Patents by Inventor Sean Cullinan

Sean Cullinan 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).

  • Automatic selection of encoding parameters for transmission of media objects
    Patent number: 7533398
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product for automatic selection of encoding parameters for transmission of media objects is provided. The method and computer program product involve the automatic selection of media encoding parameters based on editorial and technical contexts. Such contexts include time constraints, duration, size, quality, processing time and compression time. The media objects are then automatically encoded using these automatically selected parameters, and then transmitted from a remote site to one or more additional sites via a communications network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: The Associated Press
    Inventors: Sean Cullinan, Michael Palmer
  • Automatic selection of encoding parameters for transmission of media objects
    Publication number: 20040210930
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product for automatic selection of encoding parameters for transmission of media objects is provided. The method and computer program product involve the automatic selection of media encoding parameters based on editorial and technical contexts. Such contexts include time constraints, duration, size, quality, processing time and compression time. The media objects are then automatically encoded using these automatically selected parameters, and then transmitted from a remote site to one or more additional sites via a communications network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Sean Cullinan, Michael Palmer