Patents by Inventor Shane Donald Pike

Shane Donald Pike 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).

  • Media playing system and process
    Patent number: 7010213
    Abstract: A system and method of playing recorded content on a DVD player employs software instructions on a DVD storage medium to control a DVD-Video player to make pseudo-random selections of content items from the DVD storage medium. Each content item may include an individual video sequence or a string of video sequences. Each content item is associated with a respective identification codes, such that each content item is associated with a corresponding identification code that is different from the identification codes of other content items. The DVD player controller is controlled to select, by pseudo-random selection or generation, at least one of the identification codes from the plurality of identification codes. The DVD player controller may be controlled to perform that pseudo-random selection or generation with software stored on (and read from) the DVD storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: ImaginationDVD Corp.
    Inventors: Shane Antony Yeend, Shane Donald Pike
  • Media playing system and process
    Publication number: 20040240861
    Abstract: A system and method of playing recorded content on a DVD player employs software instructions on a DVD storage medium to control a DVD-Video player to make pseudo-random selections of content items from the DVD storage medium. Each content item may include an individual video sequence or a string of video sequences. Each content item is associated with a respective identification codes, such that each content item is associated with a corresponding identification code that is different from the identification codes of other content items. The DVD player controller is controlled to select, by pseudo-random selection or generation, at least one of the identification codes from the plurality of identification codes. The DVD player controller may be controlled to perform that pseudo-random selection or generation with software stored on (and read from) the DVD storage medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicant: Imagination DVD Corp.
    Inventors: Shane Antony Yeend, Shane Donald Pike