Patents by Inventor Amir Gharaat
Amir Gharaat 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: 9786159Abstract: In an embodiment, a method for operating a target media device is described. The method includes receiving a user command by a remote control device for operating a target media device, where a signal to operate the target media device is not stored on the remote control device when the user command is received. Data associated with the user command is transmitted by the remote control device to a second media device and signal information, associated with the signal to operate the target media device, is received by the remote control device from the second media device. The signal to operate the target media device is transmitted by the remote control device to the target media device, where the target media device performs a function based on the signal received from the remote control device.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2010Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: TiVo Solutions Inc.Inventors: Mukesh K. Patel, Jonathan A. Logan, Amir Gharaat, Richard Lee, Roger Hsu, Robert Poniatowski, Anthony P. Lee
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Patent number: 9685072Abstract: A method includes responsive to receiving a command to view multimedia content, displaying the multimedia content. A selection of a privacy level for the multimedia content is received, the privacy level indicating whether information associated with a user's viewing of the multimedia content may be published. A visual indicator of the privacy level is displayed concurrently with displaying the multimedia content.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2011Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: TiVo Solutions Inc.Inventors: Mukesh K. Patel, Jonathan A. Logan, Amir Gharaat, Richard Lee, Roger Hsu, Robert Poniatowski, Anthony P. Lee
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Publication number: 20160358461Abstract: A method includes detecting that a particular media device is communicatively coupled to one or more media devices in a set of media devices; in response to detecting that the particular media device is communicatively coupled to the one or more media devices in the set of media devices: automatically sending one or more remote operating codes, for remotely controlling the particular media device, to a remote control device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Mukesh Patel, Jonathan Logan, Amir Gharaat, Richard Lee, Roger Hsu, Robert Ponjatowski, Anthony Lee
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Patent number: 9424738Abstract: A method includes detecting that a particular media device is communicatively coupled to one or more media devices in a set of media devices; in response to detecting that the particular media device is communicatively coupled to the one or more media devices in the set of media devices: automatically sending one or more remote operating codes, for remotely controlling the particular media device, to a remote control device.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2012Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: TiVo Inc.Inventors: Mukesh Patel, Jonathan Logan, Amir Gharaat, Richard Lee, Roger Hsu, Robert Ponjatowski, Anthony Lee
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Patent number: 9369758Abstract: A method for interpreting messages, user-defined alert conditions, voice commands and performing an action in response is described. A method for annotating media content is described. A method for presenting additional content associated with media content identified based on a fingerprint is described. A method for identifying that an advertisement portion of media content is being played based on a fingerprint derived from the media content is described. A method of one media device recording particular media content automatically in response to another media device recording the particular media content is described. A method of concurrently playing media content on multiple devices is described. A method of publishing information associated with recording of media content is described. A method of deriving fingerprints by media devices that meet an idleness criteria is described. A method of loading, modifying, and displaying a high definition frame from a frame buffer is described.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2014Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: TiVo Inc.Inventors: Amir Gharaat, James Barton, Mukesh K. Patel
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Patent number: 9076322Abstract: A method includes displaying a first set of menu options, that are selectable by a user, on a display screen; detecting a movement, of a remote control device, that corresponds to a particular command; and in response to detecting the movement that corresponds to a particular command, displaying a second set of options, that are selectable by the user, on the display screen.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2012Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: TiVo Inc.Inventors: Mukesh Patel, Jonathan Logan, Amir Gharaat, Richard Lee, Roger Hsu, Robert Poniatowski, Anthony Lee
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Publication number: 20140229969Abstract: A method for interpreting messages, user-defined alert conditions, voice commands and performing an action in response is described. A method for annotating media content is described. A method for presenting additional content associated with media content identified based on a fingerprint is described. A method for identifying that an advertisement portion of media content is being played based on a fingerprint derived from the media content is described. A method of one media device recording particular media content automatically in response to another media device recording the particular media content is described. A method of concurrently playing media content on multiple devices is described. A method of publishing information associated with recording of media content is described. A method of deriving fingerprints by media devices that meet an idleness criteria is described. A method of loading, modifying, and displaying a high definition frame from a frame buffer is described.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2014Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: TiVo Inc.Inventors: Amir Gharaat, James Barton, Mukesh K. Patel
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Publication number: 20120178371Abstract: A method includes detecting that a particular media device is communicatively coupled to one or more media devices in a set of media devices; in response to detecting that the particular media device is communicatively coupled to the one or more media devices in the set of media devices: automatically sending one or more remote operating codes, for remotely controlling the particular media device, to a remote control device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2012Publication date: July 12, 2012Inventors: Mukesh Patel, Jonathan Logan, Amir Gharaat, Richard Lee, Roger Hsu, Robert Ponjatowski, Anthony Lee
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Publication number: 20120174164Abstract: A method includes displaying a first set of menu options, that are selectable by a user, on a display screen; detecting a movement, of a remote control device, that corresponds to a particular command; and in response to detecting the movement that corresponds to a particular command, displaying a second set of options, that are selectable by the user, on the display screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2012Publication date: July 5, 2012Inventors: Mukesh Patel, Jonathan Logan, Amir Gharaat, Richard Lee, Roger Hsu, Robert Poniatowski, Anthony Lee
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Publication number: 20120050310Abstract: A method includes responsive to receiving a command to view multimedia content, displaying the multimedia content. A selection of a privacy level for the multimedia content is received, the privacy level indicating whether information associated with a user's viewing of the multimedia content may be published. A visual indicator of the privacy level is displayed concurrently with displaying the multimedia content.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2011Publication date: March 1, 2012Inventors: Mukesh K. Patel, Jonathan A. Logan, Amir Gharaat, Richard Lee, Roger Hsu, Robert Poniatowski, Anthony P. Lee
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Publication number: 20120019400Abstract: In an embodiment, a method for operating a target media device is described. The method includes receiving a user command by a remote control device for operating a target media device, where a signal to operate the target media device is not stored on the remote control device when the user command is received. Data associated with the user command is transmitted by the remote control device to a second media device and signal information, associated with the signal to operate the target media device, is received by the remote control device from the second media device. The signal to operate the target media device is transmitted by the remote control device to the target media device, where the target media device performs a function based on the signal received from the remote control device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2010Publication date: January 26, 2012Inventors: Mukesh K. Patel, Jonathan A. Logan, Amir Gharaat, Richard Lee, Roger Hsu, Robert Poniatowski, Anthony P. Lee
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Patent number: 7543319Abstract: Notification data is received and stored at a client device. A notice represented by the notification data is then displayed to the television viewer when a channel change event is detected. The notification data may also include data that indicates how the notice is to be displayed.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2004Date of Patent: June 2, 2009Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Edward A. Ludvig, Vadim Gorokhovsky, Amir Gharaat, John Comito
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Publication number: 20060064700Abstract: Techniques for presenting notifications to a television viewer in response to a channel change are described. Notification data is received and stored at a client device. A notice represented by the notification data is then displayed to the television viewer when a channel change event is detected. The notification data may also include data that indicates how the notice is to be displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2004Publication date: March 23, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Edward Ludvig, Vadim Gorokhovsky, Amir Gharaat, John Comito