Patents by Inventor Scott Russell Swix

Scott Russell Swix 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).

  • Method to enable cooperative processing and resource sharing between set-top boxes, personal computers, and local devices
    Patent number: 8584180
    Abstract: A system and method for resource sharing are provided. The method includes storing an electronic programming guide (EPG) application and an EPG, determining when local memory of a local video device lacks capacity to download additional time of the EPG, and communicating with another device to transmit a resource request to the other device to download the additional time of the EPG to storage in the other device. The method also includes processing for display monitoring data that indicates remaining storage space in the storage of the other device, querying the other device to determine what programming is being viewed, and processing controls included in the EPG application that enable access to the storage of the other device to interact with the EPG stored on the other device through the local video device to schedule a programming event at the local video device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: James H. Gray, Scott Russell Swix, P. Thomas Watson
  • Method To Enable Cooperative Processing And Resource Sharing Between Set-Top Boxes, Personal Computers, And Local Devices
    Publication number: 20130160040
    Abstract: A system and method for resource sharing are provided. The method includes storing an electronic programming guide (EPG) application and an EPG, determining when local memory of a local video device lacks capacity to download additional time of the EPG, and communicating with another device to transmit a resource request to the other device to download the additional time of the EPG to storage in the other device. The method also includes processing for display monitoring data that indicates remaining storage space in the storage of the other device, querying the other device to determine what programming is being viewed, and processing controls included in the EPG application that enable access to the storage of the other device to interact with the EPG stored on the other device through the local video device to schedule a programming event at the local video device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. via transfer from BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventors: James H. Gray, Scott Russell Swix, P. Thomas Watson
  • Method to enable cooperative processing and resource sharing between set-top boxes, personal computers, and local devices
    Patent number: 8276179
    Abstract: A system and method for resource sharing are provided. The method includes storing an electronic programming guide (EPG) application and an EPG, determining when local memory of a local video device lacks capacity to download additional time of the EPG, and communicating with another device to transmit a resource request to the other device to download the additional time of the EPG to storage in the other device. The method also includes processing for display monitoring data that indicates remaining storage space in the storage of the other device, querying the other device to determine what programming is being viewed, and processing controls included in the EPG application that enable access to the storage of the other device to interact with the EPG stored on the other device through the local video device to schedule a programming event at the local video device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: James H. Gray, Scott Russell Swix, P. Thomas Watson
  • Method To Enable Cooperative Processing And Resource Sharing Between Set-Top Boxes, Personal Computers, And Local Devices
    Publication number: 20090031355
    Abstract: A system and method for resource sharing are provided. The method includes storing an electronic programming guide (EPG) application and an EPG, determining when local memory of a local video device lacks capacity to download additional time of the EPG, and communicating with another device to transmit a resource request to the other device to download the additional time of the EPG to storage in the other device. The method also includes processing for display monitoring data that indicates remaining storage space in the storage of the other device, querying the other device to determine what programming is being viewed, and processing controls included in the EPG application that enable access to the storage of the other device to interact with the EPG stored on the other device through the local video device to schedule a programming event at the local video device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventors: James H. Gray, Scott Russell Swix, P. Thomas Watson
  • Method to enable cooperative processing and resource sharing between set-top boxes, personal computers, and local devices
    Patent number: 7430753
    Abstract: A system and method enables a set-top box to share the processing, communications, and storage resources of another local device, such as a personal computer, other set-top box, or an electronic appliance. The set-top box is interconnected with the other local devices using a “transmission medium such as wire, concentric cable, or a wireless medium. The interconnected devices form a resource sharing group that includes a control member. The control member receives a request for a resource from a requesting member, and then determines whether the resource is available from a set-top box that is a member of the resource sharing group. If the resource is available, the set-top box shares the resource, and uses the shared resource to perform a task. The system and method also enables members of the resource sharing group to share video, audio, and related content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property, I, L.P.
    Inventors: James H. Gray, Scott Russell Swix, P. Thomas Watson
  • Method to enable cooperative processing and resource sharing between set-top boxes, personal computers, and local devices
    Publication number: 20040163130
    Abstract: A system and method enables a set-top box to share the processing, communications, and storage resources of another local device, such as a personal computer, other set-top box, or an electronic appliance. The set-top box is interconnected with the other local devices using a “transmission medium such as wire, concentric cable, or a wireless medium. The interconnected devices form a resource sharing group that includes a control member. The control member receives a request for a resource from a requesting member, and then determines whether the resource is available from a set-top box that is a member of the resource sharing group. If the resource is available, the set-top box shares the resource, and uses the shared resource to perform a task. The system and method also enables members of the resource sharing group to share video, audio, and related content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventors: James H. Gray, Scott Russell Swix, P. Thomas Watson