Patents by Inventor John Card

John Card 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).

  • Apparatus, systems and methods for accessing and synchronizing presentation of media content and supplemental media rich content
    Patent number: 9668031
    Abstract: Media rich content server systems and methods are operable to provide access to supplemental media rich content at a portable media device. An exemplary embodiment communicatively couples a portable media device to a media device that initially receives a media content stream comprising at least one supplemental media rich content trigger, wherein the supplemental media rich content trigger includes access information configured to access at least one media rich content server; receives a portion of the media content stream with the supplemental media rich content trigger at the portable media device; establishes a communication link between the portable media device and the media rich content server based upon the access information in the received supplemental media rich content trigger; receives supplemental media rich content from the media rich content server; and presents at least the received supplemental media rich content on a display of the portable media device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.
    Inventors: Kate Landow, John Card, Daniel Overbaugh
  • APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCESSING AND SYNCHRONIZING PRESENTATION OF MEDIA CONTENT AND SUPPLEMENTAL MEDIA RICH CONTENT
    Publication number: 20150271572
    Abstract: Media rich content server systems and methods are operable to provide access to supplemental media rich content at a portable media device. An exemplary embodiment communicatively couples a portable media device to a media device that initially receives a media content stream comprising at least one supplemental media rich content trigger, wherein the supplemental media rich content trigger includes access information configured to access at least one media rich content server; receives a portion of the media content stream with the supplemental media rich content trigger at the portable media device; establishes a communication link between the portable media device and the media rich content server based upon the access information in the received supplemental media rich content trigger; receives supplemental media rich content from the media rich content server; and presents at least the received supplemental media rich content on a display of the portable media device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.
    Inventors: Kate Landow, John Card, Daniel Overbaugh
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TOASTED VIDEO DISTRIBUTION
    Publication number: 20070039032
    Abstract: The systems and methods disclosed transmit a composite channel to a receiver. The composite channel may be a static channel that contains different original channels of content in different locations on a displayed page, or may be a dynamic channel that is processed by the receiver to display a multiple different video streams on a single display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Applicant: EchoStar Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Greg Goldey, Casey Paiz, Kerry Miller, John Card, David St. John-Larkin, Scott Higgins, Hugh Selway, Daniel Overbaugh