Media recording device with packet data interface

S Hoffberg, L Hoffberg-Borghesani - US Patent 6,640,145, 2003 - Google Patents
An intelligent media device, comprising a packet data communications interface; a media
communication interface for receiving audio and/or video data; a digital memory for …

Adaptive pattern recognition based control system and method

SM Hoffberg, LI Hoffberg-Borghesani - US Patent 6,400,996, 2002 - Google Patents
An adaptive interface for a programmable system, for predicting a desired user function,
based on user history, as well as machine internal status and context. The apparatus …

Intelligent electronic appliance system and method

SM Hoffberg - US Patent 7,974,714, 2011 - Google Patents
An intelligent electronic appliance preferably includes a user interface, data input and/or
output port, and an intelligent processor. A preferred embodiment comprises a set top box …

Methods & apparatus for searching with awareness of different types of information

Y Cao - US Patent App. 12/757,423, 2010 - Google Patents
US20100257160A1 - Methods & apparatus for searching with awareness of different types
of information - Google Patents US20100257160A1 - Methods & apparatus for searching …

Ergonomic man-machine interface incorporating adaptive pattern recognition based control system

SM Hoffberg, LI Hoffberg-Borghesani - US Patent 6,418,424, 2002 - Google Patents
An adaptive interface for a programmable system, for predicting a desired user function,
based on user history, as well as machine internal status and context. The apparatus …

System, method, and medium indexing photos semantically

YJ Jung, JW Lee, JY Kim, SK Kim… - US Patent App. 11 …, 2009 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND 0002 1. Field 0003. One or more embodiments of the present invention
relate to a system, method, and medium indexing photos semantically, and more …

Digital media management apparatus and methods

K Rothmuller, L Vertelney, BL Peuto… - US Patent 7,415,662, 2008 - Google Patents
Methods and apparatus for managing, finding and displaying objects such as digital images.
Objects are tagged (“associ ated') with descriptive textual and numeric data (“meta data') …

Methods for the electronic annotation, retrieval, and use of electronic images

BA Shneiderman - US Patent 7,010,751, 2006 - Google Patents
(57) The present invention provides software for electronically annotating electronic images,
Such as drawings, photo graphs, Video, etc., through the drag-and-drop of annotations from …

Media agent to suggest contextually related media content

WY Liu, HJ Zhang, Z Chen - US Patent 7,283,992, 2007 - Google Patents
Nu descriptions in vieW of user behavior patterns and actions to assist the user in identifying
multimedia content and related information that is appropriate to the context Within Which …

Adaptive pattern recognition based controller apparatus and method and human-factored interface therefore

LI Hoffberg, SM Hoffberg - US Patent 7,242,988, 2007 - Google Patents
2014-06-27 Assigned to BLANDING HOVENWEEP, LLC reassignment BLANDING
HOVENWEEP, LLC ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR …