Edward A. Ludvig

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Kirkland, WA, US

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Information Patent Grant
Data structure and methods for providing an interactive program
- Patent number 9,924,234
- Issue date Mar 20, 2018
- Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC
- Donald F. Gordon
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Data structure and methods for providing an interactive program guide
- Patent number 9,674,586
- Issue date Jun 6, 2017
- Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC
- Donald F. Gordon
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Server-centric customized interactive program guide in an interacti...
- Patent number 9,456,241
- Issue date Sep 27, 2016
- Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC
- Sadik Bayrakeri
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Apparatus and method for combining realtime and non-realtime encode...
- Patent number 9,264,711
- Issue date Feb 16, 2016
- Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC
- Donald F. Gordon
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Multi-functional user interface using slice-based encoding
- Patent number 9,094,727
- Issue date Jul 28, 2015
- Cox Communications, Inc.
- Donald F. Gordon
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Interactive encoded content system including object models for view...
- Patent number 9,042,454
- Issue date May 26, 2015
- ActiveVideo Networks, Inc.
- Donald Gordon
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Method and system for providing a program guide and multiple video...
- Patent number 8,930,998
- Issue date Jan 6, 2015
- Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC
- Donald F. Gordon
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Method and apparatus for providing targeted advertisements
- Patent number 8,863,190
- Issue date Oct 14, 2014
- Cox Communications, Inc.
- Donald F. Gordon
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Data structure and methods for providing an interactive program guide
- Patent number 8,739,218
- Issue date May 27, 2014
- Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC
- Donald F. Gordon
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Apparatus and method for combining realtime and non-realtime encode...
- Patent number 8,661,465
- Issue date Feb 25, 2014
- Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC
- Donald F. Gordon
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Server-centric customized interactive program guide in an interacti...
- Patent number 8,578,419
- Issue date Nov 5, 2013
- Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC
- Sadik Bayrakeri
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Interactive user interface
- Patent number 8,522,277
- Issue date Aug 27, 2013
- Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC
- Donald F. Gordon
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
System and method for delivery of short-time duration video segments
- Patent number 8,255,956
- Issue date Aug 28, 2012
- Cox Communications, Inc.
- Sadik Bayrakeri
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Systems and methods for dynamic conversion of web content to an int...
- Patent number 8,225,367
- Issue date Jul 17, 2012
- Microsoft Corporation
- Edward A. Ludvig
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Method and apparatus for providing interactive program guide (IPG)...
- Patent number 8,191,104
- Issue date May 29, 2012
- Cox Communications, Inc.
- Donald F. Gordon
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Advertisement insertion
- Patent number 8,051,445
- Issue date Nov 1, 2011
- Microsoft Corporation
- Peter T. Barrett
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Method and system for providing a program guide and multiple video...
- Patent number 8,032,906
- Issue date Oct 4, 2011
- Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC
- Donald F. Gordon
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Video-switched delivery of media content using an established media...
- Patent number 7,996,459
- Issue date Aug 9, 2011
- Microsoft Corporation
- Edward A. Ludvig
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Method and systems for multicast using multiple transport streams
- Patent number 7,992,172
- Issue date Aug 2, 2011
- Cox Communications, Inc.
- Donald F. Gordon
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Method and apparatus for providing targeted advertisements
- Patent number 7,970,645
- Issue date Jun 28, 2011
- Cox Communications, Inc.
- Donald F. Gordon
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Method and apparatus for compressing video sequences
- Patent number 7,953,160
- Issue date May 31, 2011
- Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC
- Donald F. Gordon
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Interactive user interface
- Patent number 7,836,467
- Issue date Nov 16, 2010
- Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC
- Donald F. Gordon
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Last channel button functionality
- Patent number 7,818,766
- Issue date Oct 19, 2010
- Microsoft Corporation
- Edward A Ludvig
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Apparatus and method for combining realtime and non-realtime encode...
- Patent number 7,810,116
- Issue date Oct 5, 2010
- Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC
- Donald F. Gordon
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Special predictive picture encoding using color key in source content
- Patent number 7,646,812
- Issue date Jan 12, 2010
- Microsoft Corporation
- Edward A. Ludvig
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
System and method for generating media consumption statistics
- Patent number 7,644,423
- Issue date Jan 5, 2010
- Microsoft Corporation
- Edward A. Ludvig
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Service provider side interactive program guide encoder
- Patent number 7,634,788
- Issue date Dec 15, 2009
- Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC
- Donald F. Gordon
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Demand-cast system and bandwidth management for delivery of interac...
- Patent number 7,607,152
- Issue date Oct 20, 2009
- Cox Communications, Inc.
- Donald F. Gordon
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Method and apparatus for distributing messages
- Patent number 7,571,250
- Issue date Aug 4, 2009
- Microsoft Corporation
- Edward A. Ludvig
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Presenting notifications in response to viewer-initiated actions
