Patents by Inventor Ian B. McDaniel

Ian B. McDaniel 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 for providing continuous playback of media programs at a remote end user computer
    Publication number: 20080209066
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of providing programmably seamless continuous playback of a plurality of media programs at an end-user remote from a media server facility is disclosed. The method permits playing a first media program via a first video reproduction engine disposed at the media server facility and transmitting the played first media program to the first user via the Internet, before completing playing the first media program and merging the closing of the first media program and the initiated second media program at the media server facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Mary A. Spio, Mark E. Argenti, Ian B. McDaniel