Patents by Inventor Michael Eugene Willcox

Michael Eugene Willcox 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).

  • ADVERTISEMENT PRESENTATION AND TRACKING IN A TELEVISION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20090178079
    Abstract: A system and a method is disclosed which allows both advertisement and program information to be shown on a channel banner, while user changes channel. In another embodiment, an “advertisement channel” is inserted into an active channel list (e.g., scan list), so that when a user is changing channel, a selected ad will be displayed. In yet another embodiment, a method for tracking and collating advertisement display activity in a video system supporting composite display of image data associated with different multimedia functions and advertisements is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: THOMSON LICENSING
    Inventors: Mike Arthur Derrenberger, John Frederick Teskey, Thomas Herman Hamilton, Steven Charles Rhoads, Michael Eugene Willcox, Hugh Boyd Morrison, Robert Joseph Logan, Jill Suzanne Allen
  • Advertisement and tracking in a television apparatus
    Patent number: 7493640
    Abstract: A system and a method is disclosed which allows both advertisement and program information to be shown on a channel banner, while user changes channel. In another embodiment, an “advertisement channel” is inserted into an active channel list (e.g., scan list), so that when a user is changing channel, a selected ad will be displayed. In yet another embodiment, a method for tracking and collating advertisement display activity in a video system supporting composite display of image data associated with different multimedia functions and advertisements is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Mike Arthur Derrenberger, John Frederick Teskey, Thomas Herman Hamilton, Steven Charles Rhoads, Michael Eugene Willcox, Hugh Boyd Morrison, Robert Joseph Logan, Jill Suzanne Allen