Patents by Inventor Marty Wachter

Marty Wachter 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).

  • Method and apparatus for remotely controlling a receiver according to content and user selection
    Publication number: 20050100312
    Abstract: System and method for automatically controlling a media receiver by instructing the media receiver to use a particular receiver connection and to play a selected media unit using one of a plurality of play modes according to characteristics of the media unit. Media units may be encoded using any of a variety of encoding formats. The media management system may interface with a media receiver to select media receiver connections in accordance with the media type of the media unit. The media management system may also interface with the media receiver to set media receiver settings for playing the selected media unit according to the media receiver settings selected for a play mode corresponding to the characteristics of the selected media unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Applicant: Digital Networks North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Commons, Marty Wachter, Robert Bouterse