Patents by Inventor Stuart Ashby

Stuart Ashby 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).

  • Controlled metadata revelation
    Patent number: 8656435
    Abstract: A method of controlling revelation of one or more metadata items is disclosed. Each of the one or more metadata items is associated with one or more parts of an audio-visual data stream (101). The method comprises: for a given one or more parts (103,105) of the audio-visual data stream (101), revealing one or more metadata items (113,115,117) associated with the given one or more parts (103,105) of the audio-visual data stream (101) only after the given one or more parts (103,105) of the audio-visual data stream (101) have been accessed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Cisco Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart Ashby, Colin John Davies, Simon John Parnall, James Geoffrey Walker, David John White
  • CONTROLLED METADATA REVELATION
    Publication number: 20090208180
    Abstract: A method of controlling revelation of one or more metadata items is disclosed. Each of the one or more metadata items is associated with one or more parts of an audio-visual data stream (101). The method comprises: for a given one or more parts (103, 105) of the audio-visual data stream (101), revealing one or more metadata items (113, 115, 117) associated with the given one or more parts (103, 105) of the audio-visual data stream (101) only after the given one or more parts (103, 105) of the audio-visual data stream (101) have been accessed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: NDS Limited
    Inventors: Stuart Ashby, Colin John Davies, Simon John Parnall, James Geoffrey Walker, David John White
  • Apparatus and methods for handling interactive applications in broadcast networks
    Publication number: 20060125962
    Abstract: An interactive method includes receiving, at a display device, background video including a multiplicity of video frames, at least one of the multiplicity of video frames including a plurality of sub-pictures, each of the plurality of sub-pictures representing an alternative background, and switching, at the display device, between a first sub-picture of the plurality of sub-pictures and a second sub-picture of the plurality of sub-pictures. Related apparatus and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2004
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Ian Shelton, Michael Costello, Ronnie Dan, Nicolas Thexton, Nicolas Hall, James Walker, Stuart Ashby, Neil Cormican