John Zimmerman
HCII and School of Design
Carnegie Mellon

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1. Anticipatory Content Augmentation
   US20030229895: December 11, 2003
   WO03105476: December 23, 2003
   
   
2. Content Augmentation Based on Personal Profiles
   US20030229629: December 11, 2003
   WO03105463: December 23, 2003
   
   
3. Conversational Content Recommender
   US20030208755: November 6, 2003
   WO03094508: November 20, 2003
   
   
4. Method and System for Providing Personalized News
   WO03084230: October 11, 2003
   
   
5. Method and System for Providing Complementary Information for a Video Program
   WO03084229: October 11, 2003
   
   
6. Method and System for Displaying Search Results
   US20030160759: August 28, 2003
   WO03073321: September 12, 2003
   
   
7. Method and Apparatus for an Adaptive Audio-Video Program recommendation System
   US20030160770: August 28, 2003
   WO03071791: September 2, 2003
   
   
8. Visual Summary for Scanning Forwards and Backwards in Video Content
   US20030152363: August 14, 2003
   WO03069621: August 26, 2003
   
   
9. VCR-style Transport for Navigating Electronic Program Guide (EPG) and Other Textual Information
   European Title: Method and Apparatus for Scrolling Electronic Program Guid (EPG) and Other Textual Information
   US20030149984: August 7, 2003
   WO03067875: August 20, 2003
   
   
10. User Interface for Reviewing and Controlling Use of Data Objects
    US20030137542: July 24, 2003
    WO03063024: August 5, 2003
    
    
11. Method and Apparatus for Access and Display of Content Allowing Users to Combine Multiple Profiles
    US20030126108: July 3, 2003
    WO03056825: July 10, 2003
    
    
12. Sort Slider with Context Intuitive Sort Keys
    US20030126130: July 3, 2003
    WO03056816: July 10, 2003
    
    
13. Visualizing Entertainment Content
    US20030126601: July 3, 2003
    WO03060759: July 31, 2003
    
    
14. Method of Populating an Explicit Profile
    US20030126227: July 3, 2003
    WO03061279: July 31, 2003
    
    
15. Touch-screen Image Scrolling System and Method
    US20030122787: July 3, 2003
    WO03060622: July 31, 2003
    
    
16. Visual Summary of Audio-visual Program Features
    US20030117428: June 26, 2003
    WO03054754: July 3, 2003
    
    
17. System and Method for Shopping Through Television
    US20030110507: June 12, 2003
    WO03050733: June 19, 2003
    
    
18. Adaptive Environment System and Method of Providing an Adaptive Environment
    US20030108334: June 12, 2003
    WO03049430: June 12, 2003
    
    
19. Media Recommender Which Presents the User with Rationale for the Recommendation
    US20030106058: June 5, 2003
    WO03047242: June 5, 2003
    
    
20. Intelligent Information Delivery System
    WO03046762: June 5, 2003
    
    
21. Affective Television Monitoring and Control
    US20030093784: May 15, 2003
    WO03043336: May 22, 2003
    
    
22. Method and System for Personal Information Retrieval, Update and Presentation
    US20030093794: May 15, 2003
    WO03042866: May 27, 2003
    
    
23. Systems for Monitoring Broadcast Content
    WO03041311: May 20, 2003
    
    
24. System for Sensing Similarity in Monitored Broadcast Content Streams and Methods of Operating the Same
    WO03041414: May 23, 2003
    
    
25. System and Method for Displaying Group Viewing Statistics During Television Viewing
    US20030066074: April 3, 2003
    WO03030418: April 12, 2003
    
    
26. System and Method for Reduced Playback of Recorded Video Based on Video Segment Priority
    WO03030531: April 15, 2003
    
    
27. Method and Apparatus to Track Objects in Sports Programs and Select an Appropriate Camera View
    US20030023974: January 30, 2003
    WO03010966: February 13, 2003
    
    
28. Method and System for Processing Incoming Calls on a Communication Unit
    US20020198007: December 26, 2002
    WO03001833: January 3, 2003
    
    
29. Automatic Setting of Video and Audio Settings for Media Output Devices
    US20030007001: January 9, 2003
    WO02100092: December 12, 2002
    
    
30. Video Playback Device with Real-time On-line Viewer Feedback Capability and Method of Operation
    US20020174445: November 21, 2002
    WO02093915: November 22, 2002
    
    
31. Method and Apparatus for Recommending Television Programming Through a Celebrity Profile
    US20020138836: September 26, 2002
    WO02078339: November 11, 2002
    
    
32. TV Program Profiling Technique and Interface
    US20020140728: October 3, 2002
    WO02080533: October 10, 2002
    
    
33. Token-based Personalization of Smart Appliances
    WO0199410: December 27, 2001
    
    
34. Method of Filtering TV Contents
    WO0211433: July 27, 2001
    
    
35. Visualization and Playback of Television Shows at a Sub-show Level
    WO0211428: July 27, 2001