Assaf Harel

Title: Assaf Harel and His Interactive Movie Patents.

Introduction

Assaf Harel is an inventor associated with Netanya, Israel. His patent work includes systems for delivering and displaying interactive movies over a network, allowing users to navigate through movie frames.

Latest Patents

Harel is credited with 2 patents related to interactive movie systems. The patent descriptions provided include “Method and System for Displaying via a Network of an Interactive Movie” and “System for Displaying via a Network of an Interactive Movie.”

These inventions describe a user station that displays movie frames and provides a control device for navigating through the movie. A map records the links between frames, their indexes, and the user’s current virtual location. A prediction unit uses the map and the user’s controls to anticipate which frames may be needed next and instructs the server to send them to the user station. The system may request lower-resolution frames while the user is moving and higher-resolution frames when the user is stationary.

Career Highlights

The supplied information lists Google Inc. as Harel’s company affiliation. His patent descriptions focus on anticipating user navigation and transferring relevant movie frames efficiently across a network.

Collaborations

Rony Amira is identified as Harel’s coworker. The available information does not specify their roles in the patents or describe the nature of their collaboration.

Conclusion

Assaf Harel’s listed patents address interactive movie delivery, combining user navigation, frame mapping, and predictive transfer to support network-based viewing.