Patents by Inventor Timothy E. Callaway

Timothy E. Callaway 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 and system of extending recording time for a run-over program
    Patent number: 9723254
    Abstract: A system and method of extending a recording time of a recording event within a receiving device is set forth. The receiving device includes a memory and a controller. The controller generates a recording event request for content having a start time and a first end time and begins to store content in a memory of the first receiving unit starting at the start time. The controller reviews a program associated characteristic of the content when the end time is reached and when the program associated characteristic corresponds to the content, changes the first end time to second end time later than the first end time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy E. Callaway, Sean S. Lee
  • Method and system of marking and recording content of interest in a broadcast stream
    Patent number: 8661463
    Abstract: A system and method for marking and recording content includes a network operation center receiving an incoming programming stream, monitoring the incoming programming stream, generating descriptive data corresponding to the programming stream, combining the descriptive data with the programming stream to form a composite signal and broadcasting the composite signal to a receiving unit. The system may also include a receiving unit having a monitoring term stored therein. The receiving unit monitors the composite signal for the monitoring term within the descriptive data and storing content or sub-content in a memory of the receiving unit when a monitoring term corresponds to the descriptive data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean S. Lee, Timothy E. Callaway
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM OF MARKING AND RECORDING CONTENT OF INTEREST IN A BROADCAST STREAM
    Publication number: 20090300684
    Abstract: A system and method for marking and recording content includes a network operation center receiving an incoming programming stream, monitoring the incoming programming stream, generating descriptive data corresponding to the programming stream, combining the descriptive data with the programming stream to form a composite signal and broadcasting the composite signal to a receiving unit. The system may also include a receiving unit having a monitoring term stored therein. The receiving unit monitors the composite signal for the monitoring term within the descriptive data and storing content or sub-content in a memory of the receiving unit when a monitoring term corresponds to the descriptive data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Sean S. Lee, Timothy E. Callaway
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM OF EXTENDING RECORDING TIME FOR A RUN-OVER PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20090257732
    Abstract: A system and method of extending a recording time of a recording event within a receiving device is set forth. The receiving device includes a memory and a controller. The controller generates a recording event request for content having a start time and a first end time and begins to store content in a memory of the first receiving unit starting at the start time. The controller reviews a program associated characteristic of the content when the end time is reached and when the program associated characteristic corresponds to the content, changes the first end time to second end time later than the first end time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Timothy E. Callaway, Sean S. Lee