Curtis R Cates

US Patent:

7034916, Apr 25, 2006

Filed:

Nov 1, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/979371

Inventors:

Walter C. Bubie - Rochester NY, US
Curtis R. Cates - Rochester NY, US
David S. Jones - Fairport NY, US
Paul Tomblin - Rochester NY, US
Michael E. McCrackan - Rochester NY, US
William A. Orfitelli - Pittsford NY, US

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

International Classification:

G03B 21/32
H04N 7/18
H04N 7/173

US Classification:

352 40, 725 74, 725 86, 725116

Abstract:

A method is described for scheduling a playlist from digital content supplied to a server in a multi-screen digital cinema theater. The playlist includes digital content stored in the server and that is subsequently projected in the digital cinema theater. The method includes: (a) generating and displaying a table of playlists currently available for scheduling; (b) generating and displaying a schedule table showing a schedule view for each screen as an elongated timeline bar representing a time dimension. The method further includes: (c) selecting a playlist from the table of playlists and specifying a scheduled start time and a selected screen; and (d) updating the schedule table by inserting the selected playlist as an elongated element into the elongated timeline bar for the selected screen, whereby the updated schedule table is used to schedule the selected playlist for the selected screen.

US Patent:

20040109137, Jun 10, 2004

Filed:

Dec 4, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/309867

Inventors:

Walter Bubie - Rochester NY, US
Curtis Cates - Rochester NY, US
David Jones - Fairport NY, US
Paul Tomblin - Rochester NY, US
Michael McCrackan - Rochester NY, US
William Orfitelli - Pittsford NY, US

International Classification:

G03B021/32

US Classification:

352/040000

Abstract:

A method is described for scheduling a playlist from digital content supplied to a server in a multi-screen digital cinema theater, where the playlist includes components of the content stored in the server and represents a digital entity that is subsequently projected in the digital cinema theater. The method includes the steps of: (a) generating and displaying a table of playlists currently available for scheduling, each playlist displayed along with its run time; (b) generating and displaying a schedule table showing a schedule view for each screen as an elongated timeline bar representing a time dimension, wherein the elongated timeline bars for a plurality of the screens are arranged one adjacent the other relative to a displayed time axis to provide an overall perspective of the schedules for the screens of the theater; (c) selecting a playlist from the table of playlists and specifying a scheduled start time and a selected screen; and (d) updating the schedule table by inserting the selected playlist as an elongated element into the elongated timeline bar for the selected screen, wherein the element starts at the scheduled start time and has a time dimension corresponding to the run time of the selected playlist, whereby the updated schedule table is used to schedule the selected playlist for the selected screen.