Patents by Inventor Charles Cordray

Charles Cordray has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20210211767
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring a user's viewing progress of media in a series are provided. The user may setup a media profile containing a list of program series to be monitored. The interactive media monitoring application may track the user's viewing progress of programs in the program series on the user equipment and update the user's media profile. The user may request and watch programs in the series at the user's leisure while peripheral media content may be filtered to be consistent with the user's viewing progress in the series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Charles Cordray, Todd A. Walker, Samir B. Armaly
  • Patent number: 10917689
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring a user's viewing progress of media in a series are provided. The user may setup a media profile containing a list of program series to be monitored. The interactive media monitoring application may track the user's viewing progress of programs in the program series on the user equipment and update the user's media profile. The user may request and watch programs in the series at the user's leisure while peripheral media content may be filtered to be consistent with the user's viewing progress in the series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Cordray, Todd A. Walker, Samir B. Armaly
  • Publication number: 20190158914
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring a user's viewing progress of media in a series are provided. The user may setup a media profile containing a list of program series to be monitored. The interactive media monitoring application may track the user's viewing progress of programs in the program series on the user equipment and update the user's media profile. The user may request and watch programs in the series at the user's leisure while peripheral media content may be filtered to be consistent with the user's viewing progress in the series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Charles Cordray, Todd A. Walker, Samir B. Armaly
  • Patent number: 10165324
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring a user's viewing progress of media in a series are provided. The user may setup a media profile containing a list of program series to be monitored. The interactive media monitoring application may track the user's viewing progress of programs in the program series on the user equipment and update the user's media profile. The user may request and watch programs in the series at the user's leisure while peripheral media content may be filtered to be consistent with the user's viewing progress in the series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Cordray, Todd A. Walker, Samir B. Armaly
  • Patent number: 9955216
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring a user's viewing progress of media in a series are provided. The user may setup a media profile containing a list of program series to be monitored. The interactive media monitoring application may track the user's viewing progress of programs in the program series on the user equipment and update the user's media profile. The user may request and watch programs in the series at the user's leisure while peripheral media content may be filtered to be consistent with the user's viewing progress in the series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Cordray, Todd A. Walker, Samir B. Armaly
  • Publication number: 20180109842
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring a user's viewing progress of media in a series are provided. The user may setup a media profile containing a list of program series to be monitored. The interactive media monitoring application may track the user's viewing progress of programs in the program series on the user equipment and update the user's media profile. The user may request and watch programs in the series at the user's leisure while peripheral media content may be filtered to be consistent with the user's viewing progress in the series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Charles Cordray, Todd A. Walker, Samir B. Armaly
  • Patent number: 9860595
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring a user's viewing progress of media in a series are provided. The user may setup a media profile containing a list of program series to be monitored. The interactive media monitoring application may track the user's viewing progress of programs in the program series on the user equipment and update the user's media profile. The user may request and watch programs in the series at the user's leisure while peripheral media content may be filtered to be consistent with the user's viewing progress in the series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
    Inventors: Charles Cordray, Todd A. Walker, Samir B. Armaly
  • Publication number: 20160295278
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring a user's viewing progress of media in a series are provided. The user may setup a media profile containing a list of program series to be monitored. The interactive media monitoring application may track the user's viewing progress of programs in the program series on the user equipment and update the user's media profile. The user may request and watch programs in the series at the user's leisure while peripheral media content may be filtered to be consistent with the user's viewing progress in the series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Charles Cordray, Todd A. Walker, Samir B. Armaly
  • Publication number: 20150229991
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring a user's viewing progress of media in a series are provided. The user may setup a media profile containing a list of program series to be monitored. The interactive media monitoring application may track the user's viewing progress of programs in the program series on the user equipment and update the user's media profile. The user may request and watch programs in the series at the user's leisure while peripheral media content may be filtered to be consistent with the user's viewing progress in the series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Charles Cordray, Todd A. Walker, Samir B. Armaly
  • Patent number: 9015736
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring a user's viewing progress of media in a series are provided. The user may setup a media profile containing a list of program series to be monitored. The interactive media monitoring application may track the user's viewing progress of programs in the program series on the user equipment and update the user's media profile. The user may request and watch programs in the series at the user's leisure while peripheral media content may be filtered to be consistent with the user's viewing progress in the series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Cordray, Todd A. Walker, Samir B. Armaly
  • Publication number: 20150095954
    Abstract: A viewer of an episode of a series such as a television series may wish to access episodes of the series that the viewer missed when they were originally broadcast. Interactive applications may receive the viewer's indication of interest to record missed episodes of the incomplete series, which may include instructions regarding recording options for including the missed episodes in a series aggregation. Interactive applications may identify the episodes to be included in the series aggregation, and record the missed episodes, which may then be stored and organized to create a series aggregation, in the order that they were first broadcast with episodes that the viewer may already have available. Interactive applications way present the episodes of the series aggregation in the order that they were originally broadcast, by providing the viewer with options on how to access the episodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventor: Charles Cordray
  • Patent number: 8938764
