Patents by Inventor James M. Funk

James M. Funk 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 APPARATUS TO CONTROL PLAYBACK IN A DOWNLOAD-AND-VIEW VIDEO ON DEMAND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090313122
    Abstract: Rules concerning whether or not to insert advertisement and/or allow trick mode capabilities during playback of locally stored content downloaded from a content provider's or a VOD service providers server are communicated to the client device and may be specified by a variety of mechanisms including a Web-page based tool for A content provider to edit and for a VOD service provider to review and modify such rules. The client device stores and applies the rules during playback of the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: James M. Funk, Steve Shannon
  • Method and apparatus for indication of application layer connectivity
    Patent number: 7126491
    Abstract: A display indicator is provided on a set-top appliance to indicate application layer connectivity between a client device and a server belonging to a hosted service. This connectivity optionally reflects synchronization state of a service related database on the appliance and its replica on the server. A second indicator on the appliance displays the completion status of an ongoing download.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Akimbo Systems Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Funk, Steve Shannon