Patents by Inventor Robert Douglas Hamilton

Robert Douglas Hamilton 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).

  • ANTIMICROBIAL FILM LAMINATE ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF USING AND MANUFACTURING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20110244000
    Abstract: An antimicrobial film laminate assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes an antimicrobial film laminate having a first surface at least partially coated with an adhesive and an opposing second surface, the antimicrobial film laminate includes at least one antimicrobial compound, and a unitary backing positioned upon the first surface of the antimicrobial film laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Lawrence Woodcock Gorin, John David Haywood, Robert Douglas Hamilton
  • Method and system for providing and controlling delivery of content on-demand over a cable television network and a data network
    Patent number: 7305357
    Abstract: A system and method for delivering content on-demand by way of a cable network are disclosed. Provision of such content is controlled over a data network. Advantageously, a user interface at a conventional computing device may be used to order content and to control its delivery and playing. Commands from the computing device may be provided by way of data network to a network interconnected server. The server under software control causes a media receiver at the customer premises to be properly tuned to receive content on-demand, and content on-demand to be played, as requested by the computing device. The media receiver may include a conventional set-top box that may be tuned remotely in response to a customer placing an on-demand order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Shaw Cablesystems, G.P.
    Inventor: Robert Douglas Hamilton
  • Method and system for providing and controlling delivery of content on-demand over a cable television network and a data network
    Publication number: 20030139980
    Abstract: A system and method for delivering content on-demand by way of a cable network are disclosed. Provision of such content is controlled over a data network. Advantageously, a user interface at a conventional computing device may be used to order content and to control its delivery and playing. Commands from the computing device may be provided by way of data network to a network interconnected server. The server under software control causes a media receiver at the customer premises to be properly tuned to receive content on-demand, and content on-demand to be played, as requested by the computing device. The media receiver may include a conventional set-top box that may be tuned remotely in response to a customer placing an on-demand order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventor: Robert Douglas Hamilton