Patents by Inventor Karla Towne

Karla Towne 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 identifying favorite program channels for receiving entertainment programming content over a communications network
    Publication number: 20060184967
    Abstract: A favorites list of program channels which a cable TV user likely prefers is generated automatically, from which the user may select a program channel to watch. Each program channel in the favorites list is identified based on a measure of the duration in which the program channel is continuously tuned to. In an embodiment, this measure varies nonlinearly with such a duration. The favorites list may further comprise sublists of program channels which may correspond to different periods of a day, week, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: Stephen Maynard, Joseph Hassell, John Callahan, Tho Autruong, Vitaly Shoykhet, Karla Towne