Patents by Inventor Robert Kappler

Robert Kappler 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 INDEPENDENT LICENSING OF AUDIO IN DISTRIBUTION OF AUDIOVISUAL ASSETS
    Publication number: 20100329638
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for enabling and facilitating the licensing of audio portions of audio-video assets per individual copy of the asset. The method and apparatus involves omitting unlicensed portions of the audio content from the asset and instead inserting tags identifying the omitted audio portions and distributing the audiovisual asset, whereupon each individual distributee may obtain licenses for the unlicensed audio portions of the asset and then accessing and playing those audio portions during playback of the asset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Martin Soukup, Robert Kappler