Patents by Inventor Kim Dykeman

Kim Dykeman 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for providing notifications in a media system
    Publication number: 20070210908
    Abstract: A system to convey user alert messages is disclosed. The system may have a alert service coupled between alert providers and a number of households. After receiving in the alert service an alert message from an alert provider, the alert service may alter the alert message to identify the household designated to receive the alert message. The alert service sends a notification to a home media system within the household designated to receive the alert message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Inventors: Daniel Putterman, Gregory Peters, Richard Bullwinkle, Kim Dykeman, Brad Dietrich