Patents by Inventor Renford Beckford

Renford Beckford 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).

  • Recall and Triggering System for Control of On-Air Content at Remote Locations
    Publication number: 20190364307
    Abstract: There is provided a recall and triggering system and method for the control of on-air graphics at remote locations. The system including a television network and an affiliated station, the television network configured to insert a command into a video and transmit the video including the command to the affiliated station, and the affiliated station configured to receive the video including the command from the television network, store the video in the memory, detect the command from the video stored in the memory, retrieve the data from a database based on the command, modify the video using the data to generate a modified video, and transmit the modified video to a display device. The database may be stored in the memory of the affiliated station or on a separate server. The data may include graphics, content, databases, spreadsheets, tables, websites, news, or other graphical content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Strein, David Teeter, Frank Zimmerlich, Anil Abraham, Renford Beckford
  • Recall and triggering system for control of on-air content at remote locations
    Patent number: 10432986
    Abstract: There is provided a recall and triggering system and method for the control of on-air graphics at remote locations. The system including a television network and an affiliated station, the television network configured to insert a command into a video and transmit the video including the command to the affiliated station, and the affiliated station configured to receive the video including the command from the television network, store the video in the memory, detect the command from the video stored in the memory, retrieve the data from a database based on the command, modify the video using the data to generate a modified video, and transmit the modified video to a display device. The database may be stored in the memory of the affiliated station or on a separate server. The data may include graphics, content, databases, spreadsheets, tables, websites, news, or other graphical content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Strein, David Teeter, Frank Zimmerlich, Anil Abraham, Renford Beckford
  • Recall and Triggering System for Control of On-Air Content at Remote Locations
    Publication number: 20150350702
    Abstract: There is provided a recall and triggering system and method for the control of on-air graphics at remote locations. The system including a television network and an affiliated station, the television network configured to insert a command into a video and transmit the video including the command to the affiliated station, and the affiliated station configured to receive the video including the command from the television network, store the video in the memory, detect the command from the video stored in the memory, retrieve the data from a database based on the command, modify the video using the data to generate a modified video, and transmit the modified video to a display device. The database may be stored in the memory of the affiliated station or on a separate server. The data may include graphics, content, databases, spreadsheets, tables, websites, news, or other graphical content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Strein, David Teeter, Frank Zimmerlich, Anil Abraham, Renford Beckford