Patents by Inventor James T. McDaniel

James T. McDaniel 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).

  • Television channel list system and method
    Patent number: 8490130
    Abstract: Example systems and methods of generating a television channel list involve scanning virtual channels contained in a transport stream supplied to a television and determining, for each scanned virtual channel, whether that channel contains decodable video or audio content. A ring list used for tuning channels in channel up/down tuning operations is generated which contains only those scanned channels determined to have decodable video or audio content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: James T. McDaniel, Henry M. Forson
  • Television channel list system and method
    Publication number: 20090204998
    Abstract: Example systems and methods of generating a television channel list involve scanning virtual channels contained in a transport stream supplied to a television and determining, for each scanned virtual channel, whether that channel contains decodable video or audio content. A ring list used for tuning channels in channel up/down tuning operations is generated which contains only those scanned channels determined to have decodable video or audio content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: Toshiba America Consumer Products, LLC
    Inventors: James T. McDaniel, Henry M. Forson
  • Channel system and method
    Publication number: 20090195696
    Abstract: Example methods and systems of finding channels related to a currently tuned channel involve receiving an input invoking a related channel function. In response to the input, a list of related channels is generated based at least in part on a currently tuned channel and the generated list of channels is displayed on a television screen. One of the related channels on the displayed list may be tuned in response to an input selecting that channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: Toshiba America Consumer Products, LLC
    Inventor: James T. McDaniel