Patents by Inventor CHENG-CHIH STEVE LIN

CHENG-CHIH STEVE LIN 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 systems for providing multiple video content streams
    Patent number: 10491946
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, providing multiple video content streams to a display for presentation. The display comprises a primary screen region that presents a first video content stream of the multiple video content streams and multiple auxiliary screen regions that present a subset of the multiple video content streams. Further aspects may include providing a message to the display responsive to receiving a first user-generated input instructing the display to present a second video content stream on the primary screen region. Additional aspects may include recording the first video content stream from a point of departure of the first video content stream. Also, aspects may include providing the recorded first video content stream to the display responsive to obtaining a second user-generated input. The recorded first video content stream is presented on the primary screen region from the point of departure. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Tillman, Cheng-Chih Steve Lin, Javier Lemus
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING MULTIPLE VIDEO CONTENT STREAMS
    Publication number: 20180302667
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, providing multiple video content streams to a display for presentation. The display comprises a primary screen region that presents a first video content stream of the multiple video content streams and multiple auxiliary screen regions that present a subset of the multiple video content streams. Further aspects may include providing a message to the display responsive to receiving a first user-generated input instructing the display to present a second video content stream on the primary screen region. Additional aspects may include recording the first video content stream from a point of departure of the first video content stream. Also, aspects may include providing the recorded first video content stream to the display responsive to obtaining a second user-generated input. The recorded first video content stream is presented on the primary screen region from the point of departure. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Tillman, Cheng-Chih Steve Lin, Javier Lemus
  • Methods and systems for providing multiple video content streams
    Patent number: 10028016
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, providing multiple video content streams to a display for presentation. The display comprises a primary screen region that presents a first video content stream of the multiple video content streams and multiple auxiliary screen regions that present a subset of the multiple video content streams. Further aspects may include providing a message to the display responsive to receiving a first user-generated input instructing the display to present a second video content stream on the primary screen region. Additional aspects may include recording the first video content stream from a point of departure of the first video content stream. Also, aspects may include providing the recorded first video content stream to the display responsive to obtaining a second user-generated input. The recorded first video content stream is presented on the primary screen region from the point of departure. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Tillman, Cheng-Chih Steve Lin, Javier Lemus
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING MULTIPLE VIDEO CONTENT STREAMS
    Publication number: 20180063576
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, providing multiple video content streams to a display for presentation. The display comprises a primary screen region that presents a first video content stream of the multiple video content streams and multiple auxiliary screen regions that present a subset of the multiple video content streams. Further aspects may include providing a message to the display responsive to receiving a first user-generated input instructing the display to present a second video content stream on the primary screen region. Additional aspects may include recording the first video content stream from a point of departure of the first video content stream. Also, aspects may include providing the recorded first video content stream to the display responsive to obtaining a second user-generated input. The recorded first video content stream is presented on the primary screen region from the point of departure. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: THOMAS TILLMAN, CHENG-CHIH STEVE LIN, JAVIER LEMUS