Patents by Inventor Robert D. Tausworthe

Robert D. Tausworthe 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 dynamically inserting content information into a mobile TV application
    Patent number: 8984564
    Abstract: A method operates a mobile communication device configured for outputting a television application and displaying selected content within a television environment of the mobile communication device. The method includes initiating a TV application using a user interface coupled to the mobile communication device. The method also includes capturing a television signal using a tuning device provided in the mobile communication device. The television signal is one of a plurality of television signals from respective television channels. The method further includes outputting a TV program associated with the television signal for the captured television channel on a display of the mobile communication device. Additionally, the method includes retrieving a configurable content object from a database provided within the mobile communication device. The configurable content object is one of a plurality of configurable content objects numbered from 1 through N, where N is an integer greater than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Spreadtrum Communications (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert D. Tausworthe, Vernon Carter Marshall
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY INSERTING CONTENT INFORMATION INTO A MOBILE TV APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20120180085
    Abstract: A method operates a mobile communication device configured for outputting a television application and displaying selected content within a television environment of the mobile communication device. The method includes initiating a TV application using a user interface coupled to the mobile communication device. The method also includes capturing a television signal using a tuning device provided in the mobile communication device. The television signal is one of a plurality of television signals from respective television channels. The method further includes outputting a TV program associated with the television signal for the captured television channel on a display of the mobile communication device. Additionally, the method includes retrieving a configurable content object from a database provided within the mobile communication device. The configurable content object is one of a plurality of configurable content objects numbered from 1 through N, where N is an integer greater than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Telegent Systems
    Inventors: Robert D. TAUSWORTHE, Vernon Carter Marshall
  • Mobile Telephone with Television Reception and Advertisement Delivery Control
    Publication number: 20120165067
    Abstract: A mobile telephone includes a television receiver and a pre-loaded advertisement module including stored advertisements and advertisement display instructions. The advertisement display instructions control the display of the stored advertisements as television content is processed by the television receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Robert D. Tausworthe, Robert H. Freedman