Patents by Inventor John Mark Randall

John Mark Randall 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).

  • System for interactively distributing information services having a remote video session manager
    Patent number: 6305019
    Abstract: An interactive information distribution system includes service provider equipment for generating an information stream that is coupled to an information channel and transmitted to subscriber equipment. The service provider also generates a command signal that is coupled to a command channel and transmitted to the subscriber equipment. The service provider also receives information manipulation requests from the subscriber via a back channel. A communication network supporting the information channel, command channel and back channel is coupled between the service provider equipment and the subscriber equipment. The service provider equipment contains two geographically distributed components: central server equipment and a remote video session manager. The central server equipment provides information streams to the remote video session manager in response to information manipulation commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: DIVA Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Bradley L. Dyer, Dwight Wesley Fronsdahl, Michael S. Gill, Christopher Goode, John Mark Randall, Steve Zack