Patents by Inventor Edwin Stephen Mack

Edwin Stephen Mack 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).

  • EXPIRING SYNCHRONIZED SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT IN TIME-SHIFTED MEDIA
    Publication number: 20240073473
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for providing interactive content contextually related to an occurrence. An illustrative method generates for display, at a media consumption device, a display of the live event, wherein the display of the live event comprises the occurrence, determines a beginning of the occurrence in the display of the live event, in response to determining the beginning of the occurrence in the display of the live event, generates for simultaneous display, with the display of the live event, interactive content related to the occurrence, determines whether the occurrence in the live event has ended in real time, and in response to determining that the occurrence in the live event has ended in real time, ceases the generating for display of the interactive content related to the occurrence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Sahir Nasir, Alexander Liston, Edwin Stephen Mack
  • Expiring synchronized supplemental content in time-shifted media
    Patent number: 11825148
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for providing interactive content contextually related to an occurrence. An illustrative method generates for display, at a media consumption device, a display of the live event, wherein the display of the live event comprises the occurrence, determines a beginning of the occurrence in the display of the live event, in response to determining the beginning of the occurrence in the display of the live event, generates for simultaneous display, with the display of the live event, interactive content related to the occurrence, determines whether the occurrence in the live event has ended in real time, and in response to determining that the occurrence in the live event has ended in real time, ceases the generating for display of the interactive content related to the occurrence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Sahir Nasir, Alexander Liston, Edwin Stephen Mack
  • EXPIRING SYNCHRONIZED SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT IN TIME-SHIFTED MEDIA
    Publication number: 20230276093
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for providing interactive content contextually related to an occurrence. An illustrative method generates for display, at a media consumption device, a display of the live event, wherein the display of the live event comprises the occurrence, determines a beginning of the occurrence in the display of the live event, in response to determining the beginning of the occurrence in the display of the live event, generates for simultaneous display, with the display of the live event, interactive content related to the occurrence, determines whether the occurrence in the live event has ended in real time, and in response to determining that the occurrence in the live event has ended in real time, ceases the generating for display of the interactive content related to the occurrence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Sahir Nasir, Alexander Liston, Edwin Stephen Mack
  • Expiring synchronized supplemental content in time-shifted media
    Patent number: 11611793
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for providing interactive content contextually related to an occurrence. An illustrative method generates for display, at a media consumption device, a display of the live event, wherein the display of the live event comprises the occurrence, determines a beginning of the occurrence in the display of the live event, in response to determining the beginning of the occurrence in the display of the live event, generates for simultaneous display, with the display of the live event, interactive content related to the occurrence, determines whether the occurrence in the live event has ended in real time, and in response to determining that the occurrence in the live event has ended in real time, ceases the generating for display of the interactive content related to the occurrence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Sahir Nasir, Alexander Liston, Edwin Stephen Mack
  • EXPIRING SYNCHRONIZED SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT IN TIME-SHIFTED MEDIA
    Publication number: 20220150576
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for providing interactive content contextually related to an occurrence. An illustrative method generates for display, at a media consumption device, a display of the live event, wherein the display of the live event comprises the occurrence, determines a beginning of the occurrence in the display of the live event, in response to determining the beginning of the occurrence in the display of the live event, generates for simultaneous display, with the display of the live event, interactive content related to the occurrence, determines whether the occurrence in the live event has ended in real time, and in response to determining that the occurrence in the live event has ended in real time, ceases the generating for display of the interactive content related to the occurrence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Sahir Nasir, Alexander Liston, Edwin Stephen Mack
  • Expiring synchronized supplemental content in time-shifted media
    Patent number: 11184662
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for providing interactive content contextually related to an occurrence. An illustrative method generates for display, at a media consumption device, a display of the live event, wherein the display of the live event comprises the occurrence, determines a beginning of the occurrence in the display of the live event, in response to determining the beginning of the occurrence in the display of the live event, generates for simultaneous display, with the display of the live event, interactive content related to the occurrence, determines whether the occurrence in the live event has ended in real time, and in response to determining that the occurrence in the live event has ended in real time, ceases the generating for display of the interactive content related to the occurrence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Sahir Nasir, Alexander Liston, Edwin Stephen Mack
  • EXPIRING SYNCHRONIZED SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT IN TIME-SHIFTED MEDIA
    Publication number: 20210112299
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for providing interactive content contextually related to an occurrence. An illustrative method generates for display, at a media consumption device, a display of the live event, wherein the display of the live event comprises the occurrence, determines a beginning of the occurrence in the display of the live event, in response to determining the beginning of the occurrence in the display of the live event, generates for simultaneous display, with the display of the live event, interactive content related to the occurrence, determines whether the occurrence in the live event has ended in real time, and in response to determining that the occurrence in the live event has ended in real time, ceases the generating for display of the interactive content related to the occurrence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Sahir Nasir, Alexander Liston, Edwin Stephen Mack
  • Expiring synchronized supplemental content in time-shifted media
    Patent number: 10856036
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for providing interactive content contextually related to an occurrence. An illustrative method generates for display, at a media consumption device, a display of the live event, wherein the display of the live event comprises the occurrence, determines a beginning of the occurrence in the display of the live event, in response to determining the beginning of the occurrence in the display of the live event, generates for simultaneous display, with the display of the live event, interactive content related to the occurrence, determines whether the occurrence in the live event has ended in real time, and in response to determining that the occurrence in the live event has ended in real time, ceases the generating for display of the interactive content related to the occurrence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Sahir Nasir, Alexander Liston, Edwin Stephen Mack