Patents by Inventor Deborah E. Rodgers

Deborah E. Rodgers 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).

  • Method and system for displaying a series of recordable events
    Patent number: 9253463
    Abstract: A method and system for displaying identifiers for one or more series of recordable events is described. A system, such as the system of a digital video recorder, may receive a set of recordable events data, such as a listing of all television shows to be broadcast over a two-week period. The system analyzes the set of recordable events data for determining one or more sets of recordable events, where each set includes recordable events having the same title. The system analyzes each set of recordable events to determine sub-sets of recordable events based on relationships between the recordable events of each sub-set. The system displays an identifier for each sub-set of a given set of recordable events when the given set of recordable events is selected for display. A user may select to record a sub-set of recordable events by selecting the identifier that represents the sub-set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark D. Goodwin, Deborah E. Rodgers
  • Method and system for displaying a series of recordable events
    Publication number: 20130251349
    Abstract: A method and system for displaying identifiers for one or more series of recordable events is described. A system, such as the system of a digital video recorder, may receive a set of recordable events data, such as a listing of all television shows to be broadcast over a two-week period. The system analyzes the set of recordable events data for determining one or more sets of recordable events, where each set includes recordable events having the same title. The system analyzes each set of recordable events to determine sub-sets of recordable events based on relationships between the recordable events of each sub-set. The system displays an identifier for each sub-set of a given set of recordable events when the given set of recordable events is selected for display. A user may select to record a sub-set of recordable events by selecting the identifier that represents the sub-set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark D. Goodwin, Deborah E. Rodgers
  • Method and system for displaying a series of recordable events
    Publication number: 20100138860
    Abstract: A method and system for displaying identifiers for one or more series of recordable events is described. A system, such as the system of a digital video recorder, may receive a set of recordable events data, such as a listing of all television shows to be broadcast over a two-week period. The system analyzes the set of recordable events data for determining one or more sets of recordable events, where each set includes recordable events having the same title. The system analyzes each set of recordable events to determine sub-sets of recordable events based on relationships between the recordable events of each sub-set. The system displays an identifier for each sub-set of a given set of recordable events when the given set of recordable events is selected for display. A user may select to record a sub-set of recordable events by selecting the identifier that represents the sub-set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Mark D. Goodwin, Deborah E. Rodgers
  • Displaying cooking-related information
    Patent number: 7554060
    Abstract: Among other things, light that carries information about cooking is directed in a first direction towards a redirection element and, at the redirection element, the light is redirected to be visible to a person cooking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Inventors: Raymond O. England, Barret Lippey, Deborah E. Rodgers, Laura J. Schroeder
  • DISPLAYING COOKING-RELATED INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20080099449
    Abstract: Among other things, light that carries information about cooking is directed in a first direction towards a redirection element and, at the redirection element, the light is redirected to be visible to a person cooking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventors: Raymond O. England, Barret Lippey, Deborah E. Rodgers, Laura J. Schroeder