Patents by Inventor Harper Kent Potter

Harper Kent Potter 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 of creating media content
    Patent number: 10567774
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of processing content, such as, video and/or audio are disclosed. The operations of processing content may include receiving user input, such as, a content file, a type of content format, and a content destination. Other operations include determining necessary operations needed to complete the content processing and determining the applications available to the user on a local machine used by the user. The operations further include determining whether the user's local machine includes the necessary applications to perform the content processing, and determining a codec that will be used to process the content, and formatting the content using the codec and distributing the content to the content destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: OPEN INVENTION NETWORK LLC
    Inventor: Harper Kent Potter
  • Method and apparatus of creating media content
    Patent number: 10264270
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of processing content, such as, video and/or audio are disclosed. The operations of processing content may include receiving user input, such as, a content file, a type of content format, and a content destination. Other operations include determining necessary operations needed to complete the content processing and determining the applications available to the user on a local machine used by the user. The operations further include determining whether the user's local machine includes the necessary applications to perform the content processing, and determining a codec that will be used to process the content, and formatting the content using the codec and distributing the content to the content destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: OPEN INVENTION NETWORK LLC
    Inventor: Harper Kent Potter
  • Method and apparatus of creating media content
    Patent number: 9936205
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of processing content, such as, video and/or audio are disclosed. The operations of processing content may include receiving user input, such as, a content file, a type of content format, and a content destination. Other operations include determining necessary operations needed to complete the content processing and determining the applications available to the user on a local machine used by the user. The operations further include determining whether the user's local machine includes the necessary applications to perform the content processing, and determining a codec that will be used to process the content, and formatting the content using the codec and distributing the content to the content destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Open Invention Network LLC
    Inventor: Harper Kent Potter
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS OF CREATING MEDIA CONTENT
    Publication number: 20110008023
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of processing content, such as, video and/or audio are disclosed. The operations of processing content may include receiving user input, such as, a content file, a type of content format, and a content destination. Other operations include determining necessary operations needed to complete the content processing and determining the applications available to the user on a local machine used by the user. The operations further include determining whether the user's local machine includes the necessary applications to perform the content processing, and determining a codec that will be used to process the content, and formatting the content using the codec and distributing the content to the content destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: OPEN INVENTION NETWORK LLC
    Inventor: Harper Kent Potter