United Video Properties, Inc.

Rovi Guides, Inc.

Tulsa Winch, Inc.

Uv Corporation

Tv Guide, Inc.

David M Berezowski

Michael D Ellis

Joel Gerard Hassell

Robert Alan Knee

William L Thomas

L Joe Hedges

Edward Bruce Knudson

Thomas R Lemmons

Connie T Marshall

M Scott Reichardt

Robert H McCoy

Toby DeWeese

Todd A Walker

W Benjamin Herrington

Steven J Reynolds

Franklin E Boyer

Timothy B Demers

Joshua A Rosenthol

Bruce A Blackwell

Douglas E Naufel

William Hein

Eric Cockrell

Pamela S Klich

Terry J Kroh

Randall C Lievsay

Steven P Reiser

Alan K Roper

Ronald R Russell

Robert A Wallis

Edward R Andes

Jon R Braunsma

James T Buckley

Harlan Ford

Donald C Kern

Darren Scott Barnes

L Joe Hedges, Esq

John Garret Thompson

Sean S Moore

Joseph P Baumgartner

Kenneth F Carpenter, Jr

Kevin B Easterbrook

Steven Carl Williamson

David M Rudnick

Joseph Baumgartner

Daniel C Hagenbuch

Pamela L McKissick

Haroon A Khan

Kirk Williams

Jeffrey A Ross

S Sean Moore

Michael J Martell

Richard E Millar

John Garrett Thompson

Charles Kevin Crane

Robert H Mccoy

Toby Deweese

Lemmons Thomas R R

Franklin E Boyle

Joseph F Baumgartner

A device includes a bevel pinion meshed to a bevel ring in rigid fixation with a pinion gear engaged with a slew ring to control rotation of the slew ring. A rotation sensor provides an electrical output corresponding to a rotational position of an input gear of the rotation sensor. A reduction gearing system interposes the bevel ring and the input gear of the rotation sensor. The gearing reduction system provides a reduction ratio enabling the rotation sensor to determine rotational position of the slew ring.

Work area indicator

Systems and methods for providing guidance to users for finding media are described. Such systems and methods may be provided in interactive media guides such as program guides, web browsers, or other suitable interactive media guides.

Interactive media guide with media guidance interface

Systems and methods for measuring audience information of programs are described. Systems and methods for providing audience information to users of interactive television applications are described.

Systems and methods for improved audience measuring

A user speech interface for interactive media guidance applications, such as television program guides, guides for audio services, guides for video-on-demand (VOD) services, guides for personal video recorders (PVRs), or other suitable guidance applications is provided. Voice commands may be received from a user and guidance activities may be performed in response to the voice commands.

User speech interfaces for interactive media guidance applications

A media recording system may be provided. The recording system may include features for reducing recording cut-off of a particular media event due to changes in the start time and end time of what is scheduled to be recorded. The recording system may provide a user with an opportunity to select a program by for example, selecting a listing, to have that program automatically recorded at a scheduled time for presentation to viewers. Changes in the schedule of programs may be compensated manually or automatically when the recording system receives information about actual or predicted time changes. In a manual mode, a user may adjust start or end times based on time change information that is displayed. For an automatic mode, the recording system may automatically compensate for predicted or actual time changes that are known by automatically adjusting the start and end times of recording.

Systems and methods for reducing cut-offs in program recording

Systems and methods for providing metadata-selected advertisements are provided. These systems and methods may receive metadata and other media, select an object, read metadata attached to or associated with the selected object, select an advertisement based on the metadata, and display the selected advertisement. In addition, monitoring, collecting, and recording of predefined data concerning metadata selected advertisements may be provided. The invention also provides a receiver for receiving signals and/or data (e.g., programs, advertisements, program guides, metadata, etc.) and a processor for accepting a user's input signal, selecting an object, reading metadata attached to or associated with a selected object, selecting an advertisement, and displaying the selected advertisement.

System and method for metadata-linked advertisements

An interactive television program guide with remote access is provided. The interactive television program guide is implemented on interactive television program guide equipment. A remote program guide access device is connected to the interactive television program guide equipment by a remote access link to provide a user with remote access to program guide functions. An interactive television program guide system based on multiple user television equipment devices in a single household is provided. The system provides a user with an opportunity to adjust program guide settings with a given one of the interactive television program guides. Program guide setting include features related to setting program reminders, profiles, program recording features, messaging features, favorites features, parental control features, program guide set up features (e.g., audio and video and language settings), etc.

Interactive television program guide with remote access

Systems and methods for providing metadata-selected advertisements are provided. These systems and methods may receive metadata and other media, select an object, read metadata attached to or associated with the selected object, select an advertisement based on the metadata, and display the selected advertisement. In addition, monitoring, collecting, and recording of predefined data concerning metadata selected advertisements may be provided. The invention also provides a receiver for receiving signals and/or data (e.g., programs, advertisements, program guides, metadata, etc.) and a processor for accepting a user=s input signal, selecting an object, reading metadata attached to or associated with a selected object, selecting an advertisement, and displaying the selected advertisement.

An interactive television program guide system with digital storage is provided. The program guide gives users the ability to store information associated with recorded programs in a directory in the digital storage device thereby providing easy access to program information. The program guide may also provide a global media library for indicating the programs stored on removable storage media used with the program guide. The guide may also allow the user to manage and maintain a user media library to do the same. Non-time-sensitive data associated with recorded programs may be stored in a way that allows the user to interact with the data on playback as if the program were being originally aired. The program guide also allows the user to define 'super-programs' for playback of a sequence of stored programs or program segments.

Electronic program guide with digital storage

A device having a winch spool, a torque sensor that measures torque of the winch spool, a first angle sensor that detects a first angle of a winch line relative to a central axis of the winch spool, and a second angle sensor that detects a second angle of the winch line coming from a coil of line on the spool relative to a surface of the coil of line is disclosed.

System and method for calculating winch line pull

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Tulsa, OK, United States of America

David M Berezowski