Patents by Inventor Don Woodard

Don Woodard 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 remote television replay control
    Publication number: 20020080166
    Abstract: A method, system, computer medium, and other embodiments for integrating unrelated web hosted services with stand-alone media-based devices are provided. Users can access and control the media-based device conveniently with a web-browser through various portals on the Internet. In one embodiment, users access the media-based device through one or more unrelated web portals, so as to control and to program the media-based device in a single web session, and to see information both stored on the media-based device and originating from third-party online sources of information and services in a single integrated presentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: Millard E. Sweatt, Don Woodard, Chris E. Matichuk, Alain Regnier, Mark Nudelman, Philippe Pignon, F. Andrew Voltmer, Dave Westerhoff, Matthew Self, Sunil Mohan