Patents Assigned to Media Group
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Patent number: 8667075Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing a subscription-based social media platform are provided. A content creator generates live content on a mobile device and sends requests to a server for initializing a live stream from the mobile device. The server sends requests to encoding service providers. The encoded live content is send to a content storage server. Subscribers of the social media platform can access the live content on their mobile devices from the content storage server.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2013Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Upfront Media Group, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Shaun King, Ray Lee, Vincent Tuscano
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Publication number: 20140052810Abstract: Implementations of the present invention include a Public Cloud, one or more End-Caches and optionally one or more Edge-Caches in computerized architecture that provides digital content, such as entertainment services and/or informational content, to a guest display (e.g., End-Cache connected to in-room TV, End-Cache connected to personal portable device) or control of one or more devices (e.g., in-room TV and/or in-room control). Implementations of the present invention also include a Content Distribution Architecture that uses the public Internet to securely transmit digital content and data to all desired locations (e.g., End-Caches). Implementations of the present invention further include a Channel Processor that takes one of more video signal(s) and prepares them for redistribution to an end user. Implementations of the present invention leverage existing wiring at the property (whether coax, Ethernet, home-run, or loop-thru) to transport content/data to/from End-Caches.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: InnFlicks Media Group, LLCInventors: Daniel Osorio, Robert L. Bishop
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Publication number: 20140023091Abstract: Methods and systems for converting an audio signal into a stream of digital audio packets are presented. An example converter device may include a receiver, a digital audio encoder, a digital audio packetizer, and a transmitter. The receiver may receive an audio signal. The digital audio encoder may encode the audio signal into a stream of digital audio values. The digital audio packetizer may generate a stream of digital audio data packets from the stream of digital audio values. Each of the digital audio data packets may include a current digital audio value and at least one previous digital audio value of the stream of digital audio values. The transmitter may transmit the stream of digital audio data packets to a receiving device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: Airborne Media GroupInventors: Justin Ginn, Ryan Danford, Chip Lile, Cordell Brown
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Publication number: 20130334251Abstract: A drinking apparatus equipped with beverage supply function includes a drinking machine, a beverage module and a control circuit. The drinking machine has an area at the top to hold the beverage module. The area has a first water passage connection port communicating with an internal water passage of the drinking machine and a first circuit connection port connecting to an internal circuit of the drinking machine. The beverage module has a second water passage connection port communicating with an internal water passage of the beverage module and a second circuit connection port connecting to an internal circuit of the beverage module. The first water passage connection port and first circuit connection port of the drinking machine are coupled respectively with the second water passage connection port and second circuit connection port of the beverage module. Water and power of the beverage module are provided by the drinking machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2011Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicants: PRIMO WATER CORPORATION, MEDIA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Fangzhen Zheng, Mianchun Huang, Duming Zeng, Richard Edward Belmont
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Publication number: 20130322623Abstract: A method is disclosed for quarantining digital content data for a service in a terminal device. In an embodiment, the method includes creating a digital content data item, e.g.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: P2S MEDIA GROUP OYInventor: Timo Rinne
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Patent number: 8601093Abstract: According to some embodiments of the present invention there is provided a system of rule generation for web pages selection mechanism comprising a pattern recognition unit which analyzes a plurality of network requests and identifies a plurality of repeated patterns of characterizing features therein, a calculation unit which computes, for each said repeated pattern, a plurality of statistic features, and a rule construction unit which generates a plurality of web pages selection rules for at least some of said repeated patterns, wherein each of the web pages selection rules comprises a rule condition defining at least one criterion for matching it with characterizing features associated with at least one additional network request and a target web pages selection distribution set according to respective statistic features.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2010Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: DSNR Media Group Ltd.Inventors: Gilad Hellerman, Boris Levin, Tsafrir Peles, Daniel Reuven Scalosub
