Daniel K Moore

58156780, Sep 29, 1998

Jul 14, 1995

8/503078

Gary Alan Hoffman - Austin TX
Eric Thomas Shalkey - Austin TX
Daniel Joseph Moore - Austin TX
Oscar Reid Mitchell - Pflugerville TX
Rajat Datta - Round Rock TX

Adaptec, Inc. - Milpitas CA

G06F 1300

395309

A system and method for creating a high-level application programming interface allows simplified control and usage of digital data being transported over an IEEE 1394 serial bus under a variety of operational environments. The system and method of controlling communications on a communications bus includes determining a number of adapters attached to the communications bus, establishing a link between an application program and one or more of the adapters; allocating buffers for data transfer; mapping a memory buffer to a space in storage associated with the communications bus; and executing the applications program.

55413544, Jul 30, 1996

Jun 30, 1994

8/269870

Peter W. Farrett - Austin TX
Daniel J. Moore - Austin TX

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G10H 108
G10H 700

84603

A technique for producing a sound of a plurality of a selected instrument from a digitized audio sample of the selected instrument. The digitized audio sample of the single selected instrument is stored in a memory. Next, copies of the digitized audio sample are micromanipulated in parallel in a plurality of digital processors corresponding in number to the plurality of the selected instrument. Each of the digital processors processes the digital audio sample in a slightly different time variant manner to produce the effect of a plurality of instruments. The processed digital audio samples are summed into a single digital sample. The summed digital audio sample is converted to an analog signal which is sent to a speaker to produce the sound of the plurality of the selected instrument.

52084213, May 4, 1993

Nov 1, 1990

7/608113

Ronald J. Lisle - Cedar Park TX
Daniel J. Moore - Austin TX
Steven C. Penn - Georgetown TX
Michael D. Wilkes - Austin TX

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G10H 700

84645

A method and apparatus are disclosed for the audio editing of MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) files. MIDI files make it possible to exchange information such as: musical notes, program changes, expression control and channel information between musical instruments, sequencers, computers, lighting controllers and mixers. MIDI files generally consist of serially listed channel and system messages which include at least program status messages and matching note on and note off messages. The method and apparatus of the present invention may be utilized to ensure the integrity of a source file, a copied or lifted section or a target file by automatically inserting matching note on or note off messages into a file or file section to correct inconsistencies created by such editing. Additionally, program status messages are automatically inserted into source files, copied or lifted sections, or target files to yield results which are consistent with the results which may be obtained by editing digital audio data. Timing information is selectively added or maintained such that MIDI files may be selectively edited without requiring a user to learn a complex MIDI sequencer.

52817547, Jan 25, 1994

Apr 13, 1992

7/868051

Peter W. Farrett - Austin TX
Daniel J. Moore - Austin TX

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G10H 700
G04B 1300
A63H 500

84609

A method and system for automatically generating an entire musical arrangement including melody and accompaniment on a computer. The invention combines predetermined, short musical phrases modified by selection of random parameters to produce a data stream that can be used to drive a MIDI synthesizer and generate music.

51197111, Jun 9, 1992

Nov 1, 1990

7/608114

James L. Bell - Saratoga CA
Ronald J. Lisle - Cedar Park TX
Daniel J. Moore - Austin TX
Steven C. Penn - Georgetown TX

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G10H 106
G10H 700

84622

A system and method for translating MIDI files is used with a sequencer and synthesizer. When a MIDI file is imported into a system, the file is scanned and voice assignment information extracted. This information is stored in a converted file. If desired, the extracted information can be stored using MIDI system exclusives. This allows either any original program change information, or the extracted information, to be used during a performance of the converted MIDI file.

44634447, Jul 31, 1984

Oct 26, 1981

6/314940

Paul R. Daniels - Round Rock TX
Daniel J. Moore - Austin TX
Ha H. Nguyen - Austin TX

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G05B 101

364900

A word processing system is provided having a bidirectional printer with formatting capability. The system includes a word processor having means for outputting a stream of sequential data readable in only one direction. The data comprises blocks of character data representative of the characters to be printed interspersed with blocks of control data representative of the format in which the characters are to be printed; each block of control data has an immediately preceding control block identifier. The bidirectional printer includes means for receiving the stream of sequential data, means for scanning the stream of data and means for inserting a control block identifier at the end of each control block which identifier corresponds to the identifier preceding the control block, whereby the stream of sequential data is made readable in both the forward and reverse directions within the printer.

55617360, Oct 1, 1996

Jun 4, 1993

8/073365

Daniel J. Moore - Austin TX
Peter W. Farrett - Austin TX

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G10L 502
G10L 900
G10L 300

395 269

Method, product and system alters audio data for a synthesized voice so that when it is produced on a speaker system, it appears to emanate from a spatial position. First, the voice is synthesized into a speech waveform from a set of stored data representative of a text string using standard techniques. The speech waveform is converted into analog signals for a right and left channel. According to the invention, the analog signals to the right and left channels are altered according to position data stored with the text string so that the synthesized voice appears to originate at the apparent spatial position when the analog signals are sent to a speaker system.

43504558, Sep 21, 1982

Dec 26, 1979

6/107238

Daniel J. Moore - Austin TX
Robert A. Pascoe - Austin TX

International Business Machines Corp. - Armonk NY

B41J 2518

400279

In a high speed trail printer an improved electronic tab rack is provided. A method and apparatus are disclosed for decreasing the time required to determine the location of the next tab involving accessing a condensed tab rack. The condensed tab rack is set up when the tabs are entered and contains for each byte of the basic tab rack one bit indicating whether or not the associated tab rack byte specifies at least one tab stop position.