Patents by Inventor Robert H. Tankersley

Robert H. Tankersley 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 Capturing Video Clips for Focused Navigation within a User Interface
    Publication number: 20100242068
    Abstract: A video clip is captured from a television broadcast on each of a plurality of channels. The captured video clips are provided to a display interface, which successively displays the captured video clips within a focus area of a user interface in response to an initiating action by a user. The display interface then discontinues the successive display of video clips to show a particular video clip corresponding to a selected channel in response to a terminating action by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicants: ARRIS GROUP, INC., Digeo, Inc.
    Inventors: Caryl Rappaport, Robert H. Tankersley, James A. Billmaier, John M. Kellum, Dewey Reid, Phillip Rogan
  • System and method for capturing video clips for focused navigation within a user interface
    Patent number: 7757253
    Abstract: A video clip is captured from a television broadcast on each of a plurality of channels. The captured video clips are provided to a display interface, which successively displays the captured video clips within a focus area of a user interface in response to an initiating action by a user. The display interface then discontinues the successive display of video clips to show a particular video clip corresponding to a selected channel in response to a terminating action by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Inventors: Caryl Rappaport, Robert H. Tankersley, James A. Billmaier, John M. Kellum, Dewey Reid, Philip Rogan
  • System and method for capturing video clips for focused navigation within a user interface
    Publication number: 20030221192
    Abstract: A video clip is captured from a television broadcast on each of a plurality of channels. The captured video clips are provided to a display interface, which successively displays the captured video clips within a focus area of a user interface in response to an initiating action by a user. The display interface then discontinues the successive display of video clips to show a particular video clip corresponding to a selected channel in response to a terminating action by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Applicant: Digeo, Inc.
    Inventors: Caryl Rappaport, Robert H. Tankersley, James A. Billmaier, John M. Kellum, Dewey Reid, Philip Rogan