Patents by Inventor Thomas Munro

Thomas Munro 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).

  • Systems and methods for performing semantic analysis of media objects
    Patent number: 9226047
    Abstract: System and method for identification of ownership to media objects through analysis of semantic information in the media objects are disclosed Semantic information is a term that can be used to describe aspects of the content of a media object that are apparent to a human viewing or listening to the content One embodiment of the invention includes extracting semantic information from a specified media object, matching said semantic information of the specified media object against known semantic information of known media objects, and taking action based on the result of the companson.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Verimatrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Niels J. Thorwirth, Thomas Munro
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF MEDIA OBJECTS
    Publication number: 20130097625
    Abstract: System and method for identification of ownership to media objects through analysis of semantic information in the media objects are disclosed Semantic information is a term that can be used to describe aspects of the content of a media object that are apparent to a human viewing or listening to the content One embodiment of the invention includes extracting semantic information from a specified media object, matching said semantic information of the specified media object against known semantic information of known media objects, and taking action based on the result of the companson.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventors: Niels J. Thorwirth, Robert Kulakowski, Thomas Munro