Patents by Inventor Sharon F Barnett

Sharon F Barnett 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).

  • Program promotion feedback
    Patent number: 8544035
    Abstract: A user request to watch a program is received in response to a promotion for the program. One or both of recording the program and playback of the program is performed. Information regarding one or both of the recording and the playback is output, this information including an identifier of the promotion. Additionally, a report can be generated from this information output by multiple devices, the report describing the recording of the program and the playback of the program on the multiple device in response to the promotion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Sharon F. Barnett
  • Program promotion feedback
    Patent number: 8341660
    Abstract: A user request to watch a program is received in response to a promotion for the program. One or both of recording the program and playback of the program is performed. Information regarding one or both of the recording and the playback is output, this information including an identifier of the promotion. Additionally, a report can be generated from this information output by multiple devices, the report describing the recording of the program and the playback of the program on the multiple device in response to the promotion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Sharon F Barnett
  • PROGRAM PROMOTION FEEDBACK
    Publication number: 20090193460
    Abstract: A user request to watch a program is received in response to a promotion for the program. One or both of recording the program and playback of the program is performed. Information regarding one or both of the recording and the playback is output, this information including an identifier of the promotion. Additionally, a report can be generated from this information output by multiple devices, the report describing the recording of the program and the playback of the program on the multiple device in response to the promotion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sharon F. Barnett
  • Content commentary
    Publication number: 20090055538
    Abstract: Techniques involving content commentaries are described. In an implementation, a commentary is made at a client during output of content. The commentary is to be output concurrently with a subsequent output of the content. A communication is formed that includes the commentary to be communicated over a network such that the commentary is available to be output at another client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan L. Conradt, Sharon F. Barnett