Patents by Inventor Coleen N. Tajiri

Coleen N. Tajiri 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).

  • System and method for providing multiple rating versions in media programming
    Patent number: 9363556
    Abstract: Multiple rating versions of content are provided and selectable by a viewer. A user can select one of the rating versions of the content for viewing. The user selection is dynamic such that the user can change the rating version selected while watching the content. Substitution instructions and substitution segments are downloaded and stored in a substitution cache. When a substitution descriptor is encountered in the content, a processor obtains at least one substitution instruction that corresponds to a substitution instruction identification code stored in the substitution descriptor. The processor executes the instruction to effect the rating change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Sharkey, Coleen N. Tajiri, Luke J. Crook
  • System and method for providing multiple rating versions in media programming
    Patent number: 8793721
    Abstract: Multiple rating versions of content are provided and selectable by a viewer. A user can select one of the rating versions of the content for viewing. The user selection is dynamic such that the user can change the rating version selected while watching the content. Substitution instructions and substitution segments are downloaded and stored in a substitution cache. When a substitution descriptor is encountered in the content, a processor obtains at least one substitution instruction that corresponds to a substitution instruction identification code stored in the substitution descriptor. The processor executes the instruction to effect the rating change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Sharkey, Coleen N. Tajiri, Luke J. Crook