- Patent number 7,543,319
- Issue date Jun 2, 2009
- Microsoft Corporation
- Edward A. Ludvig
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
DATA STRUCTURE AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AN INTERACTIVE PROGRAM
- Publication number 20160353177
- Publication date Dec 1, 2016
- COMCAST IP HOLDINGS I, LLC
- Donald F. Gordon
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Apparatus and Method for Combining Realtime and Non-Realtime Encode...
- Publication number 20140189749
- Publication date Jul 3, 2014
- COMCAST IP HOLDINGS I, LLC
- Donald F. Gordon
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
SERVER-CENTRIC CUSTOMIZED INTERACTIVE PROGRAM GUIDE IN AN INTERACTI...
- Publication number 20140137155
- Publication date May 15, 2014
- COMCAST IP HOLDINGS I, LLC
- Sadik Bayrakeri
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Data Structure and Methods for Providing an Interactive Program Guide
- Publication number 20140123189
- Publication date May 1, 2014
- COMCAST IP HOLDINGS I, LLC
- Donald F. Gordon
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Method and System for Providing a Program Guide and Multiple Video...
- Publication number 20110314500
- Publication date Dec 22, 2011
- Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
- Donald F. Gordon
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Interactive User Interface
- Publication number 20110022961
- Publication date Jan 27, 2011
- COMCAST IP HOLDINGS I, LLC
- Donald F. Gordon
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMBINING REALTIME AND NON-REALTIME ENCODE...
- Publication number 20100296574
- Publication date Nov 25, 2010
- COMCAST IP HOLDINGS I, LLC
- Donald F. Gordon
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
PID Obfuscation
- Publication number 20090313674
- Publication date Dec 17, 2009
- ICTV, Inc.
- Edward Ludvig
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Advertisement Insertion
- Publication number 20090199236
- Publication date Aug 6, 2009
- Microsoft Corporation
- Peter T. Barrett
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Method and Apparatus for Compressing Video Sequences
- Publication number 20090175355
- Publication date Jul 9, 2009
- COMCAST IP HOLDINGS I, LLC
- Donald F. Gordon
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Using Triggers with Video for Interactive Content Identification
- Publication number 20080201736
- Publication date Aug 21, 2008
- ICTV, Inc.
- Donald Gordon
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Representing Television Programs Using Video Objects
- Publication number 20080172693
- Publication date Jul 17, 2008
- Microsoft Corporation
- Edward A. Ludvig
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Interactive encoded content system including object models for view...
- Publication number 20080170622
- Publication date Jul 17, 2008
- ICTV, Inc.
- Donald Gordon
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Systems and Methods for Dynamic Conversion of Web Content to an Int...
- Publication number 20080141325
- Publication date Jun 12, 2008
- Microsoft Corporation
- Edward A. Ludvig
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Systems and Methods for Dynamic Conversion of Web Content to an Int...
- Publication number 20080120661
- Publication date May 22, 2008
- Microsoft Corporation
- Edward A. Ludvig
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
VIDEO-SWITCHED DELIVERY OF MEDIA CONTENT USING AN ESTABLISHED MEDIA...
- Publication number 20080059646
- Publication date Mar 6, 2008
- Microsoft Corporation
- Edward A. Ludvig
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Supplemental Content Triggers having Temporal Conditions
- Publication number 20080028074
- Publication date Jan 31, 2008
- Microsoft Corporation
- Edward A. Ludvig
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Last channel button functionality
- Publication number 20070079330
- Publication date Apr 5, 2007
- Microsoft Corporation
- Edward A. Ludvig
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Method and apparatus for providing interactive program guide (IPG)...
- Publication number 20070033631
- Publication date Feb 8, 2007
- Sedna Patent Services, LLC
- Donald F. Gordon
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Method and apparatus for encoding a user interface
- Publication number 20060253868
- Publication date Nov 9, 2006
- Sedna Patent Services, LLC
- Edward A. Ludvig
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Special predictive picture encoding using color key in source content
- Publication number 20060222076
- Publication date Oct 5, 2006
- Microsoft Corporation
- Edward A. Ludvig
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
System and method for delivery of short-time duration video segments
- Publication number 20060184979
- Publication date Aug 17, 2006
- Sedna Patent Services, LLC
- Sadik Bayrakeri
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Method and apparatus for distributing messages
- Publication number 20060161679
- Publication date Jul 20, 2006
- Microsoft Corporation
- Edward A. Ludvig
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Strategies for generating media consumption statistics
- Publication number 20060075420
- Publication date Apr 6, 2006
- Microsoft Corporation
- Edward A. Ludvig
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Presenting notifications in response to viewer-initiated actions
- Publication number 20060064700
- Publication date Mar 23, 2006
- Microsoft Corporation
- Edward A. Ludvig
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Targeted advertising based on consumer purchasing data
- Publication number 20050204381
- Publication date Sep 15, 2005
- Microsoft Corporation
- Edward A. Ludvig
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Server-centric customized interactive program guide in an interacti...
- Publication number 20050155063
- Publication date Jul 14, 2005
- Sedna Patent Services, LLC
- Sadik Bayrakeri
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Apparatus and method for combining realtime and non-realtime encode...
- Publication number 20050034155
- Publication date Feb 10, 2005
- Donald F. Gordon
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Method and apparatus for transmitting video and graphics in a compr...
- Publication number 20040261104
- Publication date Dec 23, 2004
- Donald F. Gordon
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Service provider side interactive program guide encoder
- Publication number 20040210931
- Publication date Oct 21, 2004
- Donald F. Gordon
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE

