Patents by Inventor Erik A. Hubner

Erik A. Hubner 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).

  • Method and apparatus for synchronizing content playback
    Patent number: 9131256
    Abstract: An approach for facilitating the playback of content concurrently on multiple devices is described. A time reference associated with a first device is provided to a synchronization platform for corresponding to playback of content on the first device. The synchronization platform also receives a request from a second device to synchronize concurrent playback of a version of the content on the second device. Timing information is generated for transmission to the second device in response to the request for enabling the second device to playback its version of the content in synchronization with that of the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Hubner, Erik A. Hubner, Steven T. Archer, Kristopher Pate, Robert A. Clavenna
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING CONTENT PLAYBACK
    Publication number: 20120082424
    Abstract: An approach for facilitating the playback of content concurrently on multiple devices is described. A time reference associated with a first device is provided to a synchronization platform for corresponding to playback of content on the first device. The synchronization platform also receives a request from a second device to synchronize concurrent playback of a version of the content on the second device. Timing information is generated for transmission to the second device in response to the request for enabling the second device to playback its version of the content in synchronization with that of the first device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Paul Hubner, Erik A. Hubner, Steven T. Archer, Kristopher Pate, Robert A. Clavenna