Patents by Inventor Scott Lincke

Scott Lincke 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).

  • Publication number: 20180234743
    Abstract: Methods and system for providing interactive media for broadcast content includes receiving navigation input to a first channel that presents content of the television broadcast. Identity of the content is determined by generating an audio fingerprint using an audio signal of the content. Types of interactive media available during the presentation of the content from the first channel and a predetermined input for accessing the graphical notification are identified and used to generate a graphical notification. Access to interactive media presented within the graphical notification is enabled during rendering of the graphical notification and at any time during rendering of the content from the first channel, upon providing the predefined input. When the predefined input is detected, the types of interactive media available for the content are rendered, and content for the select one of the interactive media is presented, during presentation of the content from the first channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Scott Lincke
  • Patent number: 9948997
    Abstract: Methods and system for providing interactive media for broadcast content includes receiving navigation input to a first channel that presents content of the television broadcast. Identity of the content is determined by generating an audio fingerprint using an audio signal of the content. Types of interactive media available during the presentation of the content from the first channel and a predetermined input for accessing the graphical notification are identified and used to generate a graphical notification. Access to interactive media presented within the graphical notification is enabled during rendering of the graphical notification and at any time during rendering of the content from the first channel, upon providing the predefined input. When the predefined input is detected, the types of interactive media available for the content are rendered, and content for the select one of the interactive media is presented, during presentation of the content from the first channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Excalibur IP, LLC
    Inventor: Scott Lincke
  • Patent number: 9654839
    Abstract: A method for providing an interface for a television device is provided, including the following method operations: identifying available services for consumption on a television device, wherein the available services include two or more of a broadcast television service, an on-demand video service, and an internet content service; determining a current date and time; determining content items available for consumption from each of the available services at the current date and time; determining an allocation of display locations in a cross-platform interface for content items from each of the available services, the allocation defining a relative amount of display locations for each of the available services based on a device profile associated with the television device; assigning content items to the display locations in accordance with the determined allocation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Jacoby, Scott Lincke
  • Patent number: 9635401
    Abstract: A method for recommending television content is provided, including the following operations: identifying available television channels for a television device; determining a current date and time; identifying a plurality of content items broadcast on the available television channels at approximately the current date and time; determining a device profile associated with the television device, the device profile being time-dependent; determining recommended content items from the plurality of content items based on the device profile of the television device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Jacoby, Scott Lincke
  • Publication number: 20170034590
    Abstract: A method for providing an interface for a television device is provided, including the following method operations: identifying available services for consumption on a television device, wherein the available services include two or more of a broadcast television service, an on-demand video service, and an internet content service; determining a current date and time; determining content items available for consumption from each of the available services at the current date and time; determining an allocation of display locations in a cross-platform interface for content items from each of the available services, the allocation defining a relative amount of display locations for each of the available services based on a device profile associated with the television device; assigning content items to the display locations in accordance with the determined allocation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Ronald Jacoby, Scott Lincke
  • Patent number: 9479832
    Abstract: A method for providing a cross-platform interface for a television device is provided, including the following method operations: identifying available services for consumption on a television device, wherein the available services include two or more of a broadcast television service, an on-demand video service, and an internet content service; determining a current date and time; determining content items available for consumption from each of the available services at the current date and time; determining an allocation of display locations in a cross-platform interface for content items from each of the available services, the allocation defining a relative amount of display locations for each of the available services based on a device profile associated with the television device; assigning content items to the display locations in accordance with the determined allocation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Jacoby, Scott Lincke
  • Publication number: 20160249115
    Abstract: Methods and system for providing interactive media for broadcast content includes receiving navigation input to a first channel that presents content of the television broadcast. Identity of the content is determined by generating an audio fingerprint using an audio signal of the content. Types of interactive media available during the presentation of the content from the first channel and a predetermined input for accessing the graphical notification are identified and used to generate a graphical notification. Access to interactive media presented within the graphical notification is enabled during rendering of the graphical notification and at any time during rendering of the content from the first channel, upon providing the predefined input. When the predefined input is detected, the types of interactive media available for the content are rendered, and content for the select one of the interactive media is presented, during presentation of the content from the first channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventor: Scott Lincke
  • Publication number: 20150121431
    Abstract: A method for providing a cross-platform interface for a television device is provided, including the following method operations: identifying available services for consumption on a television device, wherein the available services include two or more of a broadcast television service, an on-demand video service, and an internet content service; determining a current date and time; determining content items available for consumption from each of the available services at the current date and time; determining an allocation of display locations in a cross-platform interface for content items from each of the available services, the allocation defining a relative amount of display locations for each of the available services based on a device profile associated with the television device; assigning content items to the display locations in accordance with the determined allocation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Jacoby, Scott Lincke
  • Publication number: 20150121408
    Abstract: A method for recommending television content is provided, including the following operations: identifying available television channels for a television device; determining a current date and time; identifying a plurality of content items broadcast on the available television channels at approximately the current date and time; determining a device profile associated with the television device, the device profile being time-dependent; determining recommended content items from the plurality of content items based on the device profile of the television device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Jacoby, Scott Lincke
  • Publication number: 20090164605
    Abstract: A method and system for dynamically managing content provided to a mobile device. In one embodiment, the present invention begins by retrieving information from a network. In one embodiment the information is web-based content, and the network is the Internet. The present method and system then dynamically assesses the information which was retrieved from the network. In particular, in one embodiment, the present invention assesses the information by determining the application to which the information corresponds. Next, the present embodiment selectively filters the information such that desired information is compiled. After the selective filtering process, the present embodiment forwards the desired information to the mobile device. In so doing, the present embodiment provides an approach which dynamically manages the content of information so as to efficiently, responsively, and inexpensively provide a mobile device user with desired information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: PALM, INC.
