Patents by Inventor Richard Chinn

Richard Chinn 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).

  • Method and apparatus for configuring computers
    Publication number: 20060248534
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for configuring a plurality of computers, each of which requires interaction with at least one resource to advance a configuration state of the computer. A request for access to a resource may be received from at least one of the computers, and a resource needed may be determined. An availability of the resource needed may be determined, and the computer instructed to interact with the resource if the resource is available. If the resource is not available, the computer may be caused to not interact with the resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2005
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Chinn, Jason Robarts, Jeromy Statia, William Wasserstrum
  • Applications for remote differential compresssion
    Publication number: 20060184652
    Abstract: Remote differential compression is integrated within applications. Objects are updated between two or more computing devices using remote differential compression (RDC) techniques such that required data transfers are minimized. An algorithm provides enhanced efficiencies for allowing the receiver to locate a set of objects that are similar to the object that needs to be transferred from the sender. Once this set of similar objects has been found, the receiver may reuse any chunks from these objects during the RDC algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Dan Teodosiu, Jay Paulus, Joseph Porkka, Nikolaj Bjorner, Robert Post, William Scheidel, Richard Chinn
  • Method and system for optimizing audio imaging in an automotive listening environment
    Patent number: 5113447
    Abstract: An audio system having an improved sound field by generating a center audio channel from left and right stereo channels. The center channel is preferably generated by summing the left and right channels, and then filtering the resulting output. The center channel signal is also combined with the left and right channel signals to remove a portion of the monophonic information from the left and right channels thereby maintaining a constant level of monophonic information in the sound field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1992
    Assignee: Electronic Engineering and Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian J. Hatley, Richard A. Chinn