John R Naylor

US Patent:

7647342, Jan 12, 2010

Filed:

Mar 4, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/551083

Inventors:

Matthew Albert Ivey - Portland OR, US
John Robert Naylor - Portland OR, US
James Edward Pearce - Portland OR, US

Assignee:

Thomson Licensing - Boulogne-Billancourt

International Classification:

G06F 7/00

US Classification:

7071041

Abstract:

A system and corresponding methods are provided for enabling the automatic generation of a slate using metadata. The method comprises the steps of: receiving a request to provide a user with a list of video media assets so the user can select a video media asset to generate a slate; providing the user with the list of video media assets and receiving a selected video media asset from the user; acquiring metadata associated with the selected video media asset, creating a preview of the slate by generating fields that are associated with the acquired metadata, generating the slate in response to the user's approval of the previewed slate; transmitting the slate to a video server; and editing the slate into the selected video media asset so the slate and the video media asset can be viewed in conjunction with each other, thereby providing the user (via the slate) with information about the video media asset such as the video media asset's name, duration, database location, etc.

US Patent:

8281104, Oct 2, 2012

Filed:

Jan 19, 2007

Appl. No.:

12/448461

Inventors:

David Aaron Crowther - Aloha OR, US
James Edward Pearce - Bramley, GB
John Robert Naylor - Lake Oswego OR, US

Assignee:

GVBB Holdings S.A.R.L. - Luxembourg

International Classification:

G06F 12/00

US Classification:

711173, 711114, 711E12001

Abstract:

A method includes designating at least three storage partitions on at least two logical drives, placing a first storage partition on a first of the logical drives adjacent to a second storage partition on a second of the logical drives separate from the first logical drives, and creating a third partition among both the first and second of the logical drives. The first, second and third partitions are balanced for storage access symmetry such that the drives bear equal storage placement.