Patents by Inventor Erin K. HALL

Erin K. HALL 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 OPERATING A MULTI-ROOM DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160345046
    Abstract: A system and method for allocating tuner resources in a multi-room digital video recording system, wherein the system includes a server device having a plurality of tuners therein and a first client device in communication with the server device and allocated at least a first tuner from the plurality of tuners. A second client in communication client device generates a tuner request. The server device allocates the first tuner to the second user device and communicates a content signal through the first tuner to the second client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Raynold M. KAHN, Steven KASAKITIS, Christopher R. ROY, Erin K. HALL, Christopher J. CABANNE, Luke J. CROOK, Gregory VAGNATI, Noreen FONG, Eric J. BENNETT