Patents by Inventor Jeff Sturgis

Jeff Sturgis 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).

  • Smooth playing of video
    Patent number: 9478252
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, including detecting an event associated with an image displayed on a display device within a software application, loading a media player into the software application behind the image, where the media player is configured to play a media file associated with the image, and causing a representation of a frame of the media file to be displayed within the media player instead of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation
    Inventors: Stanley Peter Demarta, Peter W. Winer, Rajesh Navaneethakrishnan, Jeff Sturgis, David Jack Ovadia
  • Replacing an image with a media player
    Patent number: 9351046
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method that includes receiving a request to generate an interface within a software application that is configured to play back one or more media files; for a first media file, generating an image representing a frame of the first media file; and causing the image to be displayed within the interface on a display device, where the image is configured to detect an event that causes a media player to be loaded into the software application behind the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation
    Inventors: Stanley Peter Demarta, David Jack Ovadia, Peter W. Winer, Jeff Sturgis, Rajesh Navaneethakrishnan
  • SMOOTH PLAYING OF VIDEO
    Publication number: 20160140998
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, including detecting an event associated with an image displayed on a display device within a software application, loading a media player into the software application behind the image, where the media player is configured to play a media file associated with the image, and causing a representation of a frame of the media file to be displayed within the media player instead of the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Stanley Peter Demarta, Peter W. Winer, Rajesh Navaneethakrishnan, Jeff Sturgis, David Jack Ovadia
  • Smooth playing of video
    Patent number: 9275685
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, including detecting an event associated with an image displayed on a display device within a software application, loading a media player into the software application behind the image, where the media player is configured to play a media file associated with the image, and causing a representation of a frame of the media file to be displayed within the media player instead of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation
    Inventors: Stanley Peter Demarta, Peter W. Winer, Rajesh Navaneethakrishnan, Jeff Sturgis, David Jack Ovadia
  • REPLACING AN IMAGE WITH A MEDIA PLAYER
    Publication number: 20150222955
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method that includes receiving a request to generate an interface within a software application that is configured to play back one or more media files; for a first media file, generating an image representing a frame of the first media file; and causing the image to be displayed within the interface on a display device, where the image is configured to detect an event that causes a media player to be loaded into the software application behind the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Stanley Peter Demarta, David Jack Ovadia, Peter W. Winer, Jeff Sturgis, Rajesh Navaneethakrishnan
  • Replacing an image with a media player
    Patent number: 9026913
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method that includes receiving a request to generate an interface within a software application that is configured to play back one or more media files; for a first media file, generating an image representing a frame of the first media file; and causing the image to be displayed within the interface on a display device, where the image is configured to detect an event that causes a media player to be loaded into the software application behind the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation
    Inventors: Stanley Peter Demarta, David Jack Ovadia, Peter W. Winer, Jeff Sturgis, Rajesh Navaneethakrishnan
  • REPLACING AN IMAGE WITH A MEDIA PLAYER
    Publication number: 20110307785
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method that includes receiving a request to generate an interface within a software application that is configured to play back one or more media files; for a first media file, generating an image representing a frame of the first media file; and causing the image to be displayed within the interface on a display device, where the image is configured to detect an event that causes a media player to be loaded into the software application behind the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventors: Stanley Peter DEMARTA, David Jack Ovadia, Peter W. Winer, Jeff Sturgis, Rajesh Navaneethakrishnan
  • SMOOTH PLAYING OF VIDEO
    Publication number: 20110307782
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, including detecting an event associated with an image displayed on a display device within a software application, loading a media player into the software application behind the image, where the media player is configured to play a media file associated with the image, and causing a representation of a frame of the media file to be displayed within the media player instead of the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventors: Stanley Peter DEMARTA, Peter W. Winer, Rajesh Navaneethakrishnan, Jeff Sturgis, David Jack Ovadia