Patents by Inventor Michael Florence

Michael Florence 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).

  • Systems and methods for automatic personalizing of channel favorites in a set top box
    Patent number: 7434246
    Abstract: A set top box for use in interactive television systems includes a generation engine and a display engine. The generation engine automatically stores channel favorites in a channel favorites table. The generation engine may include cumulative viewing time for each channel in the table as well as the number of times each channel in the table has been viewed. The display engine, upon request, displays a list of channels in the channel favorites tables according to a viewer order preference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Digeo, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Florence
  • Systems and methods for automatic personalizing of channel favorites in a set top box
    Publication number: 20020188948
    Abstract: A set top box for use in interactive television systems includes a generation engine and a display engine. The generation engine automatically stores channel favorites in a channel favorites table. The generation engine may include cumulative viewing time for each channel in the table as well as the number of times each channel in the table has been viewed. The display engine, upon request, displays a list of channels in the channel favorites tables according to a viewer order preference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventor: Michael Florence