Patents by Inventor Karel MCGRAIL

Karel MCGRAIL 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 and method for synchronized presentation of video timeline metadata
    Patent number: 10397634
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for broadcast state agnostic timeline metadata presentation on a companion device is implemented on a computing device and includes: receiving timeline metadata associated with a video content item in a pseudo-live mode, where the timeline metadata is received from a timeline metadata provision system according to a timeline for an original broadcast of the video content item, and presenting the timeline metadata as it is received from said timeline metadata provision system, where the presenting is in parallel to an original or non-original broadcast of the video content item playing on an associated viewing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: SYNAMEDIA LIMITED
    Inventors: Laurent Bertrand, Pete Rai, Karel McGrail
  • System and Method for Synchronized Presentation of Video Timeline Metadata
    Publication number: 20150281763
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for broadcast state agnostic timeline metadata presentation on a companion device is implemented on a computing device and includes: receiving timeline metadata associated with a video content item in a pseudo-live mode, where the timeline metadata is received from a timeline metadata provision system according to a timeline for an original broadcast of the video content item, and presenting the timeline metadata as it is received from said timeline metadata provision system, where the presenting is in parallel to an original or non-original broadcast of the video content item playing on an associated viewing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: Cisco Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Laurent Bertrand, Pete RAI, Karel MCGRAIL