Patents by Inventor Wendy Abowd

Wendy Abowd 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 and Method for Multi-User Construction of Tagged Video Data
    Publication number: 20120131624
    Abstract: A video content source includes a processor and a download module executed by the processor to download or stream selected videos from a video library. A tag collection module executed by the processor receives tag data from users viewing the selected videos from different set-top boxes. The tag data provides content descriptors from the users for the selected videos. A tag search module executed by the processor searches the tag data from the users in response to a search command from a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: ROKU, INC.
    Inventors: Greg Garner, David Westerhoff, Mark Goodwin, Patrick Ellis, Wendy Abowd