Patents by Inventor Yvonne N. Ellefson

Yvonne N. Ellefson 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).

  • Emulated television tuner
    Patent number: 11936959
    Abstract: Television tuner emulation techniques are described. In an implementation, a television tuner is emulated through execution of software on a processing system by a computing device, the emulated television tuner includes functionality to obtain television content over an Internet Protocol (IP) based network. The functionality of the emulated television tuner is exposed to one or more applications that are executed by the computing device such that the application is not aware that the television tuner is emulated through execution of the software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Rovi Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Paul R. Cooper, Yvonne N. Ellefson, Arleen Camaganacan Fernando, Imran Arif Maskatia, Matthew Ryan Patterson, Matt Henry Van der Staay, Chad Michael Williams
  • EMULATED TELEVISION TUNER
    Publication number: 20230062943
    Abstract: Television tuner emulation techniques are described. In an implementation, a television tuner is emulated through execution of software on a processing system by a computing device, the emulated television tuner includes functionality to obtain television content over an Internet Protocol (IP) based network. The functionality of the emulated television tuner is exposed to one or more applications that are executed by the computing device such that the application is not aware that the television tuner is emulated through execution of the software.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Paul R. Cooper, Yvonne N. Ellefson, Arleen Camaganacan Fernando, Imran Arif Maskatia, Matthew Ryan Patterson, Matt Henry Van der Staay, Chad Michael Williams
  • Emulated television tuner
    Patent number: 11323779
    Abstract: Television tuner emulation techniques are described. In an implementation, a television tuner is emulated through execution of software on a processing system by a computing device, the emulated television tuner includes functionality to obtain television content over an Internet Protocol (IP) based network. The functionality of the emulated television tuner is exposed to one or more applications that are executed by the computing device such that the application is not aware that the television tuner is emulated through execution of the software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul R. Cooper, Yvonne N. Ellefson, Arleen Camaganacan Fernando, Imran Arif Maskatia, Matthew Ryan Patterson, Matt Henry Van der Staay, Chad Michael Williams
  • EMULATED TELEVISION TUNER
    Publication number: 20180332358
    Abstract: Television tuner emulation techniques are described. In an implementation, a television tuner is emulated through execution of software on a processing system by a computing device, the emulated television tuner includes functionality to obtain television content over an Internet Protocol (IP) based network. The functionality of the emulated television tuner is exposed to one or more applications that are executed by the computing device such that the application is not aware that the television tuner is emulated through execution of the software.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Paul R. Cooper, Yvonne N. Ellefson, Arleen Camaganacan Fernando, Imran Arif Maskatia, Matthew Ryan Patterson, Matt Henry Van der Staay, Chad Michael Williams
  • Emulated television tuner via execution of software by a computing device
    Patent number: 9967632
    Abstract: Television tuner emulation techniques are described. In an implementation, a television tuner is emulated through execution of software on a processing system by a computing device, the emulated television tuner includes functionality to obtain television content over an Internet Protocol (IP) based network. The functionality of the emulated television tuner is exposed to one or more applications that are executed by the computing device such that the application is not aware that the television tuner is emulated through execution of the software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Rovi Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Paul R. Cooper, Yvonne N. Ellefson, Arleen Camaganacan Fernando, Imran Arif Maskatia, Matthew Ryan Patterson, Matt Henry Van der Staay, Chad Michael Williams
  • Emulated Television Tuner
    Publication number: 20110219412
    Abstract: Television tuner emulation techniques are described. In an implementation, a television tuner is emulated through execution of software on a processing system by a computing device, the emulated television tuner includes functionality to obtain television content over an Internet Protocol (IP) based network. The functionality of the emulated television tuner is exposed to one or more applications that are executed by the computing device such that the application is not aware that the television tuner is emulated through execution of the software.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul R. Cooper, Yvonne N. Ellefson, Arleen Camaganacan Fernando, Imran Arif Maskatia, Matthew Ryan Patterson, Matt Henry Van der Staay, Chad Michael Williams