Patents by Inventor Shannon A. Kallin

Shannon A. Kallin 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).

  • Patent number: 9232279
    Abstract: A system and method for displaying operating a receiving device includes a second screen device in communication with the receiving device. The second screen device displays streamed content having an identifier associated therewith having a touch screen, forms a tune command comprising the identifier and a receiving device identifier in response to a gesture on the touch screen and communicates the tune command to the receiving device from the second screen device. The receiving device is tuned to receive a channel corresponding to the streamed content in response to the tune command. The receiving device displays the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles W. Beeson, Earl J. Bonovich, Shannon A. Kallin, Erin K. Nelson
  • Publication number: 20140109131
    Abstract: A system and method for displaying operating a receiving device includes a second screen device in communication with the receiving device. The second screen device displays streamed content having an identifier associated therewith having a touch screen, forms a tune command comprising the identifier and a receiving device identifier in response to a gesture on the touch screen and communicates the tune command to the receiving device from the second screen device. The receiving device is tuned to receive a channel corresponding to the streamed content in response to the tune command. The receiving device displays the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles W. Beeson, Earl J. Bonovich, Shannon A. Kallin, Erin K. Nelson
  • Publication number: 20130212616
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling a user interface comprises an auxiliary remote control device having an auxiliary remote control device identifier associated therewith and a receiving unit comprising a filter module having a filter feature for filtering content data from a set of available content data in response to an auxiliary remote control device identifier received at the receiving unit. The filter module forms filtered available content data less than the set of available content data. The receiving unit displays the user interface having the filtered available content data associated with the auxiliary remote control device on a display associated with the receiving unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip J. Goswitz, Jorge H. Guzman, Benjamin Mui, David N. Schlacht, Joseph Santoru, John L. Norin, Shannon A. Kallin, Sean S. Lee, Drew T. Chen, Scott D. Casavant
  • Publication number: 20130104160
    Abstract: A system and method for displaying operating a receiving device includes a second screen device in communication with the receiving device. The second screen device displays streamed content having an identifier associated therewith having a touch screen, forms a tune command comprising the identifier and a receiving device identifier in response to a gesture on the touch screen and communicates the tune command to the receiving device from the second screen device. The receiving device is tuned to receive a channel corresponding to the streamed content in response to the tune command. The receiving device displays the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles W. Beeson, Earl J. Bonovich, Shannon A. Kallin, Erin K. Nelson
  • Patent number: 7653944
    Abstract: The subject invention provides a unique system and method that facilitates creating HIP challenges (HIPs) that can be readily segmented and solved by human users but that are too difficult for non-human users. More specifically, the system and method utilize a variety of unique alteration techniques that are segmentation-based. For example, the system and method employ thicker arcs or occlusions that do not intersect characters already placed in the HIP. The thickness of the arc can be measured or determined by the thickness of the characters in the HIP. In addition to increasing the thickness, the arcs can be lengthened because longer arcs tend to resemble pieces of characters and may be harder to erode. Usability maps can be generated and used to selectively place clutter or occlusions and to selectively warp characters or the character sequence to facilitate human recognition of the characters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Kumar H. Chellapilla, Patrice Y. Simard, Shannon A. Kallin, Erren Dusan Lester, Ismail Cem Paya