Patents by Inventor Jeffrey W. Houston

Jeffrey W. Houston 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).

  • Sharing media content among families of broadcast stations
    Patent number: 7925201
    Abstract: Sharing media content among families of broadcast stations includes receiving information relating to media content from families of broadcast stations, storing the information such that the information is accessible to at least two of the families of broadcast stations via a computer network, receiving a query for specific media content from a broadcast station, searching the stored information in accordance with the query to identify the specific media content; and enabling the broadcast station to access to the specific media content if the specific media content is identified among the stored information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Wideorbit, Inc.
    Inventors: William Irvin, Chad E. Steelberg, Ryan S. Steelberg, Matt Chalawsky, Dipankar Gupta, Bradley D. Townsend, Jeffrey W. Houston
  • Sharing Media Content Among Families of Broadcast Stations
    Publication number: 20080256080
    Abstract: Sharing media content among families of broadcast stations includes receiving information relating to media content from families of broadcast stations, storing the information such that the information is accessible to at least two of the families of broadcast stations via a computer network, receiving a query for specific media content from a broadcast station, searching the stored information in accordance with the query to identify the specific media content; and enabling the broadcast station to access to the specific media content if the specific media content is identified among the stored information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: William Irvin, Chad E. Steelberg, Ryan S. Steelberg, Matt Chalawsky, Dipankar Gupta, Bradley D. Townsend, Jeffrey W. Houston