Our approach is a unique synthesis of five decades in media operations, line management, corporate management, securities analysis, television news management, and intellectual property development.
We have amassed a global portfolio of intellectuzl property, now represented by our wholly owned Video River Group LLC. The patents focus on the management of large numbers of high quality IP Video connections from smartphones and other consumer devices for creative use in streaming and linear video production, and other industries. The VRG patents were developed by Wolzien LLC and its operating unit, The Video Call Center, which operated from 2014 until 2022 when its assets were purchased by Nextologies LTD.
Our inventions began in the late 1990s with "embedded triggers" or "click through" technology -- the use of online addresses within video signals-- to permit viewers to go directly to a specific location on line while watching TV. Those click-to-buy or "more info" buttons on many TV remote controls remain the most obvious application of US Patent 5,761,606. Ultimately Kudelski-Nagra acquired the patents and reached licensing agreements with Apple, Netflix and Disney, among others.
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Wolzien LLC is a New York entity formed in 2005 and jointly owned by Valerie Wolzien and Tom Wolzien. Wolzien LLC is sole owner of The Video Call Center, LLC, and Video
River
Group LLC.
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