Patents by Inventor Douglas Richard Luehrs

Douglas Richard Luehrs 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).

  • Devices, methods, and user interfaces for facilitating time-shifted broadcast program recording and playback
    Patent number: 11593060
    Abstract: Recorded broadcast programs, including advertisements, are selected for playback responsive to user input. The user input may include pressing a button multiple times to cause recorded programs to be scanned through for a particular preset channel from newest recorded to oldest recorded. Pressing another button multiple times causes the recorded programs to be scanned through for the particular present channel from oldest recorded to newest recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Anabac, LLC
    Inventor: Douglas Richard Luehrs
  • DEVICES, METHODS, AND USER INTERFACES FOR FACILITATING TIME-SHIFTED BROADCAST PROGRAM RECORDING AND PLAYBACK
    Publication number: 20210109701
    Abstract: Recorded broadcast programs, including advertisements, are selected for playback responsive to user input. The user input may include pressing a button multiple times to cause recorded programs to be scanned through for a particular preset channel from newest recorded to oldest recorded. Pressing another button multiple times causes the recorded programs to be scanned through for the particular present channel from oldest recorded to newest recorded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventor: Douglas Richard Luehrs
  • Devices, methods, and user interfaces for facilitating time-shifted broadcast program recording and playback with ad play credit calculation
    Patent number: 10817247
    Abstract: Recorded broadcast programs, including advertisements, are selected for playback responsive to user input. The user input may include pressing a button multiple times to cause recorded programs to be scanned through for a particular preset channel from newest recorded to oldest recorded. Pressing another button multiple times causes the recorded programs to be scanned through for the particular present channel from oldest recorded to newest recorded. Each time at least a portion of a recorded program is played back, the amount of time of the playback is kept track of. An advertisement credit is awarded for playback of the recorded program based on the amount of time of playback of the recorded program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Anabac, LLC
    Inventor: Douglas Richard Luehrs
  • DEVICES, METHODS, AND USER INTERFACES FOR FACILITATING TIME-SHIFTED BROADCAST PROGRAM RECORDING AND PLAYBACK WITH AD PLAY CREDIT CALCULATION
    Publication number: 20170371617
    Abstract: Recorded broadcast programs, including advertisements, are selected for playback responsive to user input. The user input may include pressing a button multiple times to cause recorded programs to be scanned through for a particular preset channel from newest recorded to oldest recorded. Pressing another button multiple times causes the recorded programs to be scanned through for the particular present channel from oldest recorded to newest recorded. Each time at least a portion of a recorded program is played back, the amount of time of the playback is kept track of. An advertisement credit is awarded for playback of the recorded program based on the amount of time of playback of the recorded program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventor: Douglas Richard Luehrs
  • Positive parental control
    Patent number: 7690012
    Abstract: A system for controlling viewer access to media content, the system comprising a memory with logic and a processor configured by the logic to provide interactive user interfaces that enable an administrator to positively define media content for access by a user. The processor is further configured by the logic to enable the user to access the media content as defined by the administrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas Richard Luehrs
  • Positive parental control
    Publication number: 20030163811
    Abstract: A system for controlling viewer access to media content, the system comprising a memory with logic and a processor configured by the logic to provide interactive user interfaces that enable an administrator to positively define media content for access by a user. The processor is further configured by the logic to enable the user to access the media content as defined by the administrator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventor: Douglas Richard Luehrs