Patents by Inventor Andrew D.J. Cross

Andrew D.J. Cross 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).

  • Patent number: 10298986
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for incorporating web based selected material in real time into a graphics template in a graphics system to be rendered and mixed with a video signal and broadcast, by first selecting the material as a key value to be paired with a key name where said key name is associated with a key name in a preexisting graphics template prepared to receive key value data associated with the key name, assigning the selected material to the desired key name to create a key pair, retrievably storing the key pair, monitoring the graphics system for a change to at least one key value for a key name in a template to be rendered in the graphics system, retrieving at least one key value in a key pair, inserting the key value in the template corresponding to the key name in the key pair, rendering the template, mixing the template with a video signal, and broadcasting the mixed signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: NewTek, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew D. J. Cross
  • Patent number: 10051202
    Abstract: An adaptive mixer controller and process for mixing video streams in a networked and non-networked environment that adjusts the bandwidth affecting parameters of the input signals and/or the system in real time in response to the video output of the input signals being mixed, to allow mixing within the demands and constraint of the entire system. The invention calculates the values of selected bandwidth affecting parameters as defined, and modifies selected bandwidth affecting parameters in real time at addressable control devices upstream from the mix and video output, doing so in real time in response to the needs of the mixer requirements for the selected output needs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: NewTek, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew D. J. Cross
  • Publication number: 20180139481
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for incorporating web based selected material in real time into a graphics template in a graphics system to be rendered and mixed with a video signal and broadcast, by first selecting the material as a key value to be paired with a key name where said key name is associated with a key name in a preexisting graphics template prepared to receive key value data associated with the key name, assigning the selected material to the desired key name to create a key pair, retrievably storing the key pair, monitoring the graphics system for a change to at least one key value for a key name in a template to be rendered in the graphics system, retrieving at least one key value in a key pair, inserting the key value in the template corresponding to the key name in the key pair, rendering the template, mixing the template with a video signal, and broadcasting the mixed signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: NewTek, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew D.J. Cross
  • Publication number: 20160248989
    Abstract: An adaptive mixer controller and process for mixing video streams in a networked and non-networked environment that adjusts the bandwidth affecting parameters of the input signals and/or the system in real time in response to the video output of the input signals being mixed, to allow mixing within the demands and constraint of the entire system. The invention calculates the values of selected bandwidth affecting parameters as defined, and modifies selected bandwidth affecting parameters in real time at addressable control devices upstream from the mix and video output, doing so in real time in response to the needs of the mixer requirements for the selected output needs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: NewTek, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew D.J. Cross