall
  • Analysis of media content via extensible object
    Patent number: 7730047
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for analyzing media content and generating related metadata as it is provided to a computer. In one embodiment, the system includes an extensible analysis object managing a plurality of plug-ins for analyzing the media content and generating metadata related to the media content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Hugill, Andrew D. Kutruff, Michael J. Patten, Randolph Bruce Oakley, Richard J. Qian
  • Photo and video collage effects
    Patent number: 7644364
    Abstract: A media editing application for creating and displaying video effect clips. A detection component detects video files stored in a memory of a computer. A user interface displays the detected video files and various video effects that can be applied to video files. The user interface is responsive to a user selecting one or more of the detected video files to apply a selected video effect to the selected video files to create the video effect clip. The user interface is further responsive to user input to display the video effect clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Patten, Michael F. Matsel, Russell Scott Randall, Warren L. Burch, Ian Mercer, Randolph Bruce Oakley
  • EXAMPLE BASED VIDEO EDITING
    Publication number: 20080120550
    Abstract: Enabling creation of a user-specific storyboard style based on a storyboard edited by a user. Metadata defined by analyzing the editing decisions made by the user and the media content associated with the storyboard represents the user-specific style. The user-specific style may be applied to other media content to produce a fully edited storyboard that matches the style of the example storyboard from which the user-specific style was created. The produced storyboard is combined with the other media content to produce audio/video data for consumption by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Randolph Bruce Oakley, Michael J. Patten, Andrew Kutruff, Russell Scott Randall