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Patent number: 8595088Abstract: A system and method for providing customized or personalized memorabilia to end users, wherein the system allows the price for the customized or personalized memorabilia to be established by obtaining the lowest production costs from approved vendors, and further allowing such costs to be offset by any sponsorship underwriting of the memorabilia. The system further allows establishment of advertising to target demographic audiences by underwriting customized or personalized memorabilia orders and placing advertising indicia for the sponsor on or with the ordered customized or personalized memorabilia.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2012Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Apparel Media Group, Inc.Inventor: Gerry A Hays
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Patent number: 8566115Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for syndication and management of structured and unstructured data to assist institutional healthcare delivery, healthcare providers' practices, healthcare providers' group practices, collaborative academic research and decision making in healthcare, including through the utilization of medical devices and healthcare pools.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2009Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Newsilike Media Group, Inc.Inventor: James F. Moore
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Publication number: 20130262528Abstract: Systems and methods for managing sales and marketing information. A mobile device is configured to display a screen that includes a plurality of icons. In response to activating the icons, the mobile device retrieves and transmits data associated with sales and marketing data obtained by canvassing a neighborhood and displays this data to the mobile device user. The data is maintained in system database so that all system users have access to updated data on sales associate availability for appointments, job status, and sales leads obtained from canvassing. The mobile device is further configured to display a map with symbols that indicate the location of addresses associated with sales and marketing data in the database. The mobile device user may retrieve data associated with an address by selecting one of the symbols. The symbols displayed are adjusted based on the map scale and mobile device location.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2012Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: TOUCHSTONE MEDIA GROUP, LLCInventor: Michael Foit
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Publication number: 20130204749Abstract: A system and method capable of enabling the organization of information relating to products and/or services available on pages of virtual stores on the Internet may include at least a storage unit capable of storing information on the products and the virtual store, at least a human interface device capable of displaying the information on the products and the virtual stores, and at least a human control device capable of enabling an active interaction between a system user and the human interface device. The system may also include a processing unit operatively associated to the human interface device. The storage unit may include a virtual clipboard having at least one list of products.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2012Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: E-COMMERCE MEDIA GROUP BRASIL PARTICIPACOES LTDAInventor: E-Commerce Media Grp BR. Participacoes Ltda
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Publication number: 20130198040Abstract: A method for notifying a user about new property listings includes: determining, when the user connects to a real estate property portal of a notification system that also includes a real estate property listing database, whether the user previously connected to the portal; retrieving activity of the user from previous connections of the user to the portal if the user previously connected to the portal; tracking and saving the activity of the user while the user is connected to the portal; and analyzing for patterns in the tracked and/or retrieved activity of the user; wherein the notification system is programmed to perform such steps. The portal is programmed to retrieve listings from the real estate property listing database.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2013Publication date: August 1, 2013Applicant: DELTA MEDIA GROUP, INC.Inventor: DELTA MEDIA GROUP, INC.
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Publication number: 20130124299Abstract: Methods and systems for identifying content to customers are disclosed. One embodiment provides a method for identifying at least one piece of content to communicate to a consumer comprising receiving impression request data associated with consumers accessing a networked medium in a computing environment, employing a parse request module to evaluate campaign constraints to generate candidate plans, wherein each of the candidate plans includes variable having an associated weight and campaign constraint, employing an optimization engine to determine a first score for each of the candidate plans using a model, wherein the model utilizes precomputed data and the impression request data, and for applying real-time yield management algorithm to evaluate the variable and the campaign constraint to develop a second score for each of the candidate plans, and identifying an optimum plan based on the first score and the second score.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2012Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: Epic Media Group, INC.Inventors: Gerard J. Montgomery, Richard S. Okin
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Publication number: 20130104251Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods including hardware, software and electronic service components and systems to provide large-scale, reliable, and secure foundations for distributed databases and content management systems combining unstructured and structured data, and allowing post-input reorganization to achieve a high degree of flexibility.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2012Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicant: NEWSILIKE MEDIA GROUP, INC.Inventor: Newsilike Media Group, Inc.
