Patents by Inventor Darrius Thompson

Darrius Thompson 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).

  • Multimedia distribution system for multimedia files having subtitle information
    Patent number: 8731369
    Abstract: A multimedia file and methods of generating, distributing and using the multimedia file are described. Multimedia files in accordance with embodiments of the present invention can contain multiple video tracks, multiple audio tracks, multiple subtitle tracks, data that can be used to generate a menu interface to access the contents of the file and ‘meta data’ concerning the contents of the file. Multimedia files in accordance with several embodiments of the present invention also include references to video tracks, audio tracks, subtitle tracks and ‘meta data’ external to the file. One embodiment of a multimedia file in accordance with the present invention includes a series of encoded video frames and encoded menu information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Sonic IP, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam H. Li, Jason Braness, Christopher Durham, Timothy Sayre, Benjamin Cote, Darrius Thompson, Jerome Rota, Alastair Mayo, Eric William Grab, Jerald Donaldson, Heather Hitchcock, Damien Chavarria, Michael John Floyd, Ahsan Butt, Brian Fudge
  • ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONAL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100228594
    Abstract: Advertising networks are described that enable the provision of offers to a user device in response to activation of an installation package. One embodiment of the invention includes a user device connected to a network, an advertising server system connected to the network, where the advertising server system stores information concerning a plurality of offers, and a partner server connected to the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Mark Chweh, Darrius Thompson, Blake Machado, Matthew Meredith, Chester NG, Adrian Bourke
  • Multimedia distribution system
    Publication number: 20050207442
    Abstract: A multimedia file and methods of generating, distributing and using the multimedia file are described. Multimedia files in accordance with embodiments of the present invention can contain multiple video tracks, multiple audio tracks, multiple subtitle tracks, data that can be used to generate a menu interface to access the contents of the file and ‘meta data’ concerning the contents of the file. Multimedia files in accordance with several embodiments of the present invention also include references to video tracks, audio tracks, subtitle tracks and ‘meta data’ external to the file. One embodiment of a multimedia file in accordance with the present invention includes a series of encoded video frames and encoded menu information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Alexander Zoest, Jason Braness, Christopher Durham, Timothy Sayre, Benjamin Cote, Darrius Thompson, Jerome Rota, Adrian Bourke, Alastair Mayo, Eric Grab, Jerald Donaldson, Heather Hitchcock, Damien Chavarria, Michael Floyd, Ahsan Butt, Brian Fudge, Aaron Robinson