Patents by Inventor Michael Louis Goldstein

Michael Louis Goldstein 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).

  • Patent number: 8601502
    Abstract: Various embodiments of apparatus, systems and/or methods are described for providing user generated content relating to a subject, and collecting polling data relating to the subject, on multiple disparate communication devices. User generated content is received from one or more disparate communication devices and provided for presentation on at least one of the communication devices. Polling data is also received from at least one of the end-users of the communication devices viewing the user generated content, and tabulated to generate poll results displayable on the communication devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: DISH Network L.L.C.
    Inventors: Scott Sanders Higgins, Michael Louis Goldstein
  • Publication number: 20090169178
    Abstract: Various embodiments of apparatus, systems and/or methods are described for presenting different types of content regarding a subject to a user. The different types of content may include user generated content, media content, advertisements, polls and poll results. The content may also include candidate content if the subject is an election. The different types of content may be transmitted to a digital video recorder (DVR) and saved for subsequent presentation to a user. A user may participate in a poll, and the user's responses to the poll may be utilized to determine which portions of the content are presented to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: EchoStar Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Sanders Higgins, Michael Louis Goldstein
  • Publication number: 20090119693
    Abstract: Various embodiments of apparatus, systems and/or methods are described for providing user generated content relating to a subject, and collecting polling data relating to the subject, on multiple disparate communication devices. User generated content is received from one or more disparate communication devices and provided for presentation on at least one of the communication devices. Polling data is also received from at least one of the end-users of the communication devices viewing the user generated content, and tabulated to generate poll results displayable on the communication devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: EchoStar Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Sanders Higgins, Michael Louis Goldstein