Patents by Inventor Cody Kenneth Snyder

Cody Kenneth Snyder 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).

  • Customizable channel guide
    Patent number: 9462346
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing a customizable channel guide, and more specifically, a personalized channel guide for a user, are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, indications of types of content for which the user has an interest are received. Information about content that is available for viewing is accessed. Personalized channels for the user are generated based on the received indications of the types of content for which the user has an interest and based on the information about content that is available for viewing. Each separate personalized channel provides the user with access to a separate type of content for which the user has an interest. A listing of at least some of the personalized channels is displayed to thereby enable the user to select one of the personalized channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Preetinderpal Singh Mangat, Peter Duyen Hung Hoang, Daniel Frank, Shannon Yen Yun Lee, Joshua Trusz, Sang Young Park, Daniel Daigle, Helen Joan Hem Lam, William Michael Mozell, David Seymour, Cody Kenneth Snyder
  • CUSTOMIZABLE CHANNEL GUIDE
    Publication number: 20140325567
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing a customizable channel guide, and more specifically, a personalized channel guide for a user, are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, indications of types of content for which the user has an interest are received. Information about content that is available for viewing is accessed. Personalized channels for the user are generated based on the received indications of the types of content for which the user has an interest and based on the information about content that is available for viewing. Each separate personalized channel provides the user with access to a separate type of content for which the user has an interest. A listing of at least some of the personalized channels is displayed to thereby enable the user to select one of the personalized channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Preetinderpal Singh Mangat, Peter Duyen Hung Hoang, Daniel Frank, Shannon Yen Yun Lee, Joshua Trusz, Sang Young Park, Daniel Daigle, Helen Joan Hem Lam, William Michael Mozell, David Seymour, Cody Kenneth Snyder