Patents by Inventor Timothy Mott
Timothy Mott 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).
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Patent number: 8572272Abstract: A method and apparatus for personalized time-shifted programming. Digital content is retrieved, for example, from a digital library. Once retrieved, the content is stored locally, for example, on a personal computer. The locally stored content is transferred, in whole or in part, to a playback device that allows a user to listen to the content of the playback device. In one embodiment, the user may designate portions of a playback time provided by the playback device to various selections. For example, with a playback device that provides two hours of content, a user may wish to listen to one half hour of news, one half hour of a series and one hour of an book. Thus, the user may partition one quarter of playback time to each of news and the series and one half of the playback time to the book.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2010Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Audible, Inc.Inventors: Guy A. Story, Ajit Rajasekharan, Timothy Mott
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Patent number: 7895288Abstract: A method and apparatus for personalized time-shifted programming. Digital content is retrieved, for example, from a digital library. Once retrieved, the content is stored locally, for example, on a personal computer. The locally stored content is transferred, in whole or in part, to a playback device that allows a user to listen to the content of the playback device. In one embodiment, the user may designate portions of a playback time provided by the playback device to various selections. For example, with a playback device that provides two hours of content, a user may wish to listen to one half hour of news, one half hour of a series and one hour of an book. Thus, the user may partition one quarter of playback time to each of news and the series and one half of the playback time to the book. In one embodiment, the present invention provides different automatic update techniques for the playback device that may be selected by the user based on how the content is to be used.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2001Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: Audible, Inc.Inventors: Guy A. Story, Ajit Rajasekharan, Timothy Mott
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Publication number: 20110016504Abstract: A method and apparatus for personalized time-shifted programming. Digital content is retrieved, for example, from a digital library. Once retrieved, the content is stored locally, for example, on a personal computer. The locally stored content is transferred, in whole or in part, to a playback device that allows a user to listen to the content of the playback device. In one embodiment, the user may designate portions of a playback time provided by the playback device to various selections. For example, with a playback device that provides two hours of content, a user may wish to listen to one half hour of news, one half hour of a series and one hour of an book. Thus, the user may partition one quarter of playback time to each of news and the series and one half of the playback time to the book.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2010Publication date: January 20, 2011Applicant: Audible, Inc.Inventors: Guy A. Story, Ajit Rajasekharan, Timothy Mott
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Patent number: 7765308Abstract: A computer network based digital information library system employing authentication and encryption protocols for the secure transfer of digital information library programs to a client computer system and a mobile digital information playback device removably connectable to the client computer system. The present invention is a computer network based library and information delivery system for accessing and obtaining selected digital information files.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2001Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: Audible, Inc.Inventors: Donald R. Katz, Edwin J. Lau, Timothy Mott, Scott A. Brenneman, Benjamin Che-Ming Jun, Samuel Hong-Yen Pai
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Publication number: 20030140114Abstract: A computer network based digital information library system employing authentication and encryption protocols for the secure transfer of digital information library programs to a client computer system and a mobile digital information playback device removably connectable to the client computer system. The present invention is a computer network based library and information delivery system for accessing and obtaining selected digital information files.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2002Publication date: July 24, 2003Inventors: Donald R. Katz, Edwin J. Lau, Timothy Mott, Scott A. Brenneman, Benjamin Che-Ming Jun, Samuel Hong-Yen Pai
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Patent number: 6560651Abstract: A computer network based digital information library system employing authentication and encryption protocols for the secure transfer of digital information library programs to a client computer system and a mobile digital information playback device removably connectable to the client computer system. The present invention is a computer network based library and information delivery system for accessing and obtaining selected digital information files.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 1999Date of Patent: May 6, 2003Assignee: Audible, Inc.Inventors: Donald R. Katz, Edwin J. Lau, Timothy Mott, Scott A. Brenneman, Benjamin Che-Ming Jun, Samuel Hong-Yen Pai
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Publication number: 20020107941Abstract: A computer network based digital information library system employing authentication and encryption protocols for the secure transfer of digital information library programs to a client computer system and a mobile digital information playback device removably connectable to the client computer system. The present invention is a computer network based library and information delivery system for accessing and obtaining selected digital information files.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2001Publication date: August 8, 2002Applicant: Audible, Inc.Inventors: Donald R. Katz, Edwin J. Lau, Timothy Mott, Scott A. Brenneman, Benjamin Che-Ming Jun, Samuel Hong-Yen Pai
