Patents by Inventor Ryan M. Donahue

Ryan M. Donahue 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).

  • Publication number: 20180161681
    Abstract: Systems for, and methods of, downloading, over a communications network from a remote provider to a device, a movie related avatar part that is responsive to a noteworthy item depicted in a movie, and another movie related avatar part that is responsive to a noteworthy item depicted in another movie; enabling a player to spend an amount of in-game currency in order to customize an avatar with the movie related avatar part that is responsive to a noteworthy item depicted in the movie, and to contemporaneously customize the avatar with the another movie related avatar part that is responsive to a noteworthy item depicted in the another movie; displaying the player's customized avatar during a multiplayer movie trivia game session comprising a set of questions relating to a plurality of movies; and wherein the player is incentivized to acquire in-game currency by the opportunity to sponsor a production of a set of questions relating to a movie selected by the player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Max Abecassis, Ryan M. Donahue
  • Publication number: 20170361219
    Abstract: Methods of displaying, for a first player, at least one of a plurality of single-player movie trivia game sessions; awarding, responsive to the first player playing at least one of a plurality of single-player movie trivia game sessions, an amount of in-game currency to the first player; enabling the first player to establish a multiplayer movie trivia game session by risking an amount of in-game currency awarded to the first player; enabling a multiplayer movie trivia game session competition between the first player and a second player risking an equivalent amount of the in-game currency; displaying, for a first player and for the second player, a set of questions from a plurality of movie related questions; and awarding, responsive to the multiplayer movie trivia game session competition, the amount of in-game currency risked by the first player and by the second player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Max Abecassis, Ryan M. Donahue
  • Publication number: 20170318347
    Abstract: Systems for, and methods of, playing, from a remote video provider, a video; receiving, during the playing of the video, a request for information; identifying, responsive to the request for information, a request location in the video; selecting, from a plurality of video location identifiers, a video location identifier that is responsive to the identified request location, the selected video location identifier being associated with an identification of a musical item depicted within the video; displaying the identification of the musical item depicted within the video; and enabling reviewing, at a time convenient to a user, purchase information that is responsive to the identification of the musical item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Max Abecassis, Ryan M. Donahue
  • Patent number: 9743145
    Abstract: Systems for, and methods of, displaying video information comprising: a second screen device obtaining current play position data of a video being played on a primary screen device (e.g., obtaining from the primary screen device an identification of a current play position of the video, or obtaining information to generate an acoustic fingerprint of the video); determining a current play position of the video playing on the primary screen device based upon the current play position data (e.g., identification of the current play position or the acoustic fingerprint); downloading information (e.g., video map, subtitles, moral principles, objectionable content, memorable content, performers, geographical maps, shopping, plot point, item, ratings, and trivia information) over a computer communications network into the memory of the second screen device; and displaying information on the second screen device synchronized with the contemporaneously played video on the primary screen device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Inventors: Max Abecassis, Ryan M. Donahue
  • Publication number: 20170134808
    Abstract: Systems for, and methods of, displaying video information comprising: a second screen device obtaining current play position data of a video being played on a primary screen device (e.g., obtaining from the primary screen device an identification of a current play position of the video, or obtaining information to generate an acoustic fingerprint of the video); determining a current play position of the video playing on the primary screen device based upon the current play position data (e.g., identification of the current play position or the acoustic fingerprint); downloading information (e.g., video map, subtitles, moral principles, objectionable content, memorable content, performers, geographical maps, shopping, plot point, item, ratings, and trivia information) over a computer communications network into the memory of the second screen device; and displaying information on the second screen device synchronized with the contemporaneously played video on the primary screen device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Max Abecassis, Ryan M. Donahue
  • Patent number: 9615142
    Abstract: Systems for, and methods of, displaying video information comprising: a second screen device obtaining current play position data of a video being played on a primary screen device (e.g., obtaining from the primary screen device an identification of a current play position of the video, or obtaining information to generate an acoustic fingerprint of the video); determining a current play position of the video playing on the primary screen device based upon the current play position data (e.g., identification of the current play position or the acoustic fingerprint); downloading information (e.g., video map, subtitles, moral principles, objectionable content, memorable content, performers, geographical maps, shopping, plot point, item, ratings, and trivia information) over a computer communications network into the memory of the second screen device; and displaying information on the second screen device synchronized with the contemporaneously played video on the primary screen device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Inventors: Max Abecassis, Ryan M. Donahue
  • Patent number: 9609395
