Patents by Inventor Michele Mae Covell

Michele Mae Covell 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 and method for selective recording of information
    Patent number: 8584158
    Abstract: A system and method for selective recording of information uses sequential pattern matching of statistical vectors which characterize incoming time-based information to identify previously marked information within an incoming information stream. The system and method generate a signal to control a recording device to either elide the previously marked information from the recording, or to begin recording once the previously marked information is identified, depending upon the current mode of operation. The system and method may be utilized to omit recording of unwanted information, such as commercials in a television broadcast, or to automatically locate desired information on any of a number of available information channels without a priori knowledge of the occurrence time or channel of the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Interval Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Michele Mae Covell, M. Margaret Withgott
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE RECORDING OF INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20110055861
    Abstract: A system and method for selective recording of information uses sequential pattern matching of statistical vectors which characterize incoming time-based information to identify previously marked information within an incoming information stream. The system and method generate a signal to control a recording device to either elide the previously marked information from the recording, or to begin recording once the previously marked information is identified, depending upon the current mode of operation. The system and method may be utilized to omit recording of unwanted information, such as commercials in a television broadcast, or to automatically locate desired information on any of a number of available information channels without a priori knowledge of the occurrence time or channel of the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Michele Mae Covell, M. Margaret Withgott
  • System and method for selective recording of information
    Patent number: 7849475
    Abstract: A system and method for selective recording of information uses sequential pattern matching of statistical vectors which characterize incoming time-based information to identify previously marked information within an incoming information stream. The system and method generate a signal to control a recording device to either elide the previously marked information from the recording, or to begin recording once the previously marked information is identified, depending upon the current mode of operation. The system and method may be utilized to omit recording of unwanted information, such as commercials in a television broadcast, or to automatically locate desired information on any of a number of available information channels without a priori knowledge of the occurrence time or channel of the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Interval Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Michele Mae Covell, M. Margaret Withgott
  • System and method for selective recording of information
    Publication number: 20080127240
    Abstract: A system and method for selective recording of information uses sequential pattern matching of statistical vectors which characterize incoming time-based information to identify previously marked information within an incoming information stream. The system and method generate a signal to control a recording device to either elide the previously marked information from the recording, or to begin recording once the previously marked information is identified, depending upon the current mode of operation. The system and method may be utilized to omit recording of unwanted information, such as commercials in a television broadcast, or to automatically locate desired information on any of a number of available information channels without a priori knowledge of the occurrence time or channel of the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Inventors: Michele Mae Covell, M. Margaret Withgott
  • System and method for selective recording of information
    Patent number: 6782186
    Abstract: A system and method for selective recording of information uses sequential pattern matching of statistical vectors which characterize incoming time-based information to identify previously marked information within an incoming information stream. The system and method generate a signal to control a recording device to either elide the previously marked information from the recording, or to begin recording once the previously marked information is identified, depending upon the current mode of operation. The system and method may be utilized to omit recording of unwanted information, such as commercials in a television broadcast, or to automatically locate desired information on any of a number of available information channels without a priori knowledge of the occurrence time or channel of the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Interval Research Corp.
    Inventors: Michele Mae Covell, M. Margaret Withgott