Patents by Inventor Toby DeWeese

Toby DeWeese 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: 6544121
    Abstract: Interactive wagering systems and methods with multiple television feeds are provided. A plurality of television feeds may be related to a race and race-related characteristics. A television feed may carry television feed information, which may provide sufficient information to allow a user to select an appropriate television feed for a wager or to allow the system to automatically select an appropriate feed for a wager. The interactive wagering application may also record a television feed so that the user may interact with the television feeds at any time. Wagering services may be also provided to a user through more than one wagering interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: ODS Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Toby DeWeese, Masood Garahi, William L. Thomas
  • Publication number: 20030037068
    Abstract: Interactive media systems and methods are provided for substituting pause-time content in place of media that has been paused. The user may pause media such as real-time media, video-on-demand media, near video-on-demand, or recorded media. If the user pauses real-time media or near video-on-demand media, the interactive media application may store the media. The interactive media application may also provide the user with the ability to rewind, resume play of, and fast-forward the media. The pause-time content may be audio or video media and may be an advertisement, trivia, program summaries or any other suitable pause-time content. The interactive media application may provide customized pause-time content specific to the user or specific to the media paused by using media data associated with the media. The interactive media application may also prevent the user from accessing features (e.g., fast-forward) of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Applicant: United Video Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: William L. Thomas, David M. Berezowski, Michael D. Ellis, S. Sean Moore, Toby DeWeese
  • Publication number: 20020016971
    Abstract: A personal video recording system is provided that acquires real-time video and audio information in, and in the vicinity of, a user's home. Acquired video and audio information may be stored on a storage device included in user television equipment or at any other suitable location. Current information may be presented to the user in real-time. The user may also access stored information for playback. The user may use a guidance application to aid in the retrieval of information. The personal video recording system may provide a user interface to manipulate audio and video information. Information may be shared between multiple personal video recording systems. The personal video recording system may also be used for surveillance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Inventors: David M. Berezowski, William L. Thomas, Toby DeWeese, Michael D. Ellis
  • Publication number: 20010039209
    Abstract: Interactive wagering systems and methods with multiple television feeds are provided. A plurality of television feeds may be related to a race and race-related characteristics. A television feed may carry television feed information, which may provide sufficient information to allow a user to select an appropriate television feed for a wager or to allow the system to automatically select an appropriate feed for a wager. The interactive wagering application may also record a television feed so that the user may interact with the television feeds at any time. Wagering services may be also provided to a user through more than one wagering interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Applicant: ODS PROPERTIES, INC.
    Inventors: Toby DeWeese, Masood Garahi, William L. Thomas