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).
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Patent number: 9445163Abstract: A method for assessing viewer interest in content and advertisements may include receiving an indication regarding a content playback mode change (e.g., a change from a skip or fast-forward mode to a pause or rewind mode) occurring during playing of a media content segment such as a television program or movie. The method then proceeds to associate the playback mode change with a sub-segment of the television program, such as an advertisement or commercial, and a level of interest of a user in the advertisement or commercial is determined based on the associated content playback mode change. An item, such as an advertisement or promotional offer can be selected to be presented to the user based on the determined level of interest of the user in the advertisement or commercial. Systems for assessing viewer interest in content and advertisements include devices and components configured to perform or enable such methods.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2012Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.Inventor: John Card, II
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Patent number: 9432424Abstract: Presented herein is a method of blocking user-selected media content, such as, for example, audio and/or video content. In the method, at least one media content stream is presented to a user, wherein the at least one media content stream includes multiple showings of an identifiable contiguous segment of media content. One example of such a segment may be a commercial or advertisement. While presenting a current showing of the segment of media content to the user, a command is received from a user to block the segment of media content from presentation to the user. In response to receiving the command, information identifying the segment of media content is generated. The at least one media content stream is analyzed using the information to detect subsequent showings of the segment of media content. Presentation of at least one of the subsequent showings of the segment of media content is prevented when detected in the at least one media content stream.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2013Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.Inventors: Leslie Harper, John A. Card, II
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Patent number: 9288425Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 7, 2010Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.Inventors: Greg Goldey, Casey Manuel Paiz, Kerry Phillip Langloys Miller, John Card, II, David Christopher St. John-Larkin, Scott Higgins, Hugh Aaron Selway, Daniel Mark Overbaugh
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Patent number: 9258527Abstract: A broadcast communication system is presented which includes a broadcast communication transmitter, a broadcast communication receiver, and an information processor. The broadcast communication receiver is configured to receive programming from the broadcast communication transmitter. The receiver is also configured to generate information relating to the operation of the broadcast communicate receiver. In addition, the receiver is configured to connect to the information processor and transfer the information thereto during a time period in accordance with user input accepted by the receiver. The information processor is configured to receive and process the information.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2008Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.Inventors: John A. Card, II, Timothy M. Kelly
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Publication number: 20150338876Abstract: A method for employing a controlled-modification current time value is presented. In the method, the current time value is maintained. Also, requests for modification of the current time value are received. The requests are processed so that the requested modification associated with one of the requests is immediately incorporated into the current time value, and so that the requested modification associated with another one of the requests is not immediately incorporated into the current time value.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2015Publication date: November 26, 2015Applicant: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.Inventor: John A. Card, II
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Publication number: 20150271572Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Applicant: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.Inventors: Kate Landow, John Card, Daniel Overbaugh
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Patent number: 9098227Abstract: A method for employing a controlled-modification current time value is presented. In the method, the current time value is maintained. Also, requests for modification of the current time value are received. The requests are processed so that the requested modification associated with one of the requests is immediately incorporated into the current time value, and so that the requested modification associated with another one of the requests is not immediately incorporated into the current time value.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2008Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.Inventor: John A. Card, II
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Patent number: 9032431Abstract: A video control system for displaying video products within a current viewing context is designed to receive, via a broadcast communication, a video product and product information for the video product. The product information includes an intended viewing context for the video product. The video control system processes the product information and filters the video product based on a comparison of the intended viewing context and the current viewing context.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2007Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.Inventor: John A. Card, II
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Method and device for delivering supplemental content associated with audio/visual content to a user
Patent number: 8880720Abstract: A method for delivering supplemental content associated with audio/visual content to a user of the audio/visual content is presented. In the method, the audio/visual content and the supplemental content are received. The audio/visual content is then transferred as a stream to a first device for presentation to the user. The supplemental content is transferred to a second device for presentation to the user. The transferred supplemental content is organized into segments, wherein each of the segments is to be presented by the second device to the user in synchronization with the presentation of a corresponding portion of the audio/visual content.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2013Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.Inventors: Kate Megan Carney Landow, John A. Card, II -
Patent number: 8699855Abstract: Presented herein is a method of recording user-selected interstitial media content, such as a television commercial. In the method, a media content stream is presented to a user. The media content stream includes an interstitial segment within a media content segment, such as a television program. In a media content segment listing, such as an electronic program guide, the media content segment is listed, but the interstitial segment is not. While the media content stream is presented, the stream is buffered. During or after the interstitial segment is being presented to the user, a command is received from the user to record the interstitial segment. In response to the command, beginning and ending points of the buffered interstitial segment are identified. The buffered interstitial segment is stored as a persistent recording based on the starting and ending points, and the persistent recording is distinguished from the media content segment.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2010Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.Inventors: Leslie Harper, John A. Card, II
