Patents by Inventor Ian Blaine

Ian Blaine 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).

  • Method and system for managing and distributing digital media
    Patent number: 10079869
    Abstract: A system and method that integrates a plurality of media service systems offering different multimedia services such as media storage, syndication, delivery, and billing services. The system and method also provides automated file transcoding. In embodiment, a method of the present invention includes receiving a plurality of physical media files, organizing the plurality of physical media files so that different bit-rates and formats of a single source material are organized into a media database entity, receiving user specified delivery settings for the distribution of the physical media file, generating a release database entity storing the delivery settings of the physical media file, generating an address indicating the storage location of the release, and transmitting the address to a remote computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC
    Inventors: Alan Ramaley, Andrew Sodt, Rahul Sonnad, Ian Blaine, Andrew Olson
  • Method and System for Managing and Distributing Digital Media
    Publication number: 20150052434
    Abstract: A system and method that integrates a plurality of media service systems offering different multimedia services such as media storage, syndication, delivery, and billing services. The system and method also provides automated file transcoding. In embodiment, a method of the present invention includes receiving a plurality of physical media files, organizing the plurality of physical media files so that different bit-rates and formats of a single source material are organized into a media database entity, receiving user specified delivery settings for the distribution of the physical media file, generating a release database entity storing the delivery settings of the physical media file, generating an address indicating the storage location of the release, and transmitting the address to a remote computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Alan Ramaley, Andrew Sodt, Rahul Sonnad, Ian Blaine, Andrew Olson
  • Method and system for managing and distributing digital media
    Patent number: 8812672
    Abstract: A system and method that integrates a plurality of media service systems offering different multimedia services such as media storage, syndication, delivery, and billing services. The system and method also provides automated file transcoding. In embodiment, a method of the present invention includes receiving a plurality of physical media files, organizing the plurality of physical media files so that different bit-rates and formats of a single source material are organized into a media database entity, receiving user specified delivery settings for the distribution of the physical media file, generating a release database entity storing the delivery settings of the physical media file, generating an address indicating the storage location of the release, and transmitting the address to a remote computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: ThePlatform for Media, Inc., a Washington Corporation
    Inventors: Alan Ramaley, Andrew Sodt, Rahul Sonnad, Ian Blaine, Andrew Olson
  • Method and system for managing and distributing digital media
    Publication number: 20060271683
    Abstract: A system and method that integrates a plurality of media service systems offering different multimedia services such as media storage, syndication, delivery, and billing services. The system and method also provides automated file transcoding. In embodiment, a method of the present invention includes receiving a plurality of physical media files, organizing the plurality of physical media files so that different bit-rates and formats of a single source material are organized into a media database entity, receiving user specified delivery settings for the distribution of the physical media file, generating a release database entity storing the delivery settings of the physical media file, generating an address indicating the storage location of the release, and transmitting the address to a remote computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Applicant: thePlatform for Media, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Ramaley, Andrew Sodt, Rahul Sonnad, Ian Blaine, Andrew Olson
  • Method and system for managing and distributing digital media
    Patent number: 7089309
    Abstract: A system and method that integrates a plurality of media service systems offering different multimedia services such as media storage, syndication, delivery, and billing services. The system and method also provides automated file transcoding. In embodiment, a method of the present invention includes receiving a plurality of physical media files, organizing the plurality of physical media files so that different bit-rates and formats of a single source material are organized into a media database entity, receiving user specified delivery settings for the distribution of the physical media file, generating a release database entity storing the delivery settings of the physical media file, generating an address indicating the storage location of the release, and transmitting the address to a remote computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: thePlatform for Media, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Ramaley, Andrew Sodt, Rahul Sonnad, Ian Blaine, Andrew Olson
  • Method and system for managing and distributing digital media
    Publication number: 20020138619
    Abstract: A system and method that integrates a plurality of media service systems offering different multimedia services such as media storage, syndication, delivery, and billing services. The system and method also provides automated file transcoding. In embodiment, a method of the present invention includes receiving a plurality of physical media files, organizing the plurality of physical media files so that different bit-rates and formats of a single source material are organized into a media database entity, receiving user specified delivery settings for the distribution of the physical media file, generating a release database entity storing the delivery settings of the physical media file, generating an address indicating the storage location of the release, and transmitting the address to a remote computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Applicant: thePlatform for Media, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Ramaley, Andrew Sodt, Rahul Sonnad, Ian Blaine, Andrew Olson