Kane Kramer
Kane Kramer | |
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Born | Hackney, London | 11 March 1956
Citizenship | British |
Known for | Inventor |
Website | www |
Kane Kramer is a
Invention of the DAP
In 1981 Kramer filed for a UK patent for his newly conceived digital audio player, the IXI. UK patent 2115996 was issued in 1985, and U.S. patent 4,667,088 was issued in 1987. The player was the size of a credit card with a small
iPod testimony
In 2008, Kramer was called as a witness by Apple Inc. to defend itself from charges of patent infringement for its iPod digital audio player.[3][4]
Current work
Kramer is still professionally involved in the technology sector. He is the Chairman of the British Inventor's Society and Organizer of the British Invention Show & World Invention Awards. He acts as a technology advisor to International Clean Energy Circle (ICI) and a number of multinational companies. Kramer gives talks on innovation around the World, notably to the Directors at Argonne National Laboratory architects of the Manhattan Project, and Kramer followed Al Gore on the subject of climate change at the Royal Courts of Justice. Kramer is director and executive producer of the film Disparity which completed filming in late 2018 followed with the production of a new TV series and film Humankind. Disparity: The Search for Real-Aid, a 100-minute documentary film and aid face-off, was Kramer's third production. The film was released in 23 October 2019. Other productions are 10CC Live in Concert at Wembley in 1982, his first, and The Sweet Live in Concert at the Marquee Club in London 1986, his second.
References
- ^ Portable data processing and storage system, United States Patent 4667088
- ^ Rix, Juliet (29 September 2004). "Talk time: Kane Kramer". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- ^ Arno Frank, einestages: Tech-Pionier Kane Kramer: Der wahre iGod, (Der Spiegel online, 19 October 2012) (in German)
- ^ Apple Computer Inc. v. Burst.com, Inc., (California, Northern District Court, January 4, 2007). See pages 9-12.