Patents by Inventor Ian Shelton

Ian Shelton 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: 20140068695
    Abstract: A system for displaying electronic program guide information about a plurality of video items on a screen, the system including a display module to display a plurality of pages layering into the screen, each of the pages including a plurality of graphical panels associated with the video items, and a user input module to receive a user input to turn at least one of the pages such that the at least one page is peeled away from other ones of the pages in order to bring the graphical panels of the at least one page in or out of view, wherein the display module is operative to show the turning of the at least one page bringing the at least one page in or out of view. Related apparatus and methods are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Ian Shelton, Kevin Murray, Michael Costello, Neil Cormican
  • Publication number: 20120023543
    Abstract: A system for displaying electronic program guide information about a plurality of video items on a screen, the system including a display module to display a plurality of pages layering into the screen, each of the pages including a plurality of graphical panels associated with the video items, and a user input module to receive a user input to turn at least one of the pages such that the at least one page is peeled away from other ones of the pages in order to bring the graphical panels of the at least one page in or out of view, wherein the display module is operative to show the turning of the at least one page bringing the at least one page in or out of view. Related apparatus and methods are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: NDS Limited
    Inventors: Ian Shelton, James Geoffrey Walker, Kevin Murray, Michael Costello, Neil Cormican, Anita Chandra, Nicholas Ashton Hall
  • Patent number: 8069466
    Abstract: A system for displaying electronic program guide information about a plurality of video items on a screen, the system including a display module to display a plurality of pages layering into the screen, each of the pages including a plurality of graphical panels associated with the video items, and a user input module to receive a user input to turn at least one of the pages such that the at least one page is peeled away from other ones of the pages in order to bring the graphical panels of the at least one page in or out of view, wherein the display module is operative to show the turning of the at least one page bringing the at least one page in or out of view. Related apparatus and methods are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: NDS Limited
    Inventors: Ian Shelton, James Geoffrey Walker, Kevin Murray, Michael Costello, Nicholas Ashton Hall
  • Publication number: 20100134692
    Abstract: A method of displaying video is disclosed. The method comprises: receiving a main video sequence; receiving an overlay video sequence, the overlay video sequence comprising first and second sections; displaying the video on a display by: rendering the main video sequence; rendering the first section of the overlay video sequence over the main video sequence such that the video has the appearance of being rendered from a single video sequence; switching between the first section of the overlay video sequence and the second section of the overlay video sequence; and rendering the second section of the overlay video sequence over the main video sequence such that the video has the appearance of being rendered from a single video sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Michael Costello, Neil Cormican, Ian Shelton
  • Publication number: 20090249393
    Abstract: A system for displaying electronic program guide information about a plurality of video items on a screen, the system including a display module to display a plurality of pages layering into the screen, each of the pages including a plurality of graphical panels associated with the video items, and a user input module to receive a user input to turn at least one of the pages such that the at least one page is peeled away from other ones of the pages in order to bring the graphical panels of the at least one page in or out of view, wherein the display module is operative to show the turning of the at least one page bringing the at least one page in or out of view. Related apparatus and methods are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2006
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: NDS Limited
    Inventors: Ian Shelton, James Geoffrey Walker, Kevin Murray, Michael Costello, Neil Cormican, Anita Chandra, Nicholas Ashton Hall
  • Publication number: 20060125962
    Abstract: An interactive method includes receiving, at a display device, background video including a multiplicity of video frames, at least one of the multiplicity of video frames including a plurality of sub-pictures, each of the plurality of sub-pictures representing an alternative background, and switching, at the display device, between a first sub-picture of the plurality of sub-pictures and a second sub-picture of the plurality of sub-pictures. Related apparatus and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2004
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Ian Shelton, Michael Costello, Ronnie Dan, Nicolas Thexton, Nicolas Hall, James Walker, Stuart Ashby, Neil Cormican