Jeffrey Scott Hoekman

US Patent:

7065416, Jun 20, 2006

Filed:

Aug 29, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/942509

Inventors:

Christopher B. Weare - Bellevue WA, US
Jeffrey S. Hoekman - Kirkland WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/00
H04R 29/00
G10H 7/00
G10H 5/00

US Classification:

700 94, 381 58, 84616, 84654

Abstract:

In connection with a classification system for classifying media entities that merges perceptual classification techniques and digital signal processing classification techniques for improved classification of media entities, a system and methods are provided for automatically classifying and characterizing melodic movement properties of media entities. Such a system and methods may be useful for the indexing of a database or other storage collection of media entities, such as media entities that are audio files, or have portions that are audio files. The methods also help to determine media entities that have similar, or dissimilar as a request may indicate, melodic movement by utilizing classification chain techniques that test distances between media entities in terms of their properties. For example, a neighborhood of songs may be determined within which each song has similar melodic movement properties.

US Patent:

7434078, Oct 7, 2008

Filed:

Mar 21, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/394966

Inventors:

Steven E. Swenson - Redmond WA, US
Jeffrey S. Hoekman - Kirkland WA, US
Joseph C. Ballantyne - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 1/04
G06F 1/12
G06F 13/42
H04L 5/00

US Classification:

713400, 713401, 713500, 713501, 713502, 713503

Abstract:

A sample rate converter (SRC) is used to slave hardware devices to a master hardware device. A clock manager registers the time at each clock of each device, communicates with memory that stores the clock times, and reports correlations between each clock time and the time at a reference clock. The processing of a data stream can be slaved to one or more hardware devices. The processing of a wake up period can be slaved to the clock of the master hardware device by adjusting the wakeup period. Slaving of hardware devices to the master hardware device can also be accomplished by finding a correlation between the clock times in memory and the reference clock. Each correlation can be input into an SRC corresponding to each slave hardware device. Each SRC can then generate or consume a data stream at the actual rate of the corresponding slave hardware device.

US Patent:

7574276, Aug 11, 2009

Filed:

Dec 21, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/316047

Inventors:

Christopher B. Weare - Bellevue WA, US
Jeffrey S. Hoekman - Kirkland WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

700 94

Abstract:

In connection with a classification system for classifying media entities that merges perceptual classification techniques and digital signal processing classification techniques for improved classification of media entities, a system and methods are provided for automatically classifying and characterizing melodic movement properties of media entities. Such a system and methods may be useful for the indexing of a database or other storage collection of media entities, such as media entities that are audio files, or have portions that are audio files. The methods also help to determine media entities that have similar, or dissimilar as a request may indicate, melodic movement by utilizing classification chain techniques that test distances between media entities in terms of their properties. For example, a neighborhood of songs may be determined within which each song has similar melodic movement properties.

US Patent:

7756874, Jul 13, 2010

Filed:

Nov 12, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/986975

Inventors:

Jeffrey S. Hoekman - Kirkland WA, US
Christopher B. Weare - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 7/00

US Classification:

707737, 707748, 707776, 84609

Abstract:

In connection with a classification system for classifying media entities that merges perceptual classification techniques and digital signal processing classification techniques for improved classification of media entities, a system and methods are provided for automatically classifying and characterizing musical consonance properties of media entities. Such a system and methods may be useful for the indexing of a database or other storage collection of media entities, such as media entities that are audio files, or have portions that are audio files. The methods also help to determine media entities that have similar consonance by utilizing classification chain techniques that test distances between media entities in terms of their properties. For example, a neighborhood of songs may be determined within which each song has a similar consonance.

US Patent:

20020087565, Jul 4, 2002

Filed:

Jul 6, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/900059

Inventors:

Jeffrey Hoekman - Kirkland WA, US
Christopher Weare - Bellevue WA, US

International Classification:

G06F007/00

US Classification:

707/100000

Abstract:

In connection with a classification system for classifying media entities that merges perceptual classification techniques and digital signal processing classification techniques for improved classification of media entities, a system and methods are provided for automatically classifying and characterizing musical consonance properties of media entities. Such a system and methods may be useful for the indexing of a database or other storage collection of media entities, such as media entities that are audio files, or have portions that are audio files. The methods also help to determine media entities that have similar consonance by utilizing classification chain techniques that test distances between media entities in terms of their properties. For example, a neighborhood of songs may be determined within which each song has a similar consonance.

US Patent:

20060111801, May 25, 2006

Filed:

Jan 3, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/324828

Inventors:

Christopher Weare - Bellevue WA, US
Jeffrey Hoekman - Kirkland WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

700094000

Abstract:

In connection with a classification system for classifying media entities that merges perceptual classification techniques and digital signal processing classification techniques for improved classification of media entities, a system and methods are provided for automatically classifying and characterizing melodic movement properties of media entities. Such a system and methods may be useful for the indexing of a database or other storage collection of media entities, such as media entities that are audio files, or have portions that are audio files. The methods also help to determine media entities that have similar, or dissimilar as a request may indicate, melodic movement by utilizing classification chain techniques that test distances between media entities in terms of their properties. For example, a neighborhood of songs may be determined within which each song has similar melodic movement properties.

US Patent:

20190074072, Mar 7, 2019

Filed:

Nov 5, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/181082

Inventors:

- San Mateo CA, US
Jeffrey Scott HOEKMAN - San Mateo CA, US
Colin Erik ALSTAD - San Mateo CA, US
Theodore Calhoun TANNER - San Mateo CA, US

International Classification:

G16H 10/60
G06Q 50/22
G06F 17/30
G06F 7/06

Abstract:

A system and method for matching and merging documents from disparate data sources into a single data store for a particular entity are provided. The system and method may be particularly useful for a healthcare system to match and merge data from disparate data sources about a healthcare provider.

US Patent:

20150205846, Jul 23, 2015

Filed:

Aug 22, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/466909

Inventors:

- San Mateo CA, US
Jeffrey Scott HOEKMAN - San Mateo CA, US
Colin Erik ALSTAD - San Mateo CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30
G06F 19/00

Abstract:

A system and method for matching and merging documents from disparate data sources into a single data store for a particular entity are provided. The system and method may be particularly useful for a healthcare system to match and merge data from disparate data sources about a healthcare provider.