Patents by Inventor Brian Scott Ellertson

Brian Scott Ellertson 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).

  • User interface for a multimedia service
    Patent number: 8060824
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and machine readable media are disclosed for providing a user interface for a service distributing multimedia content. According to one embodiment, providing a user interface accessing a media service can comprise generating a representation of a stage for presenting graphical elements related to multimedia content provided by the media service and displaying a first view of the stage, wherein the first view of the stage includes a portion of the stage less than all of the stage. The first view of the stage can comprise at least a first pane and a second pane, the first pane and the second pane including different portions of the stage. The first pane can include a first plurality of graphical elements representing content items available through the media service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Starz Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Richard T. Brownrigg, Jr., Brian Scott Ellertson, Jerad Harrison Harbaugh, Jodi Lynne Robinson, Stephen Aric Ogden, Rebecca Rusk Lim
  • USER INTERFACE FOR A MULTIMEDIA SERVICE
    Publication number: 20080168387
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and machine readable media are disclosed for providing a user interface for a service distributing multimedia content. According to one embodiment, providing a user interface accessing a media service can comprise generating a representation of a stage for presenting graphical elements related to multimedia content provided by the media service and displaying a first view of the stage, wherein the first view of the stage includes a portion of the stage less than all of the stage. The first view of the stage can comprise at least a first pane and a second pane, the first pane and the second pane including different portions of the stage. The first pane can include a first plurality of graphical elements representing content items available through the media service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: Starz Entertainment, LLC
    Inventors: Richard T. Brownrigg,, Brian Scott Ellertson, Jerad Harrison Harbaugh, Jodi Lynne Robinson, Stephen Aric Ogden, Rebecca Rusk Lim