Patents by Inventor Alexander Pennock

Alexander Pennock 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).

  • Script-based multimedia presentation
    Patent number: 9805036
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to a method, computer program product, and system to seamlessly integrate a multimedia presentation with triggered content provided using one or more external devices. The method includes processing a presentation script that specifies (i) one or more accessible audiovisual content items and (ii) a sequence of the audiovisual content items for presentation during the multimedia presentation. The method also includes transmitting the one or more audiovisual content items to one or more audiovisual output devices according to the sequence, and transmitting control signals to the one or more external devices to operate the external devices according to timing information included in the presentation script and with reference to at least one of the audiovisual content items, thereby seamlessly integrating content provided using the external devices with the multimedia presentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Allen Boling, Ronald Dearing, Gregory Johnson, Alexander Pennock, Gregory Hale, Evan Simpson, Victoria L. Coleman
  • SCRIPT-BASED MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION
    Publication number: 20160358627
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to a method, computer program product, and system to seamlessly integrate a multimedia presentation with triggered content provided using one or more external devices. The method includes processing a presentation script that specifies (i) one or more accessible audiovisual content items and (ii) a sequence of the audiovisual content items for presentation during the multimedia presentation. The method also includes transmitting the one or more audiovisual content items to one or more audiovisual output devices according to the sequence, and transmitting control signals to the one or more external devices to operate the external devices according to timing information included in the presentation script and with reference to at least one of the audiovisual content items, thereby seamlessly integrating content provided using the external devices with the multimedia presentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Shawn Allen Boling, Ronald Dearing, Gregory Johnson, Alexander Pennock, Gregory Hale, Evan Simpson, Victoria L. Coleman