Patents by Inventor James J. Hodges

James J. Hodges 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: 11856315
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses and non-transitory, computer-readable storage mediums are disclosed for a media editing application with an anchored timeline for editing captions and subtitles. In an embodiment, a method comprises: causing to display on a display device, by one or more hardware processors executing a media editing application, a graphical user interface (GUI) including a timeline; causing to display on the timeline, by the one or more hardware processors, a first lane including a media object; causing to display on the timeline, by the one or more hardware processors, a second lane including a caption or subtitle object; and anchoring, by the one or more hardware processors, the media object to the caption or subtitle object in the timeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nils Angquist, Zachary Kramer, James J. Hodges, Wesley Plate, Dylan Grant Keith, Peter Matthew Battaglia, Colleen M. Pendergast, Nathan Bingham, Hope Renee Boyarsky
  • Publication number: 20190104259
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses and non-transitory, computer-readable storage mediums are disclosed for a media editing application with an anchored timeline for editing captions and subtitles. In an embodiment, a method comprises: causing to display on a display device, by one or more hardware processors executing a media editing application, a graphical user interface (GUI) including a timeline; causing to display on the timeline, by the one or more hardware processors, a first lane including a media object; causing to display on the timeline, by the one or more hardware processors, a second lane including a caption or subtitle object; and anchoring, by the one or more hardware processors, the media object to the caption or subtitle object in the timeline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nils Angquist, Zachary Kramer, James J. Hodges, Wesley Plate, Dylan Grant Keith, Peter Matthew Battaglia, Colleen M. Pendergast, Nathan Bingham, Hope Renee Boyarsky
  • Patent number: 9417756
    Abstract: Among other things, a method includes displaying, in a user interface of a video editing application, an interface enabling a user of the video editing application to mark ranges in video clips presented in the user interface, the ranges of the video clips each representing a portion of video content of each respective clip, and at least some of the ranges of the video clips being displayed as marked simultaneously, receiving, from the user, a selection of multiple marked ranges of video clips, and establishing a relationship between the selected multiple ranges of the video clips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Colleen M. Pendergast, James J. Hodges
  • Patent number: 9348481
    Abstract: Among other things, a method includes displaying, in a user interface of a video editing application, an interface enabling a user of the video editing application to mark ranges in video clips presented in the user interface, the ranges of the video clips each representing a portion of video content of each respective clip, and at least some of the ranges of the video clips being displayed as marked simultaneously, receiving, from the user, a selection of multiple marked ranges of video clips, and establishing a relationship between the selected multiple ranges of the video clips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Colleen M. Pendergast, James J. Hodges
  • Publication number: 20140115477
    Abstract: Among other things, a method includes displaying, in a user interface of a video editing application, an interface enabling a user of the video editing application to mark ranges in video clips presented in the user interface, the ranges of the video clips each representing a portion of video content of each respective clip, and at least some of the ranges of the video clips being displayed as marked simultaneously, receiving, from the user, a selection of multiple marked ranges of video clips, and establishing a relationship between the selected multiple ranges of the video clips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Apples Inc.
    Inventors: Colleen M. Pendergast, James J. Hodges
  • Patent number: 4092783
    Abstract: A flat plane holding fixture for use in positioning X-ray cassettes and the like with respect to an X-ray camera. The fixture is characterized by its ability to center with respect to the camera cassettes of varying sizes, while determining both the cassette size and its orientation either upon a longitudinal or a transverse axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1978
    Inventor: James J. Hodges