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).
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Publication number: 20210211767Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2021Publication date: July 8, 2021Inventors: Charles Cordray, Todd A. Walker, Samir B. Armaly
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Patent number: 10917689Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 20, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.Inventors: Charles Cordray, Todd A. Walker, Samir B. Armaly
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Publication number: 20190158914Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2018Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventors: Charles Cordray, Todd A. Walker, Samir B. Armaly
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Patent number: 10165324Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 19, 2017Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.Inventors: Charles Cordray, Todd A. Walker, Samir B. Armaly
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Patent number: 9955216Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 2, 2016Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.Inventors: Charles Cordray, Todd A. Walker, Samir B. Armaly
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Publication number: 20180109842Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Charles Cordray, Todd A. Walker, Samir B. Armaly
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Patent number: 9860595Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 17, 2015Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.Inventors: Charles Cordray, Todd A. Walker, Samir B. Armaly
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Publication number: 20160295278Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2016Publication date: October 6, 2016Inventors: Charles Cordray, Todd A. Walker, Samir B. Armaly
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Publication number: 20150229991Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2015Publication date: August 13, 2015Inventors: Charles Cordray, Todd A. Walker, Samir B. Armaly
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Patent number: 9015736Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 29, 2005Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.Inventors: Charles Cordray, Todd A. Walker, Samir B. Armaly
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Publication number: 20150095954Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Inventor: Charles Cordray
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Patent number: 8938764Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 27, 2013Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.Inventor: Charles Cordray
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Publication number: 20140089987Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: United Video Properties, Inc.Inventor: Charles Cordray
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Patent number: 8627378Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 16, 2011Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: United Video Properties, Inc.Inventor: Charles Cordray
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Publication number: 20120033950Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2011Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: United Video Properties, Inc.Inventor: Charles Cordray
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Publication number: 20110179435Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2011Publication date: July 21, 2011Inventors: Charles Cordray, Todd A. Walker
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Publication number: 20100175090Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2009Publication date: July 8, 2010Applicant: United Video Properties, Inc.Inventor: Charles Cordray
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Publication number: 20070157220Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2005Publication date: July 5, 2007Inventors: Charles Cordray, Todd Walker
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Publication number: 20070154168Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2005Publication date: July 5, 2007Inventors: Charles Cordray, Samir Armaly
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Publication number: 20070157242Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2005Publication date: July 5, 2007Inventors: Charles Cordray, Todd Walker