Patents by Inventor Martin Hibdon

Martin Hibdon 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).

  • Smart broadcast program recording padding and scheduling system
    Patent number: 7877768
    Abstract: A smart broadcast program recording padding and scheduling system provides a system for adjusting the start and end times of a broadcast program's recording schedule that has a predetermined start and end broadcast time and resolving any conflicts arising from conflicting scheduled program recordings. An on screen program guide is displayed to the viewer via a monitor or television that lists the predetermined scheduled broadcast times and channels of a plurality of broadcast programs. The viewer selects a particular broadcast program to record and the invention schedules the broadcast program to be recorded by inserting the program's information such as program identifier, start and end times, and storage duration into a recording schedule database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: TiVo Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Beach, Alan Waterman, David E. Pope, Martin Hibdon
  • Smart broadcast program recording padding and scheduling system
    Publication number: 20040013409
    Abstract: A smart broadcast program recording padding and scheduling system provides a system for adjusting the start and end times of a broadcast program's recording schedule that has a predetermined start and end broadcast time and resolving any conflicts arising from conflicting scheduled program recordings. An on screen program guide is displayed to the viewer via a monitor or television that lists the predetermined scheduled broadcast times and channels of a plurality of broadcast programs. The viewer selects a particular broadcast program to record and the invention schedules the broadcast program to be recorded by inserting the program's information such as program identifier, start and end times, and storage duration into a recording schedule database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Brian Beach, Alan Waterman, David E. Pope, Martin Hibdon
  • Smart broadcast program recording padding and scheduling system
    Patent number: RE45774
    Abstract: A smart broadcast program recording padding and scheduling system provides a system for adjusting the start and end times of a broadcast program's recording schedule that has a predetermined start and end broadcast time and resolving any conflicts arising from conflicting scheduled program recordings. An on screen program guide is displayed to the viewer via a monitor or television that lists the predetermined scheduled broadcast times and channels of a plurality of broadcast programs. The viewer selects a particular broadcast program to record and the invention schedules the broadcast program to be recorded by inserting the program's information such as program identifier, start and end times, and storage duration into a recording schedule database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: TiVo Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Beach, Alan Waterman, David E. Pope, Martin Hibdon