Patents by Inventor Fraser Pearce

Fraser Pearce 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: 20200153676
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a system for providing users access to audio/visual content, the system comprising means for storing content, means for broadcasting content on a scheduled basis, means for downloading the stored content from the storage means, means for enabling a user to access the downloaded content only within a specified time period, means for streaming content off the storage means, and means for receiving the content broadcast on a scheduled basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: British Broadcasting Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Bradbury, Tony Ageh, Gemma Garmeson, Fraser Pearce, Matthew Browning, Ben Gammon, Julia Whitney, Julie Dodd, Juergen Hoehn
  • Patent number: 10491448
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a system for providing users access to audio/visual content, the system comprising means for storing content, means for broadcasting content on a scheduled basis, means for downloading the stored content from the storage means, means for enabling a user to access the downloaded content only within a specified time period, means for streaming content off the storage means, and means for receiving the content broadcast on a scheduled basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: British Broadcasting Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Bradbury, Tony Ageh, Gemma Garmeson, Fraser Pearce, Matthew Browning, Ben Gammon, Julia Whitney, Julie Dodd, Jurgen Hoehn
  • Patent number: 9081973
    Abstract: A method for restricting, based on predefined user profile information, access to software executing on a computing device of a user. The method comprises the following steps. Input data is intercepted from a user input device. The input data is compared with a list of restrictions in the user profile information to determining if an action associated with the input data is prohibited. The input data is passed to the software for execution only if the action associated with the input data is not prohibited. A method for restricting, based on predefined user profile information, access to notifications generated for a user is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: PSION INC.
    Inventors: Nader Newman, James Shoong-Leac Chen, Timothy Fraser Pearce
  • Publication number: 20110265179
    Abstract: A method for restricting, based on predefined user profile information, access to software executing on a computing device of a user. The method comprises the following steps. Input data is intercepted from a user input device. The input data is compared with a list of restrictions in the user profile information to determining if an action associated with the input data is prohibited. The input data is passed to the software for execution only if the action associated with the input data is not prohibited. A method for restricting, based on predefined user profile information, access to notifications generated for a user is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Nader Newman, James Shoong-Leac Chen, Timothy Fraser Pearce
  • Publication number: 20110264825
    Abstract: A computing device is configured to communicate with a peripheral via a connector having a predefined physical configuration and a predefined number of pins. The computing device comprising memory for storing instructions and a processor for executing the instructions. The instructions cause the processor to implement the following steps. Communication with the peripheral is initialized using a predefined initialization protocol via at least one predefined pin. Information relating to a pinout configuration defining a logical configuration of the pins is received from the peripheral. The pinout configuration is assigned to the pins. Communicating with the peripheral in commenced using the pinout configuration. A peripheral configured to communicate with the computing device and the methods for communicating there between are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Adrian Joseph Stagg, Lawrence David Forsythe, Don Hatch, Timothy Fraser Pearce
  • Publication number: 20100100899
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a system for providing users access to audio/visual content, the system comprising means for storing content, means for broadcasting content on a scheduled basis, means for downloading the stored content from the storage means, means for enabling a user to access the downloaded content only within a specified time period, means for streaming content off the storage means, and means for receiving the content broadcast on a scheduled basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: British Broadcasting Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Bradbury, Tony Ageh, Gemma Garmeson, Fraser Pearce, Matthew Browning, Ben Gammon, Julia Whitney, Julie Dodd, Juergen Hoehn