David P Datta

US Patent:

20120254363, Oct 4, 2012

Filed:

Mar 29, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/074293

Inventors:

Keith Dana Martin - Westborough MA, US
David Paul Datta - Worcester MA, US

Assignee:

Bose Corporation - Framingham MA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709219

Abstract:

A computer program product, tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium, includes instructions, which when executed by a data processor of a multimedia player, cause the data processor to determine first media content characteristics that characterize a user-specific collection of media content; compare the first media content characteristics with second media content characteristics that characterize a first set of external media content channels; and based on the results of the comparison, present identifiers of a subset of the first set of external media content channels on an interface of the multimedia player.

US Patent:

20180060021, Mar 1, 2018

Filed:

Aug 29, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/250504

Inventors:

- Framingham MA, US
Naganagouda B. Patil - Ashland MA, US
Keith D. Martin - Westborough MA, US
David Paul Datta - Worcester MA, US
Nathan Holstein - Framingham MA, US
Douglas W. Young - Arlington MA, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/16
H04W 4/00
H04W 76/02

Abstract:

A connection management system comprises a wireless speaker including first and second connectors for communicating with two selected audio content source devices, respectively, of at least three audio content source devices; a rules engine that establishes a set of conditions under which the at least three audio content source devices share the first and second connectors of the wireless speaker; and a device allocation system that forms a first communication path between one of the two selected audio content source devices and the first connector of the wireless speaker and forms a second communication path between another of the two selected audio content source devices and the second connector of the wireless speaker at a time in accordance with the set of conditions established by the rules engine.

US Patent:

20150100142, Apr 9, 2015

Filed:

Oct 7, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/047404

Inventors:

- Framingham MA, US
Keith Martin - Westborough MA, US
Santiago Carvajal - Ashland MA, US
David Datta - Worcester MA, US
Christine Hostage - Southborough MA, US

Assignee:

Base Corporation - Framingham MA

International Classification:

G06F 3/16
H04L 29/08

US Classification:

700 94

Abstract:

A method for creating a stream of content for an audio system is provided. The method includes obtaining text metadata identifying each audio track of a selected collection of audio content, the selected collection of audio content being selected for playback from a first audio playback device of the audio system, and forwarding the text metadata identifying each audio track of the selected collection of audio content to a digital audio source to enable the digital audio source to select audio content containing additional audio content based on the text metadata.