Patents by Inventor Tony Hongtong Lin

Tony Hongtong Lin 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 system for generating a movie file from a slide show presentation
    Patent number: 6369835
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and system for generating a movie file from a slide show presentation created with a presentation program. When the movie file is played back, a movie of the slide show presentation is displayed to a user. Objects in the slide show presentation are identified and automatically transformed into corresponding movie data that is saved in the movie file. The movie data includes visual, e.g., video, and audio samples linked to respective tracks that are referenced to the slide show presentation. Also, the objects of the slide show presentation may be copied into the movie file so that an application program that recognizes the copied objects in the movie file may present the slide show presentation. The content of the movie file may be selected for compressing with a compression method and the user may select how to optimize the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Tony Hongtong Lin