Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Thomas Algie Abrams, Jr

John Conrad

Mark F Beauchamp

A system and method for playing audio material is described. The audio material is illustratively downloaded from a network, or from a storage media, each coupled to a loudspeaker through a speaker drive unit. A speaker authorization signal is provided to the speaker drive unit from the network or storage media. The speaker drive unit provides an audio signal to the loudspeaker if the authorization signal indicates that the loudspeaker is authorized to play the audio material. The speaker drive unit does not provide an audio signal to the loudspeaker if the authorization signal indicates that the loudspeaker is not authorized to play the audio material. The system and method includes a monitoring unit to furnish a signal indicating the sound generated by the loudspeaker, to be stored, and to determine whether the loudspeaker has played the audio material.

Extending digital rights management and authentication to audio speakers

An image capturing device is capable of capturing and encoding image data so as to output a streaming media file from the device. Vector information derived from the captured image data may be altered to change, i.e., the frame capture rate of subsequent image data, according to frame resolution requirements.

Managing file stream generation

Methods, devices, systems and/or storage media for stereoscopic video.

Stereoscopic video

Methods, units, systems, architectures and/or storage media for video and/or audio processing. An exemplary architecture includes one or more layers selected from, for example, service and/or application layers, storage area network layers, digital asset management layers, and/or enterprise applications integration and/or business process automation layers. Various exemplary methods, units, systems and/or storage media are also disclosed.

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Snohomish, WA, United States of America

Thomas Algie Abrams, Jr