Patents by Inventor Brian Lanier
Brian Lanier 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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Publication number: 20240147015Abstract: According to one aspect, a DVR sends a user's contact information over a network to a third party. Upon determining that a television program or advertisement contains a special tag that is associated with a third party, the DVR displays, to the user, a prompt that invites the DVR user to allow the DVR to send the user's contact information to the third party. If the user gives permission for the DVR to send the contact information to the third party, then the DVR sends the contact information to the third party (e.g., over the Internet).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: James M Barton, Brian Lanier
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Patent number: 11910065Abstract: According to one aspect, a DVR sends a user's contact information over a network to a third party. Upon determining that a television program or advertisement contains a special tag that is associated with a third party, the DVR displays, to the user, a prompt that invites the DVR user to allow the DVR to send the user's contact information to the third party. If the user gives permission for the DVR to send the contact information to the third party, then the DVR sends the contact information to the third party (e.g., over the Internet).Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: TiVo Solutions Inc.Inventors: James M. Barton, Brian Lanier
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Publication number: 20210385545Abstract: According to one aspect, a DVR sends a user's contact information over a network to a third party. Upon determining that a television program or advertisement contains a special tag that is associated with a third party, the DVR displays, to the user, a prompt that invites the DVR user to allow the DVR to send the user's contact information to the third party. If the user gives permission for the DVR to send the contact information to the third party, then the DVR sends the contact information to the third party (e.g., over the Internet).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: James M. Barton, Brian Lanier
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Patent number: 11128920Abstract: According to one aspect, a DVR sends a user's contact information over a network to a third party. Upon determining that a television program or advertisement contains a special tag that is associated with a third party, the DVR displays, to the user, a prompt that invites the DVR user to allow the DVR to send the user's contact information to the third party. If the user gives permission for the DVR to send the contact information to the third party, then the DVR sends the contact information to the third party (e.g., over the Internet).Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: TiVo Solutions Inc.Inventors: James M. Barton, Brian Lanier
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Patent number: 10469891Abstract: A method for displaying multimedia content is described. The method includes causing playing of multimedia content on a first device; responsive to a first user input, on a second device, comprising one of: playing, fast forwarding, rewinding, or pausing the playing of the multimedia content: causing an action comprising one of: playing, fast forwarding, rewinding, or pausing of the multimedia content on the second device at a start position that is based on the user input and a current position of the playing of the multimedia content on the first device.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2016Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: TiVo Solutions Inc.Inventors: Brian Lanier, James M. Barton
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Patent number: 10349107Abstract: A method for displaying multimedia content is described. The method includes causing playing of multimedia content on a first device; responsive to a first user input, on a second device, comprising one of: playing, fast forwarding, rewinding, or pausing the playing of the multimedia content: causing an action comprising one of: playing, fast forwarding, rewinding, or pausing of the multimedia content on the second device at a start position that is based on the user input and a current position of the playing of the multimedia content on the first device.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2016Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: TiVo Solutions Inc.Inventors: Brian Lanier, James M. Barton
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Publication number: 20180262807Abstract: According to one aspect, a DVR sends a user's contact information over a network to a third party. Upon determining that a television program or advertisement contains a special tag that is associated with a third party, the DVR displays, to the user, a prompt that invites the DVR user to allow the DVR to send the user's contact information to the third party. If the user gives permission for the DVR to send the contact information to the third party, then the DVR sends the contact information to the third party (e.g., over the Internet).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventors: James M. Barton, Brian Lanier
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Patent number: 9986295Abstract: According to one aspect, a DVR sends a user's contact information over a network to a third party. Upon determining that a television program or advertisement contains a special tag that is associated with a third party, the DVR displays, to the user, a prompt that invites the DVR user to allow the DVR to send the user's contact information to the third party. If the user gives permission for the DVR to send the contact information to the third party, then the DVR sends the contact information to the third party (e.g., over the Internet).Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2014Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: TiVo Solutions Inc.Inventors: James M. Barton, Brian Lanier
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Publication number: 20160295268Abstract: A method for displaying multimedia content is described. The method includes causing playing of multimedia content on a first device; responsive to a first user input, on a second device, comprising one of: playing, fast forwarding, rewinding, or pausing the playing of the multimedia content: causing an action comprising one of: playing, fast forwarding, rewinding, or pausing of the multimedia content on the second device at a start position that is based on the user input and a current position of the playing of the multimedia content on the first device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2016Publication date: October 6, 2016Inventors: Brian Lanier, James M. Barton
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Publication number: 20160286274Abstract: A method for displaying multimedia content is described. The method includes causing playing of multimedia content on a first device; responsive to a first user input, on a second device, comprising one of: playing, fast forwarding, rewinding, or pausing the playing of the multimedia content: causing an action comprising one of: playing, fast forwarding, rewinding, or pausing of the multimedia content on the second device at a start position that is based on the user input and a current position of the playing of the multimedia content on the first device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2016Publication date: September 29, 2016Inventors: Brian Lanier, James M. Barton