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Publication number: 20130091301Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for improving real-time on-demand multimedia streaming for display on computers with different hardware and software constraints. The methods and systems improve multimedia streaming by using a media player with a custom-sized frame, a predefined pixel aspect ratio, a predefined frame-rate, a progressive order, a predefined number of reference frames, a predefined average variable bit rate, and a predefined maximum variable bit rate. The methods and systems also utilize one or more servers with flash media and buffer the media content from the servers to load and start streaming with substantially no load time delay.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2011Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: GIBBY MEDIA GROUP INC.Inventors: Lon Gibby, Beau Robert Allen Garner
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Publication number: 20130086478Abstract: Systems and methods for storing, editing and producing multimedia productions on a server. A system includes one or more servers containing a storage device and a plurality of tools allowing users to store and edit multimedia productions using a browser on a client. Additional system tools render the edited multimedia data into a multimedia production that is distributed using a real time streaming tool. Multimedia productions are created through the method of uploading and storing multi-media data onto a content library, editing the stored multimedia data, rendering the edited multimedia data into a viewable multi-media production and providing an audience with real time streaming of the multimedia production over a network.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2011Publication date: April 4, 2013Applicant: GIBBY MEDIA GROUP INC.Inventors: Lon Gibby, Fletcher McBeth, Beau Robert Allen Garner
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Patent number: 8397251Abstract: A sticker media disk may be easily stuck on an old CD, DVD, or other optical disk as a base. The combination then becomes a media disk completely playable with content in audio players, computers drives, DVD, and/or high definition (HD) disk players.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2011Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Gibby Media GroupInventor: Lon Gibby
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Publication number: 20130061141Abstract: A computer-readable storage medium stores media content in one or more formats and a media engine. The media engine includes a media player and a plurality of execution modules. Each execution module is specific to a different platform of multimedia device, such that the computer-readable storage medium is usable in a plurality of different multimedia device platforms.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: GIBBY MEDIA GROUPInventor: GIBBY MEDIA GROUP
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Publication number: 20130044994Abstract: A method, arrangement and computer program for transferring multimedia data from a multimedia data capture device to a metadata recording device via a data communication connection and for enhancing the multimedia data using metadata captured by the recording device. The method involves establishing a data communication connection between the data capture device and a metadata recording device, determining the time difference between the clocks of the devices, receiving a captured multimedia data item from the multimedia data capture device. having a first timestamp indicating the creation time of the data item, recording metadata having a second timestamp indicating the creation time of the metadata according to the clock of the metadata recording device, and associating the captured multimedia data item with the metadata, utilizing the first and the second timestamps, where at least one timestamp is corrected using the time difference between the clocks of the two devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2012Publication date: February 21, 2013Applicant: P2S MEDIA GROUP OYInventors: Petri Oskari Rahja, Timo Johannes Rinne
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Publication number: 20130046837Abstract: A method, computer arrangement and computer program product for creating a user account for a content management service is executable in a server computer and accessible through a network, e.g. a wireless network. The method involves receiving a mail message containing valid input data of a new content submission transaction of the content management service, storing the input data in the service to initiate a new user account creation process, and sending a reply mail message to the sender of the mail message. The reply mail message may include a computer executable instruction for continuing the user account creation process and/or amending the input data of the content submission transaction, or receiving a second message and continuing the user account creation process and/or the amending of the input data of the content submission transaction using the data of the second message.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2012Publication date: February 21, 2013Applicant: P2S MEDIA GROUP OYInventors: Petri Oskari Rahja, Timo Johannes Rinne
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Patent number: 8347088Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods including hardware, software and electronic service components and systems to provide large-scale, reliable, and secure foundations for distributed databases and content management systems combining unstructured and structured data, and allowing post-input reorganization to achieve a high degree of flexibility.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2006Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Newsilike Media Group, IncInventors: James F. Moore, Bela A. Labovitch