An T Lam

8490139, Jul 16, 2013

May 4, 2010

12/773782

Gail V. Griffin - Santa Monica CA, US
An T. Lam - Alhambra CA, US
Philip F. Kuan - Torrance CA, US
Lonnie Scott Clabaugh - San Pedro CA, US

The DIRECTV Group, Inc. - El Segundo CA

H04N 7/10
H04N 5/445

725 56, 725 36

A push scheduler for communicating push and carousel content and method for operating the same includes a block manager that receives content channel data from the channel listing system and forming a channel block having a channel and a time period associated therewith based on the channel data. The scheduler further includes a schedule manager that forms an assignment by assigning push and carousel content data to the channel block with a predetermined recurrence rate within the block and a material manager that controls the communication of push and carousel content based on the channel block.

20110276998, Nov 10, 2011

May 4, 2010

12/773795

Gail V. Griffin - Santa Monic CA, US
An T. Lam - Alhambra CA, US
Lonnie Scott Clabaugh - San Pedro CA, US

The DIRECTV Group, Inc. - EI Segundo CA

G06F 13/00

725 56

A system for scheduling content includes a scheduling system having a plurality of queues each having a priority level and a block type. The scheduling system assigns content to one of the plurality of queues. The scheduling system obtains a channel block from a schedule manager and assigns the plurality of queues to the channel block based on the priority level and block type. A communication system communicates the plurality of channel blocks to a user device through a channel using the channel blocks.

20210073477, Mar 11, 2021

Nov 19, 2020

16/952702

- El Segundo CA, US
Vlad Zarney - Calabasas CA, US
Kapil Chaudhry - Cerritos CA, US
Douglas T. Kuriki - Brea CA, US
Todd T. Tran - West Covina CA, US
David K. Homan - Torrance CA, US
An T. Lam - Alhambra CA, US
Michael E. Yan - Redondo Beach CA, US
Ashley B. Tarnow - Playa Del Rey CA, US

The DIRECTV Group, Inc. - El Segundo CA

G06F 40/40
G06F 16/632
G06F 16/332
G06F 16/9032
H04N 21/422
H04N 21/439
H04N 21/482
H04N 21/41
H04N 21/4147
H04N 21/433
H04N 21/472
H04N 21/4722
H04N 21/488
H04N 21/61
G06F 3/16
G08C 17/02
H04N 21/4415
H04N 21/475
G10L 15/26
G06F 3/0484
G10L 15/22

A system and method for operating the same includes a language processing module generating a search request text signal and determining identified data from the search request text signal. A search module generates search results in response to the search request text signal. A dialog manager classifies the search request text signal into a response classification associated with a plurality of templates, selects a first template from the plurality of templates in response to the response classification and corrects search results in response to the identified data and the template to form a corrected response signal. A device receives and displays the corrected response signal.

20180336188, Nov 22, 2018

Jul 30, 2018

16/048918

- El Segundo CA, US
Vlad ZARNEY - Calabasas CA, US
Kapil CHAUDHRY - Cerritos CA, US
Douglas T. KURIKI - Brea CA, US
Todd T. TRAN - West Covina CA, US
David K. HOMAN - Torrance CA, US
An T. LAM - Alhambra CA, US
Michael E. YAN - Redondo Beach CA, US
Ashley B. TARNOW - Playa Del Rey CA, US

The DIRECTV Group, Inc. - El Segundo CA

G06F 17/28

A system and method for operating the same includes a language processing module generating a search request text signal and determining identified data from the search request text signal. A search module generates search results in response to the search request text signal. A dialog manager classifies the search request text signal into a response classification associated with a plurality of templates, selects a first template from the plurality of templates in response to the response classification and corrects search results in response to the identified data and the template to form a corrected response signal. A device receives and displays the corrected response signal.

20140244686, Aug 28, 2014

Mar 15, 2013

13/832924

The DirecTV Group, Inc. - , US
Kapil Chaudhry - Cerritos CA, US
Douglas T. Kuriki - Brea CA, US
Todd T. Tran - West Covina CA, US
David K. Homan - Torrance CA, US
An T. Lam - Alhambra CA, US
Michael E. Yan - Redondo Beach CA, US

THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. - El Segundo CA

G06F 17/30

707775

A system and method for operating the same includes a conversation manager that receives a receiving a first search request and, after receiving the first search request, receives a second search request. The system also includes a classifier module within the conversation manager classifying the first search request relative to the second search request as related or not related. A context merger module within the classifier module combines the first search request and the second search request to form a merged search request. A search module performs a second search based on the merged search request.