Patents by Inventor Jay S. Bryant

Jay S. Bryant 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).

  • Patent number: 8832742
    Abstract: Systems and methods are discussed for providing guidance for Internet-delivered media. In some embodiments, information on available media on the Internet is gathered. The information is associated with existing media guidance data. The associations enable a media guidance application to identify relevant online media and to display listings in a user-friendly way. A user interface for an online media guidance application is also provided. The user interface allows a user to narrow down the large amount of Internet-delivered media in a systematic way according to criteria that interests a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: United Video Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Kirsten Rasanen, Jay S. Bryant
  • Patent number: 8429218
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for reducing load time of a program in a highly-parallelized or distributed computer. In one embodiment, this is accomplished by selectively reusing entries in a page table generated during a previous invocation of the program at a particular compute node of the highly-parallelized or distributed computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jay S. Bryant, Daniel P. Kolz, Dharmesh J. Patel
  • Patent number: 8418206
    Abstract: A media guidance application is provided by which users can define rules for assigning user equipment devices as destinations for media content. For example, a user may define a rule by which selected media content having attributes that satisfy a user-defined condition are downloaded, recorded, or streamed to a particular, user-specified user equipment device. The user may define and manage rules using media guidance menus, and may restrict other users from accessing the rules (e.g., parents restricting children).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: United Video Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay S. Bryant, Edgar Fereira
  • Patent number: 8381249
    Abstract: Systems and methods are discussed for providing guidance for Internet-delivered media. In some embodiments, information on available media on the Internet is gathered. The information is associated with existing media guidance data. The associations enable a media guidance application to identify relevant online media and to display listings in a user-friendly way. A user interface for an online media guidance application is also provided. The user interface allows a user to narrow down the large amount of Internet-delivered media in a systematic way according to criteria that interests a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: United Video Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Kirsten Rasanen, Jay S. Bryant
  • Patent number: 8301632
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an interactive media guidance application that provides improved searching functionality for media information, such as media program listings, media programming information, celebrity information, and other related media information. Search objects may be defined in the entertainment context and applied to media information to enable efficient searching. Different types of media information may be categorized to enable proper organization of search results. A search object query may be performed based on a user entered search expression and the results may be a vertical slice through the organized categories of media information. User submitted tags may also be applied to the media information and used to search the media information. Atomic searching may be enabled for more generic search expressions, whereby an atomic search object is associated with a personalized atomic search algorithm comprised of individual searches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: United Video Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: David Bovenschulte, Edgar Fereira, Robin Haffner, Jay S. Bryant
  • Patent number: 8230432
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provides techniques for defragmenting blocks of resources allocated to perform computing jobs on a distributed or clustered system so that more contiguous physical resources may be made available to users submitting new job requests. Typically, the defragmentation process is performed when a job is submitted that requires access to a computing block that is larger than any currently available block in the parallel computing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jay S. Bryant, Nicholas B. Goracke, Daniel P. Kolz, Dharmesh J. Patel
  • Patent number: 8010215
    Abstract: In a design structure for allocating a plurality of parts of a computational system to a computational job, a set of requirements necessary to execute the job is determined. A set of parts of the plurality of parts is assembled so that the set of parts is capable of meeting the set of requirements and so that a part is added to the set of parts based on a determination that the addition of the part will minimize power consumption by the set of parts. The set of parts are caused to execute the job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John M. Borkenhagen, Jay S. Bryant, Daniel P. Kolz
  • Publication number: 20110167084
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an interactive media guidance application that provides improved searching functionality for media information, such as media program listings, media programming information, celebrity information, and other related media information. Search objects may be defined in the entertainment context and applied to media information to enable efficient searching. Different types of media information may be categorized to enable proper organization of search results. A search object query may be performed based on a user entered search expression and the results may be a vertical slice through the organized categories of media information. User submitted tags may also be applied to the media information and used to search the media information. Atomic searching may be enabled for more generic search expressions, whereby an atomic search object is associated with a personalized atomic search algorithm comprised of individual searches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: United Video Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: David Bovenschulte, Edgar Fereira, Robin Haffner, Jay S. Bryant
