David Alan Spell

US Patent:

7225455, May 29, 2007

Filed:

Jan 15, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/346226

Inventors:

Gerald E Bennington - Boulder CO, US
George Backer - Littleton CO, US
Shawn Green - Littleton CO, US
Bill Cooper - Littleton CO, US
David Spell - San Diego CA, US
Rosetta Rogers - Parker CO, US
Bruce Davis - Tualatin OR, US
Michael Morris - Downington PA, US

Assignee:

United Video Properties, Inc. - Los Angeles CA

International Classification:

H04N 7/14
H04N 5/50

US Classification:

725 40, 725 39, 348569

Abstract:

Systems and methods are provided for using an electronic program guide application to access a non-program guide application. The electronic program guide application provides a program guide display from which a user can access the non-program guide application. The electronic program guide application receives a user selection to access the non-program guide application from the program guide display. In response to the user selection, the electronic program guide application accesses the non-program guide application.

US Patent:

7398541, Jul 8, 2008

Filed:

Jan 15, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/346266

Inventors:

Gerald E Bennington - Boulder CO, US
George Backer - Littleton CO, US
Shawn Green - Littleton CO, US
Bill Cooper - Littleton CO, US
David Spell - San Diego CA, US
Rosetta Rogers - Parker CO, US
Bruce Davis - Tualatin OR, US
Michael Morris - Downington PA, US

Assignee:

United Video Properties, Inc. - Los Angeles CA

International Classification:

H04N 5/445

US Classification:

725 40, 725 41, 348564

Abstract:

Systems and methods are provided for displaying promotional information on a display on which program listings information is displayed. In some embodiments, the promotional information and the program listings information may be displayed simultaneously with video for a given television channel. In some embodiments, the program listings information may be program listings information for the given television channel. In some embodiments, the program listings information may be program listings information for channels other than the given television channel. In some embodiments, the promotional information may contain text. In some embodiments, the promotional information may contain graphics. Systems and methods are also provided for displaying for a user video that is accompanied by audio on a display on which program listings are displayed.

US Patent:

20080178216, Jul 24, 2008

Filed:

Aug 20, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/841867

Inventors:

Gerald E. Bennington - Boulder CO, US
George Backer - Littleton CO, US
Shawn Green - Littleton CO, US
Bill Cooper - Littleton CO, US
David Spell - San Diego CA, US
Rosetta Rogers - Parker CO, US
Bruce Davis - Taulatin OR, US
Michael Morris - Downington PA, US

Assignee:

United Video Properties, Inc. - Los Angeles CA

International Classification:

H04N 5/445

US Classification:

725 39

Abstract:

An electronic program schedule system which includes a receiver for receiving broadcast, satellite or cablecast television programs for a plurality of television channels and a tuner for tuning a television receiver to a selected one of the plurality of channels. A data processor receives and stores in a memory television program schedule information for a plurality of television programs to appear on the plurality of television channels. A user control apparatus, such as a remote controller, is utilized by a viewer to choose user control commands and transmit signals in response to the data processor which receives the signals in response to user control commands. A television receiver is used to display the television programs and television program schedule information. A video display generator receives video control commands from the data processor and program schedule information from the memory and displays a portion of the program schedule information in overlaying relationship with a television program appearing on a television channel in at least one mode of operation of the television programming guide. The data processor controls the video display generator with video control commands, issued in response to the user control commands, to display program schedule information for any chosen one of the plurality of television programs in overlaying relationship with at least one television program then appearing on any chosen one of the plurality of channels on the television receiver.

US Patent:

62086405, Mar 27, 2001

Filed:

Feb 27, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/031993

Inventors:

David Spell - Denver CO
Dave Roland - Englewood CO
Ajay Rai - Denver CO
Dale Ellis - Golden CO
Yukihiro Mikami - Shiojiri-shi, Nagano-ken, JP

International Classification:

H04L12/50

US Classification:

370358

Abstract:

Allocation of telecommunication systems bandwidth is provided preferably in a predictive fashion. Packets are identified with particular data streams and characteristics of the data streams are used to predict probable future bandwidth requirements. Such predictions are used to allocate high-bandwidth channels, such as ISDN B channels and to close or switch channels as in accordance with predicted needs. Preferably the system is self-learning and can modify a rules base for making allocation decisions e. g. based on actual use statistics.