Michael Peter Abbott

US Patent:

6654933, Nov 25, 2003

Filed:

Sep 21, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/399777

Inventors:

Michael J. Abbott - Sunnyvale CA
Paul Close - Mountain View CA
Kevin P. Smith - Mountain View CA

Assignee:

Kasenna, Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 1730

US Classification:

715513, 345745, 345723

Abstract:

An indexing method for allowing a viewer to control the mode of delivery of program material. By mapping from time to data position, data delivery can begin at any selected time in the program material. The indexing method also provides for controlling data delivery to begin at the beginning of a frame of data. A synchronizing method is provided to minimize a time offset between audio and video data, particularly in environments using groups of pictures.

US Patent:

6941508, Sep 6, 2005

Filed:

Oct 1, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/677581

Inventors:

Michael J. Abbott - Sunnyvale CA, US
Paul Close - Mountain View CA, US
Kevin P. Smith - Mountain View CA, US

Assignee:

Kasenna, Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F017/30

US Classification:

7155001, 715513, 715522, 715723

Abstract:

An indexing method for allowing a viewer to control the mode of delivery of program material. By mapping from time to data position, data delivery can begin at any selected time in the program material. The indexing method also provides for controlling data delivery to begin at the beginning of a frame of data. A synchronizing method is provided to minimize a time offset between audio and vide data, particularly in environments using groups of pictures.

US Patent:

7272780, Sep 18, 2007

Filed:

Sep 2, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/219341

Inventors:

Michael J. Abbott - Sunnyvale CA, US
Paul Close - Mountain View CA, US
Kevin P. Smith - Mountain View CA, US

Assignee:

Kasenna, Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

7155001, 715513, 715522, 715723, 715721, 715731, 715732

Abstract:

An indexing method for allowing a viewer to control the mode of delivery of program material. By mapping from time to data position, data delivery can begin at any selected time in the program material. The indexing method also provides for controlling data delivery to begin at the beginning of a frame of data. A synchronizing method is provided to minimize a time offset between audio and vide data, particularly in environments using groups of pictures.

US Patent:

8015480, Sep 6, 2011

Filed:

May 15, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/803930

Inventors:

Michael J. Abbott - Sunnyvale CA, US
Paul Close - Mountain View CA, US
Kevin P. Smith - Mountain View CA, US

Assignee:

Espial, Inc. - Ottawa

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

715201, 715202, 715203, 715204

Abstract:

An indexing system and method for allowing a viewer to control the mode of delivery of program material. By mapping from time to data position, data delivery can begin at any selected time in the program material. The indexing method also provides for controlling data delivery to begin at the beginning of a frame of data. A synchronizing method is provided to minimize a time offset between audio and video data, particularly in environments using groups of pictures.

US Patent:

20020143589, Oct 3, 2002

Filed:

Jan 24, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/769835

Inventors:

Michael Abbott - Portola Valley CA, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705/007000, 273/297000, 463/009000, 463/025000

Abstract:

An apparatus, method, and computer program product. The method includes identifying a player in a supply chain, the player having one or more goals; identifying a decision in the supply chain, the decision having a plurality of possible actions each representing one or more other players in the supply chain and each having a payoff corresponding to each goal; and recommending one of the actions based on at least one of the historical behavior and commitments of the other players such that the payoffs are maximized for all players.

US Patent:

20020165975, Nov 7, 2002

Filed:

May 7, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/850219

Inventors:

Michael Abbott - Portola Valley CA, US

International Classification:

G06F015/16

US Classification:

709/230000

Abstract:

A computer program product, apparatus, and method for facilitating communications among a group of partners including a first partner having a first communications protocol defining one or more first messages each including one or more first identifiers, and a second partner having a second communications protocol defining one or more second messages each including one or more second identifiers, the first and second protocols being different communications protocols. It includes identifying a first data dictionary for the first partner, the first data dictionary containing one or more entries, each entry including one of the first identifiers and one or more attributes of the one of the first identifiers; identifying a second data dictionary for the second partner, the second data dictionary containing one or more entries, each entry including one of the second identifiers and one or more attributes of the one of the second identifiers; selecting one of the entries in the first data dictionary; comparing the selected entry in the first data dictionary to each of the entries in the second data dictionary; selecting an entry in the second data dictionary based on comparing; and assigning the selected entry in the first data dictionary to the selected entry in the second data dictionary.

US Patent:

20080162399, Jul 3, 2008

Filed:

Dec 31, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/649080

Inventors:

Anthony L. Tam - Palo Alto CA, US
Michael R. Abbott - Portola Valley CA, US

International Classification:

G06N 5/00

US Classification:

706 59

Abstract:

In some embodiments, a system and method for consumer marketing is illustrated. A system is illustrated that includes a receiver residing on a server to receive a rules set, a generator residing on the server to generate a rules model, a transmitter residing on the server to transmit a solicitation of data from a customer regarding good and services, and a second generator to create an updated rules model using an Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm, or some combination of AI algorithms. In some embodiments, a method is illustrated as including receiving a rules set, generating a rules model, soliciting data from a customer regarding good and services, and creating an updated rules model using an AI algorithm. Further, the method may include soliciting data using a communication process the process selected from a group of processes consisting of discussion boards, email, real-time chat, and a Short Message Service (SMS) message.

US Patent:

57512809, May 12, 1998

Filed:

Dec 11, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/570497

Inventors:

Michael J. Abbott - Sunnyvale CA
Paul Close - Mountain View CA
Kevin P. Smith - Mountain View CA

Assignee:

Silicon Graphics, Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 1730

US Classification:

345302

Abstract:

An indexing method allows a viewer to control the mode of delivery of program material while minimizing the time offset between audio and video data so that the viewer does not perceive a time delay between the audio and video. Video data frames may be grouped together into units referred to as "Groups of Pictures" (GOP's) comprising one or more frames. Synchronization is performed by correlating audio frames of the audio data with GOP's of the video data. When jumping to various points in an item of program material, this indexing method ensures that a jump is made to the beginning of a GOP. To prevent audio data from being "out of sync", the audio data must be correlated with the corresponding GOP. To do so, an index file for the video data is constructed, and then the video data index file is used to construct an index file for the corresponding audio data. The audio data index file is constructed so that, for the set of audio frames that most closely span the time interval spanned by each GOP, each audio frame in that set is assigned the same atom-relative byte position, which is the beginning of the set of audio frames.