Patents by Inventor Robert P. Ziemian

Robert P. Ziemian 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A WEARABLE STRAW
    Publication number: 20200008598
    Abstract: A wearable straw includes a spring spine and an overmolded body portion, the overmolded body portion including a tube portion, the tube portion running a length of the spring spine, the overmolded body portion molded over the spring spine. In one alternative, the spring spine has a first configuration where the spring spine is uncoiled and a second configuration where the spring spine is coiled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventor: Robert P. Ziemian
  • Method and system for detecting unscheduled events and recording programming streams
    Patent number: 8424043
    Abstract: A method of triggering the recording of a programming stream includes: receiving a request to monitor for an unscheduled event; determining search strings associated with the unscheduled event; monitoring a programming stream; analyzing closed captioning information contained in the programming stream to determine the occurrence of the search strings; and recording the programming stream upon the occurrence of the search strings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Inventors: Christopher R. McClellen, Thomas Pratt, Vernon Meadows, Andrew Drooker, Charles A. Eldering, Robert P. Ziemian