Patents by Inventor Mark Felton

Mark Felton 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).

  • Patent number: 10104330
    Abstract: Various embodiments facilitate minimization of multimedia content currently being shown on a display in response to a mute command. In a first embodiment, a receiver is configured to provide multimedia content to an entertainment system and obtain commands from a control device. A user presses the control device's mute button and a mute command is transmitted from the control device to the receiver and the entertainment system. In response to the mute command, the entertainment system turns off its own audio and the receiver minimizes multimedia content currently being provided by the receiver to the entertainment system. In a second embodiment, the mute command is transmitted from the control device to the receiver. In response to the mute command, the receiver mutes and minimizes multimedia content currently being provided by the receiver to the entertainment system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: DISH Technologies L.L.C.
    Inventor: Mark Felton
  • Patent number: 9826558
    Abstract: A receiving device having a wireless transmission circuit arranged to form a logical communications link between the wireless transmission circuit and an audio output device. The wireless transmission circuit is arranged to communicate audio data to the audio output device via the logical communications link. A wireless reception circuit is arranged to receive user commands, and a first logic circuit is arranged to identify a mute command received via the wireless reception circuit. A second logic circuit is arranged to mute the audio data from transmission to the audio output device while maintaining the logical communications link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.
    Inventor: Mark Felton
  • Publication number: 20160249007
    Abstract: Various embodiments facilitate minimization of multimedia content currently being shown on a display in response to a mute command. In a first embodiment, a receiver is configured to provide multimedia content to an entertainment system and obtain commands from a control device. A user presses the control device's mute button and a mute command is transmitted from the control device to the receiver and the entertainment system. In response to the mute command, the entertainment system turns off its own audio and the receiver minimizes multimedia content currently being provided by the receiver to the entertainment system. In a second embodiment, the mute command is transmitted from the control device to the receiver. In response to the mute command, the receiver mutes and minimizes multimedia content currently being provided by the receiver to the entertainment system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventor: Mark Felton
  • Publication number: 20160057264
    Abstract: A receiving device having a wireless transmission circuit arranged to form a logical communications link between the wireless transmission circuit and an audio output device. The wireless transmission circuit is arranged to communicate audio data to the audio output device via the logical communications link. A wireless reception circuit is arranged to receive user commands, and a first logic circuit is arranged to identify a mute command received via the wireless reception circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventor: Mark Felton
  • Patent number: 8146418
    Abstract: An apparatus for soil testing for a jack-up rig, the apparatus comprising a soil testing device integrated with a leg of the jack-up rig, the leg of the jack-up rig having a footing, an opening in the footing for allowing passage of an active portion of the soil testing device therethrough to obtain soil data from a seabed beneath the footing, and a retrieval assembly for retrieving the soil testing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignees: Keppel Offshore & Marie Technology Centre Pte Ltd, A.P. van den Berg Holding bv
    Inventors: Kok Seng Foo, Chin Kau Quah, Okky Ahmad Purwana, Lodewijk Keizer, Mark Felton Randolph, Mark Jason Cassidy
  • Publication number: 20100050764
    Abstract: An apparatus for soil testing for a jack-up rig, the apparatus comprising a soil testing device integrated with a leg of the jack-up rig, the leg of the jack-up rig having a footing, an opening in the footing for allowing passage of an active portion of the soil testing device therethrough to obtain soil data from a seabed beneath the footing, and a retrieval assembly for retrieving the soil testing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicants: KEPPEL OFFSHORE & MARINE TECHNOLOGY CENTRE PTE LTD, A.P. VAN DEN BERG HOLDING BV
    Inventors: Kok Seng FOO, Chin Kau QUAH, Okky Ahmad PURWANA, Lodewijk KEIZER, Mark Felton RANDOLPH, Mark Jason CASSIDY