Patents by Inventor Douglas R. Reynolds

Douglas R. Reynolds 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).

  • System and methods for digital video recorder backup and recovery
    Patent number: 8776137
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a method for receiving a user input identifying a video signal, recording the video signal to the video data file and sending an instruction to a backup server. The instruction causes the backup server to concurrently record the video signal to a second video data file. The backup server can also record a second video signal to a second video data file based on a second instruction. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Brandt, Marc A. Sullivan, Douglas R. Reynolds
  • System and Methods for Digital Video Recorder Backup and Recovery
    Publication number: 20090044233
    Abstract: A method of backing up a video data file, comprising receiving a user input identifying a video signal. The method further includes recording the video signal to the video data file and sending an instruction to a backup server. The instruction causes the backup server to concurrently record the video signal to a second video data file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: AT&T KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, LP
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Brandt, Marc A. Sullivan, Douglas R. Reynolds