Patents by Inventor Hugh Hitchens

Hugh Hitchens 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).

  • Network media program restart
    Patent number: 9554167
    Abstract: A server for network media program restart receives a request from a client device to restart a media program that is configured as being enabled for network media program restart subject to a set of one or more restrictions. Responsive to determining that a currently airing restriction is configured that allows the media program to be played by the client device only when that media program is currently airing in a locale of the client device and will become unavailable for viewing after a predefined amount of time has elapsed after the currently airing media program ends, the server transmits the media program to the client device for playback only responsive to a determination that at the time of the request the media program is currently airing in the locale of the client device and only when the predefined amount of time has not elapsed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Jeffery Truong, Patrick Egloff, Mark Tozer, Keith Okabe, Hugh Hitchens, Rabih Filfili, Aparna Varanasi, Swapnesh Chaubal
  • NETWORK MEDIA PROGRAM RESTART
    Publication number: 20150382031
    Abstract: A server for network media program restart receives a request from a client device to restart a media program that is configured as being enabled for network media program restart subject to a set of one or more restrictions. Responsive to determining that a currently airing restriction is configured that allows the media program to be played by the client device only when that media program is currently airing in a locale of the client device and will become unavailable for viewing after a predefined amount of time has elapsed after the currently airing media program ends, the server transmits the media program to the client device for playback only responsive to a determination that at the time of the request the media program is currently airing in the locale of the client device and only when the predefined amount of time has not elapsed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Jeffery Truong, Patrick Egloff, Mark Tozer, Keith Okabe, Hugh Hitchens, Rabih Filfili, Aparna Varanasi, Swapnesh Chaubal
  • Remote control
    Patent number: D777143
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Ignazio Moresco, Hugh Hitchens, Kah Loon Liew, Keith Okabe
  • Remote control
    Patent number: D811372
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Ignazio Moresco, Hugh Hitchens, Kah Loon Liew, Keith Okabe
  • Automotive vehicle display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D968445
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Atieva Inc.
    Inventors: Chunkwok Lee, Nicholas James Hope, Luis Gustavo Favoreto, Jack Cong, Hugh Hitchens