Patents by Inventor Steve R. Bramwell

Steve R. Bramwell 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).

  • Multimedia distribution system
    Patent number: 9420287
    Abstract: A multimedia file and methods of generating, distributing and using the multimedia file are described. Multimedia files in accordance with embodiments of the present invention can contain multiple video tracks, multiple audio tracks, multiple subtitle tracks, a complete index that can be used to locate each data chunk in each of these tracks and an abridged index that can enable the location of a subset of the data chunks in each track, data that can be used to generate a menu interface to access the contents of the file and ‘meta data’ concerning the contents of the file. Multimedia files in accordance with several embodiments of the present invention also include references to video tracks, audio tracks, subtitle tracks and ‘meta data’ external to the file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Sonic IP, Inc.
    Inventors: Abou Ul Aala Ahsan, Steve R. Bramwell, Brian T. Fudge
  • MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140211840
    Abstract: A multimedia file and methods of generating, distributing and using the multimedia file are described. Multimedia files in accordance with embodiments of the present invention can contain multiple video tracks, multiple audio tracks, multiple subtitle tracks, a complete index that can be used to locate each data chunk in each of these tracks and an abridged index that can enable the location of a subset of the data chunks in each track, data that can be used to generate a menu interface to access the contents of the file and ‘meta data’ concerning the contents of the file. Multimedia files in accordance with several embodiments of the present invention also include references to video tracks, audio tracks, subtitle tracks and ‘meta data’ external to the file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: DIVX, LLC
    Inventors: Abou UL Aala Ahsan Butt, Steve R. Bramwell, Brian T. Fudge
  • Multimedia distribution system
    Patent number: 8472792
    Abstract: A multimedia file and methods of generating, distributing and using the multimedia file are described. Multimedia files in accordance with embodiments of the present invention can contain multiple video tracks, multiple audio tracks, multiple subtitle tracks, a complete index that can be used to locate each data chunk in each of these tracks and an abridged index that can enable the location of a subset of the data chunks in each track, data that can be used to generate a menu interface to access the contents of the file and ‘meta data’ concerning the contents of the file. Multimedia files in accordance with several embodiments of the present invention also include references to video tracks, audio tracks, subtitle tracks and ‘meta data’ external to the file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Divx, LLC
    Inventors: Abou Ul Aala Ahsan Butt, Steve R. Bramwell, Brian T. Fudge