Patents by Inventor Victoria Milton

Victoria Milton 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).

  • Managing media objects in a database
    Publication number: 20060074973
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for organizing media objects in a database using contextual information for a media object and known media objects, categories, indexes and searches, to arrive at an inference for cataloging the media object in a database. The media object may then be cataloged in the database according to the inference. A method and apparatus are provided for clustering media objects by forming groups of unlabeled data and applying a distance metric to said group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: John Platt, Jonathan Kagle, Hagai Attias, Victoria Milton