Patents by Inventor James Douglass Thornton

James Douglass Thornton 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: 20090313553
    Abstract: A system and method for providing multimedia content between a plurality of user terminals is presented. A first multimedia presentation on a first user terminal is selected by a first user. Data corresponding to the first multimedia presentation is transmitted to a second user terminal. Data is received corresponding to a second multimedia presentation from the second user terminal by the first user terminal. The first multimedia presentation or the second multimedia presentation is displayed on the first user terminal and the second user terminal based on, respectively, a first profile of the first user terminal and a second profile of the second user terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: James Douglass Thornton, Rebecca Elizabeth Grinter, Paul Masami Aoki, Allison Gyle Woodruff, Margaret Helen Szymanski
  • Patent number: 7574474
    Abstract: At least one multimedia presentation is selected by a user of a first device, accessed from a storage source, and presented to the user. Simultaneously, information is transmitted to at least a second device to cause the selected multimedia presentation to be presented by the at least second device without the at least second device receiving input from a second user. Continuous media streams from the first user may be captured and transmitted to the second device. The presenting of the multimedia presentation on the first device is coordinated with the presenting of the multimedia presentation on the second device. The presenting of the captured media streams on the second device is coordinated with the capturing of those streams and the presenting of the multimedia presentation on the second device. Users may individually control the multimedia presentations and the captured media streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: James Douglass Thornton, Rebecca Elizabeth Grinter, Paul Masami Aoki, Allison Gyle Woodruff, Margaret Helen Szymanski
  • Publication number: 20030056220
    Abstract: A user of a first device may select at least one multimedia presentation. Based on this selection, the multimedia presentation is accessed from a storage source and presented to the user. Simultaneously, information is transmitted to at least a second device that causes the selected multimedia presentation to be presented by the at least second device without the at least second device receiving input from a second user. Continuous media streams from the first user may be captured and transmitted to the second device(s). The presenting of the multimedia presentation on the first device are coordinated with the presenting of the multimedia presentation on the second device(s). The presenting of the captured media streams on the second device(s) are coordinated with the capturing of those streams and the presenting of the multimedia presentation on the second device(s). Users may control the multimedia presentations and the captured media streams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventors: James Douglass Thornton, Rebecca Elizabeth Grinter, Paul Masami Aoki, Allison Gyle Woodruff, Margaret Helen Szymanski