Patents by Inventor Elaine M. Spooner
Elaine M. Spooner 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).
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Patent number: 10339570Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product provide the ability to deliver an advertisement. Customization attributes for displaying billboard advertisements are defined. Each billboard advertisement comprises an advertisement for media content. A user requests access to a website and the server computer transmits the website that includes or provides access to the advertisements. Based on the customization attributes, a first billboard advertisement is primarily displayed without occlusion and remaining billboard advertisements are displayed partially occluded by the first billboard advertisement.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2011Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: FOX ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.Inventors: Elaine M. Spooner, John D. Koscheka, Michael S. Bessolo, Mark L. Simpson, Jean L. Yuan, J. Craig D. Russell, Christopher M. Bettes, Greg McCarthy
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Patent number: 9075998Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable storage medium provide multi-platform accessibility of media content in a global computer network. Media content is selected in a client computer. Based on a format of the content, a media content player is loaded. If the content is not digital rights managements (DRM) protected, it is loaded and played in the player. If the content is DRM protected, a license to play the content is requested via an API and obtained via a server process. A web server computer creates/updates an authorized client user by communicating with a DRM server. The web server then creates a session with the DRM server and enables authorization to play by communicating with the DRM server that transmits the license to the client computer. Based on the license, the client loads and plays the content in the player.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2013Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: FOX ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.Inventors: Elaine M. Spooner, John D. Koscheka, Michael Scott Bessolo, Mark L. Simpson, Jean L. Yuan, J. Craig D. Russell, Christopher M. Bettes, Greg McCarthy, Srinivas Kundula, Venkata Nagaraju Mantena
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Publication number: 20140041057Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable storage medium provide multi-platform accessibility of media content in a global computer network. Media content is selected in a client computer. Based on a format of the content, a media content player is loaded. If the content is not digital rights managements (DRM) protected, it is loaded and played in the player. If the content is DRM protected, a license to play the content is requested via an API and obtained via a server process. A web server computer creates/updates an authorized client user by communicating with a DRM server. The web server then creates a session with the DRM server and enables authorization to play by communicating with the DRM server that transmits the license to the client computer. Based on the license, the client loads and plays the content in the player.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2013Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: Fox Entertainment Group, Inc.Inventors: Elaine M. Spooner, John D. Koscheka, Michael Scott Bessolo, Mark L. Simpson, Jean L. Yuan, J. Craig D. Russell, Christopher M. Bettes, Greg McCarthy, Srinivas Kundula, Venkata Nagaraju Mantena
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Patent number: 8584256Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable storage medium provides the ability to deliver media content. A repository stores media content and marketing assets for the media content. A server computer provides a website accessible on the Internet worldwide to client computers. The website provides the ability to search a public site catalog/library of media content that is publicly available. The website further provides marketing assets for licensed media content from the library to authorized client users (that have a license to media content) in a secure manner. The website further provides preview screening access and download access to licensed media content (e.g., titles of audio-visual media content) to the authorized client users.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2011Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Fox Entertainment Group, Inc.Inventors: Elaine M. Spooner, John D. Koscheka, Michael S. Bessolo, Mark L. Simpson, Jean L. Yuan, J. Craig D. Russell, Christopher M. Bettes, Greg McCarthy, Srinivas Kundula, Venkata Nagaraju Mantena
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Publication number: 20120102573Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable storage medium provides the ability to deliver media content. A repository stores media content and marketing assets for the media content. A server computer provides a website accessible on the Internet worldwide to client computers. The website provides the ability to search a public site catalog/library of media content that is publicly available. The website further provides marketing assets for licensed media content from the library to authorized client users (that have a license to media content) in a secure manner. The website further provides preview screening access and download access to licensed media content (e.g., titles of audio-visual media content) to the authorized client users.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2011Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: FOX ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.Inventors: Elaine M. Spooner, John D. Koscheka, Michael S. Bessolo, Mark L. Simpson, Jean L. Yuan, J. Craig D. Russell, Christopher M. Bettes, Greg McCarthy, Srinivas Kundula, Venkata Nagaraju Mantena
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Publication number: 20120101904Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product provide the ability to deliver an advertisement. Customization attributes for displaying billboard advertisements are defined. Each billboard advertisement comprises an advertisement for media content. A user requests access to a website and the server computer transmits the website that includes or provides access to the advertisements. Based on the customization attributes, a first billboard advertisement is primarily displayed without occlusion and remaining billboard advertisements are displayed partially occluded by the first billboard advertisement.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2011Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: FOX ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.Inventors: Elaine M. Spooner, John D. Koscheka, Michael S. Bessolo, Mark L. Simpson, Jean L. Yuan, J. Craig D. Russell, Christopher M. Bettes, Greg McCarthy
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Publication number: 20120054619Abstract: A method, system, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a computer readable storage medium provide the ability to edit media content in a computer system. A server computer provides access to a repository of media content via a website accessible on the Internet worldwide client computers. The website is configured to provide preview screening access to licensed media content to authorized client users. The licensed media content includes titles of audio-visual media content. In addition, the website is configured to enable editing of the licensed media content using the preview screening.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2011Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: FOX ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.Inventors: Elaine M. Spooner, John D. Koscheka, Michael S. Bessolo, J. Craig D. Russell, Greg McCarthy, Venkata Nagaraju Mantena, Ramesh Gurram, Marwan Ammar
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Publication number: 20110265150Abstract: A system, method, apparatus, and computer readable storage medium provide the ability to deliver media content in a secure manner in a computer system. A storage repository stores media content and marketing assets for the media content. A server computer is coupled to the storage repository and enabled to provide access to the media content and marketing assets via a website accessible on the Internet worldwide to a user. A digital advertising publicity repository (DAPR) enables an administrator to define first access rights for the user to access the website and second access rights for the user to access the DAPR.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2011Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: FOX ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.Inventors: Elaine M. Spooner, John D. Koscheka, Michael S. Bessolo, Mark L. Simpson, Jean L. Yuan, J. Craig D. Russell, Christopher M. Bettes, Greg McCarthy, Srinivas Kundula, Venkata Nagaraju Mantena