  • Patent number: 7890490
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an interactive media guidance application that provides improved searching functionality for media information, such as media program listings, media programming information, celebrity information, and other related media information. Search objects may be defined in the entertainment context and applied to media information to enable efficient searching. Different types of media information may be categorized to enable proper organization of search results. A search object query may be performed based on a user entered search expression and the results may be a vertical slice through the organized categories of media information. User submitted tags may also be applied to the media information and used to search the media information. Atomic searching may be enabled for more generic search expressions, whereby an atomic search object is associated with a personalized atomic search algorithm comprised of individual searches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: United Video Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: David Bovenschulte, Edgar Fereira, Robin Haffner, Jay S. Bryant
  • Publication number: 20100121714
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an interactive media guidance application that provides improved searching functionality for media information, such as media program listings, media programming information, celebrity information, and other related media information. Search objects may be defined in the entertainment context and applied to media information to enable efficient searching. Different types of media information may be categorized to enable proper organization of search results. A search object query may be performed based on a user entered search expression and the results may be a vertical slice through the organized categories of media information. User submitted tags may also be applied to the media information and used to search the media information. Atomic searching may be enabled for more generic search expressions, whereby an atomic search object is associated with a personalized atomic search algorithm comprised of individual searches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: United Video Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: David Bovenschulte, Edgar Fereira, Robin Haffner, Jay S. Bryant
  • Publication number: 20090249093
    Abstract: In a design structure for allocating a plurality of parts of a computational system to a computational job, a set of requirements necessary to execute the job is determined. A set of parts of the plurality of parts is assembled so that the set of parts is capable of meeting the set of requirements and so that a part is added to the set of parts based on a determination that the addition of the part will minimize power consumption by the set of parts. The set of parts are caused to execute the job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: John M. Borkenhagen, Jay S. Bryant, Daniel P. Kolz
  • Publication number: 20080294872
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provides techniques for defragmenting blocks of resources allocated to perform computing jobs on a distributed or clustered system so that more contiguous physical resources may be made available to users submitting new job requests. Typically, the defragmentation process is performed when a job is submitted that requires access to a computing block that is larger than any currently available block in the parallel computing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Jay S. Bryant, Nicholas B. Goracke, Daniel P. Kolz, Dharmesh J. Patel
  • Publication number: 20080235731
    Abstract: A media guidance application is provided by which users can define rules for assigning user equipment devices as destinations for media content. For example, a user may define a rule by which selected media content having attributes that satisfy a user-defined condition are downloaded, recorded, or streamed to a particular, user-specified user equipment device. The user may define and manage rules using media guidance menus, and may restrict other users from accessing the rules (e.g., parents restricting children).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: United Video Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay S. Bryant, Edgar Fereira
  • Publication number: 20080172398
    Abstract: In a method of allocating a plurality of parts of a computational system to a computational job, a set of requirements necessary to execute the job is determined. A set of parts of the plurality of parts is assembled so that the set of parts is capable of meeting the set of requirements and so that a part is added to the set of parts based on a determination that the addition of the part will minimize power consumption by the set of parts. The set of parts are caused to execute the job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Inventors: John M. Borkenhagen, Jay S. Bryant, Daniel P. Kolz
  • Publication number: 20080086747
    Abstract: Systems and methods are discussed for providing guidance for Internet-delivered media. In some embodiments, information on available media on the Internet is gathered. The information is associated with existing media guidance data. The associations enable a media guidance application to identify relevant online media and to display listings in a user-friendly way. A user interface for an online media guidance application is also provided. The user interface allows a user to narrow down the large amount of Internet-delivered media in a systematic way according to criteria that interests a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Inventors: Kirsten Rasanen, Jay S. Bryant
  • Publication number: 20080086456
    Abstract: Systems and methods are discussed for providing guidance for Internet-delivered media. In some embodiments, information on available media on the Internet is gathered. The information is associated with existing media guidance data. The associations enable a media guidance application to identify relevant online media and to display listings in a user-friendly way. A user interface for an online media guidance application is also provided. The user interface allows a user to narrow down the large amount of Internet-delivered media in a systematic way according to criteria that interests a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Inventors: Kirsten Rasanen, Jay S. Bryant