Patents by Inventor Victor Keith Blanco

Victor Keith Blanco 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).

  • Patent number: 9636585
    Abstract: A gaming system includes a game console that executes an application that creates and plays soundtracks through the gaming system. The application allows a user to create soundtracks by copying audio tracks from one or more audio sources. A user-created soundtrack can be associated with a particular game such that the user-created soundtrack is played during execution of the game instead of the game's default soundtrack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventor: Victor Keith Blanco
  • Patent number: 7708643
    Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of saving audio source identifiers for soundtracks in a gaming system, an audio track is obtained from an audio source and the audio track is saved so that a copy of the audio track is available when the audio source is no longer accessible to a game console. The audio track is at least part of a user-created soundtrack and/or a user-selected soundtrack. The identifier of the audio source is also saved, and when a database containing meta data associated with the audio track is available, the meta data associated with the audio track is obtained from the database, based at least in part on the identifier saved on the storage device, and the obtained meta data is stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: James E. Allard, Jeffrey S. Stone, Tracy Sharpe, James N. Helm, Victor Keith Blanco
  • Patent number: 7395446
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a synchronization system that utilizes a synchronization wizard (“PullSync”) residing on a first computer device to request and receive (or “pull”) data from a second computer device. The first computer device (the “syncer”) copies files from shared folders on the second computer device (the “syncee”) in accordance with specific pull-synchronization rules (PSRs) established on the syncer that define the scope and extent of the synchronization. This copying occurs over a network connection using existing and well-defined protocols by which one computer system is able to view and copy files from the available shared folders of a second computer system, and the PullSync wizard software needs to exist only on the first computer system (the syncer) to utilize these existing networking protocols (including existing security/authentication protocols) to selectively copy files from the second computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Hok-Sum Horace Luke, David W. Williams, Otto G. Berkes, Victor Keith Blanco
  • Patent number: 7331869
    Abstract: A gaming system includes a game console that executes an application that creates and plays soundtracks through the gaming system. The application allows a user to create soundtracks by copying audio tracks from one or more audio sources. A user-created soundtrack can be associated with a particular game such that the user-created soundtrack is played during execution of the game instead of the game's default soundtrack. During execution of a game, a user may change the soundtrack being played.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Victor Keith Blanco
  • Patent number: 7303476
    Abstract: A gaming system includes a game console that executes an application that creates and plays soundtracks through the gaming system. The application allows a user to create soundtracks by copying audio tracks from one or more audio sources. A user-created soundtrack can be associated with a particular game such that the user-created soundtrack is played during execution of the game instead of the game's default soundtrack. During execution of a game, a user may change the soundtrack being played.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Victor Keith Blanco
  • Patent number: 6981918
    Abstract: A gaming system includes a game console that executes an application that creates and plays soundtracks through the gaming system. The application allows a user to create soundtracks by copying audio tracks from one or more audio sources. A user-created soundtrack can be associated with a particular game such that the user-created soundtrack is played during execution of the game instead of the game's default soundtrack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Victor Keith Blanco
  • Patent number: 6878067
    Abstract: A gaming system includes a game console that executes an application that creates and plays soundtracks through the gaming system. The application allows a user to create soundtracks by copying audio tracks from one or more audio sources. A user-created soundtrack can be associated with a particular game such that the user-created soundtrack is played during execution of the game instead of the game's default soundtrack. During execution of a game, a user may change the soundtrack being played.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corp.
    Inventor: Victor Keith Blanco
  • Publication number: 20040162140
    Abstract: A gaming system includes a game console that executes an application that creates and plays soundtracks through the gaming system. The application allows a user to create soundtracks by copying audio tracks from one or more audio sources. A user-created soundtrack can be associated with a particular game such that the user-created soundtrack is played during execution of the game instead of the game's default soundtrack. During execution of a game, a user may change the soundtrack being played.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventor: Victor Keith Blanco
  • Publication number: 20040162139
    Abstract: A gaming system includes a game console that executes an application that creates and plays soundtracks through the gaming system. The application allows a user to create soundtracks by copying audio tracks from one or more audio sources. A user-created soundtrack can be associated with a particular game such that the user-created soundtrack is played during execution of the game instead of the game's default soundtrack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventor: Victor Keith Blanco
  • Publication number: 20040005923
    Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of saving audio source identifiers for soundtracks in a gaming system, an audio track is obtained from an audio source and the audio track is saved so that a copy of the audio track is available when the audio source is no longer accessible to a game console. The audio track is at least part of a user-created soundtrack and/or a user-selected soundtrack. The identifier of the audio source is also saved, and when a database containing meta data associated with the audio track is available, the meta data associated with the audio track is obtained from the database, based at least in part on the identifier saved on the storage device, and the obtained meta data is stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Inventors: James E. Allard, Jeffrey S. Stone, Tracy Sharpe, James N. Helm, Victor Keith Blanco
  • Publication number: 20020128067
    Abstract: A gaming system includes a game console that executes an application that creates and plays soundtracks through the gaming system. The application allows a user to create soundtracks by copying audio tracks from one or more audio sources. A user-created soundtrack can be associated with a particular game such that the user-created soundtrack is played during execution of the game instead of the game's default soundtrack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventor: Victor Keith Blanco
  • Publication number: 20020128061
    Abstract: A parental control mechanism for a gaming system restricts the playing or display of various types of content. The parental control mechanism allows a user to restrict access to game content, audio content, video content, and online content through the use of one or more parental control settings. Different types of content can have different parental control settings restricting access to the content. A password associated with the parental control settings prevents unauthorized modification of the settings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventor: Victor Keith Blanco
  • Patent number: D514628
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Hok-Sum Horace Luke, David W. Williams, Otto G. Berkes, Victor Keith Blanco
  • Patent number: D472916
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Victor Keith Blanco, Steve Matteson, Hok-Sum Horace Luke
  • Patent number: D474229
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Victor Keith Blanco, Steve Matteson, Hok-Sum Horace Luke
  • Patent number: D474230
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Victor Keith Blanco, Steve Matteson, Hok-Sum Horace Luke