Patents by Inventor Neil McIver

Neil McIver 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 system for using hierarchical metadata for searching and recording content
    Patent number: 10231026
    Abstract: A user device for storing or displaying content recommendations includes a search session manager receiving metadata associated with content. The metadata includes a received hierarchical identifier including a primary level and a secondary level unique to the primary level. A memory stores selected hierarchical identifiers. A search module compares the received hierarchical identifiers with the selected hierarchical identifiers. A screen display displays content from at least one of the primary level and secondary level based on comparing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Inventors: Peter Leong, Bo Huang, Heather N. Truong, Ruben D. Lechuga, Joshua N. Snow, Michael E. Depies, Roshan Menon, Neil McIver
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING HIERARCHICAL METADATA FOR SEARCHING AND RECORDING CONTENT
    Publication number: 20170006347
    Abstract: A user device for storing or displaying content recommendations includes a search session manager receiving metadata associated with content. The metadata includes a received hierarchical identifier including a primary level and a secondary level unique to the primary level. A memory stores selected hierarchical identifiers. A search module compares the received hierarchical identifiers with the selected hierarchical identifiers. A screen display displays content from at least one of the primary level and secondary level based on comparing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter LEONG, Bo HUANG, Heather N. TRUONG, Ruben D. Lechuga, Joshua N. Snow, Michael E. Depies, Roshan Menon, Neil McIver
  • Method and system for using hierarchical metadata for searching and recording content
    Patent number: 9451316
    Abstract: A user device for storing or displaying content recommendations includes a search session manager receiving metadata associated with content. The metadata includes a received hierarchical identifier including a primary level and a secondary level unique to the primary level. A memory stores selected hierarchical identifiers. A search module compares the received hierarchical identifiers with the selected hierarchical identifiers. A screen display displays content from at least one of the primary level and secondary level based on comparing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Leong, Bo Huang, Heather N. Truong, Ruben D. Lechuga, Joshua N. Snow, Michael E. Depies, Roshan Menon, Neil McIver
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING HIERARCHICAL METADATA FOR SEARCHING AND RECORDING CONTENT
    Publication number: 20150052559
    Abstract: A user device for storing or displaying content recommendations includes a search session manager receiving metadata associated with content. The metadata includes a received hierarchical identifier including a primary level and a secondary level unique to the primary level. A memory stores selected hierarchical identifiers. A search module compares the received hierarchical identifiers with the selected hierarchical identifiers. A screen display displays content from at least one of the primary level and secondary level based on comparing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Peter Leong, Bo Huang, Heather N. Truong, Ruben D. Lechuga, Joshua N. Snow, Michael E. Depies, Roshan Menon, Neil McIver
  • Fibers having phosphorus-containing coatings
    Patent number: 5968648
    Abstract: Mineral fibers are provided with a phosphorus-containing coating to impart high-temperature resistance without substantially affecting mechanical performance. Preferred mineral-fiber compositions according to the invention with relatively high levels of SiO.sub.2 and low levels of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 and Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 compositions may advantageously be used for insulation. Such compositions have high-temperature resistance and high biosolubility, yet have properties which allow current processes to fabricate them into insulation. Preferably, the mineral fibers have a KI value.gtoreq.40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Owens Corning Fiberglas Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Frederick Rapp, Carl Richard Strauss, Neil McIver Cameron
  • Method for producing glass fiber reinforcing members
    Patent number: 3979493
    Abstract: Glass fiber reinforcing members with at least one end anchorage point are formed from glass fiber rovings impregnated with resin and shaped into a ribbon. The ribbon is surrounded before curing at discrete intervals with castings which, after curing, provide areas which can be formed into anchorage areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1974
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1976
    Assignee: Fibreglass Limited
    Inventors: Neil McIver Cameron, Kenneth Cyril Thatcher, Frederick Paul Mallinder