Patents by Inventor Eric Fixler

Eric Fixler 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).

  • Publication number: 20090113022
    Abstract: Disclosed are apparatus and methods for facilitating music collaboration between remote musicians (or the like) are provided. In general, mechanisms for facilitating live music collaborations or “jam sessions” over a computer network. These mechanisms allow musicians to perform from remote locations via one or more computer networks. Each musician is able to receive live video feeds from each of the other musicians during such jam session. Other computer users may form members of an audience who also receive such live video feeds from the musicians participating in the live jam session. The audience members may also receive a mixed audio feed of the audio streams from all of the participating musicians. Various features for enhancing such live jam session are described further herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: YAHOO! INC.
    Inventors: Michael L. Quoc, Scott Gatz, Matthew Fukuda, Eric Fixler
  • Publication number: 20080320139
    Abstract: A mobile device, system, and method are directed towards identifying and employing social agents within a social network for distribution of multimedia content virally over mobile devices. The social agent may identify one or more multimedia content items for distribution. The social agent may also identify recipients of the viral distributions, or the recipients may be automatically identified based on the social network. The recipients may receive a message that enables them to access a playlist of the social agent's multimedia content. The playlist may be associated with a card display that displays information about the social agent on one side. The recipient may then ‘flip’ the card to display the playlist. Playing of a selection in the playlist may then enable the social agent to receive a reward. The recipient may also distribute the social agent's playlist to another recipient, thus virally distributing multimedia content within the social network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew K. Fukuda, Cynthia Johanson, Scott Gatz, Daniel James Wascovich, Michael Quoc, Eric Fixler