Patents Assigned to Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
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Patent number: 11095913Abstract: A method and apparatus providing variable rate auxiliary video data in a digital cinema package is disclosed. The digital cinema package has primary video information and primary audio information carried on a plurality of fixed bit rate primary audio channels, each fixed bit rate primary audio channel represented by a sequence of audio channel data blocks. In one embodiment, the method comprises generating a chunk of the auxiliary video data, the chunk representing time duration Dc of the auxiliary video data, generating an auxiliary video data block of Lb length, and providing the auxiliary video data block as an audio channel data block of at least one of the fixed bit rate primary audio channels.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Twentieth Century Fox Film CorporationInventor: Michael A. Radford
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Patent number: 10936701Abstract: A method and system for securely and traceably enabling playing back of content on a playback device of a plurality of playback devices, in which each of the plurality of playback devices comprises a cryptographic function module (CFM). In one embodiment, the method comprises accepting a first input in the playback device from a content licensing agency; generating, in the device, a first output from the first input according to a proprietary cryptographic function using the CFM, the first output necessary to enable playback of the content by the playback device, the proprietary cryptographic function being one of a family of proprietary cryptographic functions executable by the CFM of each of the plurality of playback devices; and enabling the playback of the content by the device at least in part according to the first output.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATIONInventor: Ian E. Harvey
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Patent number: 10819886Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatuses for film virtual production include a headrig having a shell, a boom, a camera assembly and a control pod, the boom configured to release from a first side of said shell and secure to the shell at an opposite, second side, wherein repositioning from the first side of the shell to the opposite, second side results in a flip of the camera assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Twentieth Century Fox Film CorporationInventors: Glenn Derry, Robert Derry, Alejandro Arango, Gary Martinez
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Patent number: 10728429Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatuses for film virtual production including a virtual camera including plural arms with map-able control buttons, at least one of which is pivotable and a retroreflective marker tree fixedly associated with one of the pivoting arms, the retroreflective marker tree virtually representing the virtual camera that is fixedly associated with one the arms, with a center node designating said virtual camera lens and with tree extensions representing position and orientation information for said virtual camera.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Twentieth Century Fox Film CorporationInventors: Glenn Derry, Robert Derry, Alejandro Arango, Gary Martinez
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Patent number: 10264305Abstract: A, method, apparatus, system, computer readable medium, and article of manufacture provide the ability to deliver a media content deliverable. Media content is selected. One or more clients that will receive the selected media content are selected. Independently from additional user input, one or more files are automatically and dynamically selected based on the selected media content and one or more selected clients. The selected files are scheduled for delivery to the clients. Delivery of the one or more files to the selected one or more clients is then confirmed.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2010Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATIONInventors: Arjun Ramamurthy, Kai Tao Huang
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Patent number: 10061905Abstract: A method and system for securely and traceably enabling playing back of content on a playback device of a plurality of playback devices, in which each of the plurality of playback devices comprises a cryptographic function module (CFM). In one embodiment, the method comprises accepting a first input in the playback device from a content licensing agency; generating, in the device, a first output from the first input according to a proprietary cryptographic function using the CFM, the first output necessary to enable playback of the content by the playback device, the proprietary cryptographic function being one of a family of proprietary cryptographic functions executable by the CFM of each of the plurality of playback devices; and enabling the playback of the content by the device at least in part according to the first output.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2016Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATIONInventor: Ian E. Harvey
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Patent number: 9799136Abstract: A system, method and apparatus for rapid film pre-visualization are provided, including a motion capture component interfacing with wearable motion capture sensors; a virtual digital rendering component configured to receive the captured motion and re-create such motion in a three dimensional virtual space; a display component configured to display an output of the virtual digital rendering component; and a controller component, configured to interface with the virtual digital rendering component and allow a user to navigate within the three dimensional virtual space to control the visual aspects of one or more shots within the three dimensional virtual space.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2012Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATIONInventor: John M. Griffith
