Patents by Inventor Mark Alan Eaton, II

Mark Alan Eaton, II 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: 9437247
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a graphical user interface (GUI) of a media-editing application. The GUI includes a composite display area for displaying a set of media clips that define a composite presentation. The set of media clips includes a particular media clip which includes several different groups of ordered clips that are selectable for use in the composite presentation. The GUI includes a preview display area for simultaneously displaying video images from several of the different groups corresponding to a time in the composite presentation. The displayed video images in the preview display area are selectable to determine which of the groups is for use in the composite presentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Colleen Pendergast, Brian Meaney, Mark Alan Eaton, II, Shaun M. Poole, Mike Stern
  • Publication number: 20130124998
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a graphical user interface (GUI) of a media-editing application. The GUI includes a composite display area for displaying a set of media clips that define a composite presentation. The set of media clips includes a particular media clip which includes several different groups of ordered clips that are selectable for use in the composite presentation. The GUI includes a preview display area for simultaneously displaying video images from several of the different groups corresponding to a time in the composite presentation. The displayed video images in the preview display area are selectable to determine which of the groups is for use in the composite presentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: Colleen Pendergast, Brian Meaney, Mark Alan Eaton, II, Shaun M. Poole, Mike Stern