Patents by Inventor Shannon Hegg

Shannon Hegg 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: 20060150214
    Abstract: Various embodiments pertain to methods and systems for providing multi-source content in electronic program guides (EPGs). In at least some embodiments, various techniques can present the viewer with a user interface, such as a grid, that is efficiently and intelligently assembled and managed to foster a desirable user experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Amit Ramraz, Edward Tecot, Shannon Hegg, Pradip Fatehpuria, Sanjay Sahgal, Gabriel Gottlieb, Anand Muthurajan, Joerg Brown, Deepa Rajagopal, Sampathkumar Ramakrishnan, Stacy Yust
  • Publication number: 20060150225
    Abstract: Methods and systems permit a pause buffer to retain its content across one or more channel changes. In addition, various embodiments provide the viewer with a robust browsing experiencing when navigating through content that resides in the pause buffer. For example, in at least some embodiments, the viewer can navigate through pause buffer content, via a status bar, and have displayed for them information associated with a program that corresponds to their current position in the pause buffer. Further, in at least some embodiments, a status bar can be displayed and can contain visually discernible indicia which provide information associated with the content in the pause buffer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Shannon Hegg, Joerg Brown, Deepa Rajagopal, Judy Edighoffer
  • Publication number: 20050097623
    Abstract: With at least one implementation described herein, one or more viewers are able to watch the same source multimedia content at multiple locations within an environment (e.g., a household). With at least one implementation described herein, a viewer is able to resume watching such content at a new location (or “locus”) from the point that she bookmarked the content at an original location. This abstract itself is not intended to limit the scope of this patent. The scope of the present invention is pointed out in the appending claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventors: Edward Tecot, Shannon Hegg, Martine Habib
  • Publication number: 20050094031
    Abstract: Strategies are described for adding a mark to media content at a source location in response to the activation of a marking mechanism, and then resuming the presentation of the media content at a second location based on the mark. The source location may be the same as the destination location, or the source location may differ from the destination location. In the latter case, the source location can correspond to a first room in a home that provides a first media processing mechanism, and the destination location can correspond to a second room in the home that provides a second media processing mechanism. The marking mechanism can correspond to a mark button provided by a remote control. Various user interface displays facilitate the adding of the mark and the resuming of the presentation, including various timelines displays, mark panel displays, thumbnail displays, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventors: Edward Tecot, Shannon Hegg, Laurie Vertelney, Michael Darnell