Patents by Inventor Shawn E. Pickett

Shawn E. Pickett 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: 10542106
    Abstract: Content pre-render and pre-fetch techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a likelihood is predicted of subsequent navigation to content associated with a network address based at least in part on monitored navigation performed by a computing device to one or more network addresses. A determination is then made whether to cause the computing device to pre-fetch and pre-render the content based at least in part on the prediction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ritika Kapadia, Venkatraman V. Kudallur, Aniket A. Patankar, Tyler M. Barton, Shawn E. Pickett, Nomita Paul, James R. Wordelman, Qiaolin Mao, Yan Ke, Hao Hu, Anthony T. Chor
  • Publication number: 20180084067
    Abstract: Content pre-render and pre-fetch techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a likelihood is predicted of subsequent navigation to content associated with a network address based at least in part on monitored navigation performed by a computing device to one or more network addresses. A determination is then made whether to cause the computing device to pre-fetch and pre-render the content based at least in part on the prediction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Ritika Kapadia, Venkatraman V. Kudallur, Aniket A. Patankar, Tyler M. Barton, Shawn E. Pickett, Nomita Paul, James R. Wordelman, Qiaolin Mao, Yan Ke, Hao Hu, Anthony T. Chor
  • Patent number: 9832253
    Abstract: Content pre-render and pre-fetch techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a likelihood is predicted of subsequent navigation to content associated with a network address based at least in part on monitored navigation performed by a computing device to one or more network addresses. A determination is then made whether to cause the computing device to pre-fetch and pre-render the content based at least in part on the prediction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ritika Kapadia, Venkatraman V. Kudallur, Aniket A. Patankar, Tyler M. Barton, Shawn E. Pickett, Nomita Paul, James R. Wordelman, Qiaolin Mao, Yan Ke, Hao Hu, Anthony T. Chor
  • Publication number: 20160205209
    Abstract: Content pre-render and pre-fetch techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a likelihood is predicted of subsequent navigation to content associated with a network address based at least in part on monitored navigation performed by a computing device to one or more network addresses. A determination is then made whether to cause the computing device to pre-fetch and pre-render the content based at least in part on the prediction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Ritika Kapadia, Venkatraman V. Kudallur, Aniket A. Patankar, Tyler M. Barton, Shawn E. Pickett, Nomita Paul, James R. Wordelman, Qiaolin Mao, Yan Ke, Hao Hu, Anthony T. Chor
  • Patent number: 9307007
    Abstract: Content pre-render and pre-fetch techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a likelihood is predicted of subsequent navigation to content associated with a network address based at least in part on monitored navigation performed by a computing device to one or more network addresses. A determination is then made whether to cause the computing device to pre-fetch and pre-render the content based at least in part on the prediction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ritika Kapadia, Venkatraman V Kudallur, Aniket A Patankar, Tyler M Barton, Shawn E Pickett, Nomita Paul, James R Wordelman, Qiaolin Mao, Yan Ke, Hao Hu, Anthony T Chor
  • Publication number: 20140372511
    Abstract: Content pre-render and pre-fetch techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a likelihood is predicted of subsequent navigation to content associated with a network address based at least in part on monitored navigation performed by a computing device to one or more network addresses. A determination is then made whether to cause the computing device to pre-fetch and pre-render the content based at least in part on the prediction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Ritika Kapadia, Venkatraman V. Kudallur, Aniket A. Patankar, Tyler M. Barton, Shawn E. Pickett, Nomita Paul, James R. Wordelman, Qiaolin Mao, Yan Ke, Hao Hu, Anthony T. Chor
  • Patent number: 7562378
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide accurate EPG lineup construction and PVR scheduling for users, regardless of their geographic location. In accordance with the described embodiments, the guide retrieves and aggregates data from multiple available sources, particularly in-band scanning and EPG metadata download. Services are then identified and sorted into logically equivalent groups. Once the services are grouped, in accordance with one embodiment, an analysis is conducted the outcome of which is directed to selecting which services to use for tuning and which services to use for scheduling on a given channel/preset. In addition, various embodiments can, in an automated fashion, assign services to presets/channels, as well as provide a user interface and methods for editing a lineup, modifying tuning information and personalizing presets/channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric J. Silverberg, Alan E. Shield, Christopher F. Pezzee, Glenn A. Curtis, Mark D. Schwesinger, Shawn E. Pickett, Thaddeus C. Pritchett
  • Publication number: 20080180572
    Abstract: A system and method for enabling access to closed captioning data present in a broadcast stream is disclosed. The technology includes a method for enabling access to closed captioning data present in a broadcast stream. The method includes accessing device data associated with a broadcast stream receiver, wherein the device data indicates whether the broadcast stream receiver is configured to receive a digitized format of closed captioning data or an analog format of closed captioning data. Provided the digitized format of the closed captioning data is not present in the broadcast stream, the method includes ensuring the broadcast stream receiver is configured to access the analog format of the closed captioning data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Shawn E. Pickett, Edward Goziker, Ross F. Hewit