Patents by Inventor Peter Lowrie

Peter Lowrie 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).

  • Linking and browsing media on television
    Patent number: 10382837
    Abstract: Techniques for linking and browsing media on a television (TV) are provided. A selected program, which is associated with a channel of the TV, is detected and additional content, which is associated with that channel and/or the selected program, is dynamically acquired from one or more external sources. The additional content is formatted as links and simultaneously presented within a display of the TV along with the selected program that continues to play on the TV. Furthermore, activation of any link results in the additional content being dynamically acquired and presented within the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Sreenivasa Gorti, Dinesh Nadarajah, Peter Lowrie
  • LINKING AND BROWSING MEDIA ON TELEVISION
    Publication number: 20160100231
    Abstract: Techniques for linking and browsing media on a television (TV) are provided. A selected program, which is associated with a channel of the TV, is detected and additional content, which is associated with that channel and/or the selected program, is dynamically acquired from one or more external sources. The additional content is formatted as links and simultaneously presented within a display of the TV along with the selected program that continues to play on the TV. Furthermore, activation of any link results in the additional content being dynamically acquired and presented within the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: SREENIVASA GORTI, DINESH NADARAJAH, PETER LOWRIE
  • Linking and browsing media on television
    Patent number: 9241201
    Abstract: Techniques for linking and browsing media on a television (TV) are provided. A selected program, which is associated with a channel of the TV, is detected and additional content, which is associated with that channel and/or the selected program, is dynamically acquired from one or more external sources. The additional content is formatted as links and simultaneously presented within a display of the TV along with the selected program that continues to play on the TV. Furthermore, activation of any link results in the additional content being dynamically acquired and presented within the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
    Inventors: Sreenivasa Gorti, Dinesh Nadarajah, Peter Lowrie
  • Linking and browsing media on television
    Patent number: 8384743
    Abstract: Techniques for linking and browsing media on a television (TV) are provided. A selected program, which is associated with a channel of the TV, is detected and additional content, which is associated with that channel and/or the selected program, is dynamically acquired from one or more external sources. The additional content is formatted as links and simultaneously presented within a display of the TV along with the selected program that continues to play on the TV. Furthermore, activation of any link results in the additional content being dynamically acquired and presented within the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Sreenivasa Gorti, Dinesh Nadarajah, Peter Lowrie
  • Delivering capacity alerts
    Publication number: 20070188902
    Abstract: Systems and methods to alert content subscribers that content recording space is running low are described. The subscriber is provided a chance to remotely manage their system to accommodate the storage requirements for future, planned recordings. Embodiments can include any type of content recording device, including but not limited to audio, video, data recording devices. In addition to content recording devices and systems, embodiments can include any device or system which may require user/subscriber decisions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: David Patron, Peter Lowrie, Sreenivasa Gorti, Donald Garofalo