Patents by Inventor Gary B. Seaton

Gary B. Seaton 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).

  • Patent number: 6564381
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for scheduling the distribution of information so as to maximize the viewer ship of the same and, therefore, profits. Dynamic scheduling of distribution of subportions of the information, referred to as descriptors that typically correspond to a motion picture program, is achieved so that the subportions may be transmitted to end users having a high probability of perceiving the same. A subgroup of the descriptors have a weighting value assigned thereto with said subgroup of said plurality of descriptors having a weighting value differing from the weighting value associated with the remaining descriptors of said subgroup. The weighting value is a function of predetermined parameters associated with said motion picture program, such as revenue generated when released in movie theaters, comments by professional critics and contractual constraints placed upon the distributor by holders of the ownership rights of the motion picture program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: VXL Capitol Partners Corporation, Ltd.
    Inventors: Winston H. Hodge, Robert M. Kamm, Lawrence E. Taylor, David L. Hench, Pierre A. Schuberth, Kang Tsi Yam, Gary B. Seaton