Patents by Inventor John Kembel

John Kembel 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 SYSTEM FOR MANAGING INFORMATION IN AN ON-LINE COMMUNITY
    Publication number: 20070130164
    Abstract: A method and system for managing information in an on-line community is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Inventors: John Kembel, Geoff Kembel, Carlos Rodriguez, Jeremy Kembel
  • User interface, method, and apparatus selecting and playing channels having video, audio, and/or text streams
    Patent number: 5557724
    Abstract: A user interface is displayed on a computer system capable of processing one or more data streams. The user interface has one or more displayed representations, where each of the displayed representations corresponds to one of the data streams. A user of the computer system selectively adjusts the processing of each of the data streams using the corresponding displayed representation of the user interface. In a preferred embodiment, in which the computer system is a system for multicasting audio, video, and/or text data streams, the user interface has a video window for displaying the video stream, a set of audio controls for controlling the play of the audio stream, and a text reader bar for displaying the text stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1996
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ketan Sampat, John Kembel