Patents by Inventor Harris Jeffrey L.

Harris Jeffrey L. 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).

  • MEDIA CONTENT DISCOVERY IN AN INTEGRATED MEDIA SERVICE THAT DISTRIBUTES MEDIA CONTENT BY WAY OF A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT MEDIA DISTRIBUTION MODELS
    Publication number: 20140157314
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes a media service provider system 1) providing an end user of an integrated media service with access to a media program by way of a plurality of different media distribution models, 2) maintaining a catalogue that includes comprehensive information about the media program, the comprehensive information being an aggregate of non-redundant information about the media program obtained from a plurality of independent source catalogues corresponding to the plurality of different media distribution models, and 3) providing, based on the comprehensive information included in the catalogue, a media service user interface that supports discovery of the comprehensive information about the media program regardless of a user interface context from which a user request for information about the media program is received. Corresponding systems and methods are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Verizon and Redbox Digital Entertainment Services, LLC.
    Inventors: Brian F. Roberts, Imran Arif Maskatia, Paul Bradley Bowers, Harris Jeffrey L.