Patents by Inventor Dan Shocknesse

Dan Shocknesse 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENABLING TRANSITIONS BETWEEN ITEMS OF CONTENT BASED ON SWIPE GESTURES
    Publication number: 20170192642
    Abstract: A computing device for facilitating access to items of content includes is configured to enable communication with a companion device. A companion device includes a user interface including a touch panel. The computing device is configured to determine whether touch event data received from a companion device corresponds to a particular gesture. A computing device causes a transition from the selected item of content to an adjacent item of content within an ordered set of items of content, upon determining that the touch event data corresponds to the initiation of a swipe gesture and determines whether to change the selected item of content to the adjacent item of content based on whether the swipe gesture exceeds a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: OpenTV, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Fishman, Crx Chai, Dan Shocknesse, Laurent Demesmaeker