Patents by Inventor GARY MCKIERNAN

GARY MCKIERNAN 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).

  • Video-based competition platform
    Patent number: 11582523
    Abstract: A video-based competition platform supports video-based competitions between possibly geographically distributed competitors. The video-based competition platform enables users of electronic communication devices to create, compete, view, and vote in video-based competitions. In at least some embodiments, a video-based competition is presented to a user with two or more video clips played in conjunction. The video clips may be synchronized to a time base and/or common audio clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Virtual Arts, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Jordan, Richard Sloan, Marco Buhlmann, Jeffrey Sloan, Gary McKiernan
  • VIDEO-BASED COMPETITION PLATFORM
    Publication number: 20220021938
    Abstract: A video-based competition platform supports video-based competitions between possibly geographically distributed competitors. The video-based competition platform enables users of electronic communication devices to create, compete, view, and vote in video-based competitions. In at least some embodiments, a video-based competition is presented to a user with two or more video clips played in conjunction. The video clips may be synchronized to a time base and/or common audio clip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: RYAN JORDAN, RICHARD SLOAN, MARCO BUHLMANN, JEFFREY SLOAN, GARY MCKIERNAN