Patents by Inventor DAN VAN HANDEL

DAN VAN HANDEL 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).

  • LAST PLAYED BAR WITH VIDEO-ON-DEMAND (VOD) AND DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER (DVR) OPTIONS
    Publication number: 20170272833
    Abstract: A recently-viewed stack of session objects is formed, corresponding to assets recently played on consumer premises equipment in a video content network. The session objects include linear session objects corresponding to linear ones of the assets and non-linear session objects corresponding to non-linear ones of the assets. A user selection to resume playing one of the non-linear assets is obtained (e.g., from a channel surfer application). Responsive to the user selection, a switch is made from a currently viewed program to the aforementioned one of the non-linear assets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventor: DAN VAN HANDEL