Patents by Inventor Nigel Dufty

Nigel Dufty 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 provisioning audiovisual works
    Patent number: 8346673
    Abstract: A method for provisioning audiovisual works to a client includes maintaining categorization information specifying, for each of multiple audiovisual works, one or more of multiple categories. One or more of the categories are associated with each of multiple delivery slots in response to input from a client. For each of the delivery slots, a first audiovisual work from one of the categories associated with the respective delivery slot is provisioned for delivery to a location associated with the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Blockbuster L.L.C.
    Inventors: Dominic C. Wynn, Philip M. Williams, Malachi G. Simons, Nicholas F. Wilkins, Alistair Macrow, Nigel A. Dufty, Alvin Eng, Michael J. Doherty, David M. Groves
  • System and method for provisioning audiovisual works
    Publication number: 20060015352
    Abstract: A method for provisioning audiovisual works to a client includes maintaining categorization information specifying, for each of multiple audiovisual works, one or more of multiple categories. One or more of the categories are associated with each of multiple delivery slots in response to input from a client. For each of the delivery slots, a first audiovisual work from one of the categories associated with the respective delivery slot is provisioned for delivery to a location associated with the client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Dominic Wynn, Philip Williams, Malachi Simons, Nicholas Wilkins, Alistair Macrow, Nigel Dufty, Alvin Eng, Michael Doherty, David Groves