Patents Examined by Kieu Oahn T Bui
  • Patent number: 9973807
    Abstract: Media device systems and methods are operable to generate mosaic video formats that are each configured to generate corresponding mosaic videos that present video content in video tiles. An exemplary embodiment receives a selection of one of a plurality of mosaic video templates, receives a specification of a video mosaic name, and generates a mosaic video format. The generated mosaic video format is identified by the specified video mosaic name, and comprises the video tile location information and video size information for each of the video tiles defined by the selected mosaic video template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.
    Inventor: Gregory Greene
  • Patent number: 8887184
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing remote access to interactive media guidance applications are provided. In particular, the systems and methods for providing remote access to interactive media guidance applications provided herein generally relate to enhancing remote access capabilities by providing algorithms and techniques for managing and correcting disparities that may be found between program listings data used by the interactive media guidance application and the remote access server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: United Video Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter R. Klappert, Akitaka Nishimura, Asahi Iwanaga, Akio Yoshimoto