Patents by Inventor Philip Stroffolino

Philip Stroffolino 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: 8910224
    Abstract: A system, method and computer readable media for overcoming the inherent limitations on the number of possible channels in a channel map. An enhanced channel launch application is used for adding channels to a channel map. A network couples a headend to a conditional access device. The headend includes a profile services server and the conditional access device includes a channel addition interface. The channel addition interface is used by a user to add a channel to a channel map associated with the conditional access device, the channel addition interface adding the channel to the channel map when the channel addition interface receives user input to create the channel, the created channel being added to a channel map to create an modified channel map individualized for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Cox Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Calzone, Philip Stroffolino
  • Patent number: 6075530
    Abstract: A computer program, which is a user interface for exploring and analyzing information in a plurality of analysis environments, comprises the steps of receiving information to be analyzed, generating data objects, each of which has a plurality of associated attributes, creating a first visualization frame that has a plurality of first elements. The first visualization frame is created by arranging each of the data objects according to at least one of its plurality of attributes, and the attributes remain associated with the respective data objects. The final step creates at least one second visualization frame by manipulating individual first elements of the first visualization frame according to a second one of the plurality of attributes and arranging the data objects according to a second one of the plurality of attributes. The attributes remain associated with the respective data objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: Maya Design Group
    Inventors: Peter Lucas, Steven Roth, Jeffrey Senn, Michael Blaine Burks, Philip Stroffolino