Chao Te Xu, 566922 Windsor Way, San Jose, CA 95129

6957325, Oct 18, 2005

Jul 1, 2002

10/188247

Rajat Mathur - Irvine CA, US
Charles P. Siska - Costa Mesa CA, US
Chao Xu - Irvine CA, US

Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. - Newport Beach CA

G06F011/00

712226, 712229, 717127

A process and system for analyzing executable portion of computer code for processors with unprotected pipelines is provided. The process assumes a worst set of current processor states; analyzes plural control paths for possible hazards by computing an induced set of processor states after executing a computer instruction; and adjusts the worst set of current processor states based on program annotations to the computer instruction.

2015033, Nov 19, 2015

Jul 27, 2015

14/810101

- Suwanee GA, US
Venugopal Vasudevan - Palatine IL, US
Chao Xu - San Jose CA, US

G06F 17/30

A media content item is evaluated for its “sentiment states.” That is, segments of the content item are determined to be, for example, “happy,” “exciting,” “sad,” “funny,” and the like. A “sentiment map” is created that delimits segments of the content item and contains the sentiment-state keywords associated with the segments. Some maps include an amplitude for each assigned sentiment keyword and a confidence value for the segment delimitation and for each keyword. As an exemplary use of the sentiment map, an advertisement broker matches the sentiments of his advertisement offerings with segments of a content item in order to place appropriate advertisements at times when they would be most favorably received. In another example, a recommender system recommends to a user a content item whose sentiment map compares favorably to that of a content item already enjoyed by the user.