Patents by Inventor David Chamberlin
David Chamberlin 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).
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Patent number: 8880529Abstract: A method for generating and maintaining hierarchical tags with community-based ratings is provided. Tags for media streams are organized into a hierarchical format. Users may select tags from the hierarchical tag database that describes a particular multimedia content. If the user is unable to locate a desired tag, the user may submit a new tag. Upon submission of the new tag, a librarian approves the tag before storing and placing the tag in the hierarchical tag database. Users are also able to rate the quality of the association between the tag and the multimedia content. If a tag is rated low, the tag may be removed from the hierarchical tag database. If the tag is rated highly, display of the tag in a list of tags becomes more prominent.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2009Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: TiVo Inc.Inventors: Michael F. Klar, Paul Stevens, David Chamberlin, Richard Lee, James M. Barton, Brian Beach, David C. Platt, Kevin Smith
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Patent number: 8781298Abstract: A closed caption tagging system provides a mechanism for inserting tags into an audio or video television broadcast stream prior to or at the time of transmission. The tags contain command and control information that the receiver translates and acts upon. The receiver receives the broadcast stream and detects and processes the tags within the broadcast stream which is stored on a storage device that resides on the receiver. Program material from the broadcast stream is played back to the viewer from the storage device. Tags indicate the start and end points of a program segment. Program segments such as commercials are automatically replaced by the receiver with new program segments that are selected based on various criteria.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2011Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: TiVo Inc.Inventors: James M. Barton, Kevin P. Smith, David Chamberlin, Howard Look
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Patent number: 8660410Abstract: A closed caption tagging system provides a mechanism for inserting tags into an audio or video television broadcast stream prior to or at the time of transmission. The tags contain command and control information that the receiver translates and acts upon. The receiver receives the broadcast stream and detects and processes the tags within the broadcast stream which is stored on a storage device that resides on the receiver. Program material from the broadcast stream is played back to the viewer from the storage device. Tags indicate the start and end points of a program segment. Program segments such as commercials are automatically replaced by the receiver with new program segments that are selected based on various criteria.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2011Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: TiVo Inc.Inventors: Jim Barton, Kevin Smith, David Chamberlin, Howard Look
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Patent number: 8620144Abstract: A closed caption tagging system provides a mechanism for inserting tags into an audio or video television broadcast stream prior to or at the time of transmission. The tags contain command and control information that the receiver translates and acts upon. The receiver receives the broadcast stream and detects and processes the tags within the broadcast stream which is stored on a storage device that resides on the receiver. Program material from the broadcast stream is played back to the viewer from the storage device. Tags indicate the start and end points of a program segment. Program segments such as commercials are automatically replaced by the receiver with new program segments that are selected based on various criteria.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2011Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: TiVo Inc.Inventors: Jim Barton, Kevin Smith, David Chamberlin, Howard Look
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Publication number: 20130243393Abstract: A method for displaying a webpage is described. The method involves receiving a broadcast stream including a program, playing the program in the broadcast stream to a viewer, displaying an icon to the viewer and receiving viewer input in response to display of the icon, pausing the playing of the program in response to receiving the viewer input, displaying a web page to the viewer in response to receiving the viewer input, and resuming the playing of the program.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: TiVo Inc.Inventors: James M. Barton, Kevin P. Smith, David Chamberlin, Howard D. Look
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Patent number: 8453193Abstract: A method for displaying a webpage is described. The method involves receiving a broadcast stream including a program, playing the program in the broadcast stream to a viewer, displaying an icon to the viewer and receiving viewer input in response to display of the icon, pausing the playing of the program in response to receiving the viewer input, displaying a web page to the viewer in response to receiving the viewer input, and resuming the playing of the program.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2009Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: TiVo Inc.Inventors: James M. Barton, Kevin Smith, David Chamberlin, Howard Look
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Publication number: 20120213494Abstract: A method for displaying a webpage is described. The method involves receiving a broadcast stream including a program, playing the program in the broadcast stream to a viewer, displaying an icon to the viewer and receiving viewer input in response to display of the icon, pausing the playing of the program in response to receiving the viewer input, displaying a web page to the viewer in response to receiving the viewer input, and resuming the playing of the program.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2012Publication date: August 23, 2012Inventors: Jim BARTON, Kevin SMITH, David CHAMBERLIN, Howard LOOK
