Patents by Inventor Richard Ginter

Richard Ginter 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).

  • Methods and systems for playing an audio corresponding to a text medium
    Patent number: 11599328
    Abstract: There is provided a media player device for use with a text medium having a plurality of pages each having a plurality of words, the media player device comprising an audio output, a memory storing a text medium application software; and a processor configured to execute the text medium application software to receive a first signal emitted from a wireless communication element embedded in the text medium, the first signal including a text medium ID uniquely identifying the text medium, and play an audio, via the audio output and in response to receiving the text medium ID, wherein the audio corresponds to the text medium ID and the audio pronounces the plurality of words in a same sequence appearing in each of the plurality of pages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohammad Poswal, Giovanna Alaimo, Malcolm Murdock, Richard Ginter, Taylor Hellam
  • Location-based mobile storytelling using beacons
    Patent number: 10785333
    Abstract: There is provided a system and method for location-based mobile storytelling using beacons. The system including a memory storing a storytelling software application, the storytelling software application configured to generate a story that includes a plurality of segments, each segment of the plurality of segments of the story being associated with one of a plurality of beacons, and a processor configured to execute the storytelling software application to receive a first message transmitted from a first beacon of the plurality of beacons, determine a first beacon identity of the first beacon using the first message, generate a first segment of the plurality of segments of the story based on the first beacon identity, the first segment of the story being associated with the first beacon, and play the first segment of the story.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm Murdock, Kimberly Porter, Richard Ginter, Mohammad Poswal, Michele Wells
  • Location-Based Mobile Storytelling Using Beacons
    Publication number: 20190364121
    Abstract: There is provided a system and method for location-based mobile storytelling using beacons. The system including a memory storing a storytelling software application, the storytelling software application configured to generate a story that includes a plurality of segments, each segment of the plurality of segments of the story being associated with one of a plurality of beacons, and a processor configured to execute the storytelling software application to receive a first message transmitted from a first beacon of the plurality of beacons, determine a first beacon identity of the first beacon using the first message, generate a first segment of the plurality of segments of the story based on the first beacon identity, the first segment of the story being associated with the first beacon, and play the first segment of the story.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Malcolm Murdock, Kimberly Porter, Richard Ginter, Mohammad Poswal, Michele Wells
  • Location-based mobile storytelling using beacons
    Patent number: 10455035
    Abstract: There is provided a system and method for location-based mobile storytelling using beacons. The system including a memory storing a storytelling software application, the storytelling software application configured to generate a story that includes a plurality of segments, each segment of the plurality of segments of the story being associated with one of a plurality of beacons, and a processor configured to execute the storytelling software application to receive a first message transmitted from a first beacon of the plurality of beacons, determine a first beacon identity of the first beacon using the first message, generate a first segment of the plurality of segments of the story based on the first beacon identity, the first segment of the story being associated with the first beacon, and play the first segment of the story.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm Murdock, Kimberly Porter, Richard Ginter, Mohammad Poswal, Michele Wells
  • Location-Based Mobile Storytelling Using Beacons
    Publication number: 20190230173
    Abstract: There is provided a system and method for location-based mobile storytelling using beacons. The system including a memory storing a storytelling software application, the storytelling software application configured to generate a story that includes a plurality of segments, each segment of the plurality of segments of the story being associated with one of a plurality of beacons, and a processor configured to execute the storytelling software application to receive a first message transmitted from a first beacon of the plurality of beacons, determine a first beacon identity of the first beacon using the first message, generate a first segment of the plurality of segments of the story based on the first beacon identity, the first segment of the story being associated with the first beacon, and play the first segment of the story.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Malcolm Murdock, Kimberly Porter, Richard Ginter, Mohammad Poswal, Michele Wells
  • Location-based mobile storytelling using beacons
    Patent number: 10320924
    Abstract: There is provided a system and method for location-based mobile storytelling using beacons. The system including a memory storing a storytelling software application, the storytelling software application configured to generate a story that includes a plurality of segments, each segment of the plurality of segments of the story being associated with one of a plurality of beacons, and a processor configured to execute the storytelling software application to receive a first message transmitted from a first beacon of the plurality of beacons, determine a first beacon identity of the first beacon using the first message, generate a first segment of the plurality of segments of the story based on the first beacon identity, the first segment of the story being associated with the first beacon, and play the first segment of the story.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm Murdock, Kimberly Porter, Richard Ginter, Mohammad Poswal, Michele Wells
  • Methods and Systems for Playing an Audio Corresponding to a Text Medium
    Publication number: 20160350066
    Abstract: There is provided a media player device for use with a text medium having a plurality of pages each having a plurality of words, the media player device comprising an audio output, a memory storing a text medium application software; and a processor configured to execute the text medium application software to receive a first signal emitted from a wireless communication element embedded in the text medium, the first signal including a text medium ID uniquely identifying the text medium, and play an audio, via the audio output and in response to receiving the text medium ID, wherein the audio corresponds to the text medium ID and the audio pronounces the plurality of words in a same sequence appearing in each of the plurality of pages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Mohammad Poswal, Giovanna Alaimo, Malcolm Murdock, Richard Ginter, Taylor Hellam
  • Location-Based Mobile Storytelling Using Beacons
    Publication number: 20160105515
    Abstract: There is provided a system and method for location-based mobile storytelling using beacons. The system including a memory storing a storytelling software application, the storytelling software application configured to generate a story that includes a plurality of segments, each segment of the plurality of segments of the story being associated with one of a plurality of beacons, and a processor configured to execute the storytelling software application to receive a first message transmitted from a first beacon of the plurality of beacons, determine a first beacon identity of the first beacon using the first message, generate a first segment of the plurality of segments of the story based on the first beacon identity, the first segment of the story being associated with the first beacon, and play the first segment of the story.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Malcolm Murdock, Kimberly Porter, Richard Ginter, Mohammad Poswal, Michele Wells