Patents by Inventor Kenneth J. Michel

Kenneth J. Michel 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).

  • Patent number: 9681182
    Abstract: There is provided systems and methods for storing and transmitting dynamic range tags in video using a non-transitory memory storing a video having a plurality of frames, a plurality of dynamic range tags corresponding to the plurality of frames, and a video tagging software, and a hardware processor executing the video tagging software stored in the non-transitory memory to obtain a frame of the plurality of frames of the video from the memory, obtain a dynamic range tag including information about the frame of the plurality of frames of the video from the memory, insert the dynamic range tag into a vertical ancillary data (VANC) space of the frame of the video to generate a modified video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Strein, Kenneth J. Michel
  • Publication number: 20170127126
    Abstract: There is provided systems and methods for storing and transmitting dynamic range tags in video using a non-transitory memory storing a video having a plurality of frames, a plurality of dynamic range tags corresponding to the plurality of frames, and a video tagging software, and a hardware processor executing the video tagging software stored in the non-transitory memory to obtain a frame of the plurality of frames of the video from the memory, obtain a dynamic range tag including information about the frame of the plurality of frames of the video from the memory, insert the dynamic range tag into a vertical ancillary data (VANC) space of the frame of the video to generate a modified video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Michael J. Strein, Kenneth J. Michel
  • Patent number: 9503770
    Abstract: There is provided a content orchestration system and a method for use by the content orchestration system to enable assembly of one or more customized content streams. In one implementation, such a content orchestration system includes a computing platform having a processor, and a content orchestration engine for execution by the processor. The content orchestration engine is configured to receive data describing multiple content sources capable of providing content for use in assembling a customized content stream. The content orchestration engine is also configured to identify customization guidelines corresponding to a destination of the customized content stream, and to determine instructions for assembling the customized content stream based on the data and the customization guidelines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Elm, Tyler Knight, Michael M. Martin, Kenneth J. Michel, Maged Boctor, Stuart J. Loberg
  • Patent number: 9351030
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer program products to insert frame accurate triggers in media programs, by receiving indication that a first tally, of a plurality of tallies, is active, the first tally corresponding to a media program, identifying a type of the first tally, generating a trigger based on the type of the first tally, and inserting a message in the media program responsive to the trigger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Strein, Steven Machanic, Kenneth J. Michel, Anil Abraham
  • Publication number: 20160112741
    Abstract: There is provided a content orchestration system and a method for use by the content orchestration system to enable assembly of one or more customized content streams. In one implementation, such a content orchestration system includes a computing platform having a processor, and a content orchestration engine for execution by the processor. The content orchestration engine is configured to receive data describing multiple content sources capable of providing content for use in assembling a customized content stream. The content orchestration engine is also configured to identify customization guidelines corresponding to a destination of the customized content stream, and to determine instructions for assembling the customized content stream based on the data and the customization guidelines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher Elm, Tyler Knight, Michael M. Martin, Kenneth J. Michel, Maged Boctor, Stuart J. Loberg
  • Patent number: 9277262
    Abstract: There is provided a content orchestration system and a method for use by the content orchestration system to enable assembly of one or more customized content streams. In one implementation, such a content orchestration system includes a computing platform having a processor, and a content orchestration engine for execution by the processor. The content orchestration engine is configured to receive data describing multiple content sources capable of providing content for use in assembling a customized content stream. The content orchestration engine is also configured to identify customization guidelines corresponding to a destination of the customized content stream, and to determine instructions for assembling the customized content stream based on the data and the customization guidelines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Elm, Tyler Knight, Michael M. Martin, Kenneth J. Michel, Maged Boctor, Stuart Loberg
  • Publication number: 20140304757
    Abstract: There is provided a content orchestration system and a method for use by the content orchestration system to enable assembly of one or more customized content streams. In one implementation, such a content orchestration system includes a computing platform having a processor, and a content orchestration engine for execution by the processor. The content orchestration engine is configured to receive data describing multiple content sources capable of providing content for use in assembling a customized content stream. The content orchestration engine is also configured to identify customization guidelines corresponding to a destination of the customized content stream, and to determine instructions for assembling the customized content stream based on the data and the customization guidelines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Elm, Tyler Knight, Michael M. Martin, Kenneth J. Michel, Maged Boctor, Stuart Loberg
