Patents by Inventor PhuDuc Nguyen

PhuDuc Nguyen 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).

  • Apparatus and method for conflict resolution in remote control of digital video recorders and the like
    Patent number: 9706160
    Abstract: At least one server is queried to obtain program data. DVR data is obtained from a digital video recorder, substantially in real time, over a content-based network. The program data and/or the DVR data are displayed on a separate remote device, in communication with the content-based network. A request to record a given program on the at least one digital video recorder is received at the separate remote device. A conflict associated with the request to record the given program is detected, and the conflict is resolved based at least on a user input received at the separate remote device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: TIME WARNER CABLE ENTERPRISES LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Marsh, Jay Thomas, William Webb, David Bell, PhuDuc Nguyen
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN REMOTE CONTROL OF DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDERS AND THE LIKE
    Publication number: 20170111694
    Abstract: At least one server is queried to obtain program data. DVR data is obtained from a digital video recorder, substantially in real time, over a content-based network. The program data and/or the DVR data are displayed on a separate remote device, in communication with the content-based network. A request to record a given program on the at least one digital video recorder is received at the separate remote device. A conflict associated with the request to record the given program is detected, and the conflict is resolved based at least on a user input received at the separate remote device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher Marsh, Jay Thomas, William Webb, David Bell, PhuDuc Nguyen
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN REMOTE CONTROL OF DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDERS AND THE LIKE
    Publication number: 20090220216
    Abstract: At least one server is queried to obtain program data. DVR data is obtained from a digital video recorder, substantially in real time, over a content-based network. The program data and/or the DVR data are displayed on a separate remote device, in communication with the content-based network. A request to record a given program on the at least one digital video recorder is received at the separate remote device. A conflict associated with the request to record the given program is detected, and the conflict is resolved based at least on a user input received at the separate remote device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: Time Warner Cable Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Marsh, Jay Thomas, William Webb, David Bell, PhuDuc Nguyen