Patents by Inventor Stephen G. Maine

Stephen G. Maine 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).

  • Apparatus for viewing television with pause capability
    Patent number: 8428438
    Abstract: A television has an encoder, a random access memory buffer, and a decoder in addition to components of a conventional television receiver. The encoder encodes television signals to a digital format and the random access memory buffer stores the encoded television signal in response to activation of a pause function. The random access memory buffer outputs the stored digital television signal and the decoder decodes the digital television signal output from the random access memory buffer in response to deactivation of the pause function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew L. Wolfe, Edward J. Brachocki, Stephen G. Maine, Christopher W. Chevalier, Christopher L. Porter
  • Apparatus for viewing television with pause capability
    Publication number: 20040128692
    Abstract: A television has an encoder, a random access memory buffer, and a decoder in addition to components of a conventional television receiver. The encoder encodes television signals to a digital format and the random access memory buffer stores the encoded television signal in response to activation of a pause function. The random access memory buffer outputs the stored digital television signal and the decoder decodes the digital television signal output from the random access memory buffer in response to deactivation of the pause function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Andrew L. Wolfe, Edward J. Brachocki, Stephen G. Maine, Christopher W. Chevalier, Christopher L. Porter