Patents by Inventor Peter W. Wilcox

Peter W. Wilcox 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).

  • Interconnected multimedia systems with synchronized playback
    Patent number: 8224147
    Abstract: One or more digital audio systems, such as a digital audio workstation, and one or more digital video systems, such as a video server, are interconnected by a computer network. A communication protocol among the systems using the computer network enables the systems to play back in synchronization. The communication protocol defines several states for connections between systems. In particular, two systems may be disconnected, connected and unlinked or connected and linked. Each system transitions through defined state changes that are caused by a sequence of commands in the communication protocol, called a play start sequence, to initiate synchronized playback. The play start sequence can be initiated by any of the linked systems. The communication protocol includes a mechanism for distributing a running time clock from the digital audio system for synchronizing with the digital video system when the digital audio system and digital video system are not both synchronized by the same video reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Avid Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter W. Wilcox, Robert M. Brown, Jr., Brad M. Thayer, Stephen Z. Stein, Francois Tremblay
  • Interconnected multimedia systems with synchronized playback
    Publication number: 20080253736
    Abstract: One or more digital audio systems, such as a digital audio workstation, and one or more digital video systems, such as a video server, are interconnected by a computer network. A communication protocol among the systems using the computer network enables the systems to play back in synchronization. The communication protocol defines several states for connections between systems. In particular, two systems may be disconnected, connected and unlinked or connected and linked. Each system transitions through defined state changes that are caused by a sequence of commands in the communication protocol, called a play start sequence, to initiate synchronized playback. The play start sequence can be initiated by any of the linked systems. The communication protocol includes a mechanism for distributing a running time clock from the digital audio system for synchronizing with the digital video system when the digital audio system and digital video system are not both synchronized by the same video reference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Peter W. Wilcox, Robert M. Brown, Brad M. Thayer, Stephen Z. Stein, Francois Tremblay