Patents by Inventor Mari S. Quick

Mari S. Quick 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).

  • System to filter and multicast personal video content
    Publication number: 20080222689
    Abstract: In an embodiment, an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) Set Top Box (STB) receives information regarding a personal channel on an IPTV system and information regarding a plurality of viewer IPTV STBs associated with the personal channel. The IPTV STB further receives personal video content, and filters the personal video content. The IPTV STB multicasts the filtered personal video content through a network to a plurality of viewer IPTV STBs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Jerald Robert Howcroft, Mari S. Quick
  • Method and system for buffering content
    Publication number: 20080069126
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for buffering content. Video content is received for two or more channels. The video content for the two or more channels is retained within two or more buffers of a video content storage module to enable trick play while viewing the video content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Inventors: Jerald Robert Howcroft, Mari S. Quick