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Publication number: 20120114301Abstract: A closed caption tagging system provides a mechanism for inserting tags into an audio or video television broadcast stream prior to or at the time of transmission. The tags contain command and control information that the receiver translates and acts upon. The receiver receives the broadcast stream and detects and processes the tags within the broadcast stream which is stored on a storage device that resides on the receiver. Program material from the broadcast stream is played back to the viewer from the storage device. Tags indicate the start and end points of a program segment. Program segments such as commercials are automatically replaced by the receiver with new program segments that are selected based on various criteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2011Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: TiVo Inc.Inventors: Jim Barton, Kevin Smith, David Chamberlin, Howard Look
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Publication number: 20120108580Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of specific fungicidal active substances, alone or in combination, for controlling mycoses in plants of the palm family and to a method for using said specific fungicidal active substances for controlling said mycoses in the field of plant protection and the protection of materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2011Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AGInventors: Dirk Ebbinghaus, Kerstin Hesse, Marie-Claire Grosjean-Cournoyer, David Chamberlin
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Publication number: 20120027383Abstract: A closed caption tagging system provides a mechanism for inserting tags into an audio or video television broadcast stream prior to or at the time of transmission. The receiver receives the broadcast stream and detects and processes the tags within the broadcast stream which is stored on a storage device that resides on the receiver. The tags contain command and control information that the receiver translates and acts upon. A one-touch recording option is provided. An icon is displayed to the viewer telling the viewer that an advertised program is available for recording at a future time. The viewer presses a single button on an input device causing the receiver to schedule the program for recording.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2011Publication date: February 2, 2012Applicant: TiVo Inc.Inventors: Jim Barton, Kevin Smith, David Chamberlin, Howard Look
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Patent number: 8095925Abstract: A method seamlessly installs, upgrades, and deletes printer and other device drivers over a network. Instead of a computer periodically searching or scanning the network, searching occurs when a user logs into a computer. If a new device is found, driver installation is carried out using seamless pop-up GUI integrated into the OS, rather than by a wizard. The method includes providing a domain controller and a user computer connected to the network; searching the network for newly added devices when detecting a user login; and installing device drivers for the found newly added devices. The method also includes optionally-silent and seamless pop-up GUI; use of scripts and WSH (Windows Scripting Host); deletion grace periods; TCP/IP and/or SNMP; automatically upgrading existing drivers if necessary; maintaining tables of currently installed, to-be-installed, and to-be-deleted devices; applying pre-defined device settings; and obtaining information of a device and applying the information to the driver.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2004Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignees: Kyocera Mita Corporation, Kyocera Technology Development, Inc.Inventors: David Chamberlin, Sang Yoon Lee, Zhencai Wang
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Patent number: 8036514Abstract: A closed caption tagging system provides a mechanism for inserting tags into an audio or video television broadcast stream prior to or at the time of transmission. The tags contain command and control information that the receiver translates and acts upon. The receiver receives the broadcast stream and detects and processes the tags within the broadcast stream which is stored on a storage device that resides on the receiver. Program material from the broadcast stream is played back to the viewer from the storage device. Tags indicate the start and end points of a program segment. Program segments such as commercials are automatically replaced by the receiver with new program segments that are selected based on various criteria.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2005Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: TiVo Inc.Inventors: Jim Barton, Kevin Smith, David Chamberlin, Howard Look
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Publication number: 20110200300Abstract: A closed caption tagging system provides a mechanism for inserting tags into an audio or video television broadcast stream prior to or at the time of transmission. The tags contain command and control information that the receiver translates and acts upon. The receiver receives the broadcast stream and detects and processes the tags within the broadcast stream which is stored on a storage device that resides on the receiver. Program material from the broadcast stream is played back to the viewer from the storage device. Tags indicate the start and end points of a program segment. Program segments such as commercials are automatically replaced by the receiver with new program segments that are selected based on various criteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2011Publication date: August 18, 2011Applicant: TIVO INC.Inventors: Jim Barton, Kevin Smith, David Chamberlin, Howard Look
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Patent number: 7986868Abstract: A closed caption tagging system provides a mechanism for inserting tags into an audio or video television broadcast stream prior to or at the time of transmission. The receiver receives the broadcast stream and detects and processes the tags within the broadcast stream which is stored on a storage device that resides on the receiver. The tags contain command and control information that the receiver translates and acts upon. A one-touch recording option is provided. An icon is displayed to the viewer telling the viewer that an advertised program is available for recording at a future time. The viewer presses a single button on an input device causing the receiver to schedule the program for recording.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2005Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: TiVo Inc.Inventors: Jim Barton, Kevin Smith, David Chamberlin, Howard Look
