Patents by Inventor Christy R. Martin

Christy R. Martin 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).

  • Portal for a communications system
    Patent number: 7174512
    Abstract: A portal for a communications system that includes a remote terminal connected via a communications network to a broadcast center. The portal includes a display connected to the remote terminal for displaying an arrangement of cells, each cell including a visual object and an underlying application. A user input device enables user inputs to select one of the cells. The portal provides simple and intuitive access to the wide variety of services currently offered, and to be offered in the future, in communications systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing S.A.
    Inventors: Christy R. Martin, Bernard Agasse
  • Portal for a communications system
    Publication number: 20020067376
    Abstract: A portal for a communications system that includes a remote terminal connected via a communications network to a broadcast center. The portal includes a display connected to the remote terminal for displaying an arrangement of cells, each cell including a visual object and an underlying application. A user input device enables user inputs to select one of the cells. The portal provides simple and intuitive access to the wide variety of services currently offered, and to be offered in the future, in communications systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Inventors: Christy R. Martin, Bernard Agasse