Patents by Inventor James W. Kasanin

James W. Kasanin 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).

  • Technique for effectively accessing programming listing information in an entertainment delivery system
    Patent number: 9462348
    Abstract: In a broadband communications system, e.g., a cable system, programming content can be readily reserved and accessed for viewing using an interactive program guide, a network home graphic user interface (GUI), Quick View Guide, etc., in accordance with the invention. Such programming content may include in-progress programs, future programs and previously broadcast programs which are recorded at a headend in the cable system, and which may or may not have overlapping broadcast times. In addition, the user may reserve programs at a set-top terminal, and may also do so remotely from the terminal through a communications network such as, the Internet, a public switched telephone network (PSTN), a wireless telephone network, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: TIME WARNER CABLE ENTERPRISES LLC
    Inventors: David McElhatten, Stephen Johnson, Robert Benya, Robert B. Golden, James W. Kasanin
  • TECHNIQUE FOR EFFECTIVELY ACCESSING PROGRAMMING LISTING INFORMATION IN AN ENTERTAINMENT DELIVERY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150281795
    Abstract: In a broadband communications system, e.g., a cable system, programming content can be readily reserved and accessed for viewing using an interactive program guide, a network home graphic user interface (GUI), Quick View Guide, etc., in accordance with the invention. Such programming content may include in-progress programs, future programs and previously broadcast programs which are recorded at a headend in the cable system, and which may or may not have overlapping broadcast times. In addition, the user may reserve programs at a set-top terminal, and may also do so remotely from the terminal through a communications network such as, the Internet, a public switched telephone network (PSTN), a wireless telephone network, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: David McElhatten, Steven Johnson, Robert Benya, Robert B. Golden, James W. Kasanin
  • Technique for effectively accessing programming listing information in an entertainment delivery system
    Patent number: 9071795
    Abstract: In a broadband communications system, e.g., a cable system, programming content can be readily reserved and accessed for viewing using an interactive program guide, a network home graphic user interface (GUI), Quick View Guide, etc., in accordance with the invention. Such programming content may include in-progress programs, future programs and previously broadcast programs which are recorded at a headend in the cable system, and which may or may not have overlapping broadcast times. In addition, the user may reserve programs at a set-top terminal, and may also do so remotely from the terminal through a communications network such as, the Internet, a public switched telephone network (PSTN), a wireless telephone network, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: David McElhatten, Steven Johnson, Robert Benya, Robert B. Golden, James W. Kasanin
  • Technique for effectively accessing programming listing information in an entertainment delivery system
    Patent number: 7174126
    Abstract: In a broadband communications system, e.g., a cable system, programming content can be readily reserved and accessed for viewing using an interactive program guide, a network home graphic user interface (GUI), Quick View Guide, etc., in accordance with the invention. Such programming content may include in-progress programs, future programs and previously broadcast programs which are recorded at a headend in the cable system, and which may or may not have overlapping broadcast times. In addition, the user may reserve programs at a set-top terminal, and may also do so remotely from the terminal through a communications network such as, the Internet, a public switched telephone network (PSTN), a wireless telephone network, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Time Warner Interactive Video Group Inc.
    Inventors: David McElhatten, Steven Johnson, Robert Benya, Robert B. Golden, James W. Kasanin
  • Technique for effectively accessing programming listing information in an entertainment delivery system
    Publication number: 20030220100
    Abstract: In a broadband communications system, e.g., a cable system, programming content can be readily reserved and accessed for viewing using an interactive program guide, a network home graphic user interface (GUI), Quick View Guide, etc., in accordance with the invention. Such programming content may include in-progress programs, future programs and previously broadcast programs which are recorded at a headend in the cable system, and which may or may not have overlapping broadcast times. In addition, the user may reserve programs at a set-top terminal, and may also do so remotely from the terminal through a communications network such as, the Internet, a public switched telephone network (PSTN), a wireless telephone network, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Inventors: David McElhatten, Steven Johnson, Robert Benya, Robert B. Golden, James W. Kasanin