Patents by Inventor Bill Mandel

Bill Mandel 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).

  • System and method for media presentation with dynamic secondary content
    Patent number: 9774915
    Abstract: A method for presenting media with dynamic content to a first user includes obtaining information related to a current playback position on a playback timeline being presented to the first user, obtaining secondary content related to the media and associated with a second user, wherein the first user and second user are associated according to a third party database, storing the obtained secondary content in a memory, and generating and transmitting instructions for displaying a first indicator of the secondary content at a first position on the playback timeline to the first user, wherein the first position corresponds to a first timestamp associated with the secondary content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: NBCUniversal Media, LLC
    Inventors: Bill Mandel, Erica Marie Dionne
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEDIA PRESENTATION WITH DYNAMIC SECONDARY CONTENT
    Publication number: 20160261919
    Abstract: A method for presenting media with dynamic content to a first user includes obtaining information related to a current playback position on a playback timeline being presented to the first user, obtaining secondary content related to the media and associated with a second user, wherein the first user and second user are associated according to a third party database, storing the obtained secondary content in a memory, and generating and transmitting instructions for displaying a first indicator of the secondary content at a first position on the playback timeline to the first user, wherein the first position corresponds to a first timestamp associated with the secondary content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: NBCUniversal Media, LLC
    Inventors: Bill Mandel, Erica Marie Dionne
  • System and method for media presentation with dynamic secondary content
    Patent number: 9369768
    Abstract: A method for presenting media with dynamic content to a first user includes obtaining information related to a current playback position on a playback timeline being presented to the first user, obtaining secondary content related to the media and associated with a second user, wherein the first user and second user are associated according to a third party database, storing the obtained secondary content in a memory, and generating and transmitting instructions for displaying a first indicator of the secondary content at a first position on the playback timeline to the first user, wherein the first position corresponds to a first timestamp associated with the secondary content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Inventors: Bill Mandel, Erica Marie Dionne
  • Content validation for digital network
    Patent number: 7836179
    Abstract: A method of validating content for use on at least one node of a network, includes identifying whether the content has at least one adjunct; reviewing the at least one adjunct, where found, to determine whether the content is valid for use on the at least one node; and indicating that the content is unauthorized for use on the at least one node where no adjunct is found and/or where an adjunct is found that is not able to render the content valid for use on the at least one node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: NBC Universal, Inc.
    Inventors: Sheau Ng, Bill Mandel, Glenn Arthur Reitmeier
  • CONTENT VALIDATION FOR DIGITAL NETWORK
    Publication number: 20080059609
    Abstract: A method of validating content for use on at least one node of a network, includes identifying whether the content has at least one adjunct; reviewing the at least one adjunct, where found, to determine whether the content is valid for use on the at least one node; and indicating that the content is unauthorized for use on the at least one node where no adjunct is found and/or where an adjunct is found that is not able to render the content valid for use on the at least one node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Sheau Ng, Bill Mandel, Glenn Arthur Reitmeier