Patents by Inventor Julian Ball

Julian Ball 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: 20150012394
    Abstract: A system and method of virtual shopping is provided. The system and method includes a plurality of data services. The system and method includes a content delivery network receives at least one request from at least one of a plurality of data services. The system and method includes at least two devices operate in a communication protocol that receive data from the content delivery network, each of the at least two devices include a virtual reality interface. The virtual reality interface creates a user a virtual replica of a physical store. The virtual reality interface locates one or more objects of interest from the virtual reality interface. The virtual reality interface interacts with at least two devices located in the physical store through a virtual snapshot by the virtual reality interface of a user's current view of the virtual replica to facilitate purchase of one or more objects of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: Avenue Imperial UK Limited
    Inventors: Nicolas Rossi, Julian Ball, Thomas Mills
  • Publication number: 20140173648
    Abstract: A celebrity portal system is disclosed. The celebrity portal system may comprise a celebrity content management engine for managing a celebrity portal, the celebrity portal including media content based on real-time multimedia content generated by a particular celebrity and available for consumption by fans; a broadcast information engine for receiving notice of a scheduled presentation of premium content on the celebrity portal; a fan contact engine for notifying a set of the fans of the scheduled presentation of the premium content on the celebrity portal; and a content publication engine for publishing the premium content in the celebrity portal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventors: Julian Ball, Simon Johnson, Adrian Woolfe
  • Publication number: 20140173644
    Abstract: A celebrity portal system is disclosed. The celebrity portal system may comprise a celebrity content management engine for receiving first media content based on particular real-time content generated by a particular celebrity; a content publication engine for assisting in publishing second media content based on the first media content to a particular celebrity channel; a celebrity channel selection engine for assisting in presenting a channel guide to a set of celebrity channels including the particular celebrity channel; and a bookkeeping engine for tracking revenue generated by each of the celebrity channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventors: Julian Ball, Simon Johnson, Adrian Woolfe
  • Publication number: 20140171179
    Abstract: A celebrity portal system comprises: a celebrity content management engine for managing a celebrity portal, the celebrity portal including media content based on real-time multimedia content generated by a particular celebrity and available for consumption by fans; a competition gameplay engine for providing gameplay to identify one or more particular fans to receive a prize based on a set of criteria, the prize to include integration of fan-generated content of the one or more particular fans into the celebrity portal system; and a competition prize provisioning engine for provisioning the celebrity portal system to effect the prize to a winner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventors: Julian Ball, Simon Johnson, Adrian Woolfe