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Publication number: 20020091799Abstract: A computer network based digital information library system employing authentication and encryption protocols for the secure transfer of digital information library programs to a client computer system and a mobile digital information playback device removably connectable to the client computer system. The present invention is a computer network based library and information delivery system for accessing and obtaining selected digital information files.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2001Publication date: July 11, 2002Applicant: Audible, Inc.Inventors: Donald R. Katz, Edwin J. Lau, Timothy Mott, Scott A. Brenneman, Benjamin Che-Ming Jun, Samuel Hong-Yen Pai
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Publication number: 20020059363Abstract: A computer network based digital information library system employing authentication and encryption protocols for the secure transfer of digital information library programs to a client computer system and a mobile digital information playback device removably connectable to the client computer system. The present invention is a computer network based library and information delivery system for accessing and obtaining selected digital information files.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 1999Publication date: May 16, 2002Inventors: DONALD R. KATZ, EDWIN J. LAU, TIMOTHY MOTT, SCOTT A. BRENNEMAN, BENJAMIN CHE-MING JUN, SAMUEL HONG-YEN PAI
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Publication number: 20010037375Abstract: A method and apparatus for personalized time-shifted programming. Digital content is retrieved, for example, from a digital library. Once retrieved, the content is stored locally, for example, on a personal computer. The locally stored content is transferred, in whole or in part, to a playback device that allows a user to listen to the content of the playback device. In one embodiment, the user may designate portions of a playback time provided by the playback device to various selections. For example, with a playback device that provides two hours of content, a user may wish to listen to one half hour of news, one half hour of a series and one hour of an book. Thus, the user may partition one quarter of playback time to each of news and the series and one half of the playback time to the book. In one embodiment, the present invention provides different automatic update techniques for the playback device that may be selected by the user based on how the content is to be used.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2001Publication date: November 1, 2001Inventors: Guy A. Story, Ajit Rajasekharan, Timothy Mott
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Patent number: 6253237Abstract: A method and apparatus for personalized time-shifted programming. Digital content is retrieved, for example, from a digital library. Once retrieved, the content is stored locally, for example, on a personal computer. The locally stored content is transferred, in whole or in part, to a playback device that allows a user to listen to the content of the playback device. In one embodiment, the user may designate portions of a playback time provided by the playback device to various selections. For example, with a playback device that provides two hours of content, a user may wish to listen to one half hour of news, one half hour of a series and one hour of an book. Thus, the user may partition one quarter of playback time to each of news and the series and one half of the playback time to the book.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 1998Date of Patent: June 26, 2001Assignee: Audible, Inc.Inventors: Guy A. Story, Ajit Rajasekharan, Timothy Mott
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Patent number: 6170060Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for targeting a digital information playback device. A device ID and or a group ID is embedded in the playback device. A device ID or a group ID is also embedded in a digital information file. Upon receiving the digital information file, the device ID or the group ID of the playback device is compared to that contained in the digital information file. The digital information file is then played if either the device ID or the group ID of the digital information file matches that of the playback device.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 1997Date of Patent: January 2, 2001Assignee: Audible, Inc.Inventors: Timothy Mott, Guy Story, Benjamin Che-Ming Jun, Samuel Hong-Yen Pai, Paul Kocher
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Patent number: 5926624Abstract: A computer network based digital information library system employing authentication and encryption protocols for the secure transfer of digital information library programs to a client computer system and a mobile digital information playback device removably connectable to the client computer system. The present invention is a computer network based library and information delivery system for accessing and obtaining selected digital information files.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 1996Date of Patent: July 20, 1999Assignee: Audible, Inc.Inventors: Donald R. Katz, Edwin J. Lau, Timothy Mott, Scott A. Brenneman, Benjamin Che-Ming Jun, Samuel Hong-Yen Pai
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Patent number: 5872712Abstract: A method and apparatus for audibly indicating when a predetermined location has been encountered in stored data is disclosed. A predetermined location is first identified. An audible indicator associated with the predetermined location is then generated when the predetermined location is encountered. The predetermined location can be an electronic bookmark, a section boundary or a program boundary. The invention includes a method and apparatus for audibly setting an electronic bookmark in stored data by selecting a location within the stored data, associating an electronic bookmark with the location, and generating an audible message for the electronic bookmark.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 1997Date of Patent: February 16, 1999Assignee: Audible, Inc.Inventors: Scott A. Brenneman, Timothy Mott, Leon D. Segal