    Abstract: Systems for, and methods of, displaying video information comprising: a second screen device obtaining current play position data of a video being played on a primary screen device (e.g., obtaining from the primary screen device an identification of a current play position of the video, or obtaining information to generate an acoustic fingerprint of the video); determining a current play position of the video playing on the primary screen device based upon the current play position data (e.g., identification of the current play position or the acoustic fingerprint); downloading information (e.g., video map, subtitles, moral principles, objectionable content, memorable content, performers, geographical maps, shopping, plot point, item, ratings, and trivia information) over a computer communications network into the memory of the second screen device; and displaying information on the second screen device synchronized with the contemporaneously played video on the primary screen device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Inventors: Max Abecassis, Ryan M. Donahue
  • Publication number: 20170072301
    Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying movie related information on a system (e.g., a smartphone, tablet, personal computer, and devices comprising processing, memory, communications, and a display) capable of displaying information and features of an application's movie related functions (e.g., dilemmas, filmmaking, locations, music, plot info, quotes, food recipes, shopping, superfan, trivia, vehicles & weapons identification, and performer/character identification) in each of a plurality of presentation modes (e.g., synchronization, lists, and games modes).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Max Abecassis, Ryan M. Donahue
  • Publication number: 20170072302
    Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying movie related information on a system (e.g., a smartphone, tablet, personal computer, and devices comprising processing, memory, communications, and a display) capable of displaying information and features of an application's movie related functions (e.g., dilemmas, filmmaking, locations, music, plot info, quotes, food recipes, shopping, superfan, trivia, vehicles & weapons identification, and performer/character identification) in each of a plurality of presentation modes (e.g., synchronization, lists, and games modes).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Max Abecassis, Ryan M. Donahue
  • Patent number: 9583147
    Abstract: Systems for, and methods of, displaying video information comprising: a second screen device obtaining current play position data of a video being played on a primary screen device (e.g., obtaining from the primary screen device an identification of a current play position of the video, or obtaining information to generate an acoustic fingerprint of the video); determining a current play position of the video playing on the primary screen device based upon the current play position data (e.g., identification of the current play position or the acoustic fingerprint); downloading information (e.g., video map, subtitles, moral principles, objectionable content, memorable content, performers, geographical maps, shopping, plot point, item, ratings, and trivia information) over a computer communications network into the memory of the second screen device; and displaying information on the second screen device synchronized with the contemporaneously played video on the primary screen device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Inventors: Max Abecassis, Ryan M. Donahue
  • Patent number: 9578370
    Abstract: Systems for, and methods of, displaying video information comprising: a second screen device obtaining current play position data of a video being played on a primary screen device (e.g., obtaining from the primary screen device an identification of a current play position of the video, or obtaining information to generate an acoustic fingerprint of the video); determining a current play position of the video playing on the primary screen device based upon the current play position data (e.g., identification of the current play position or the acoustic fingerprint); downloading information (e.g., video map, subtitles, moral principles, objectionable content, memorable content, performers, geographical maps, shopping, plot point, item, ratings, and trivia information) over a computer communications network into the memory of the second screen device; and displaying information on the second screen device synchronized with the contemporaneously played video on the primary screen device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Inventors: Max Abecassis, Ryan M. Donahue
  • Patent number: 9578392
    Abstract: Systems for, and methods of, displaying video information comprising: a second screen device obtaining current play position data of a video being played on a primary screen device (e.g., obtaining from the primary screen device an identification of a current play position of the video, or obtaining information to generate an acoustic fingerprint of the video); determining a current play position of the video playing on the primary screen device based upon the current play position data (e.g., identification of the current play position or the acoustic fingerprint); downloading information (e.g., video map, subtitles, moral principles, objectionable content, memorable content, performers, geographical maps, shopping, plot point, item, ratings, and trivia information) over a computer communications network into the memory of the second screen device; and displaying information on the second screen device synchronized with the contemporaneously played video on the primary screen device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Inventors: Max Abecassis, Ryan M. Donahue
  • Patent number: 9576334
    Abstract: Systems for, and methods of, displaying video information comprising: a second screen device obtaining current play position data of a video being played on a primary screen device (e.g., obtaining from the primary screen device an identification of a current play position of the video, or obtaining information to generate an acoustic fingerprint of the video); determining a current play position of the video playing on the primary screen device based upon the current play position data (e.g., identification of the current play position or the acoustic fingerprint); downloading information (e.g., video map, subtitles, moral principles, objectionable content, memorable content, performers, geographical maps, shopping, plot point, item, ratings, trivia information, and recipe information) over a computer communications network into the memory of the second screen device; and displaying information on the second screen device synchronized with the contemporaneously played video on the primary screen device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Inventors: Max Abecassis, Ryan M. Donahue
