Patents by Inventor Edward P. Jurado

Edward P. Jurado 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 method for persistent storage of common user information for interactive television using a centrally located repository
    Patent number: 8666941
    Abstract: For interactive television subscribers, a system (10) and method for persistent storage of common information relating to a user (25) required by multiple disparate iTV applications to be shared among said applications to ease the burden of data entry off the user. Subscribers do not have to repeatedly enter the same common user information required by multiple applications. The registration information inputted by a user (25) is logged, temporarily stored in the STB (35), and its contents transmitted to a remote central repository (100) at predetermined intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven M. Soloff, Carlos Gonzalez, Edward P. Jurado
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERSISTENT STORAGE OF COMMON USER INFORMATION FOR INTERACTIVE TELEVISION USING A CENTRALLY LOCATED REPOSITORY
    Publication number: 20110055159
    Abstract: For interactive television subscribers, a system (10) and method for persistent storage of common information relating to a user (25) required by multiple disparate iTV applications to be shared among said applications to ease the burden of data entry off the user. Subscribers do not have to repeatedly enter the same common user information required by multiple applications. The registration information inputted by a user (25) is logged, temporarily stored in the STB (35), and its contents transmitted to a remote central repository (100) at predetermined intervals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven M. Soloff, Carlos Gonzalez, Edward P. Jurado
  • System and method for persistent storage of common user information for interactive television using a centrally located repository
    Patent number: 7844994
    Abstract: For interactive television subscribers, a system (10) and method for persistent storage of common information relating to a user (25) required by multiple disparate iTV applications to be shared among said applications to ease the burden of data entry off the user. Subscribers do not have to repeatedly enter the same common user information required by multiple applications. The registration information inputted by a user (25) is logged, temporarily stored in the STB (35), and its contents transmitted to a remote central repository (100) at predetermined intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven M. Soloff, Carlos Gonzalez, Edward P. Jurado
  • System and method for persistent storage of common user information for interactive television using a centrally located repository
    Publication number: 20030192059
    Abstract: For interactive television subscribers, a system (10) and method for persistent storage of common information relating to a user (25) required by multiple disparate iTV applications to be shared among said applications to ease the burden of data entry off the user. Subscribers do not have to repeatedly enter the same common user information required by multiple applications. The registration information inputted by a user (25) is logged, temporarily stored in the STB (35), and its contents transmitted to a remote central repository (100) at predetermined intervals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: Hughes Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Steven M. Soloff, Carlos Gonzalez, Edward P. Jurado