Patents by Inventor Benton Crane

Benton Crane 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: 20160037217
    Abstract: A method and system for collaboratively curating video maps used for filtering audio, visual, or audiovisual content, such as a movie. One or more video taggers may tag segments of a movie containing filterable content, such as swearing, nudity, sex, violence, etc. A tag for a segment containing filterable content may comprise a start time, an end time, and a reference to one or more categories of filterable content, e.g., swearing, nudity, sex, etc. A video reviewer may review the quality of a tagger's work, and may add, delete, or edit tags, and may also send the video back to the tagger for further work. A video publisher may further review the tagger's and the reviewer's work and add, delete, or edit tags; send the video back to the reviewer or tagger for further work; or publish the tags as a “video map” which may be used with a user filter (or user preferences) to filter a movie. A user's preferences may indicate which categories of content the user wishes to remove from a movie, e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: VidAngel, Inc.
    Inventors: Neal Harmon, Benton Crane, Jordan Harmon