Patents by Inventor Bart MacNeil

Bart MacNeil 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).

  • Patent number: 8995815
    Abstract: In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for managing playback of content delivered to a mobile device with a pause and resume functionality. The method and system including receiving delivered content on a mobile device, initiating playback of the delivered content, pausing playback of the content being delivered to the mobile device in response to an action and resuming delivery of the content upon a request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Quickplay Media Inc.
    Inventors: Kavi Maharajh, Bart MacNeil, Torin Walker
  • Publication number: 20150087224
    Abstract: In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for switching between broadcast and unicast content on a mobile device. The method and system involves making unicast content available to the mobile device, making broadcast content available to the mobile device; and providing an application on the mobile device which allows for switching between the unicast and broadcast content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Kavi Maharajh, Bart MacNeil, Torin Walker
  • Publication number: 20150078247
    Abstract: In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for switching between broadcast and unicast content on a mobile device. The method and system involves making unicast content available to the mobile device, making broadcast content available to the mobile device; and providing an application on the mobile device which allows for switching between the unicast and broadcast content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Kavi Maharajh, Bart MacNeil, Torin Walker
  • Publication number: 20150019550
    Abstract: In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for delivery of content on a mobile media platform, providing an automated tag processing facility, and delivering content to a mobile device, wherein content delivery is based at least in part on the automated tag processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Kavi Maharajh, Bart MacNeil, Torin Walker
  • Publication number: 20140342659
    Abstract: In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for switching between broadcast and unicast content on a mobile device. The method and system involves making unicast content available to the mobile device, making broadcast content available to the mobile device; and providing an application on the mobile device which allows for switching between the unicast and broadcast content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Kavi Maharajh, Bart MacNeil, Torin Walker
  • Publication number: 20140325030
    Abstract: Managing a content item in a media management platform includes creating a consumption profile for the content item, the consumption profile including attributes of devices on which the content item can be accessed and a profile of the attributes of networks on which the content item can be delivered, integrating attributes of the content item with the consumption profile in the media management platform using a processor, and configuring the content item for delivery using the media management platform based on the consumption profile and integrated attributes of the content item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Kavi Maharajh, Bart MacNeil, Torin Walker
  • Publication number: 20140316903
    Abstract: Targeting advertising content via a media management platform includes taking at least one consumption profile for content items of the media management platform, wherein the at least one consumption profile includes a profile of devices on which a corresponding content item can be accessed, a profile of networks on which the corresponding content item can be delivered, and attributes of the corresponding content item. Further a targeting input is produced by processing at least a portion of the consumption profile for a content item. Lastly, the targeting input is provided to an advertising fulfillment engine that targets advertising content to media management platform content item recipients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Kavi Maharajh, Bart MacNeil, Torin Walker
  • Publication number: 20140317112
    Abstract: Optimizing delivery of content by a mobile media platform includes using a processor of the mobile media platform to configure a consumption profile for a content item comprising attributes of devices on which the content item can be accessed, a profile of networks on which the content item can be delivered, and attributes of the content item. Optimizing delivery of content further includes optimizing at least one of ingestion of content, encoding of content, and hosting of content based on the consumption profile; and optimizing delivery of content based on the consumption profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Kavi Maharajh, Bart MacNeil, Torin Walker
  • Patent number: 8855469
    Abstract: In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for managing playback of content delivered to a mobile device with a pause and resume functionality. The method and system includes receiving delivered content on a mobile device, initiating playback of the delivered content, pausing playback of the content being delivered to the mobile device in response to an action and resuming delivery of the content upon a request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Quickplay Media Inc.
    Inventors: Kavi Maharajh, Bart MacNeil, Torin Walker
  • Publication number: 20140258469
    Abstract: In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for delivery of content on a mobile media platform, providing a consumption profile, and delivering content to a mobile device, wherein content delivery is based at least in part on the consumption profile. Further, in embodiments, the present invention provides a consumption profile for a mobile media platform comprising a device profile, a user profile, a network profile, an encoding profile, and a content profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Quickplay Media Inc.
    Inventors: Kavi Maharajh, Bart MacNeil, Torin Walker
  • Patent number: 8805270
    Abstract: In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for switching between broadcast and unicast content on a mobile device. The method and system involves making unicast content available to the mobile device, making broadcast content available to the mobile device; and providing a facility through which access to broadcast content may be paused for unicast content and later resumed in response to receiving an indication of access to the broadcast content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Quickplay Media Inc.
