Patents by Inventor Clayton Alexander Thomson

Clayton Alexander Thomson 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).

  • Visual search and recommendation user interface and apparatus
    Patent number: 9990394
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards conducting a search for content and results using a user interface. A number of graphical objects (715) and filters are displayed where a search query is generated in response to a user gesture (730) that selects a graphical object and filter. The filters shown can change depending on various factors that impact what filters are selected from a group of filters (720).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Clayton Alexander Thomson, Samir Ahmed, Basil Badawiyeh, Kenneth Alan Rudman, Jason Martell, Roger Yeh, Vasil Nadzakov, Daniel Joseph Hill, Ryan Cameron Coulter, Greg Alan Martin, Rodrigo Thomaz Moyses, Isaac Anthony Marchionna, Francois Xavier-Alexandre Montay, Laura ODonnell-Dunn
  • Content recommendation based on user location and available devices
    Patent number: 9392308
    Abstract: A method for making a content recommendation to at least one user commences by first establishing a location for the at least one user. Thereafter a check occurs to determine which devices are available to the at least one user to use (e.g., consume) the content at the location. Next, the content available to the at least one user is determined based on at least the user's location and available devices available to the at least one user. A content recommendation is then made among the available content based on at least one attribute of the at least one user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Samir Ahmed, Clayton Alexander Thomson, Joel Fogelson
  • VISUAL SEARCH AND RECOMMENDATION USER INTERFACE AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160188658
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards conducting a search for content and results using a user interface. A number of graphical objects (715) and filters are displayed where a search query is generated in response to a user gesture (730) that selects a graphical object and filter. The filters shown can change depending on various factors that impact what filters are selected from a group of filters (720).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Clayton Alexander Thomson, Samir Ahmed, Basil Badawiyeh, Kenneth Alan Rudman, Jason Martell, Roger Yeh, Vasil Nadzakov, Ryan Cameron Coulter, Greg Alan Martin, Rodrigo Thomaz Moyses, Isaac Anthony Marchionna, Francois Xavier-Alexandre Montay, Laura ODonnell-Dunn
  • Method and system for a program guide
    Patent number: 9380341
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for a touchscreen device. The method includes presenting a program guide. The program guide includes a cell associated with a content item. The cell is selected in response to a first user input. The method also includes determining, in response to a second user input, a number of content occurrences of the content item to record based on a length of the second user input. The second user input includes a rightward movement. Additionally, the method includes scheduling the content item to be recorded for the number of content occurrences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: THOMSON LICENSING
    Inventors: Daniel Joseph Hill, Laura O'Donnell, Clayton Alexander Thomson, Nicholas Edward Snodgrass, Roger Yeh
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A PROGRAM GUIDE
    Publication number: 20150003815
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for a touchscreen device. The method includes presenting a program guide. The program guide includes a cell associated with a content item. The cell is selected in response to a first user input. The method also includes determining, in response to a second user input, a number of content occurrences of the content item to record based on a length of the second user input. The second user input includes a rightward movement. Additionally, the method includes scheduling the content item to be recorded for the number of content occurrences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel Joseph Hill, Laura O'Donnell, Clayton Alexander Thomson, Nicholas Edward Snodgrass, Roger Yeh
  • CONTENT RECOMMENDATION METHOD AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20140196069
    Abstract: A method for making a content recommendation to at least one user commences by first establishing a location for the at least one user. Thereafter a check occurs to determine which devices are available to the at least one user to use (e.g., consume) the content at the location. Next, the content available to the at least one user is determined based on at least the user's location and available devices available to the at least one user. A content recommendation is then made among the available content based on at least one attribute of the at least one user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: THOMSON LICENSING
    Inventors: Samir Ahmed, Clayton Alexander Thomson, Joel Fogelson