Patents by Inventor Maurice McGinley

Maurice McGinley 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).

  • Publication number: 20050171924
    Abstract: A system for recommending program information in accordance with user preferences, the system comprising receiving means (110) for receiving the program information and program schedule data pertaining to time schedules for receiving program information, input means (120) for providing a user input to the system, recommending means (160) for analyzing the user preferences and rating the program schedule data in accordance with said user preferences, and establishing preferred program schedule data (210) based on said rating, and presentation means (150) for presenting said preferred program schedule data (210) to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Maurice McGinley, Wilhelmus Franciscus Verhaegh, Petrus Meuleman
  • Publication number: 20050005291
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of presenting broadcasting scheduled information, the method comprising the step of providing a visual representation of a plurality of scheduled events, said scheduled events having time attributes, the method further comprising a step of user-operably selecting at least one of the scheduled events. According to the method of the invention, the method comprises the further steps of determining whether any one of the scheduled events is overlapping in time with the at least one selected scheduled event (7) and visually indicating said any one of the scheduled events overlapping in time with the at least one selected scheduled event. The invention also relates to a visual representation system (101) suitable for implementing the disclosed method of presenting broadcasting scheduled information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventor: Maurice McGinley