    Inventors: Elaine Lusher, Wenjun Luo, Scott Lincke
  • Patent number: 7433926
    Abstract: A method and system for dynamically managing content provided to a mobile device. In one embodiment, the present invention begins by retrieving information from a network. In one embodiment the information is web-based content, and the network is the Internet. The present method and system then dynamically assesses the information which was retrieved from the network. In particular, in one embodiment, the present invention assesses the information by determining the application to which the information corresponds. Next, the present embodiment selectively filters the information such that desired information is compiled. After the selective filtering process, the present embodiment forwards the desired information to the mobile device. In so doing, the present embodiment provides an approach which dynamically manages the content of information so as to efficiently, responsively, and inexpensively provide a mobile device user with desired information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Palm, Inc.
    Inventors: Elaine Lusher, Wenjun Luo, Scott Lincke
  • Patent number: 7024464
    Abstract: A method and system for dynamically managing content provided to a mobile device. In one embodiment, the present invention begins by retrieving information from a network. In one embodiment the information is web-based content, and the network is the Internet. The present method and system then dynamically assesses the information which was retrieved from the network. In particular, in one embodiment, the present invention assesses the information by determining the application to which the information corresponds. Next, the present embodiment selectively filters the information such that desired information is compiled. After the selective filtering process, the present embodiment forwards the desired information to the mobile device. In so doing, the present embodiment provides an approach which dynamically manages the content of information so as to efficiently, responsively, and inexpensively provide a mobile device user with desired information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignees: 3Com Corporation, Palm Inc.
    Inventors: Elaine Lusher, Wenjun Luo, Scott Lincke
  • Publication number: 20060059272
    Abstract: A method of presenting a unified view of two mailboxes, each mailbox associated with a client is described. The unified view allows the user to see all actions she/he performed on a message in one mailbox performed in all other unified mailboxes. One of the clients has both a high cost, e.g. wireless, communication channel and a low cost, e.g. synchronization, communication channel. When a message is received by a client from its respective mailbox without an identifier, an identifier is generated and a copy of the message is sent to the other mailboxes with the identifier. When the user performs actions on a message with a client, the identifier for the message and the action can be conveyed to the other clients in a message to the other mailboxes. The unified view can be selectably updated either over the high cost communication channel or the low cost communication channel. The presence of two communication channels enables the cost of performing the unification to be contained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Scott Lincke, Gregory Toto, Michael Golden
  • Publication number: 20060046686
    Abstract: A device for providing wireless Internet access has been described. The device includes an antenna. The antenna is for receiving wireless queries and transmitting wireless responses. The device includes a program. The program is for converting the wireless queries into Internet compatible protocols. The program is for receiving the Internet protocol formatted responses. These responses are then converted in to the wireless responses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventors: Jeffrey Hawkins, Scott Lincke, Joseph Sipher, Ronald Marianette
  • Publication number: 20010044310
    Abstract: A method and a system for accessing location-dependent web content by a wireless communication device are provided. The location of the wireless communication device is derived from the identification of the base station receiving the wireless signal from the communication device. This location information can then be used to access the location-dependent web content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 1998
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventor: SCOTT LINCKE
  • Patent number: D468730
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Palm, Inc.
    Inventors: Mindy Chahal, Nicolas Denhez, Troy Hulick, Kenneth A. Jenks, Scott Lincke, Steven Shiozaki, May Tsoi, Gil Wong, Max Yoshimoto
  • Patent number: D482360
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Palm, Inc.
    Inventors: Mindy Chahal, Nicolas Denhez, Troy Hulick, Kenneth A. Jenks, Scott Lincke, Steven Shiozaki, May Tsoi, Gil Wong, Max Yoshimoto
  • Patent number: RE41755
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Palm, Inc.
    Inventors: Mindy Chahal, Nicolas Denhez, Troy Hulick, Kenneth A. Jenks, Scott Lincke, Steven Shiozaki, May Tsoi, Gil Wong, Max Yoshimoto