Patents by Inventor Michael Robert Colligan

Michael Robert Colligan 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 providing process independence within a heterogeneous information distribution system
    Patent number: 7634796
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for adapting the delivery of assets and/or content to set top terminals within a heterogeneous information distribution system based on graphics and/or processing capability of set top terminals receiving the assets and/or content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Cox Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Yong Ho Son, Michael Robert Colligan
  • Method and apparatus providing process independence within a heterogeneous information distribution system
    Patent number: 6898800
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for adapting the delivery of assets and/or content to set top terminals within a heterogeneous information distribution system based on graphics and/or processing capability of set top terminals receiving the assets and/or content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Sedna Patent Services, LLC
    Inventors: Yong Ho Son, Michael Robert Colligan
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS PROVIDING PROCESS INDEPENDENCE WITHIN A HETEROGENEOUS INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20030149993
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for adapting the delivery of assets and/or content to set top terminals within a heterogeneous information distribution system based on graphics and/or processing capability of set top terminals receiving the assets and/or content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 1999
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Yong Ho Son, Michael Robert Colligan