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Patent number: 8675872Abstract: Various embodiments facilitate program content access management. One embodiment is a system with a secure content provider communicatively coupled to a first system and a second system, operable to stream encrypted content over the first system, and operable to communicate access control information over the second system; and a receiving device coupled to the first system and the second system, operable to receive the encrypted program content from the first system, operable to receive the access control information over the second system such that the encrypted program content is decrypted based on the access control information to generate program content, and operable to communicate the program content to a presentation device.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2007Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.Inventor: John A. Card, II
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Publication number: 20140033240Abstract: A method for assessing viewer interest in content and advertisements may include receiving an indication regarding a content playback mode change (e.g., a change from a skip or fast-forward mode to a pause or rewind mode) occurring during playing of a media content segment such as a television program or movie. The method then proceeds to associate the playback mode change with a sub-segment of the television program, such as an advertisement or commercial, and a level of interest of a user in the advertisement or commercial is determined based on the associated content playback mode change. An item, such as an advertisement or promotional offer can be selected to be presented to the user based on the determined level of interest of the user in the advertisement or commercial. Systems for assessing viewer interest in content and advertisements include devices and components configured to perform or enable such methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2012Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.Inventor: John Card, II
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Publication number: 20130283173Abstract: Presented herein is a method of blocking user-selected media content, such as, for example, audio and/or video content. In the method, at least one media content stream is presented to a user, wherein the at least one media content stream includes multiple showings of an identifiable contiguous segment of media content. One example of such a segment may be a commercial or advertisement. While presenting a current showing of the segment of media content to the user, a command is received from a user to block the segment of media content from presentation to the user. In response to receiving the command, information identifying the segment of media content is generated. The at least one media content stream is analyzed using the information to detect subsequent showings of the segment of media content. Presentation of at least one of the subsequent showings of the segment of media content is prevented when detected in the at least one media content stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2013Publication date: October 24, 2013Inventors: Leslie Harper, John A. Card, II
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Patent number: 8468453Abstract: Presented herein is a method of blocking user-selected media content, such as, for example, audio and/or video content. In the method, at least one media content stream is presented to a user, wherein the at least one media content stream includes multiple showings of an identifiable contiguous segment of media content. One example of such a segment may be a commercial or advertisement. While presenting a current showing of the segment of media content to the user, a command is received from a user to block the segment of media content from presentation to the user. In response to receiving the command, information identifying the segment of media content is generated. The at least one media content stream is analyzed using the information to detect subsequent showings of the segment of media content. Presentation of at least one of the subsequent showings of the segment of media content is prevented when detected in the at least one media content stream.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2010Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.Inventors: Leslie Harper, John A. Card, II
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Patent number: 8451379Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 7, 2010Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.Inventors: Greg Goldey, Casey Manuel Paiz, Kerry Phillip Langloys Miller, John Card, II, David Christopher St. John-Larkin, Scott Higgins, Hugh Aaron Selway, Daniel Mark Overbaugh
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Method and device for delivering supplemental content associated with audio/visual content to a user
Patent number: 8359399Abstract: A method for delivering supplemental content associated with audio/visual content to a user of the audio/visual content is presented. In the method, the audio/visual content and the supplemental content are received. The audio/visual content is then transferred as a stream to a first device for presentation to the user. The supplemental content is transferred to a second device for presentation to the user. The transferred supplemental content is organized into segments, wherein each of the segments is to be presented by the second device to the user in synchronization with the presentation of a corresponding portion of the audio/visual content.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2008Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignee: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.Inventors: Kate Megan Carney Landow, John A. Card, II -
Publication number: 20120163774Abstract: Presented herein is a method of recording user-selected interstitial media content, such as a television commercial. In the method, a media content stream is presented to a user. The media content stream includes an interstitial segment within a media content segment, such as a television program. In a media content segment listing, such as an electronic program guide, the media content segment is listed, but the interstitial segment is not. While the media content stream is presented, the stream is buffered. During or after the interstitial segment is being presented to the user, a command is received from the user to record the interstitial segment. In response to the command, beginning and ending points of the buffered interstitial segment are identified. The buffered interstitial segment is stored as a persistent recording based on the starting and ending points, and the persistent recording is distinguished from the media content segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2010Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.Inventors: Leslie Harper, John A. Card, II
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Publication number: 20120042247Abstract: Presented herein is a method of blocking user-selected media content, such as, for example, audio and/or video content. In the method, at least one media content stream is presented to a user, wherein the at least one media content stream includes multiple showings of an identifiable contiguous segment of media content. One example of such a segment may be a commercial or advertisement. While presenting a current showing of the segment of media content to the user, a command is received from a user to block the segment of media content from presentation to the user. In response to receiving the command, information identifying the segment of media content is generated. The at least one media content stream is analyzed using the information to detect subsequent showings of the segment of media content. Presentation of at least one of the subsequent showings of the segment of media content is prevented when detected in the at least one media content stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2010Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicant: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.Inventors: Leslie Harper, John A. Card, II
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Publication number: 20110001879Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2010Publication date: January 6, 2011Applicant: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.Inventors: Greg Goldey, Casey Manuel Paiz, Kerry Philip Langloys Miller, John Card, II, David Christopher St. John-Larkin, Scott Higgins, Hugh Aaron Selway, Daniel Mark Overbaugh
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Publication number: 20100295995Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2010Publication date: November 25, 2010Applicant: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.Inventors: Greg Goldey, Casey Manuel Paiz, Kerry Philip Langloys Miller, John Card, II, David Christopher St. John-Larkin, Scott Higgins, Hugh Aaron Selway, Daniel Mark Overbaugh