Scott H Sanders

US Patent:

7792507, Sep 7, 2010

Filed:

Jul 29, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/901625

Inventors:

Scott D. Sanders - Sammamish WA, US
Mark D. Schwesinger - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

H04B 1/18

US Classification:

4551611, 4551681, 4551921, 725 86, 725100

Abstract:

A system and methods perform an automatic TV signal/tuner setup in a tuner device (e. g. , a PC, a personal video recorder, a set-top box, etc. ) that has one or more tuners. The setup identifies the number of tuners in the device, whether the tuners are analog or digital, and what broadcast standard each tuner supports. The geographic region in which the device will be receiving TV signals is identified, and tuners supporting that region are identified. Digital tuners are reported as being digital, while analog tuners are scanned to locate valid TV signals, and to determine the source of any valid TV signals (e. g. , an antenna, a cable provider, a set-top box).

US Patent:

20060117351, Jun 1, 2006

Filed:

Jul 15, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/891579

Inventors:

Scott Sanders - Sammamish WA, US
Daniel Zigmond - Menlo Park CA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

H04N 5/445

US Classification:

725050000, 725038000

Abstract:

Content recordation techniques are described. In an implementation, a method includes querying electronic program guide (EPG) data to determine if a content item described in a recording document is available for recording. If the content item is available, a reference is added to a recording list for causing recordation of the content item.

US Patent:

20180268054, Sep 20, 2018

Filed:

Jun 22, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/630719

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Ryan STEFFEN - Issaquah WA, US
Aaron M. BUTCHER - Redmond WA, US
Kelly Jean GRAHAM - Seattle WA, US
Scott D. SANDERS - Sammamish WA, US
John Thomas KIMBELL - Kirkland WA, US
Jeffrey Christopher ABRAHAM - Seattle WA, US
Geeven SINGH - Bellevue WA, US
Claudio Fernando GUGLIERI LILLO - Redmond WA, US
Ana Sofia GONZALEZ AGUIRRE - Bellevue WA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30
G06F 3/0482

Abstract:

A playlist engine is provided that selects content items for a partial playlist. The content items may include audio content items (i.e., tracks or songs). In one implementation, a user provides a request to expand a partial playlist. The request may include the partial playlist and an indication of the number of additional content items that the user would like to add to the partial playlist. The playlist engine may select one or more attributes from the content items in the partial playlist, and may use the selected one or more attributes to determine additional content items that are relevant to the selected one or more attributes. The playlist engine may add the additional content items to the partial playlist.