Abstract: The present invention provides rich media presentations to a requesting device when required. Attributes of the requesting device are determined and used to create optimized code for the requesting device. The attributes may include information relating to the operating system of the requesting device; a media player; a bandwidth parameter; presence or absence of a firewall, permissions related to the requesting device, and the like. A virtual player is created that includes code to play media files. A presentation package is created that sets the presentation attributes for the multimedia experience. A media package is created that instructs the virtual player what multimedia content to play.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 21, 2006
Publication date:
March 22, 2007
Applicant:
Vendaria, Inc., F/K/A Broadcastzone, Inc.
Inventors:
Kiran Hegde, Raymond McGrath, Jason Kind, Eric Krause, Josiah DeWitt
Abstract: The present invention provides rich media presentations to a requesting device when required. Attributes of the requesting device are determined and used to create optimized code for the requesting device. The attributes may include information relating to the operating system of the requesting device; a media player; a bandwidth parameter; presence or absence of a firewall, permissions related to the requesting device, and the like. A virtual player is created that includes code to play media files. A presentation package is created that sets the presentation attributes for the multimedia experience. A media package is created that instructs the virtual player what multimedia content to play.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 11, 2002
Date of Patent:
December 26, 2006
Assignee:
Vendaria, Inc
Inventors:
Kiran Venkatesh Hegde, Raymond Edward McGrath, III, Jason Matthew Walter Kind, Eric Kane Krause, Josiah DeWitt
Abstract: The present invention plays rich media presentations included in an email, banner ad, and web page. Rich media presentations may be automatically played within an email, banner ad, and web page. When a video banner (Vbanner), video email (Vmail), or video page (Vpage) is included in a requested page, the requesting device receives the necessary rich media presentations, including a virtual player, presentation packages, and media packages, necessary to play the presentation. When the banner ad is downloaded, the rich media presentation begins to automatically play within the page on supported devices. Many options may be set controlling the operation of the Vbanner, Vmail and Vpage. A virtual player is created that includes code to play media files. A presentation package is created that sets the presentation attributes for the multimedia experience. A media package is created that instructs the virtual player what multimedia content to play.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 25, 2002
Publication date:
September 12, 2002
Applicant:
Vendaria, Inc.
Inventors:
Kiran Venkatesh Hegde, Raymond Edward McGrath, Jason Matthew Walter Kind, Eric Kane Krause, Josiah DeWitt, Stephen M. Wyand, Brian David Young
Abstract: The present invention delivers a playlist to a requesting device over a network and monitors their performance on the device. Attributes of the requesting device are determined to increase performance of the playlist. The attributes may include information relating to the operating system of the requesting device; a media player; a bandwidth parameter; presence or absence of a firewall, permissions related to the requesting device, and the like. Media instructions are generated that direct the performance of the playlist on the requesting device and are based on the determined attributes. The playlist is retrieved from a location on the network picked to optimize performance. The playlist may be generated in real time or may be cached and stored at various locations on a network. The performance of the playlist is monitored to help ensure the proper performance of the playlist.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 13, 2001
Publication date:
January 17, 2002
Applicant:
Vendaria, Inc.
Inventors:
Kiran Venkatesh Hegde, Jason Matthew Walter Kind, Eric Kane Krause, Raymond Edward McGrath