Patrick G Nelson

US Patent:

7219308, May 15, 2007

Filed:

Jun 21, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/178187

Inventors:

Michael Novak - Redmond WA, US
Jonathan M. Cain - Seattle WA, US
Tedd K. Dideriksen - Woodinville WA, US
David M. Nadalin - Sammamish WA, US
Patrick N. Nelson - Kirkland WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 3/00

US Classification:

715768, 715815, 715716

Abstract:

Methods and system for enhancing user experience when rendering digital media content. Defining a visible region of the window in which a media player user interface (UI) is presented to clip undesirable portions of the window provides an improved media player UI. Further aspects are directed to enhancing user experience when rendering digital media content in full screen presentation mode.

US Patent:

7571016, Aug 4, 2009

Filed:

Sep 8, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/221664

Inventors:

Shafiq Ur Rahman - Redmond WA, US
Alexandre Grigorovitch - Redmond WA, US
Adil Ahmed Sherwani - Redmond WA, US
Sumedh N. Barde - Redmond WA, US
Sohail Baig Mohammed - Redmond WA, US
Kirt A. Debique - Redmond WA, US
Kipley J. Olson - Redmond WA, US
Patrick Nicholas Nelson - Fairfax Station VA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/00
H04B 1/00
H04B 1/20

US Classification:

700 94, 381119, 369 4

Abstract:

A method of crossfading a plurality of audio files comprising opening a first process, opening a second process hosting an audio renderer in which a first audio file of the plurality of audio files is cross faded with a second audio file of the plurality of audio files.

US Patent:

7669082, Feb 23, 2010

Filed:

Apr 11, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/734136

Inventors:

Sumedh N. Barde - Redmond WA, US
Kirt A. Debique - Seattle WA, US
Alexandre V. Grigorovitch - Redmond WA, US
Sohail Baig Mohammed - Redmond WA, US
Patrick N. Nelson - Seattle WA, US
Gurpratap Virdi - Bellevue WA, US
Stephen C. Rowe - Bellevue WA, US

International Classification:

G06F 11/00

US Classification:

714 25, 718100

Abstract:

Techniques for playing a media file in a multimedia application include launching a multimedia application as one process and automatically launching a pipeline of one or more media processing components as one or more isolated processes. In this manner, any untrustworthy components can be executed in an isolated process that is separate from the execution process of the multimedia application, thereby improving fault tolerance and hang resistance.

US Patent:

7712108, May 4, 2010

Filed:

Dec 8, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/730401

Inventors:

Sohail Baig Mohammed - Redmond WA, US
Kirt A. Debique - Seattle WA, US
Geoffrey T. Dunbar - Kirkland WA, US
Patrick N. Nelson - Seattle WA, US
Rebecca C. Weiss - Menlo Park CA, US
Sumedh N. Barde - Redmond WA, US
Adil Sherwani - Seattle WA, US
Robin C. B. Speed - Winchester, GB
Alexandre V. Grigorovitch - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 13/00

US Classification:

719320, 719328

Abstract:

Media processing methods, systems and application program interfaces (APIs) are described. In but one embodiment, a media engine component, also referred to as a media engine, provides a simple and unified way of rendering media from an origin to a destination of choice without requiring intimate knowledge about the underlying components, their connectivity and management. Clients of the media engine need not worry about how to render the particular media, but rather can simply focus on what media to render and where to render the media. In at least one embodiment, a media session is provided and is encapsulated by the media engine and provides a mechanism by which additional components are made transparent to the application and, in at least some embodiment, the media engine. In some embodiments, the media engine and media session provide a simple API for building, configuring, and manipulating a pipeline of components (e. g. media sources, transforms, and sinks) for media flow control between an origin and one or more destinations.

US Patent:

7739715, Jun 15, 2010

Filed:

Jun 24, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/602847

Inventors:

Li-Wei He - Redmond WA, US
Adil Sherwani - Seattle WA, US
Patrick N. Nelson - Seattle WA, US
Richard William Saunders - Lake Forest Park WA, US
Jonathan M. Cain - Seattle WA, US
Anders E. Klemets - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

H04N 7/173

US Classification:

725 90, 725 86, 725 87, 725 88, 725 95, 725102

Abstract:

Systems and methods are described that support variable play speed control for media streams. The variable play speed control for media streams discussed herein provides an end-to-end solution for media stream delivery, playback, and user interface that enables end users and software developers to dynamically control the playback speed of media streams without losing the ability to comprehend the media content.

US Patent:

7743329, Jun 22, 2010

Filed:

Jun 27, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/608648

Inventors:

Shafiq Ur Rahman - Redmond WA, US
Sohail Baig Mohammed - Redmond WA, US
Khurshed Mazhar - Kirkland WA, US
Kevin P. Larkin - Mercer Island WA, US
Patrick N. Nelson - Seattle WA, US
Bret P. O'Rourke - Kirkland WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

715716, 715200, 715201

Abstract:

Incorporating interactive media into a playlist allows for media, operable to play automatically without a prompt after being loaded, to be loaded into a playlist and played from the playlist without overlapping playback with other media in the playlist. Incorporating interactive media into a playlist involves employing a playlist, a media wrapper, a media control, and a media player to preroll media, immediately stop playing the prerolled media while other media is playing, signal that media has finished playing in order to seamlessly begin playing the next media in the playlist.

US Patent:

7827554, Nov 2, 2010

Filed:

Jun 20, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/157113

Inventors:

Alexandre V. Grigorovitch - Redmond WA, US
Gaurav Lochan - Stanford CA, US
Patrick N. Nelson - Fairfax Station VA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9/46
G06K 9/54

US Classification:

718102, 718100, 718104, 382303, 382304

Abstract:

Systems and/or methods are described that enable multi-threaded multimedia processing. These systems and/or methods may, in some embodiments, allocate threads for components of a multimedia pipeline based on input/output characteristics of the components. These systems and/or methods may also allocate threads and priorities for those threads based on a relative importance given components of two or more multimedia pipelines.

US Patent:

7900140, Mar 1, 2011

Filed:

Dec 8, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/730735

Inventors:

Sohail Baig Mohammed - Redmond WA, US
Kirt A. Debique - Seattle WA, US
Geoffrey T. Dunbar - Kirkland WA, US
Patrick N. Nelson - Seattle WA, US
Rebecca C. Weiss - Menlo Park CA, US
Sumedh N. Barde - Redmond WA, US
Adil Sherwani - Seattle WA, US
Robin C. B. Speed - Winchester, GB
Alexandre V. Grigorovitch - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

715249, 715202, 715204, 709228, 709231, 719310

Abstract:

Media processing methods, systems and application program interfaces (APIs) are described. In but one embodiment, a media engine component, also referred to as a media engine, provides a simple and unified way of rendering media from an origin to a destination of choice without requiring intimate knowledge about the underlying components, their connectivity and management. Clients of the media engine need not worry about how to render the particular media, but rather can simply focus on what media to render and where to render the media. In at least one embodiment, a media session is provided and is used by the media engine and provides a mechanism by which additional components are made transparent to the application and, in at least some embodiment, the media engine. In some embodiments, the media engine and media session provide a simple API for building, configuring, and manipulating a pipeline of components (e. g. media sources, transforms, and sinks) for media flow control between an origin and one or more destinations.