Patents by Inventor Mojgan J. Akhavan

Mojgan J. Akhavan 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 for displaying programming guide information
    Patent number: 7530087
    Abstract: A method is provided for displaying programming information. A video comprising a plurality of frames is displayed on a portion of a display. A first panel is displayed in response to a first signal from a user interface. The first panel is displayed on another portion of the display simultaneously with the video. The first panel contains information from at least one of a plurality of records, the records containing programming information, each of the records having an associated time and an associated channel, and the first panel having an associated time range and an associated range of channels. A new record is selected in response to a second signal from a user interface. A second panel is displayed simultaneously with the video, the second panel having an associated time range that is different than the associated time range of the first panel and the second panel having an associated range of channels that is the same as the associated range of channels of the first panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Mojgan J. Akhavan, Eugene P. Martinez, Jr.
  • System for displaying programming guide information
    Patent number: 6971118
    Abstract: A method is provided for displaying programming information. A video comprising a plurality of frames is displayed on a portion of a display. A first panel is displayed in response to a first signal from a user interface. The first panel is displayed on another portion of the display simultaneously with the video. The first panel contains information from at least one of a plurality of records, the records containing programming information, each of the records having an associated time and an associated channel, and the first panel having an associated time range and an associated range of channels. A new record is selected in response to a second signal from a user interface. A second panel is displayed simultaneously with the video, the second panel having an associated time range that is different than the associated time range of the first panel and the second panel having an associated range of channels that is the same as the associated range of channels of the first panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Mojgan J. Akhavan, Eugene P. Martinez, Jr.
  • Automatic audio and video parameter adjustment
    Patent number: 6342925
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for automatic parameter setting adjustment for audio and video appliances. The method determines relevant information for an audio or video program and passes it to a memory. The memory then provides parameter settings associated with the relevant information to a controller, which then adjusts the settings appropriately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Mojgan J. Akhavan, Eugene P. Martinez, Jr.