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Patent number: 8532462Abstract: A method, system, apparatus, article of manufacture, and computer program product provide the ability to non-destructively generate a file based master. A domestic source (having domestic audio and video content) with textless content (have portions of the domestic source that is devoid of text) is obtained. A localized source (e.g., localized audio-video) based on the domestic source is received. The localized video is compared to the domestic source to determine differences. The localized video is bladed and realigned with the domestic source. Metadata (of the differences) is transposed onto the domestic source. Texted portions in the domestic source are obscured with corresponding portions of the textless content. Texted material (based on the localized video and texted portions) is created. The localized video content and the textless content are discarded.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2010Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Twentieth Century Fox Film CorporationInventors: Arjun Ramamurthy, Geoffrey A. Bloder, Raymond Yeung
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Publication number: 20120122499Abstract: A method and apparatus for synchronizing multiple transmitters is disclosed. A global time reference is used to synchronize the arrival of data from a plurality of transmitters in a receiver station.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2010Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: Twentieth Century Fox Film CorporationInventor: Robert E. Wetmore
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Publication number: 20110219308Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, article of manufacture, and computer readable storage medium provide the ability to generate a media content deliverable. Media content is defined and template files are established. Each template file contains settings used to generate one or more commands that operate on the media content to output a different deliverable. One or more of the template files are selected and master settings for the media content is specified. Commands are then generated that are based on each of the selected template files and the master settings. Further, the commands are utilized to output one or more of the deliverables.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2010Publication date: September 8, 2011Applicant: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATIONInventors: Arjun Ramamurthy, Geoffrey Anton Bloder, James Frank Heliker
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Publication number: 20110219322Abstract: A, method, apparatus, system, computer readable medium, and article of manufacture provide the ability to deliver a media content deliverable. Media content is selected. One or more clients that will receive the selected media content are selected. Independently from additional user input, one or more files are automatically and dynamically selected based on the selected media content and one or more selected clients. The selected files are scheduled for delivery to the clients. Delivery of the one or more files to the selected one or more clients is then confirmed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2010Publication date: September 8, 2011Applicant: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATIONInventors: Arjun Ramamurthy, Kai Tao Huang
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Publication number: 20110116764Abstract: A method, system, apparatus, article of manufacture, and computer program product provide the ability to non-destructively generate a file based master. A domestic source (having domestic audio and video content) with textless content (have portions of the domestic source that is devoid of text) is obtained. A localized source (e.g., localized audio-video) based on the domestic source is received. The localized video is compared to the domestic source to determine differences. The localized video is bladed and realigned with the domestic source. Metadata (of the differences) is transposed onto the domestic source. Texted portions in the domestic source are obscured with corresponding portions of the textless content. Texted material (based on the localized video and texted portions) is created. The localized video content and the textless content are discarded.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: Twentieth Century Fox Film CorporationInventors: Arjun Ramamurthy, Geoffrey A. Bloder, Raymond Yeung
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Patent number: 6039710Abstract: An apparatus for providing facial support includes a head band, a head strap, a cheek support, a forehead strap and a nose band. The head band wraps around the top of the head and the chin. The cheek support is attached to the head band and provides support for the cheeks. The nose strap and the forehead band hold the apparatus in place on the user's face. The head strap is used to hold the apparatus on the face and to pull the cheek support into engagement with the cheeks. By applying support to the cheeks, sagging of the cheeks can be reduced or prevented.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 1997Date of Patent: March 21, 2000Assignee: Twentieth Century Fox Film CorporationInventors: David E. Kelley, Jeffrey C. Kramer, Jonathan L. Pontell, Loretta S. Parral, Michelle V. Roth, Anoush Yergen, Arlene Sanford
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Patent number: D254081Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 1977Date of Patent: January 29, 1980Assignee: Twentieth Century-Fox Film CorporationInventors: Joseph Johnston, Colin Cantwell
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Patent number: D256485Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 1977Date of Patent: August 19, 1980Assignee: Twentieth Century-Fox Film CorporationInventor: Ralph McQuarrie
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Patent number: D257160Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 1978Date of Patent: September 30, 1980Assignee: Twentieth Century-Fox Film CorporationInventor: John Stears
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Patent number: D703628Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2013Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Twentieth Century Fox Film CorporationInventor: John M. Griffith
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Patent number: D703629Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2013Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Twentieth Century Fox Film CorporationInventor: John M. Griffith
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Patent number: D703763Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2013Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Twentieth Century Fox Film CorporationInventor: John M. Griffith
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Patent number: D703764Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2013Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Twentieth Century Fox Film CorporationInventor: John M. Griffith