Megan M Brown

US Patent:

6966064, Nov 15, 2005

Filed:

Jun 5, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/445175

Inventors:

Daniel Richard Schneidewend - Fishers IN, US
Darrel Wayne Randall - Danville IN, US
Michael Joseph McLane - Indianapolis IN, US
Megan Louise Brown - Carmel IN, US
Mark Sheridan Westlake - Fishers IN, US

Assignee:

Thomson Licensing - Boulogne-Billancourt

International Classification:

H04N005/455
G06H003/00
G06H013/00

US Classification:

725 41, 725 37

Abstract:

An apparatus and a method for processing programs indicated by the associated program description to be audio-only programs, including the following. A respective program description for programs is received. Upon user selection of a program, a determination is made as to whether the selected program is an audio-only program. If the selected program is an audio-only program, then preprogrammed on-screen display information is displayed while the selected audio-only program is played to provide additional visual entertainment for users.

US Patent:

6983483, Jan 3, 2006

Filed:

Jan 18, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/765168

Inventors:

Kenneth Wayne Maze - Indianapolis IN, US
Jeffrey Philip Reavis - Indianapolis IN, US
Robert Howard Miller - Carmel IN, US
Sheila Renee Crosby - Carmel IN, US
Keith Reynolds Wehmeyer - Fishers IN, US
Hugh Boyd Morrison - Indianapolis IN, US
Megan Louise Brown - Carmel IN, US

Assignee:

Thomson Licensing - Boulogne-Billancourt

International Classification:

G06F 3/00
G06F 13/00
H04N 5/445

US Classification:

725 53, 725 58, 707 3

Abstract:

In a television system in which at least program title information for programs which are to be transmitted in the future is transmitted in advance to form a channel guide listing, apparatus is provided for searching the listing for specific user-entered information, and upon successful conclusion to the search, the apparatus schedules the tuning of the desired program, or in the alternative, notifies the viewer of the availability of the program. In those instances where descriptive text accompanies the program listing, apparatus of the invention performs a search of the text for a particular text string which may relate to the title, the star, the director, or the context of the program, among other search criteria.

US Patent:

7917927, Mar 29, 2011

Filed:

Dec 22, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/868254

Inventors:

Hugh Boyd Morrison - Indianapolis IN, US
Anthony Edward Stuart - Indianapolis IN, US
Robert Joseph Logan - Indianapolis IN, US
Charles Bryan Hunt - Westfield IN, US
Megan Louise Brown - Carmel IN, US
Jill Suzanne Allen - Indianapolis IN, US

Assignee:

Thomson Licensing - Boulogne Billancourt

International Classification:

H04N 5/445
H04N 7/173
G06F 3/00

US Classification:

725 43, 725 42, 725 47, 725113, 715783, 715718

Abstract:

A video processing apparatus may be controlled in response to selecting an advertisement displayed in connection with a productivity or communication application software program being operated on a video processing apparatus. The advertisement includes control information, which is used by the video processing apparatus to control an operating mode thereof. The control information may include both time and channel data as well as a recording data for programming a timer. Alternately, the control information may only include program data, which is passed to the electronic program guide to determine the time and channel information associated with the program data.

US Patent:

8205233, Jun 19, 2012

Filed:

Jun 20, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/156897

Inventors:

Kenneth Wayne Maze - Indianapolis IN, US
Jeffrey Philip Reavis - Indianapolis IN, US
Robert Howard Miller - Carmel IN, US
Sheila Renee Crosby - Carmel IN, US
Keith Reynolds Wehmeyer - Fishers IN, US
Hugh Boyd Morrison - Indianapolis IN, US
Megan Louise Brown - Carmel IN, US

Assignee:

Thomson Licensing - Boulogne-Billancourt

International Classification:

G06F 3/00
G06F 13/00
H04N 5/445

US Classification:

725 53, 725 58

Abstract:

In a television system in which at least program title information for programs which are to be transmitted in the future is transmitted in advance to form a channel guide listing, apparatus is provided for searching the listing for specific user-entered information, and upon successful conclusion to the search, the apparatus schedules the tuning of the desired program, or in the alternative, notifies the viewer of the availability of the program. In those instances where descriptive text accompanies the program listing, apparatus of the invention performs a search of the text for a particular text string which may relate to the title, the star, the director, or the context of the program, among other search criteria.