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Publication number: 20110135276Abstract: A closed caption tagging system provides a mechanism for inserting tags into an audio or video television broadcast stream prior to or at the time of transmission. The tags contain command and control information that the receiver translates and acts upon. The receiver receives the broadcast stream and detects and processes the tags within the broadcast stream which is stored on a storage device that resides on the receiver. Program material from the broadcast stream is played back to the viewer from the storage device. Tags indicate the start and end points of a program segment. Program segments such as commercials are automatically replaced by the receiver with new program segments that are selected based on various criteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2011Publication date: June 9, 2011Inventors: Jim Barton, Kevin Smith, David Chamberlin, Howard Look
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Publication number: 20110126107Abstract: A closed caption tagging system provides a mechanism for inserting tags into an audio or video television broadcast stream prior to or at the time of transmission. The tags contain command and control information that the receiver translates and acts upon. The receiver receives the broadcast stream and detects and processes the tags within the broadcast stream which is stored on a storage device that resides on the receiver. Program material from the broadcast stream is played back to the viewer from the storage device. Tags indicate the start and end points of a program segment. Program segments such as commercials are automatically replaced by the receiver with new program segments that are selected based on various criteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2011Publication date: May 26, 2011Applicant: TIVO INC.Inventors: Jim Barton, Kevin Smith, David Chamberlin, Howard Look
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Patent number: 7889964Abstract: Tags are inserted into a broadcast stream. The tags contain command and control information that a receiver acts upon. For example, tags may indicate start and end points of a program segment. The receiver may skip the segment automatically or in response to the viewer pressing a button. Or, the receiver may automatically replace commercial segments with new segments. As another example, menus, icons, and Web pages may be displayed based on tags. If a menu requires that the viewer exit from playback of program material, the receiver returns the viewer back to the same exit point when the interaction is complete. Menus and icons may be used to generate leads, generate sales, and schedule the recording of programs. As another example, an icon is displayed to indicate that an advertised program is available for recording. The viewer presses a single button to cause the receiver to schedule the recording.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2000Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: TiVo Inc.Inventors: Jim Barton, Kevin Smith, David Chamberlin, Howard Look
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Patent number: 7797753Abstract: A method for providing a menu for a device, by providing a GUI for an administrator to select and lock-down device driver setting profiles, and providing a GUI for displaying to a user the locked-down profiles and permitting the user to select only from the listed profiles. Allowing a user to choose only from the pre-defined profiles makes for convenience and avoids waste from setting errors by novice users. The computer system detects the current system and job information (time, date, printer status, application, user information, etc.) using WMI and SNMP, applies mapping rules defined by an administrator, and displays only those profiles that are applicable to the current system and job status. Methods also include defining new profiles; alerting the user when no profiles are available, with mapping explanation and suggestion; profile detail display; and printer support.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2005Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignees: Kyocera Mita Corporation, Kyocera Technology Development, Inc.Inventors: David Chamberlin, Hans-Gerd Gersch
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Publication number: 20100080529Abstract: A method for displaying a webpage is described. The method involves receiving a broadcast stream including a program, playing the program in the broadcast stream to a viewer, displaying an icon to the viewer and receiving viewer input in response to display of the icon, pausing the playing of the program in response to receiving the viewer input, displaying a web page to the viewer in response to receiving the viewer input, and resuming the playing of the program.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2009Publication date: April 1, 2010Applicant: TiVo Inc.Inventors: James M. Barton, Kevin Smith, David Chamberlin, Howard Look
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Publication number: 20090240692Abstract: A method for generating and maintaining hierarchical tags with community-based ratings is provided. Tags for media streams are organized into a hierarchical format. Users may select tags from the hierarchical tag database that describes a particular multimedia content. If the user is unable to locate a desired tag, the user may submit a new tag. Upon submission of the new tag, a librarian approves the tag before storing and placing the tag in the hierarchical tag database. Users are also able to rate the quality of the association between the tag and the multimedia content. If a tag is rated low, the tag may be removed from the hierarchical tag database. If the tag is rated highly, display of the tag in a list of tags becomes more prominent.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2009Publication date: September 24, 2009Inventors: James M. Barton, Brian Beach, David C. Platt, Kevin Smith, Michael F. Klar, Paul Stevens, David Chamberlin, Richard Lee