Robert L Sadler

US Patent:

20220417574, Dec 29, 2022

Filed:

Jun 29, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/362933

Inventors:

- Englewood CO, US
Robert Sadler - Denver CO, US
James Wilde - Denver CO, US
Timothy Meyer - Denver CO, US
Christopher Kuhrt - Englewood CO, US
Shaun Ryan - Colorado Springs CO, US
Jesse Montgomery - Denver CO, US

International Classification:

H04N 21/254
H04N 21/239
H04N 21/24
H04N 21/258
H04N 21/478

Abstract:

Various arrangements for authorizing content viewing are detailed herein. Sports wager data corresponding to a sports wager placed by a user may be provided to a television service provider system. The television service provider system can perform a lookup action to determine a content event based on the sports wager data. In response to the received sports wager data, a user account may be authorized using a rights scheme for access to a television channel on which the content event is scheduled to be broadcast. The television service provider system may deauthorized the user account for access to the television channel by removing the rights scheme such that access to the television channel on which the content event was broadcast is blocked after the event.

US Patent:

20220377427, Nov 24, 2022

Filed:

May 21, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/327145

Inventors:

- Englewood CO, US
Timothy Meyer - Denver CO, US
Matthew Polson - Castle Rock CO, US
Robert Sadler - Denver CO, US
Christopher Kuhrt - Englewood CO, US
Shaun Ryan - Colorado Springs CO, US
James Wilde - Denver CO, US

International Classification:

H04N 21/4788
H04N 21/45
H04N 21/2187
H04N 21/258
H04N 21/858
G06Q 50/34

Abstract:

Various arrangements for group-based content viewing are presented herein. A television service provider system may receive wager data corresponding to a live content event for multiple user accounts that are grouped together. A viewing group for the live content event may be created for the grouped user accounts. Wager data corresponding to the user accounts may be transmitted to content viewing devices for the multiple user accounts. The live content event can be output for presentation concurrently with presentation of an indication of the at least one wager on the live content event linked to each user account.

US Patent:

20210306696, Sep 30, 2021

Filed:

Mar 24, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/828798

Inventors:

- Englewood CO, US
Robert Sadler - Denver CO, US

International Classification:

H04N 21/426
H04N 21/433
H04N 21/436

Abstract:

A facility for transferring configuration information to a target media device is described. The facility receives in the target media device a copy of media device settings stored in a source media device distinct from the target media device in a first form in which they are used in the source media device. This copy of media device settings is received by the target media device via a route other than its visual user interface. The facility causes the received copy of media device settings to be transformed into a second form in which they can be used in the target media device. The facility then stores the media receiver settings in the second form in the target media device for use by the target media device.