Jeffrey P Reavis

US Patent:

6674958, Jan 6, 2004

Filed:

Dec 16, 1996

Appl. No.:

08/767088

Inventors:

Keith Reynolds Wehmeyer - Fishers IN
Robert Howard Miller - Indianapolis IN
Jeffrey Philip Reavis - Indianapolis IN

Assignee:

Thomson Licensing S.A. - Boulogne

International Classification:

H04N 591

US Classification:

386 83, 725 58

Abstract:

A system for controlling apparatus processing a signal representing a television program comprises a source of schedule data comprising at least data representing the time remaining in a television program. Television signal processing apparatus selectively processes the television program representative signal in response to a control signal. A control circuit generates the control signal to condition the processing apparatus to begin processing the television program signal in response to a user control signal, and to stop processing the television program signal when the time remaining in the television program has elapsed, in response to the program schedule data.

US Patent:

6983483, Jan 3, 2006

Filed:

Jan 18, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/765168

Inventors:

Kenneth Wayne Maze - Indianapolis IN, US
Jeffrey Philip Reavis - Indianapolis IN, US
Robert Howard Miller - Carmel IN, US
Sheila Renee Crosby - Carmel IN, US
Keith Reynolds Wehmeyer - Fishers IN, US
Hugh Boyd Morrison - Indianapolis IN, US
Megan Louise Brown - Carmel IN, US

Assignee:

Thomson Licensing - Boulogne-Billancourt

International Classification:

G06F 3/00
G06F 13/00
H04N 5/445

US Classification:

725 53, 725 58, 707 3

Abstract:

In a television system in which at least program title information for programs which are to be transmitted in the future is transmitted in advance to form a channel guide listing, apparatus is provided for searching the listing for specific user-entered information, and upon successful conclusion to the search, the apparatus schedules the tuning of the desired program, or in the alternative, notifies the viewer of the availability of the program. In those instances where descriptive text accompanies the program listing, apparatus of the invention performs a search of the text for a particular text string which may relate to the title, the star, the director, or the context of the program, among other search criteria.

US Patent:

8205233, Jun 19, 2012

Filed:

Jun 20, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/156897

Inventors:

Kenneth Wayne Maze - Indianapolis IN, US
Jeffrey Philip Reavis - Indianapolis IN, US
Robert Howard Miller - Carmel IN, US
Sheila Renee Crosby - Carmel IN, US
Keith Reynolds Wehmeyer - Fishers IN, US
Hugh Boyd Morrison - Indianapolis IN, US
Megan Louise Brown - Carmel IN, US

Assignee:

Thomson Licensing - Boulogne-Billancourt

International Classification:

G06F 3/00
G06F 13/00
H04N 5/445

US Classification:

725 53, 725 58

Abstract:

In a television system in which at least program title information for programs which are to be transmitted in the future is transmitted in advance to form a channel guide listing, apparatus is provided for searching the listing for specific user-entered information, and upon successful conclusion to the search, the apparatus schedules the tuning of the desired program, or in the alternative, notifies the viewer of the availability of the program. In those instances where descriptive text accompanies the program listing, apparatus of the invention performs a search of the text for a particular text string which may relate to the title, the star, the director, or the context of the program, among other search criteria.

US Patent:

20130125174, May 16, 2013

Filed:

May 8, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/466450

Inventors:

Kenneth Wayne Maze - Indianapolis IN, US
Jeffrey Philip Reavis - Indianapolis IN, US
Robert Howard Miller - Carmel IN, US
Sheila Renee Crosby - Carmel IN, US
Keith Reynolds Wehmeyer - Fishers IN, US
Hugh Boyd Morrison - Indianapolis IN, US
Megan Louise Brown - Carmel IN, US

International Classification:

H04N 21/482

US Classification:

725 56

Abstract:

In a television system in which at least program title information for programs which are to be transmitted in the future is transmitted in advance to form a channel guide listing, apparatus is provided for searching the listing for specific user-entered information, and upon successful conclusion to the search, the apparatus schedules the tuning of the desired program, or in the alternative, notifies the viewer of the availability of the program. In those instances where descriptive text accompanies the program listing, apparatus of the invention performs a search of the text for a particular text string which may relate to the title, the star, the director, or the context of the program, among other search criteria.

