Patents by Inventor Derek T. Harrar

Derek T. Harrar 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).

  • Publication number: 20230353703
    Abstract: A system and method for facilitating, selecting, or otherwise providing access to electronic content and services. Access to the content and services may be provided in such a manner as to facilitate access to higher quality forms of the content. The higher quality forms of the content may relate to any number of characteristics associated with displaying, transmitting, compressing, securing, and/or otherwise manipulating the content to more suitable forms relative to another form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Derek T. Harrar, Jack M. Birnbaum
  • Patent number: 11641442
    Abstract: A system and method to facilitating selecting or otherwise providing access to electronic content and services. Access to the content and services may be provided in such as a manner as to facilitate access to higher quality forms of the content. The higher quality forms of the content may be relate to any number of characteristics associated with displaying, transmitting, compressing, securing, and/or otherwise manipulating the content to more suitable forms relative to another form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Derek T. Harrar, Jack M. Birnbaum
  • Patent number: 11392959
    Abstract: A method of testing a managed networked video-delivery devices or delivery devices at a base location consists of the following steps. A customer disconnection notice is issued to a service provider resulted in a disconnection event/state of the delivery device. A series of tests are conducted on the delivery device at the customer location. Reprogramming and resetting operations are carried out on the delivery device simultaneously with the disconnection event/state occurring at the service provider prior to retrieval of the device from the customer location, to prepare the delivery device for future use prior to receipt thereof by the service provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: ZODIAC SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Derek T Harrar, Richard Neill, Valerii Grishin
  • Publication number: 20220166950
    Abstract: A system and method to facilitating selecting or otherwise providing access to electronic content and services. Access to the content and services may be provided in such as a manner as to facilitate access to higher quality forms of the content. The higher quality forms of the content may be relate to any number of characteristics associated with displaying, transmitting, compressing, securing, and/or otherwise manipulating the content to more suitable forms relative to another form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Derek T. Harrar, Jack M. Birnbaum
  • Patent number: 11284036
    Abstract: A system and method to facilitating selecting or otherwise providing access to electronic content and services. Access to the content and services may be provided in such as a manner as to facilitate access to higher quality forms of the content. The higher quality forms of the content may be relate to any number of characteristics associated with displaying, transmitting, compressing, securing, and/or otherwise manipulating the content to more suitable forms relative to another form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Derek T. Harrar, Jack M. Birnbaum
  • Publication number: 20210029323
    Abstract: A system and method to facilitating selecting or otherwise providing access to electronic content and services. Access to the content and services may be provided in such as a manner as to facilitate access to higher quality forms of the content. The higher quality forms of the content may be relate to any number of characteristics associated with displaying, transmitting, compressing, securing, and/or otherwise manipulating the content to more suitable forms relative to another form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Derek T. Harrar, Jack M. Birnbaum
  • Patent number: 10778930
    Abstract: A system and method to facilitating selecting or otherwise providing access to electronic content and services. Access to the content and services may be provided in such as a manner as to facilitate access to higher quality forms of the content. The higher quality forms of the content may be relate to any number of characteristics associated with displaying, transmitting, compressing, securing, and/or otherwise manipulating the content to more suitable forms relative to another form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Derek T. Harrar, Jack M. Birnbaum
  • Patent number: 10349132
    Abstract: A method and system of limiting recording demands on digital video recorders and other media records. The limiting being facilitated through analysis of programs and other media available from one or more network resources associated with and/or having capabilities to provide media to the recording element. The network resources may be associated with provider resources, customer resources, and/or any other resource in communication with the recording element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Derek T. Harrar, Roger J. Godin, Robin L. Opie, Robert Gaydos
  • Publication number: 20150040171
    Abstract: A method and system of limiting recording demands on digital video recorders and other media records. The limiting being facilitated through analysis of programs and other media available from one or more network resources associated with and/or having capabilities to provide media to the recording element. The network resources may be associated with provider resources, customer resources, and/or any other resource in communication with the recording element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Derek T. Harrar, Roger J. Godin, Robin L. Opie, Robert Gaydos
  • Patent number: 8839319
    Abstract: A method and system of limiting recording demands on digital video recorders and other media records. The limiting being facilitated through analysis of programs and other media available from one or more network resources associated with and/or having capabilities to provide media to the recording element. The network resources may be associated with provider resources, customer resources, and/or any other resource in communication with the recording element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Derek T. Harrar, Roger J. Godin, Robin L. Opie, Robert Gaydos
  • Publication number: 20090119708
    Abstract: System and method for providing accessing to media available through a media output device. The access being facilitated through user interaction with user interface displayed on the media output device. The user interface may be displayed on the media output device without requiring the media output device to support graphical rendering associated with generating the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: COMCAST CABLE HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Derek T. Harrar, John May
  • Publication number: 20090083820
    Abstract: A method and system for re-transmitting television signals or other signals over a network. The re-transmission optionally being selected on dynamic basis according to demand for particular signals, wherein the re-transmitted signal may be changed as the demand for particular signals change. The signal demand may be determined from votes or other measures of subscriber inputs/desires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: COMCAST CABLE HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Derek T. Harrar, Andrew I. Rosenburg, Gerard J. Lewis, JR., Richard C. Gasloli
  • Publication number: 20080301749
    Abstract: A system and method to facilitating selecting or otherwise providing access to electronic content and services. Access to the content and services may be provided in such as a manner as to facilitate access to higher quality forms of the content. The higher quality forms of the content may be relate to any number of characteristics associated with displaying, transmitting, compressing, securing, and/or otherwise manipulating the content to more suitable forms relative to another form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: COMCAST CABLE HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Derek T. Harrar, Jack M. Birnbaum
  • Publication number: 20080159714
    Abstract: A method and system of limiting recording demands on digital video recorders and other media records. The limiting being facilitated through analysis of programs and other media available from one or more network resources associated with and/or having capabilities to provide media to the recording element. The network resources may be associated with provider resources, customer resources, and/or any other resource in communication with the recording element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Derek T. Harrar, Roger J. Godin, Robin L. Opie, Robert Gaydos