US Patent:

20130125174, May 16, 2013

Filed:

May 8, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/466450

Inventors:

Kenneth Wayne Maze - Indianapolis IN, US
Jeffrey Philip Reavis - Indianapolis IN, US
Robert Howard Miller - Carmel IN, US
Sheila Renee Crosby - Carmel IN, US
Keith Reynolds Wehmeyer - Fishers IN, US
Hugh Boyd Morrison - Indianapolis IN, US
Megan Louise Brown - Carmel IN, US

International Classification:

H04N 21/482

US Classification:

725 56

Abstract:

In a television system in which at least program title information for programs which are to be transmitted in the future is transmitted in advance to form a channel guide listing, apparatus is provided for searching the listing for specific user-entered information, and upon successful conclusion to the search, the apparatus schedules the tuning of the desired program, or in the alternative, notifies the viewer of the availability of the program. In those instances where descriptive text accompanies the program listing, apparatus of the invention performs a search of the text for a particular text string which may relate to the title, the star, the director, or the context of the program, among other search criteria.

US Patent:

58672265, Feb 2, 1999

Filed:

Dec 15, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/573113

Inventors:

Keith Reynolds Wehmeyer - Fishers IN
Jeffrey Philip Reavis - Indianapolis IN
Robert Howard Miller - Indianapolis IN
Sheila Renee Crosby - Carmel IN
Hugh Boyd Morrison - Indianapolis IN
Megan Louise Brown - Carmel IN

Assignee:

Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc. - Indianapolis IN

International Classification:

H04N 5445

US Classification:

348563

Abstract:

In a television system in which at least program title information for programs which are to be transmitted in the future is transmitted in advance to form a channel guide listing, apparatus is provided for searching for specific television programs which satisfy certain criteria concerning a user's viewing preferences, and upon successful conclusion to the search, the apparatus generates a list of such television programs in order to predict for the viewer certain programs which may be of interest. In a first embodiment of the invention the apparatus stores information about the particular television shows which the user watches, as search criteria. In a second embodiment of the invention the search criteria is editable by the viewer to further refine the searches.

US Patent:

62162640, Apr 10, 2001

Filed:

Jul 25, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/687285

Inventors:

Kenneth Wayne Maze - Indianapolis IN
Jeffrey Philip Reavis - Indianapolis IN
Robert Howard Miller - Carmel IN
Sheila Renee Crosby - Carmel IN
Keith Reynolds Wehmeyer - Fishers IN
Hugh Boyd Morrison - Indianapolis IN
Megan Louise Brown - Carmel IN

Assignee:

Thomson Licensing S.A. - Boulogne

International Classification:

H04N 710

US Classification:

725 53

Abstract:

In a television system in which at least program title information for programs which are to be transmitted in the future is transmitted in advance to form a channel guide listing, apparatus is provided for searching the listing for specific user-entered information, and upon successful conclusion to the search, the apparatus schedules the tuning of the desired program, or in the alternative, notifies the viewer of the availability of the program. In those instances where descriptive text accompanies the program listing, apparatus of the invention performs a search of the text for a particular text string which may relate to the title, the star, the director, or the context of the program, among other search criteria.

US Patent:

20140344865, Nov 20, 2014

Filed:

May 27, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/288129

Inventors:

- Issy de Moulineaux, FR
Jeffrey Philip REAVIS - Indianapolis IN, US
Robert Howard MILLER - Carmel IN, US
Sheila Renee CROSBY - Carmel IN, US
Hugh Boyd MORRISON - Indianapolis IN, US
Megan Louise Brown - Carmel IN, US

Assignee:

THOMSON LICENSING - Issy de Moulineaux

International Classification:

H04N 21/482
H04N 21/475
H04N 21/458
H04N 21/45

US Classification:

725 53

Abstract:

In a television system in which at least program title information for programs which are to be transmitted in the future is transmitted in advance to form a channel guide listing, apparatus is provided for searching the listing for specific user-entered information, and upon successful conclusion to the search, the apparatus schedules the tuning of the desired program, or in the alternative, notifies the viewer of the availability of the program. In those instances where descriptive text accompanies the program listing, apparatus of the invention performs a search of the text for a particular text string which may relate to the title, the star, the director, or the context of the program, among other search criteria.