Patents by Inventor Brad Silen

Brad Silen 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).

  • Methods and apparatuses for synchronizing mixed-media data files
    Publication number: 20060277453
    Abstract: A method for synchronizing mixed-media data files that comprises receiving a streaming media file, receiving a static media file, producing a streaming media output from the streaming media file, querying the streaming output for a time marker upon receiving an input, and associating the static media file with the time marker and the streaming media file in an output file. An apparatus for synchronizing mixed-media data files that comprises a computer system including a database with one or more data structures relating to streaming media files and static media files stored on a storage device. The computer system also includes an application program coupled to the database that is configured to execute the methods described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Inventors: Timothy Smith, Brad Silen
  • Methods and apparatuses for synchronizing mixed-media data files
    Patent number: 7096416
    Abstract: A method for synchronizing mixed-media data files that comprises receiving a streaming media file, receiving a static media file, producing a streaming output from the streaming media file, querying the streaming output for a time marker upon receiving an input, and associating the static media file with the time marker and the streaming media file in an output file. An apparatus for synchronizing mixed-media data files that comprises a computer system including a database with one or more data structures relating to streaming media files and static media files stored on a storage device. The computer system also includes an application program coupled to the database that is configured to execute the methods described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Autovod
    Inventors: Timothy J. Smith, Brad Silen