Patents by Inventor Deborah Elizabeth Rodgers

Deborah Elizabeth Rodgers 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).

  • Method and system for displaying a series of recordable events
    Patent number: 8442387
    Abstract: A method and system for displaying identifiers for one or more series of recordable events is described. A system, such as the system of a digital video recorder, may receive a set of recordable events data, such as a listing of all television shows to be broadcast over a two-week period. The system analyzes the set of recordable events data for determining one or more sets of recordable events, where each set includes recordable events having the same title. The system analyzes each set of recordable events to determine sub-sets of recordable events based on relationships between the recordable events of each sub-set. The system displays an identifier for each sub-set of a given set of recordable events when the given set of recordable events is selected for display. A user may select to record a sub-set of recordable events by selecting the identifier that represents the sub-set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark D. Goodwin, Deborah Elizabeth Rodgers
  • Method and system for displaying a series of recordable events
    Patent number: 7657151
    Abstract: A method and system for displaying identifiers for one or more series of recordable events is described. A system, such as the system of a digital video recorder, may receive a set of recordable events data, such as a listing of all television shows to be broadcast over a two-week period. The system analyzes the set of recordable events data for determining one or more sets of recordable events, where each set includes recordable events having the same title. The system analyzes each set of recordable events to determine sub-sets of recordable events based on relationships between the recordable events of each sub-set. The system displays an identifier for each sub-set of a given set of recordable events when the given set of recordable events is selected for display. A user may select to record a sub-set of recordable events by selecting the identifier that represents the sub-set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: The DirecTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark D. Goodwin, Deborah Elizabeth Rodgers