Patents by Inventor Ted Shaffer

Ted Shaffer 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).

  • Network Video Unit
    Publication number: 20160029096
    Abstract: Providing content to content receiving devices, such as digital video recorders, connected to a computer network through a content provider is described. According to one aspect, a server maintains a database correlating contact information to content receiving devices in its network. A user navigates to a web site of the content provider and selects a piece of content, which prompts the content provider to query the server for the contact information, and then transmit a request to download the piece of content to the content receiving device. The request can be a set of content identification information that automatically populates a content guide at the receiving device with an entry corresponding to the requested piece of content. This entry allows the user to confirm, interrupt, resume and cancel a download of the content as desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Mark D. Goodwin, Ted Shaffer
  • Network Video Unit
    Publication number: 20150026249
    Abstract: Providing content to content receiving devices, such as digital video recorders, connected to a computer network through a content provider is described. According to one aspect, a server maintains a database correlating contact information to content receiving devices in its network. A user navigates to a web site of the content provider and selects a piece of content, which prompts the content provider to query the server for the contact information, and then transmit a request to download the piece of content to the content receiving device. The request can be a set of content identification information that automatically populates a content guide at the receiving device with an entry corresponding to the requested piece of content. This entry allows the user to confirm, interrupt, resume and cancel a download of the content as desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Mark D. Goodwin, Ted Shaffer
  • Network Video Unit
    Publication number: 20150012590
    Abstract: Providing content to content receiving devices, such as digital video recorders, connected to a computer network through a content provider is described. According to one aspect, a server maintains a database correlating contact information to content receiving devices in its network. A user navigates to a web site of the content provider and selects a piece of content, which prompts the content provider to query the server for the contact information, and then transmit a request to download the piece of content to the content receiving device. The request can be a set of content identification information that automatically populates a content guide at the receiving device with an entry corresponding to the requested piece of content. This entry allows the user to confirm, interrupt, resume and cancel a download of the content as desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Mark D. Goodwin, Ted Shaffer
  • Network Video Unit
    Publication number: 20150012620
    Abstract: Providing content to content receiving devices, such as digital video recorders, connected to a computer network through a content provider is described. According to one aspect, a server maintains a database correlating contact information to content receiving devices in its network. A user navigates to a web site of the content provider and selects a piece of content, which prompts the content provider to query the server for the contact information, and then transmit a request to download the piece of content to the content receiving device. The request can be a set of content identification information that automatically populates a content guide at the receiving device with an entry corresponding to the requested piece of content. This entry allows the user to confirm, interrupt, resume and cancel a download of the content as desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Mark D. Goodwin, Ted Shaffer
  • Network video unit
    Patent number: 8875198
    Abstract: Providing content to content receiving devices, such as digital video recorders, connected to a computer network through a content provider is described. According to one aspect, a server maintains a database correlating contact information to content receiving devices in its network. A user navigates to a web site of the content provider and selects a piece of content, which prompts the content provider to query the server for the contact information, and then transmit a request to download the piece of content to the content receiving device. The request can be a set of content identification information that automatically populates a content guide at the receiving device with an entry corresponding to the requested piece of content. This entry allows the user to confirm, interrupt, resume and cancel a download of the content as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark D. Goodwin, Ted Shaffer