Patents by Inventor Randolph Oakley

Randolph 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).

  • Analysis of media content via extensible object
    Publication number: 20070239779
    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: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Hugill, Andrew Kutruff, Michael Patten, Randolph Oakley, Richard Qian
  • Simultaneous capture and analysis of media content
    Publication number: 20070239780
    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 at least one analysis object for analyzing the media content as it is received and generating metadata relating to said media content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Hugill, Andrew Kutruff, Michael Patten, Randolph Oakley, Richard Qian
  • Photo and video collage effects
    Publication number: 20070089152
    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: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Patten, Michael Matsel, Russell Randall, Warren Burch, Ian Mercer, Randolph Oakley
  • Operating system shell management of video files
    Publication number: 20060271855
    Abstract: Managing digital video files on a computer. A media file system object stores metadata representative of a video clip defined from a video file to be managed. A shell interface associated with an operating system of the computer exposes the object to enable management of the video clip directly via the operating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Patten, Christopher Hugill, Ian Mercer, Randolph Oakley, Richard Qian
  • Frame-accurate editing methods and systems
    Publication number: 20050244005
    Abstract: Methods and systems enable content authors to achieve frame-accurate editing and, in at least some embodiments, reduce the amount of content that needs to be decompressed in order to operate on the frames. Some embodiments ensure that bit rate integrity is preserved so that bit rate conditions associated with streaming environments are preserved. Various embodiments intelligently determine which content portions should be decompressed, processed, and recompressed and which content portions should not be decompressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Alexandre Grigorovitch, Chih-lung Lin, Gareth Howell, Mei Wilson, Niranjan Nayak, Olivier Colle, Randolph Oakley, Blake Bender, Tony Antoun