Edward A. Ludvig

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Data structure and methods for providing an interactive program

Data structure and methods for providing an interactive program guide

Server-centric customized interactive program guide in an interacti...

Apparatus and method for combining realtime and non-realtime encode...

Multi-functional user interface using slice-based encoding

Interactive encoded content system including object models for view...

Method and system for providing a program guide and multiple video...

Method and apparatus for providing targeted advertisements

Data structure and methods for providing an interactive program guide

Apparatus and method for combining realtime and non-realtime encode...

Server-centric customized interactive program guide in an interacti...

Interactive user interface

System and method for delivery of short-time duration video segments

Systems and methods for dynamic conversion of web content to an int...

Method and apparatus for providing interactive program guide (IPG)...

Advertisement insertion

Method and system for providing a program guide and multiple video...

Video-switched delivery of media content using an established media...

Method and systems for multicast using multiple transport streams

Method and apparatus for providing targeted advertisements

Method and apparatus for compressing video sequences

Interactive user interface

Last channel button functionality

Apparatus and method for combining realtime and non-realtime encode...

Special predictive picture encoding using color key in source content

System and method for generating media consumption statistics

Service provider side interactive program guide encoder

Demand-cast system and bandwidth management for delivery of interac...

Method and apparatus for distributing messages

Presenting notifications in response to viewer-initiated actions

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

DATA STRUCTURE AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AN INTERACTIVE PROGRAM

Apparatus and Method for Combining Realtime and Non-Realtime Encode...

SERVER-CENTRIC CUSTOMIZED INTERACTIVE PROGRAM GUIDE IN AN INTERACTI...

Data Structure and Methods for Providing an Interactive Program Guide

Method and System for Providing a Program Guide and Multiple Video...

Interactive User Interface

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMBINING REALTIME AND NON-REALTIME ENCODE...

PID Obfuscation

Advertisement Insertion

Method and Apparatus for Compressing Video Sequences

Using Triggers with Video for Interactive Content Identification

Representing Television Programs Using Video Objects

Interactive encoded content system including object models for view...

Systems and Methods for Dynamic Conversion of Web Content to an Int...

Systems and Methods for Dynamic Conversion of Web Content to an Int...

VIDEO-SWITCHED DELIVERY OF MEDIA CONTENT USING AN ESTABLISHED MEDIA...

Supplemental Content Triggers having Temporal Conditions

Last channel button functionality

Method and apparatus for providing interactive program guide (IPG)...

Method and apparatus for encoding a user interface

Special predictive picture encoding using color key in source content

System and method for delivery of short-time duration video segments

Method and apparatus for distributing messages

Strategies for generating media consumption statistics

Presenting notifications in response to viewer-initiated actions

Targeted advertising based on consumer purchasing data

Server-centric customized interactive program guide in an interacti...

Apparatus and method for combining realtime and non-realtime encode...

Method and apparatus for transmitting video and graphics in a compr...

Service provider side interactive program guide encoder