Patents by Inventor Craig T. Jorgensen

Craig T. Jorgensen 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 enabling user access to secondary content associated with a primary content stream
    Patent number: 7017173
    Abstract: The invention comprises a method and apparatus for inserting advertisement and/or other information into an audio-video presentation during the presentation of non-active imagery. More specifically, in a case of a user interrupting the standard presentation of a content stream via, for example, pressing a pause or stop button on a remote control device, the size of an image region presently displaying the interrupted content stream is reduced, and advertisement and/or other information is inserted into at least portions of the image region formerly occupied by the interrupted content imagery or overlayed onto the interrupted content imagery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Sedna Patent Services, LLC
    Inventors: James B. Armstrong, Craig T. Jorgensen