Patents by Inventor Lawrence C.N. Laybourne

Lawrence C.N. Laybourne 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).

  • On-screen stripe and other methods for delivering information that facilitate convergence of audio/visual programming and advertisements with internet and other media usage
    Publication number: 20030126597
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for displaying a commercial to a television viewer. The method has a first step of: (a) transmitting a television signal such that a first area of a television monitor screen displays a commercial, and such that a visually distinct stripe runs horizontally across the bottom of the television monitor screen. The stripe displays information that is descriptive at least of an Internet address of a site that is related to goods or services depicted in the commercial. The method has a second step of: (b) either during the commercial or after the commercial, operating a device that provides Internet access to reach the site using the displayed information. In the preferred embodiment the television monitor screen has a total height, and the stripe has a height that comprises about 12% of the total height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2000
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Geoffrey Darby, Linda Ong-Safina, Cindy J. Kettler-Hitzig, Eli Noyes, Scott Stein, Lawrence C.N. Laybourne