Patents by Inventor Edward D. Briscoe

Edward D. Briscoe 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 on-demand delivery of personalized internet-based content to television viewers
    Patent number: 7721315
    Abstract: A method of delivering personalized content to customers of a subscription television service for display on their televisions, the method comprising: (a) converting Internet-based content from an Internet based format to a format suitable for display on a customer's television through a customer's set top box, and (b) after the conversion, delivering the converted content to a set top box associated with that customer for display on that customer's television. With such a method, the customer's set top box need not be Internet-enabled. Preferably, the customer's subscription television service is a cable television service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Vibe Solutions Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Brown, Edward D. Briscoe
  • Method and Apparatus for a Web Browser-Based Multi-Channel Content Player
    Publication number: 20090047000
    Abstract: A web-browser based content player capable of displaying audio and video is disclosed. The content player can play content titles that are organized into channels and user-configurable playlists. Users can navigate between titles, channels, and playlists within the player. The user can also purchase premium content from within the content player. The content player may be embedded in a host web page (e.g. of a social networking website).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: VIBE SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Robert J. Walikis, Edward D. Briscoe, Mark M. Mihalevich, Brad Herrick
  • Method and system for on-demand delivery of personalized internet-based content to television viewers
    Patent number: RE45045
    Abstract: A method of delivering personalized content to customers of a subscription television service for display on their televisions, the method comprising: (a) converting Internet-based content from an Internet based format to a format suitable for display on a customer's television through a customer's set top box, and (b) after the conversion, delivering the converted content to a set top box associated with that customer for display on that customer's television. With such a method, the customer's set top box need not be Internet-enabled. Preferably, the customer's subscription television service is a cable television service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael A. Brown, Edward D. Briscoe