Patents by Inventor Alan Rand

Alan Rand has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20040080528
    Abstract: Systems and methods for presenting programs over the Internet to a user's computer are disclosed. The programs include video and text corresponding to the video, wherein the text is preferably advanced page by page, in synchronization with the video. Preferably, access is provided to additional information, including web pages stored by servers external to the organization, information stored in the organization's system and information served to the user's computer. The information is accessible through activation points in the text and elsewhere on a graphical user interface, which directly access the information or which directs the user to other activation points for accessing the information. The accessible information or references to the accessible information is served to the user's computer prior to presentation of the program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Applicant: WATCHIT.COM,INC.
    Inventors: Alan Rand, Robert Kuhn, Peter Cardillo, Marco M. Bianco