US Patent:

57812470, Jul 14, 1998

Filed:

Apr 5, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/419859

Inventors:

Keith Reynolds Wehmeyer - Fishers IN
Jeffrey Philip Reavis - Indianapolis IN
Robert Howard Miller - Indianapolis IN
Foy Edward Wilkey - Fishers IN

Assignee:

Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc. - Indianapolis IN

International Classification:

H04N 550

US Classification:

348569

Abstract:

A television receiver, provides a hierarchy of menus for controlling functions affecting the display of the video image. A "fetch" menu which can be customized by a user, which is absent from the screen during normal program viewing, and which is easily accessible by means of a single key, holds a given number of the user's favorite commands. The user may add commands to the fetch menu which normally reside any position in the menu hierarchy. The user may thereafter cause display of his list of favorite commands via a remote control key, and cause the execution of his desired command without having to find that command at its normal position in the hierarchy.

US Patent:

58672265, Feb 2, 1999

Filed:

Dec 15, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/573113

Inventors:

Keith Reynolds Wehmeyer - Fishers IN
Jeffrey Philip Reavis - Indianapolis IN
Robert Howard Miller - Indianapolis IN
Sheila Renee Crosby - Carmel IN
Hugh Boyd Morrison - Indianapolis IN
Megan Louise Brown - Carmel IN

Assignee:

Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc. - Indianapolis IN

International Classification:

H04N 5445

US Classification:

348563

Abstract:

In a television system in which at least program title information for programs which are to be transmitted in the future is transmitted in advance to form a channel guide listing, apparatus is provided for searching for specific television programs which satisfy certain criteria concerning a user's viewing preferences, and upon successful conclusion to the search, the apparatus generates a list of such television programs in order to predict for the viewer certain programs which may be of interest. In a first embodiment of the invention the apparatus stores information about the particular television shows which the user watches, as search criteria. In a second embodiment of the invention the search criteria is editable by the viewer to further refine the searches.

US Patent:

62162640, Apr 10, 2001

Filed:

Jul 25, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/687285

Inventors:

Kenneth Wayne Maze - Indianapolis IN
Jeffrey Philip Reavis - Indianapolis IN
Robert Howard Miller - Carmel IN
Sheila Renee Crosby - Carmel IN
Keith Reynolds Wehmeyer - Fishers IN
Hugh Boyd Morrison - Indianapolis IN
Megan Louise Brown - Carmel IN

Assignee:

Thomson Licensing S.A. - Boulogne

International Classification:

H04N 710

US Classification:

725 53

Abstract:

In a television system in which at least program title information for programs which are to be transmitted in the future is transmitted in advance to form a channel guide listing, apparatus is provided for searching the listing for specific user-entered information, and upon successful conclusion to the search, the apparatus schedules the tuning of the desired program, or in the alternative, notifies the viewer of the availability of the program. In those instances where descriptive text accompanies the program listing, apparatus of the invention performs a search of the text for a particular text string which may relate to the title, the star, the director, or the context of the program, among other search criteria.

US Patent:

20140344865, Nov 20, 2014

Filed:

May 27, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/288129

Inventors:

- Issy de Moulineaux, FR
Jeffrey Philip REAVIS - Indianapolis IN, US
Robert Howard MILLER - Carmel IN, US
Sheila Renee CROSBY - Carmel IN, US
Hugh Boyd MORRISON - Indianapolis IN, US
Megan Louise Brown - Carmel IN, US

Assignee:

THOMSON LICENSING - Issy de Moulineaux

International Classification:

H04N 21/482
H04N 21/475
H04N 21/458
H04N 21/45

US Classification:

725 53

Abstract:

In a television system in which at least program title information for programs which are to be transmitted in the future is transmitted in advance to form a channel guide listing, apparatus is provided for searching the listing for specific user-entered information, and upon successful conclusion to the search, the apparatus schedules the tuning of the desired program, or in the alternative, notifies the viewer of the availability of the program. In those instances where descriptive text accompanies the program listing, apparatus of the invention performs a search of the text for a particular text string which may relate to the title, the star, the director, or the context of the program, among other search criteria.