Patents by Inventor Donald Scott Brown

Donald Scott Brown 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: 20130007618
    Abstract: Systems and methods for mixed-media content guidance are provided. One or more interactive tools are provided for searching and/or filtering media content (e.g., music content, movie content, etc.). In some embodiments, these interactive tools may include a two-dimensional selection region, where the two-dimensional selection region is divided into a plurality of sub-regions and defines an intersection between a first criterion and a second criterion. In response to receiving a user selection of a sub-region from the two-dimensional selection region, a subset of a plurality of media identifiers may be determined. At least a portion of the subset of media identifiers may be selected for presentation to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC.
    Inventors: Chad Dodson, James Pozenel, Donald Scott Brown, Jennifer Stroth, David Jordan, Jeffrey Barr, Daniel Wright Trenz
  • Publication number: 20120272185
    Abstract: Systems and methods for mixed-media content guidance are provided. One or more interactive tools are provided for searching and/or filtering media content (e.g., music content, movie content, etc.). In some embodiments, these interactive tools may include a two-dimensional selection region, where the two-dimensional selection region is divided into a plurality of sub-regions and defines an intersection between a first criterion and a second criterion. In response to receiving a user selection of a sub-region from the two-dimensional selection region, a subset of a plurality of media identifiers may be determined. At least a portion of the subset of media identifiers may be selected for presentation to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chad Dodson, James Pozenel, Donald Scott Brown, Jennifer Stroth, David Jordan, Jeffrey Barr, Daniel Wright Trenz
  • Publication number: 20100306708
    Abstract: Systems and methods for handling profiles in a community are provided. A profile hub-and-spoke arrangement may be provided which includes a profile representation associated with a user as the hub and one or more media asset representations as one or more spokes. The media asset representations that are included in the hub-and-spoke arrangement may match preferences of the user. As a cursor is positioned over various items of the hub-and-spoke arrangement, a window of information corresponding to the item may be provided. A selection of the item may be received and a new hub-and-spoke arrangement may be generated and displayed to correspond to the selected item. A similar media asset hub-and-spoke arrangement may be provided which includes a media asset representation as the hub and one or more community member representations as one or more spokes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: Rovi Techonologies Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Wright Trenz, James Andrew Pozenel, Donald Scott Brown, David Michael Levy, Emily Ann Sander, Grant Andrew Meyer