Patent · US Active

Timeline source

US7941739B1 · kind B1 · utility

21Cited by

84References

23Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

Sohail Baig Mohammed · North Bend, US
Shafiq Rahman · Redmond, US
Alexandre V. Grigorovitch · Woodinville, US
Xiqiang Zhi · Bellevue, US
Adil Sherwani · Oakland, US
Geoffrey Dunbar · Kirkland, US
Rebecca C. Weiss · Menlo Park, US
Kirt Debique · Seattle, US
Patrick N. Nelson · Seattle, US
Eric Rudolph · Woodinville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 19, 2004
Grant date	May 10, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 16, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F9/5038
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A timeline source is described. In an implementation, a method includes examining a plurality of nodes within a media timeline, where at least two of the nodes reference respective media. The media timeline is for exposure over an API. The media timeline is divided into one or more presentations. Each presentation describes rendering of the media for a particular interval of time.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.