Patents by Inventor Alistair E Jeffs

Alistair E Jeffs 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).

  • Patent number: 8707361
    Abstract: A method and system includes a first device having an ordering interface and forming a recording command comprising a linear channel, a start time, time duration and date. The first device communicates a customer identifier and the recording command to a content processing system corresponding to the linear content. The content processing system forms a control word from the recording command and communicates the control word to a user device. The user device receives the content corresponding to the recording command in response to the control word.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Alistair E Jeffs
  • Patent number: 8046802
    Abstract: A method and system for ordering content includes a first device having an ordering interactive interface. The first device identifies a user account. The first device forms a content selection corresponding to the on-demand content from the interactive interface and generates a recording priority status. The first device communicates the content selection and the recording priority status to a content processing system. The content processing system forms a queue for the user account, inserts the content selection in the queue in response to the recording priority and communicates a control word to the user device. A user device receives the content corresponding to the selection in response to the control word.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Alistair E Jeffs