  • Patent number: 9516373
    Abstract: A method comprising the steps of: generating an acoustic fingerprint that is responsive to a playing of a movie on a primary screen device; searching, responsive to the acoustic fingerprint, an acoustic database; identifying, responsive to the searching of the acoustic database, a location within the movie; displaying an information item that is responsive to the identified location within the movie, a predefined playing time separation from a previous display of an information item, and a selecting of information items of each of a plurality of movie related information functions, the selecting being disproportionately in favor of at least one of the plurality of movie related information functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Inventors: Max Abecassis, Ryan M. Donahue
  • Publication number: 20150170325
    Abstract: Systems for, and methods of, displaying video information comprising: a second screen device obtaining current play position data of a video being played on a primary screen device (e.g., obtaining from the primary screen device an identification of a current play position of the video, or obtaining information to generate an acoustic fingerprint of the video); determining a current play position of the video playing on the primary screen device based upon the current play position data (e.g., identification of the current play position or the acoustic fingerprint); downloading information (e.g., video map, subtitles, moral principles, objectionable content, memorable content, performers, geographical maps, shopping, plot point, item, ratings, trivia information, and recipe information) over a computer communications network into the memory of the second screen device; and displaying information on the second screen device synchronized with the contemporaneously played video on the primary screen device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Max Abecassis, Ryan M. Donahue
  • Publication number: 20150110458
    Abstract: Systems for, and methods of, displaying video information comprising: a second screen device obtaining current play position data of a video being played on a primary screen device (e.g., obtaining from the primary screen device an identification of a current play position of the video, or obtaining information to generate an acoustic fingerprint of the video); determining a current play position of the video playing on the primary screen device based upon the current play position data (e.g., identification of the current play position or the acoustic fingerprint); downloading information (e.g., video map, subtitles, moral principles, objectionable content, memorable content, performers, geographical maps, shopping, plot point, item, ratings, and trivia information) over a computer communications network into the memory of the second screen device; and displaying information on the second screen device synchronized with the contemporaneously played video on the primary screen device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: CustomPlay LLC
    Inventors: Max Abecassis, Ryan M. Donahue
  • Publication number: 20150110468
    Abstract: Systems for, and methods of, displaying video information comprising: a second screen device obtaining current play position data of a video being played on a primary screen device (e.g., obtaining from the primary screen device an identification of a current play position of the video, or obtaining information to generate an acoustic fingerprint of the video); determining a current play position of the video playing on the primary screen device based upon the current play position data (e.g., identification of the current play position or the acoustic fingerprint); downloading information (e.g., video map, subtitles, moral principles, objectionable content, memorable content, performers, geographical maps, shopping, plot point, item, ratings, and trivia information) over a computer communications network into the memory of the second screen device; and displaying information on the second screen device synchronized with the contemporaneously played video on the primary screen device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: CustomPlay LLC
    Inventors: Max Abecassis, Ryan M. Donahue
  • Publication number: 20150110457
    Abstract: Systems for, and methods of, displaying video information comprising: a second screen device obtaining current play position data of a video being played on a primary screen device (e.g., obtaining from the primary screen device an identification of a current play position of the video, or obtaining information to generate an acoustic fingerprint of the video); determining a current play position of the video playing on the primary screen device based upon the current play position data (e.g., identification of the current play position or the acoustic fingerprint); downloading information (e.g., video map, subtitles, moral principles, objectionable content, memorable content, performers, geographical maps, shopping, plot point, item, ratings, and trivia information) over a computer communications network into the memory of the second screen device; and displaying information on the second screen device synchronized with the contemporaneously played video on the primary screen device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: CustomPlay LLC
    Inventors: Max Abecassis, Ryan M. Donahue
  • Publication number: 20150086174
    Abstract: Systems for, and methods of, displaying video information comprising: a second screen device obtaining current play position data of a video being played on a primary screen device (e.g., obtaining from the primary screen device an identification of a current play position of the video, or obtaining information to generate an acoustic fingerprint of the video); determining a current play position of the video playing on the primary screen device based upon the current play position data (e.g., identification of the current play position or the acoustic fingerprint); downloading information (e.g., video map, subtitles, moral principles, objectionable content, memorable content, performers, geographical maps, shopping, plot point, item, ratings, and trivia information) over a computer communications network into the memory of the second screen device; and displaying information on the second screen device synchronized with the contemporaneously played video on the primary screen device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: CustomPlay LLC
    Inventors: Max Abecassis, Ryan M. Donahue