    Abstract: A viewer of an episode of a series such as a television series may wish to access episodes of the series that the viewer missed when they were originally broadcast. Interactive applications may receive the viewer's indication of interest to record missed episodes of the incomplete series, which may include instructions regarding recording options for including the missed episodes in a series aggregation. Interactive applications may identify the episodes to be included in the series aggregation, and record the missed episodes, which may then be stored and organized to create a series aggregation, in the order that they were first broadcast with episodes that the viewer may already have available. Interactive applications may present the episodes of the series aggregation in the order that they were originally broadcast, by providing the viewer with options on how to access the episodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles Cordray
  • Publication number: 20140089987
    Abstract: A viewer of an episode of a series such as a television series may wish to access episodes of the series that the viewer missed when they were originally broadcast. Interactive applications may receive the viewer's indication of interest to record missed episodes of the incomplete series, which may include instructions regarding recording options for including the missed episodes in a series aggregation. Interactive applications may identify the episodes to be included in the series aggregation, and record the missed episodes, which may then be stored and organized to create a series aggregation, in the order that they were first broadcast with episodes that the viewer may already have available. Interactive applications may present the episodes of the series aggregation in the order that they were originally broadcast, by providing the viewer with options on how to access the episodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: United Video Properties, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles Cordray
  • Patent number: 8627378
    Abstract: A viewer of an episode of a series such as a television series may wish to access episodes of the series that the viewer missed when they were originally broadcast. Interactive applications may receive the viewer's indication of interest to record missed episodes of the incomplete series, which may include instructions regarding recording options for including the missed episodes in a series aggregation. Interactive applications may identify the episodes to be included in the series aggregation, and record the missed episodes, which may then be stored and organized to create a series aggregation, in the order that they were first broadcast with episodes that the viewer may already have available. Interactive applications may present the episodes of the series aggregation in the order that they were originally broadcast, by providing the viewer with options on how to access the episodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: United Video Properties, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles Cordray
  • Publication number: 20120033950
    Abstract: A viewer of an episode of a series such as a television series may wish to access episodes of the series that the viewer missed when they were originally broadcast. Interactive applications may receive the viewer's indication of interest to record missed episodes of the incomplete series, which may include instructions regarding recording options for including the missed episodes in a series aggregation. Interactive applications may identify the episodes to be included in the series aggregation, and record the missed episodes, which may then be stored and organized to create a series aggregation, in the order that they were first broadcast with episodes that the viewer may already have available. Interactive applications may present the episodes of the series aggregation in the order that they were originally broadcast, by providing the viewer with options on how to access the episodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: United Video Properties, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles Cordray
  • Publication number: 20110179435
    Abstract: A “New To Me” feature is provided for an interactive media guidance system implemented as a home network having multiple user equipment devices. Functionally speaking, the “New To Me” feature of the interactive media guidance system identifies programs or advertisements that have been previously viewed by an individual user or a user equipment device within the home network, or even by a household. The interactive media guidance system may use the information gathered regarding the programs and/or advertisements that have already been seen by a user, device or household to, for example, remove the programs or advertisements from future displays of recommendations, search results or listings of available programming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Charles Cordray, Todd A. Walker
  • Publication number: 20100175090
    Abstract: A viewer of an episode of a series such as a television series may wish to access episodes of the series that the viewer missed when they were originally broadcast. Interactive applications may receive the viewer's indication of interest to record missed episodes of the incomplete series, which may include instructions regarding recording options for including the missed episodes in a series aggregation. Interactive applications may identify the episodes to be included in the series aggregation, and record the missed episodes, which may then be stored and organized to create a series aggregation, in the order that they were first broadcast with episodes that the viewer may already have available. Interactive applications may present the episodes of the series aggregation in the order that they were originally broadcast, by providing the viewer with options on how to access the episodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: United Video Properties, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles Cordray
  • Publication number: 20070157220
    Abstract: A “New To Me” feature is provided for an interactive media guidance system implemented as a home network having multiple user equipment devices. Functionally speaking, the “New To Me” feature of the interactive media guidance system identifies programs or advertisements that have been previously viewed by an individual user or a user equipment device within the home network, or even by a household. The interactive media guidance system may use the information gathered regarding the programs and/or advertisements that have already been seen by a user, device or household to, for example, remove the programs or advertisements from future displays of recommendations, search results or listings of available programming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Charles Cordray, Todd Walker
  • Publication number: 20070154168
    Abstract: The disclosed technology provides systems and methods for maintaining a user's interest level in a media program by providing different media program options for a media program. The media programs can have logical segments, and the disclosed technology can monitor a user's interest in particular media program segments. In one aspect of the invention, the disclosed technology can determine that there is interest in particular segments of a media program and can communicate those particular segments to a user. In one aspect of the invention, the disclosed technology can determine that there is interest in particular media program options based on knowing the user's interest in particular media program segments. The user can be provided with an opportunity to select one of the particular media program options of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Charles Cordray, Samir Armaly
  • Publication number: 20070157242
    Abstract: A “New To Me” feature is provided for an interactive media guidance system implemented as a home network having multiple user equipment devices. Functionally speaking, the “New To Me” feature of the interactive media guidance system identifies programs or advertisements that have been previously viewed by an individual user or a user equipment device within the home network, or even by a household. The interactive media guidance system may use the information gathered regarding the programs and/or advertisements that have already been seen by a user, device or household to, for example, remove the programs or advertisements from future displays of recommendations, search results or listings of available programming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Charles Cordray, Todd Walker