Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Ranken DETWEILER

Jeffrey Ranken DETWEILER 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).

  • Systems and methods for transmitting media content via digital radio broadcast transmission for synchronized rendering by a receiver
    Patent number: 8804037
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and processor readable media are disclosed for encoding and transmitting first media content and second media content using a digital radio broadcast system, such that the second media content can be rendered in synchronization with the first media content by a digital radio broadcast receiver. The disclosed systems, methods, and processor-readable media determine when a receiver will render audio and data content that is transmitted at a given time by the digital radio broadcast transmitter, and adjust the media content accordingly to provide synchronized rendering. In exemplary embodiments, these adjustments can be provided by: 1) inserting timing instructions specifying playback time in the secondary content based on calculated delays; or 2) controlling the timing of sending the primary or secondary content to the transmitter so that it will be rendered in synchronization by the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: iBiquity Digital Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Andrew Johnson, Muthu Gopal Balasubramanian, Harvey Chalmers, Jeffrey Ranken Detweiler, Albert Gambardella, Russell Iannuzzelli, Stephen Douglas Mattson
  • Systems and Methods for Transmitting Media Content via Digital Radio Broadcast Transmission for Synchronized Rendering by a Receiver
    Publication number: 20120162512
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and processor readable media are disclosed for encoding and transmitting first media content and second media content using a digital radio broadcast system, such that the second media content can be rendered in synchronization with the first media content by a digital radio broadcast receiver. The disclosed systems, methods, and processor-readable media determine when a receiver will render audio and data content that is transmitted at a given time by the digital radio broadcast transmitter, and adjust the media content accordingly to provide synchronized rendering. In exemplary embodiments, these adjustments can be provided by: 1) inserting timing instructions specifying playback time in the secondary content based on calculated delays; or 2) controlling the timing of sending the primary or secondary content to the transmitter so that it will be rendered in synchronization by the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: iBiquity Digital Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Andrew Johnson, Muthu Gopal Balasubramanian, Harvey Chalmers, Jeffrey Ranken Detweiler, Albert John Gambardella, Russell Iannuzzelli, Stephen Douglas Mattson
  • Systems and methods for transmitting media content via digital radio broadcast transmission for synchronized rendering by a receiver
    Publication number: 20100265398
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and processor readable media are disclosed for encoding and transmitting first media content and second media content using a digital radio broadcast system, such that the second media content can be rendered in synchronization with the first media content by a digital radio broadcast receiver. The disclosed systems, methods, and processor-readable media determine when a receiver will render audio and data content that is transmitted at a given time by the digital radio broadcast transmitter, and adjust the media content accordingly to provide synchronized rendering. In exemplary embodiments, these adjustments can be provided by: 1) inserting timing instructions specifying playback time in the secondary content based on calculated delays; or 2) controlling the timing of sending the primary or secondary content to the transmitter so that it will be rendered in synchronization by the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: iBiquity Digital Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Andrew JOHNSON, Muthu Gopal BALASUBRAMANIAN, Harvey CHALMERS, Jeffrey Ranken DETWEILER, Albert John GAMBARDELLA, Russell IANNUZZELLI, Stephen Douglas MATTSON