Patents by Inventor Alexander J Kirk

Alexander J Kirk 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).

  • INTERACTIVE DELIVERY OF MEDIA USING DYNAMIC PLAYLIST GENERATION SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIVE CRITERIA
    Publication number: 20170111416
    Abstract: A media delivery scheme distributes a stream of media files to a group of users while allowing individual users to request specific media files. In one embodiment, a media server maintains a playlist of media files to broadcast, and requests for media must satisfy certain restrictive criteria to be added to the playlist. In another aspect of a preferred embodiment, the media server schedules requested media so as to comply with provisions of the DMCA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: James P. Lester, Alexander J. Kirk
  • INTERACTIVE DELIVERY OF MEDIA USING DYNAMIC PLAYLIST GENERATION SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIVE CRITERIA
    Publication number: 20100241701
    Abstract: A media delivery scheme distributes a stream of media files to a group of users while allowing individual users to request specific media files. In one embodiment, a media server maintains a playlist of media files to broadcast, and requests for media must satisfy certain restrictive criteria to be added to the playlist. In another aspect of a preferred embodiment, the media server schedules requested media so as to comply with provisions of the DMCA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: James P. Lester, Alexander J. Kirk
  • Interactive delivery of media using dynamic playlist generation subject to restrictive criteria
    Patent number: 7689705
    Abstract: A media delivery scheme distributes a stream of media files to a group of users while allowing individual users to request specific media files. In one embodiment, a media server maintains a playlist of media files to broadcast, and requests for media must satisfy certain restrictive criteria to be added to the playlist. In another aspect of a preferred embodiment, the media server schedules requested media so as to comply with provisions of the DMCA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: RealNetworks, Inc.
    Inventors: James P Lester, Alexander J Kirk