Patents by Inventor James Geer

James Geer 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).

  • Systems and methods for storing a plurality of video streams on re-writable random-access media and time- and channel-based retrieval thereof
    Publication number: 20050025469
    Abstract: A digital video recorder (DVR) and a method of operating the same. In one embodiment, the DVR includes: (1) a mass data storage unit that concurrently and continuously receives and digitally stores a plurality of channels and (2) a channel viewer, coupled to the mass data storage unit, that retrieves a portion of one of the plurality of channels from the mass data storage unit based on a received command and presents the portion on a video display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: James Geer, Ivan Darius