Patents by Inventor Henry L. Hacking

Henry L. Hacking 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).

  • Publication number: 20220124418
    Abstract: A system and method for generating revenue for content distributors (e.g., studios) and location-based viewing retailers (e.g., exhibitors) is provided. The system extends the viewing retailer footprints outside the various venues (e.g., into homes and mobile devices), using virtual seats that are associated to a particular location based on geography, and by making content available to consumers that might otherwise be either unavailable and/or inconvenient. The system comprises a control circuitry configured to: to receive, using a communications circuitry, a first location information from a first client device; to determine, using a location engine, a geographical location of the first client device using the first location information; and to send, using a content distribution engine, the content to a second client device based on the determined geographical location of the first location information, even if the first and second devices are contained in a single device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: George G. Christoph, Henry L. Hacking, John D. Calkins, Brian K. Treadway
  • Publication number: 20210099769
    Abstract: A system and method for generating revenue for content distributors (e.g., studios) and location based viewing retailers (e.g., exhibitors) is provided. The system extends the viewing retailer footprints outside the various venues (e.g., into homes and mobile devices), using virtual seats that are associated to a particular location based on geography, and by making content available to consumers that might otherwise be either unavailable and/or inconvenient. The system comprises a control circuitry configured to: to receive, using a communications circuitry, a first location information from a first client device; to determine, using a location engine, a geographical location of the first client device using the first location information; and to send, using a content distribution engine, the content to a second client device based on the determined geographical location of the first location information, even if the first and second devices are contained in a single device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: George G. Christoph, Henry L. Hacking, John D. Calkins, Brian K. Treadway