Patents by Inventor Randall Frank Krakora

Randall Frank Krakora 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).

  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING A DATABASE IN A RECEIVING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130290380
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing a media content database on a device is described. The method and apparatus include receiving event data associated with media content, the event data including an event identifier, determining if the event identifier matches an event identifier for event data already stored in a memory, adding the received event data to the event data if the received event identifier does not match an event identifier for the stored event data, and replacing the stored event data with the received event data if the received event identifier matches the event identifier for the stored event data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: THOMSON LICENSING
    Inventors: Eric Joseph Flickner, Brian Duane Clevenger, Randall Frank Krakora