Patents by Inventor Graeme Elliot

Graeme Elliot 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).

  • Non-timeline, non-linear digital multimedia composition method and system
    Patent number: 6204840
    Abstract: A method for digital multimedia composition including selecting multimedia data segments, arranging the selected multimedia data segments on a single storyline strip, inserting transitions between adjacent multimedia data segments on the storyline strip, and combining the selected multimedia data segments based on their arrangement on the storyline strip and based on the inserted transitions, to produce a multimedia output file from the storyline strip. A system is also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: MGI Software Corporation
    Inventors: Ihor Petelycky, Michael Harris, Scott Northmore, Graeme Elliot, Daniel Staheli, Jeff Smith, Alan Page, Prasad Maruvada, Yongjian Zhai