Patents by Inventor Michael Pocock

Michael Pocock 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).

  • SYSTEM TO SYNCHRONIZE AND ACCESS BROADCAST INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20130074124
    Abstract: The system enables listeners and viewers of a broadcast to access additional information associated with a broadcast. Listeners and viewers utilize a user device to connect to a database containing program descriptions (e.g. audio, text, video or combination thereof) further describing the programming and ancillary information. The database is indexed by the broadcast's program list or schedule thereby allowing a user of the system to search and select a particular program description of interest. Hearing or viewing program descriptions enables users to preview excerpts and review a broadcast before purchasing an item heard or viewed on a broadcast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventor: Michael POCOCK
  • System to syncronize and access broadcast information
    Patent number: 8032907
    Abstract: The system enables listeners and viewers of a broadcast to access additional information associated with a broadcast. Listeners and viewers utilize a user device to connect to a database containing program descriptions (e.g. audio, text, video or combination thereof) further describing the programming and ancillary information. The database is indexed by the broadcast's program list or schedule thereby allowing a user of the system to search and select a particular program description of interest. Hearing or viewing program descriptions enables users to preview excerpts and review a broadcast before purchasing an item heard or viewed on a broadcast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Inventor: Michael Pocock
  • Apparatus and method to generate and access broadcast information
    Patent number: 7574721
    Abstract: The system enables listeners and viewers of a broadcast to access additional information associated with a broadcast. Listeners and viewers utilize a user device to connect to a database containing program descriptions (e.g. audio, text, video or combination thereof) further describing the programming and ancillary information. The database is indexed by the broadcast's program list or schedule thereby allowing a user of the system to search and select a particular program description of interest. Hearing or viewing program descriptions enables users to preview excerpts and review a broadcast before purchasing an item heard or viewed on a broadcast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Inventor: Michael Pocock
  • System to syncronize and access broadcast information
    Publication number: 20060026640
    Abstract: The system enables listeners and viewers of a broadcast to access additional information associated with a broadcast. Listeners and viewers utilize a user device to connect to a database containing program descriptions (e.g. audio, text, video or combination thereof) further describing the programming and ancillary information. The database is indexed by the broadcast's program list or schedule thereby allowing a user of the system to search and select a particular program description of interest. Hearing or viewing program descriptions enables users to preview excerpts and review a broadcast before purchasing an item heard or viewed on a broadcast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventor: Michael Pocock
  • Television system distributing a dynamically varying number of concurrent video presentations over a single television channel
    Patent number: 6674460
    Abstract: A method and system for providing, in a television system, the combination, transmission, and reception of multiple video presentations over a single channel of a television distribution system. Presentations may be concurrently broadcast for viewing by many users, as well as interactively requested for display by many (potentially a thousand or more) individual users. A presentation consists of a sequence of images which reproduce a full motion, reduced motion, or a still image video presentation for the user when displayed. The signal is transmitted in a standard television format, and consists of a sequence of video images from the various presentations being transmitted. A user terminal receiving the transmitted signal is selectably operable to display one of the multiple transmitted presentations with accompanying audio. The terminal identifies the video images of the selected presentation, stores and displays the images on an associated television receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Liberate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Pocock, Allan Lodberg, Peter Coumans
  • Apparatus and method to generate and access broadcast information
    Publication number: 20020023272
    Abstract: The system enables listeners and viewers of a broadcast to access additional information associated with a broadcast. Listeners and viewers utilize a user device to connect to a database containing program descriptions (e.g. audio, text, video or combination thereof) further describing the programming and ancillary information. The database is indexed by the broadcast's program list or schedule thereby allowing a user of the system to search and select a particular program description of interest. Hearing or viewing program descriptions enables users to preview excerpts and review a broadcast before purchasing an item heard or viewed on a broadcast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Inventor: Michael Pocock
  • Television system distributing a dynamically varying number of concurrent video presentations over a single television channel
    Patent number: 5949476
    Abstract: A method and system for providing, in a television system, the combination, transmission, and reception of multiple video presentations over a single channel of a television distribution system. Presentations may be concurrently broadcast for viewing by many users, as well as interactively requested for display by many (potentially a thousand or more) individual users. A presentation consists of a sequence of images which reproduce a full motion, reduced motion, or a still image video presentation for the user when displayed. The signal is transmitted in a standard television format, and consists of a sequence of video images from the various presentations being transmitted. A user terminal receiving the transmitted signal is selectably operable to display one of the multiple transmitted presentations with accompanying audio. The terminal identifies the video images of the selected presentation, stores and displays the images on an associated television receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Cableshare, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Pocock, Allan Lodberg, Peter Coumans