Recent Patents in Signal Processing Areas (June 2010)

• US 7,720,686, "Method and system for providing listener-requested music over a network", by Andrew Volk and Erik Reed, filed 4 December 2002, issued 18 May 2010, assigned to Yahoo! Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA).
• US 7,711,443, "Virtual wireless multitrack recording system", by Glenn Sanders and Howard Stark, filed 14 July 2005, issued 4 May 2010, assigned to Zaxcom Inc. (Pompton Plains, NJ) .
• US 7,711,442, "Audio signal processor with modular user interface and processing functionality", by Marcus Ryle and Michel Doidic, filed 23 September 2004, issued 4 May 2010, assigned to Line 6 Inc. (Calabasas, CA).
• US 7,711,129, "Method and system for approximating graphic equalizers using dynamic filter order reduction", by Aram Lindahl and Joseph Williams, filed 11 March 2004, issued 4 May 2010, assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA).
• US 7,711,123, "Segmenting audio signals into auditory events", by Brett Crockett, filed 26 February 2002, issued 4 May 2010, assigned to Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation (San Francisco, CA).
• US 7,706,903, "Selective muting of applications", by David Champion, Vincent Lanzolla, Timothy Meserth, Mark Molander and David Windell, filed 13 April 2006, issued April 27 2010, assigned to IBM Corporation (Armonk, NY).
• US 7,706,902, "Method and system for data logging in a listening device", by Alexandre Heubi, Olivier Hautier, Dustin Griesdorf, Jakob Nielsen, and Todd Schneider, filed 28 March 2005, issued 27 April 2010, assigned to AMI Semiconductor, Inc. (Pocatello, ID).
• US 7,706,901, "Low latency real-time audio streaming", by Frank Berreth, filed 1 October 2004, issued 27 April 2010, assigned to Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA).

Interested in sharing a recent patent you know? Please contact Associate Editor Dr. Shantanu Rane at <rane AT merl.com> with the patent information related to signal processing. We are particularly interested in patents by SPS members issued within the past six months.