Patents by Inventor Kevin Fornito

Kevin Fornito 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).

  • Automated instantiation of virtual production control room
    Patent number: 11669371
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing an environment for creating media content are disclosed. According to at least one embodiment, a method for providing an environment including a virtual production control room (VPCR) for creating media content is disclosed. The method includes: requesting, from a user, information regarding the environment to be provided; receiving, from the user, the information; and creating the environment by provisioning a plurality of resources for the VPCR from among a plurality of cloud computing resources based on the received information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: NBC UNIVERSAL MEDIA, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Masek, Zachary Spencer Madell, Steven Sneddon, Christopher V. Swisher, Christopher Joseph Zembower, Kevin Fornito
  • AUTOMATED INSTANTIATION OF VIRTUAL PRODUCTION CONTROL ROOM
    Publication number: 20210357265
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing an environment for creating media content are disclosed. According to at least one embodiment, a method for providing an environment including a virtual production control room (VPCR) for creating media content is disclosed. The method includes: requesting, from a user, information regarding the environment to be provided; receiving, from the user, the information; and creating the environment by provisioning a plurality of resources for the VPCR from among a plurality of cloud computing resources based on the received information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: NBC UNIVERSAL MEDIA, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Masek, Zachary Spencer Madell, Steven Sneddon, Christopher V. Swisher, Christopher Joseph Zembower, Kevin Fornito
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING CREATIVE WORKFLOW RESOURCES
    Publication number: 20210019689
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a cloud-based environment for creating media content are disclosed. According to at least one embodiment, a method for providing a cloud-based environment for creating media content includes: requesting, from a user, information regarding the cloud-based environment to be provided; and receiving, from the user, the information. The information includes at least a number of graphic artists to be served by the cloud-based environment or a number of editors to be served by the cloud-based environment. The method further includes creating the cloud-based environment based on the information. Creating the cloud-based environment includes creating a particular number of instances of virtual desktops in a cloud data center, wherein the particular number is based on the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: NBCUNIVERSAL MEDIA, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Sneddon, Chris Zembower, Kevin Fornito, Zach Madell