Patents by Inventor Matt Emerson

Matt Emerson 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 customized provisioning of on-line application channels
    Patent number: 9705947
    Abstract: A method for a computer system includes receiving an identifier associated with a client streaming player, determining one or more attributes associated with the identifier from a data structure in response to the identifier, determining available channels from a plurality of channels that are to be made available to the client streaming player in response to the identifier, wherein available channels comprises a first channel, but not the second channel, determining a first graphical identifier associated with the first channel, providing the first graphical identifier to the client streaming player, receiving a user selection of the first graphical identifier indicating a user request to associate the first channel with the computer system, and providing an indicator of a server network address associated with the first channel to the client streaming player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Roku, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Wood, David Stern, David Westerhoff, Bill Ataras, Mark Goodwin, Aaron Graham, Matt Emerson, Kevin Phillips
  • Method and Apparatus for Customized Provisioning of On-Line Application Channels
    Publication number: 20140330940
    Abstract: A method for a computer system includes receiving an identifier associated with a client streaming player, determining one or more attributes associated with the identifier from a data structure in response to the identifier, determining available channels from a plurality of channels that are to be made available to the client streaming player in response to the identifier, wherein available channels comprises a first channel, but not the second channel, determining a first graphical identifier associated with the first channel, providing the first graphical identifier to the client streaming player, receiving a user selection of the first graphical identifier indicating a user request to associate the first channel with the computer system, and providing an indicator of a server network address associated with the first channel to the client streaming player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Roku, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Wood, David Stern, David Westerhoff, Bill Ataras, Mark Goodwin, Aaron Graham, Matt Emerson, Kevin Phillips
  • Method and apparatus for customized provisioning of on-line application channels
    Patent number: 8788578
    Abstract: A method for a computer system includes receiving an identifier associated with a client streaming player, determining one or more attributes associated with the identifier from a data structure in response to the identifier, determining available channels from a plurality of channels that are to be made available to the client streaming player in response to the identifier, wherein available channels comprises a first channel, but not the second channel, determining a first graphical identifier associated with the first channel, providing the first graphical identifier to the client streaming player, receiving a user selection of the first graphical identifier indicating a user request to associate the first channel with the computer system, and providing an indicator of a server network address associated with the first channel to the client streaming player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Roku, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Wood, David Stern, David Westerhoff, Bill Ataras, Mark Goodwin, Aaron Graham, Matt Emerson, Kevin Phillips
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CUSTOMIZED PROVISIONING OF ON-LINE APPLICATION CHANNELS
    Publication number: 20130018938
    Abstract: A method for a computer system includes receiving an identifier associated with a client streaming player, determining one or more attributes associated with the identifier from a data structure in response to the identifier, determining available channels from a plurality of channels that are to be made available to the client streaming player in response to the identifier, wherein available channels comprises a first channel, but not the second channel, determining a first graphical identifier associated with the first channel, providing the first graphical identifier to the client streaming player, receiving a user selection of the first graphical identifier indicating a user request to associate the first channel with the computer system, and providing an indicator of a server network address associated with the first channel to the client streaming player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: Roku, Incorporated
    Inventors: Anthony WOOD, David Stern, David Westerhoff, Bill Ataras, Mark Goodwin, Aaron Graham, Matt Emerson, Kevin Phillips