    Inventors: Kavi Maharajh, Bart MacNeil, Torin Walker
  • Patent number: 8671021
    Abstract: In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for delivery of content on a mobile media platform, providing a consumption profile, and delivering content to a mobile device, wherein content delivery is based at least in part on the consumption profile. Further, in embodiments, the present invention provides a consumption profile for a mobile media platform comprising a device profile, a user profile, a network profile, an encoding profile, and a content profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: QuickPlay Media Inc.
    Inventors: Kavi Maharajh, Bart MacNeil, Torin Walker
  • Publication number: 20130064527
    Abstract: In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for managing playback of content delivered to a mobile device with a pause and resume functionality. The method and system includes receiving delivered content on a mobile device, initiating playback of the delivered content, pausing playback of the content being delivered to the mobile device in response to an action and resuming delivery of the content upon a request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: QuickPlay Media Inc.
    Inventors: Kavi Maharajh, Bart MacNeil, Torin Walker
  • Publication number: 20120208512
    Abstract: In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for switching between broadcast and unicast content on a mobile device. The method and system involves making unicast content available to the mobile device, making broadcast content available to the mobile device; and providing an application on the mobile device which allows for switching between the unicast and broadcast content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: QUICKPLAY MEDIA INC.
    Inventors: Kavi Maharajh, Bart MacNeil, Torin Walker
  • Patent number: 8219134
    Abstract: In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for switching between broadcast and unicast content on a mobile device. The method and system involves making unicast content available to the mobile device, making broadcast content available to the mobile device; and providing an application on the mobile device which allows for switching between the unicast and broadcast content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Quickplay Media Inc.
    Inventors: Kavi Maharajh, Bart MacNeil, Torin Walker
  • Publication number: 20110225417
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a method that causes a plurality of virtual machine instructions to be interpreted for indications of a mobile device's hardware identification information, thus forming a plurality of hardware instruction interpretations. The embodiment also combines each of the plurality of hardware instruction interpretations and hashes the combination to form a quasi-hardware device identifier. An encryption process is based on the quasi-hardware encryption device identifier and the media is then encrypted using the encryption process. The encrypted media is transferred to the mobile device wherein the mobile device decrypts the media based at least in part on the mobile device's internal knowledge of the quasi-hardware device identification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Kavi Maharajh, Torin Walker, Igor Sandler, Eloi Minka, Balayogan Sachithananthan, Nick Dingle, Hui Gang Zhang, Bart MacNeil
  • Publication number: 20080207137
    Abstract: In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for switching between broadcast and unicast content on a mobile device. The method and system involves making unicast content available to the mobile device, making broadcast content available to the mobile device; and providing an application on the mobile device which allows for switching between the unicast and broadcast content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: QUICKPLAY MEDIA INC.
    Inventors: Kavi Maharajh, Bart MacNeil, Torin Walker
  • Publication number: 20080207182
    Abstract: In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for encoding content for mobile media distribution determining an encoding format based on one or more of a consumption profile, a content profile, an ingestion profile, a network profile, a mobile device profile, a delivery profile, and a user profile, encoding content to provide an encoded content consistent with the determined encoding format, and providing the encoded content to one or more of a content host, a content cache, a distribution portal, a mobile carrier, and a mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: QUICKPLAY MEDIA INC.
    Inventors: Kavi Maharajh, Bart MacNeil, Torin Walker
  • Publication number: 20080201386
    Abstract: In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for mobile media event mediation, normalizing mobile media event information from a plurality of sources, wherein at least some of the information is represented differently in each of the plurality of sources, producing a mobile media data record from the normalized information, analyzing the mobile media data record to determine a settlement arrangement, providing at least some of the participants represented in the mobile media record with relevant information from the settlement agreement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: QuickPlay Media Inc.
    Inventors: Kavi Maharajh, Bart MacNeil, Torin Walker
  • Publication number: 20080201225
    Abstract: In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for delivery of content on a mobile media platform, providing a consumption profile, and delivering content to a mobile device, wherein content delivery is based at least in part on the consumption profile. Further, in embodiments, the present invention provides a consumption profile for a mobile media platform comprising a device profile, a user profile, a network profile, an encoding profile, and a content profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: QUICKPLAY MEDIA INC.
    Inventors: Kavi Maharajh, Bart MacNeil, Torin Walker