  • Publication number: 20140259051
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer program products to insert frame accurate triggers in media programs, by receiving indication that a first tally, of a plurality of tallies, is active, the first tally corresponding to a media program, identifying a type of the first tally, generating a trigger based on the type of the first tally, and inserting a message in the media program responsive to the trigger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Michael J. Strein, Steven Machanic, Kenneth J. Michel, Anil Abraham
  • Patent number: 8484674
    Abstract: A system for dynamically transmitting network alert system (NAS) information from a television network to an affiliate station using information embedded in an HDTV signal includes a program data server configured to provide network alert system (NAS) data, a network video programming source configured to provide network video programming, a data inserter configured to insert the NAS data into vertical ancillary (VANC) space of a high definition television (HDTV) signal to develop a combined network video programming and NAS data signal, and a transmission facility configured to transmit the combined network video programming and NAS data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Strein, Kenneth J. Michel, Steven Machanic
  • Publication number: 20120117592
    Abstract: A system for dynamically transmitting network alert system (NAS) information from a television network to an affiliate station using information embedded in an HDTV signal includes a program data server configured to provide network alert system (NAS) data, a network video programming source configured to provide network video programming, a data inserter configured to insert the NAS data into vertical ancillary (VANC) space of a high definition television (HDTV) signal to develop a combined network video programming and NAS data signal, and a transmission facility configured to transmit the combined network video programming and NAS data signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael J. Strein, Kenneth J. Michel, Steven Machanic
  • Patent number: 8136134
    Abstract: A system for dynamically transmitting network alert system (NAS) information from a television network to an affiliate station using information embedded in an HDTV signal includes a program data server configured to provide network alert system (NAS) data, a network video programming source configured to provide network video programming, a data inserter configured to insert the NAS data into vertical ancillary (VANC) space of a high definition television (HDTV) signal to develop a combined network video programming and NAS data signal, and a transmission facility configured to transmit the combined network video programming and NAS data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Strein, Kenneth J. Michel, Steven Machanic
  • Patent number: 8127332
    Abstract: A system for dynamically transmitting recent program system information from a television network to an affiliate station using information embedded in an HDTV signal includes a program data server configured to provide current program system information protocol (PSIP) data, a network video programming source configured to provide network video programming, a data inserter configured to insert the PSIP data into vertical ancillary (VANC) space of a high definition television (HDTV) signal to develop a combined network video programming and PSIP data signal, and a transmission facility configured to transmit the combined network video programming and PSIP data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Michel, Michael J. Strein
  • Publication number: 20090231488
    Abstract: A system for dynamically transmitting network alert system (NAS) information from a television network to an affiliate station using information embedded in an HDTV signal includes a program data server configured to provide network alert system (NAS) data, a network video programming source configured to provide network video programming, a data inserter configured to insert the NAS data into vertical ancillary (VANC) space of a high definition television (HDTV) signal to develop a combined network video programming and NAS data signal, and a transmission facility configured to transmit the combined network video programming and NAS data signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Strein, Kenneth J. Michel, Steven Machanic
  • Publication number: 20090235311
    Abstract: A system for dynamically transmitting recent program system information from a television network to an affiliate station using information embedded in an HDTV signal includes a program data server configured to provide current program system information protocol (PSIP) data, a network video programming source configured to provide network video programming, a data inserter configured to insert the PSIP data into vertical ancillary (VANC) space of a high definition television (HDTV) signal to develop a combined network video programming and PSIP data signal, and a transmission facility configured to transmit the combined network video programming and PSIP data signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Michel, Michael J. Strein
  • Patent number: 6069607
    Abstract: An audio-video signal processor for use with a standard non-interlaced computer monitor has at least one video input for receiving an analog or digital input signal. The signal processor generates a resized non-interlaced video image, graphic video waveform and vector diagram based on the video input signal. Analog and digital stereo audio is also processed, and preferably bar graphs including audio level and phase data are displayed based on the audio input signal. The signal processor simultaneously displays the resized non-interlaced video image, graphic video waveform, vector diagram and audio graphic display in progressive scan format, each in a portion of the standard non-interlaced computer monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Videotek, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark J. Everett, Kenneth J. Michel, Richard R. Hollowbush, Matthew J. Washko, Michael L. Richardson, Philip L. Leifer