Patents by Inventor Aubrey Ellis

Aubrey Ellis 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for tracking consumer preferences in a video rental system
    Publication number: 20060133768
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for gathering information about a customer's preferences, storing the customer's preferences in a memory, selecting informational content to be added to the rented video medium based upon the customer's preferences, adding the selected informational content to the rented video medium, extracting customer information from the rented video medium upon its return; storing of the extracted customer information in a memory and preparing reports that include the number of times that the informational content was viewed by customers. The customer may also respond interactively to the added informational content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Inventor: Aubrey Ellis