Patents by Inventor Richard T. Brownrigg, Jr.

Richard T. Brownrigg, Jr. 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).

  • Patent number: 8301775
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and machine readable media are disclosed for managing bandwidth usage of a content provider. According to one embodiment, a system for managing bandwidth usage of a content provider can comprise a content provider system adapted to maintain and provide content and a first affiliate system comprising an affiliate network, an affiliate server communicatively coupled with the affiliate network, and a client. The client can be adapted to selectively request the content from either the content provider system or the affiliate server of the first affiliate system based on bandwidth costs for the content provider system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Starz Entertainment, LLC
    Inventor: Richard T. Brownrigg, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8239573
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and machine readable media are disclosed for managing bandwidth utilization including off-peak, background delivery of content. According to one embodiment, a method of managing bandwidth used for delivering content to a plurality of users can comprise determining one or more destinations for the content and determining available bandwidth for delivering the content to the one or more destinations. A set of criteria can be applied to the content, the one or more destinations for the content, and the available bandwidth. A schedule for delivery of the content can be generated based on applying the set of criteria. The content can be delivered to the one or more destinations based on the schedule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Starz Entertainment, LLC
    Inventor: Richard T. Brownrigg, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8060824
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and machine readable media are disclosed for providing a user interface for a service distributing multimedia content. According to one embodiment, providing a user interface accessing a media service can comprise generating a representation of a stage for presenting graphical elements related to multimedia content provided by the media service and displaying a first view of the stage, wherein the first view of the stage includes a portion of the stage less than all of the stage. The first view of the stage can comprise at least a first pane and a second pane, the first pane and the second pane including different portions of the stage. The first pane can include a first plurality of graphical elements representing content items available through the media service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Starz Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Richard T. Brownrigg, Jr., Brian Scott Ellertson, Jerad Harrison Harbaugh, Jodi Lynne Robinson, Stephen Aric Ogden, Rebecca Rusk Lim
  • Publication number: 20090006599
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and machine readable media are disclosed for managing bandwidth utilization including off-peak, background delivery of content. According to one embodiment, a method of managing bandwidth used for delivering content to a plurality of users can comprise determining one or more destinations for the content and determining available bandwidth for delivering the content to the one or more destinations. A set of criteria can be applied to the content, the one or more destinations for the content, and the available bandwidth. A schedule for delivery of the content can be generated based on applying the set of criteria. The content can be delivered to the one or more destinations based on the schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: Starz Entertainment Group LLC
    Inventor: Richard T. Brownrigg, JR.
  • Publication number: 20080320141
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and machine readable media are disclosed for managing bandwidth usage of a content provider. According to one embodiment, a system for managing bandwidth usage of a content provider can comprise a content provider system adapted to maintain and provide content and a first affiliate system comprising an affiliate network, an affiliate server communicatively coupled with the affiliate network, and a client. The client can be adapted to selectively request the content from either the content provider system or the affiliate server of the first affiliate system based on bandwidth costs for the content provider system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: Starz Entertainment, LLC
    Inventor: Richard T. Brownrigg, JR.