Patents by Inventor Allan Kotmel

Allan Kotmel 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).

  • Synchronization and automation in an ITV environment
    Patent number: 8505058
    Abstract: A synchronization mechanism embeds synchronization triggers into a television signal or stream at regular intervals. The triggers include an accurate representation of the time in which the triggers were embedded. A receiving device decodes the triggers and synchronizes its internal timer based on the triggers. In this regard, the receiving device obtains a reference time from the internal timer and computes an offset between the reference time and the trigger time. The computed offset is then applied to the reference time. With the receipt of each new trigger, the application compares the trigger time to a new reference time with the most recently computed offset value applied. If there is any variance between these two values, the application creates a new smoothed offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Ericsson Television Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Dakss, Paul Milazzo, Karen Sarachik, Allan Kotmel, V. Michael Bove, Jr.
  • SYNCHRONIZATION AND AUTOMATION IN AN ITV ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20110271318
    Abstract: A synchronization mechanism embeds synchronization triggers into a television signal or stream at regular intervals. The triggers include an accurate representation of the time in which the triggers were embedded. A receiving device decodes the triggers and synchronizes its internal timer based on the triggers. In this regard, the receiving device obtains a reference time from the internal timer and computes an offset between the reference time and the trigger time. The computed offset is then applied to the reference time. With the receipt of each new trigger, the application compares the trigger time to a new reference time with the most recently computed offset value applied. If there is any variance between these two values, the application creates a new smoothed offset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: Jon Dakss, Paul Milazzo, Karen Sarachik, Allan Kotmel, V. Michael Bove, JR.
  • Synchronization and automation in an ITV environment
    Patent number: 8010986
    Abstract: A synchronization mechanism embeds synchronization triggers into a television signal or stream at regular intervals. The triggers include an accurate representation of the time in which the triggers were embedded. A receiving device decodes the triggers and synchronizes its internal timer based on the triggers. In this regard, the receiving device obtains a reference time from the internal timer and computes an offset between the reference time and the trigger time. The computed offset is then applied to the reference time. With the receipt of each new trigger, the application compares the trigger time to a new reference time with the most recently computed offset value applied. If there is any variance between these two values, the application creates a new smoothed offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Ericsson Television, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Dakss, Paul Milazzo, Karen Sarachik, Allan Kotmel, V. Michael Bove, Jr.
  • Synchronization and automation in an ITV enviroment
    Publication number: 20060031914
    Abstract: A synchronization mechanism embeds synchronization triggers into a television signal or stream at regular intervals. The triggers include an accurate representation of the time in which the triggers were embedded. A receiving device decodes the triggers and synchronizes its internal timer based on the triggers. In this regard, the receiving device obtains a reference time from the internal timer and computes an offset between the reference time and the trigger time. The computed offset is then applied to the reference time. With the receipt of each new trigger, the application compares the trigger time to a new reference time with the most recently computed offset value applied. If there is any variance between these two values, the application creates a new smoothed offset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventors: Jon Dakss, Paul Milazzo, Karen Sarachik, Allan Kotmel, V. Bove