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Patent number: 9369776Abstract: A method for displaying multimedia content is described. The method includes causing playing of multimedia content on a first device; responsive to a first user input, on a second device, comprising one of: playing, fast forwarding, rewinding, or pausing the playing of the multimedia content: causing an action comprising one of: playing, fast forwarding, rewinding, or pausing of the multimedia content on the second device at a start position that is based on the user input and a current position of the playing of the multimedia content on the first device.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2010Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: TiVo Inc.Inventors: Brian Lanier, James M. Barton
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Patent number: 8984626Abstract: 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: December 4, 2009Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: TiVo Inc.Inventors: James M. Barton, Brian Lanier, Amir H. Gharaat, James Cheng
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Publication number: 20150074719Abstract: According to one aspect, a DVR sends a user's contact information over a network to a third party. Upon determining that a television program or advertisement contains a special tag that is associated with a third party, the DVR displays, to the user, a prompt that invites the DVR user to allow the DVR to send the user's contact information to the third party. If the user gives permission for the DVR to send the contact information to the third party, then the DVR sends the contact information to the third party (e.g., over the Internet).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: James M. Barton, Brian Lanier
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Patent number: 8893180Abstract: According to one aspect, a DVR sends a user's contact information over a network to a third party. Upon determining that a television program or advertisement contains a special tag that is associated with a third party, the DVR displays, to the user, a prompt that invites the DVR user to allow the DVR to send the user's contact information to the third party. If the user gives permission for the DVR to send the contact information to the third party, then the DVR sends the contact information to the third party (e.g., over the Internet).Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2013Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: TiVo Inc.Inventors: James M. Barton, Brian Lanier
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Publication number: 20130247092Abstract: According to one aspect, a DVR sends a user's contact information over a network to a third party. Upon determining that a television program or advertisement contains a special tag that is associated with a third party, the DVR displays, to the user, a prompt that invites the DVR user to allow the DVR to send the user's contact information to the third party. If the user gives permission for the DVR to send the contact information to the third party, then the DVR sends the contact information to the third party (e.g., over the Internet).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: TiVo Inc.Inventors: James M. Barton, Brian Lanier
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Patent number: 8438596Abstract: According to one aspect, a DVR sends a user's contact information over a network to an interested party. The DVR prompts the user to enter contact information. After the user has supplied the requested contact information to the DVR, the DVR stores the contact information on the DVR's hard disk drive. Upon determining that a television program or advertisement contains a special tag that is associated with an interested party, the DVR displays, to the user, a prompt that invites the DVR user to allow the DVR to send the user's contact information to the interested party. If the user gives permission for the DVR to send the contact information to the interested party, then the DVR sends the contact information to the interested party (e.g., over the Internet).Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2009Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: TiVo Inc.Inventors: James M. Barton, Brian Lanier
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Publication number: 20110184862Abstract: A method for displaying content is described. The method includes sending multimedia content to a first device and a second device for display on the first device and the second device; selecting one of the first device and the second device to display additional content based on a type of the additional content or a source of the additional content; sending the additional content to the selected device for display on the selected device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2010Publication date: July 28, 2011Inventors: Brian Lanier, James M. Barton
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Publication number: 20110181496Abstract: A method for displaying multimedia content includes playing multimedia content on a first device; detecting that a second device is outside of a particular distance from the first device; in response to detecting that the second device is outside of the particular distance from the first device, playing the multimedia content on the second device. A method for displaying multimedia content includes playing multimedia content on a first device; detecting that the first device is inside of a particular distance from the second device; in response to detecting that the first device is inside of the particular distance from the second device, playing the multimedia content on the second device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2010Publication date: July 28, 2011Inventors: Brian Lanier, James M. Barton
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Publication number: 20110185312Abstract: A method for displaying menu options is described. The method includes causing displaying of a first content on a first device, the first content comprising a video content and a plurality of menu options; causing displaying of a second content on a second device, the second content comprising a still image and the plurality of menu options; responsive to user input on the second device that selects a menu option of the plurality of menu options, causing performing of an action on the first device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2010Publication date: July 28, 2011Inventors: Brian Lanier, James M. Barton
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Publication number: 20110185036Abstract: A method for displaying multimedia content is described. The method includes causing playing of multimedia content on a first device; responsive to a first user input, on a second device, comprising one of: playing, fast forwarding, rewinding, or pausing the playing of the multimedia content: causing an action comprising one of: playing, fast forwarding, rewinding, or pausing of the multimedia content on the second device at a start position that is based on the user input and a current position of the playing of the multimedia content on the first device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2010Publication date: July 28, 2011Inventors: Brian Lanier, James M. Barton