Patents by Inventor Eric Nicholas Klein, Jr.

Eric Nicholas Klein, Jr. 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 supplementing a radio playlist with local content
    Patent number: 7793823
    Abstract: A method of rendering digital media encoded content on a client electronic device is disclosed. The digital encoded media content comprises digital encoded local media content stored on the client electronic device and/or digital encoded radio media content provided via a network from a remote computing device to the client electronic device. The method includes: indicating a radio playlist that defines a rendering sequence for the digital encoded media content; and determining if a portion of the digital encoded media content to be rendered is stored as digital local media content in a memory of the client electronic device. The digital encoded radio media content not stored as digital encoded local media content on the client electronic device is received, on the client electronic device, from the remote computing device via the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: RealNetworks, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Nicholas Klein, Jr.