Patents by Inventor James R. Durkee

James R. Durkee 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).

  • Interactive television network and method including content searching
    Patent number: 9462303
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to content searching of various databases in an interactive television network; caching programming for rebroadcasting to interactive television network subscribers; and interactively offering goods and services referred to in broadcast programming to interactive television network subscribers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: James R. Durkee, David Crawford Gibbon, Behzad Shahraray
  • INTERACTIVE TELEVISION NETWORK AND METHOD INCLUDING CONTENT SEARCHING
    Publication number: 20150020133
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to content searching of various databases in an interactive television network; caching programming for rebroadcasting to interactive television network subscribers; and interactively offering goods and services referred to in broadcast programming to interactive television network subscribers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: James R. Durkee, David Crawford Gibbon, Behzad Shahraray
  • Interactive television network and method including content searching
    Patent number: 8881214
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to content searching of various databases in an interactive television network; caching programming for rebroadcasting to interactive television network subscribers; and interactively offering goods and services referred to in broadcast programming to interactive television network subscribers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: James R. Durkee, David Crawford Gibbon, Behzad Shahraray
  • Interactive Television Network And Method Including Content Searching
    Publication number: 20120084822
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to content searching of various databases in an interactive television network; caching programming for rebroadcasting to interactive television network subscribers; and interactively offering goods and services referred to in broadcast programming to interactive television network subscribers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: COMCAST CABLE HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: James R. Durkee, David Crawford Gibbon, Behzad Shahraray
  • Interactive television network and method including content searching
    Patent number: 8108892
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to content searching of various databases in an interactive television network; caching programming for rebroadcasting to interactive television network subscribers; and interactively offering goods and services referred to in broadcast programming to interactive television network subscribers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: James R. Durkee, David Crawford Gibbon, Behzad Shahraray