Patents by Inventor Albert J. McGowan
Albert J. McGowan has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20180144165Abstract: Embodiments are generally, and without limitation, related to devices, systems, and methods that allow one or more users to store objects, in a fixed storage in a remote storage enclosure, that the user can have shipped to themselves anywhere. More specifically, but without limitation, a user sends objects directly or indirectly from a merchandise provider, to a fixed storage provided by a storage concierge at a Unique Address assigned to the user by the storage concierge. The storage concierge tags each object with an unique code and creates an inventory of each object it receives for the user. The storage concierge processes each object and then stores the objects in the user's fixed storage associated with the Unique Address. When the user needs one or more objects, the user requests the objects to shipped to a desired location. The storage concierge takes the objects from the fixed storage and ships them accordingly.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2017Publication date: May 24, 2018Applicant: DUFL, LLCInventors: William H. Rinehart, Albert J. McGowan, Michael M. Gordon
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Patent number: 9864885Abstract: Embodiments are generally, and without limitation, related to devices, systems, and methods that allow one or more users to store objects, in a fixed storage in a remote storage enclosure, that the user can have shipped to themselves anywhere. More specifically, but without limitation, a user sends objects directly or indirectly from a merchandise provider, to a fixed storage provided by a storage concierge at a Unique Address assigned to the user by the storage concierge. The storage concierge tags each object with an unique code and creates an inventory of each object it receives for the user. The storage concierge processes each object and then stores the objects in the user's fixed storage associated with the Unique Address. When the user needs one or more objects, the user requests the objects to shipped to a desired location. The storage concierge takes the objects from the fixed storage and ships them accordingly.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: DUFL, LLCInventors: William H. Rinehart, Albert J. McGowan, Michael M. Gordon
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Patent number: 9798907Abstract: A register for counting and tracking items in a bag comprises a manifest and an RFID reader. The RFID reader is used to query a plurality of RFID tags attached to items contained in the bag. The register creates reports counting and/or identifying changes to items contained in the bag while the bag is routed and/or items in the bag are processed for a customer.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2015Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: DUFL, INC.Inventors: William H. Rinehart, Albert J. McGowan, Michael M. Gordon
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Publication number: 20170140183Abstract: Embodiments are generally, and without limitation, related to devices, systems, and methods that allow one or more users to store objects, in a fixed storage in a remote storage enclosure, that the user can have shipped to themselves anywhere. More specifically, but without limitation, a user sends objects directly or indirectly from a merchandise provider, to a fixed storage provided by a storage concierge at a Unique Address assigned to the user by the storage concierge. The storage concierge tags each object with an unique code and creates an inventory of each object it receives for the user. The storage concierge processes each object and then stores the objects in the user's fixed storage associated with the Unique Address. When the user needs one or more objects, the user requests the objects to shipped to a desired location. The storage concierge takes the objects from the fixed storage and ships them accordingly.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2016Publication date: May 18, 2017Applicant: DUFL, LLCInventors: William H. Rinehart, Albert J. McGowan, Michael M. Gordon
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Patent number: 9552504Abstract: A register for counting and tracking items in a bag includes a manifest and an RFID reader. The RFID reader is used to query a plurality of RFID tags attached to items contained in the bag. The register creates reports counting and/or identifying changes to items contained in the bag while the bag is routed and/or items in the bag are processed for a customer.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2015Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: DUFL, INC.Inventors: William H. Rinehart, Albert J. McGowan, Michael M. Gordon
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Publication number: 20160092709Abstract: A register for counting and tracking items in a bag comprises a manifest and an RFID reader. The RFID reader is used to query a plurality of RFID tags attached to items contained in the bag. The register creates reports counting and/or identifying changes to items contained in the bag while the bag is routed and/or items in the bag are processed for a customer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2015Publication date: March 31, 2016Applicant: DUFL, INC.Inventors: William H. Rinehart, Albert J. McGowan, Michael M. Gordon
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Publication number: 20160092833Abstract: A register for counting and tracking items in a bag comprises a manifest and an RFID reader. The RFID reader is used to query a plurality of RFID tags attached to items contained in the bag. The register creates reports counting and/or identifying changes to items contained in the bag while the bag is routed and/or items in the bag are processed for a customer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2015Publication date: March 31, 2016Applicant: DUFL, Inc.Inventors: William H. Rinehart, Albert J. McGowan, Michael M. Gordon
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Patent number: 9177186Abstract: A register for counting and tracking items in a bag comprises a manifest and an RFID reader. The RFID reader is used to query a plurality of RFID tags attached to items contained in the bag. The register creates reports counting and/or identifying changes to items contained in the bag while the bag is routed and/or items in the bag are processed for a customer.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2014Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: DUFL, Inc.Inventors: William H. Rinehart, Albert J. McGowan, Michael M. Gordon
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Patent number: 8898303Abstract: Various arrangements for controlling access to a set of media items accessible via multiple channels are presented. An indication of a media item may be stored. Multiple sets of rules may be received, including a first and second set of rules. Requests for access to the media item may be received from a first and second application. The first request may be determined to be is associated with a first channel, wherein the first channel is associated with the first set of rules. Access to the media item may be provide in accordance with the first set of rules. The second request may be determined to be associated with a second channel. Access to the media item may be provided in accordance with the second set of rules.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2011Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Inventors: Albert J. McGowan, Niko Huffman
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Publication number: 20140337127Abstract: Advertisement assets may be selected based on the capabilities of the device used to display or execute the advertisements. The capabilities of a device may be determined by a client bridge of an advertisement delivery system. The client bridge may analyze the capabilities and determine a set of advertisements that are compatible with the capabilities. The advertisement delivery system may select advertisements to maximize the advertisement yield within the bounds of the device capabilities.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2014Publication date: November 13, 2014Applicant: BRIGHTCOVE, INC.Inventors: David Morel, Troy Haas, Albert J. McGowan
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Publication number: 20130080581Abstract: Various cloud data persistence systems and methods are described. In some embodiments, a client may request a data object from a server. This data object may contain a link to a media asset and other information linked to the video file, such as a title and duration. This media asset may be stored in a different location. If this first server does not have the data object stored locally, it may contact a second server to determine if it has the data object stored. If the second server does not have the data object stored, it may contact a data object origin server, which may have all existing data objects stored. This data object origin server may then send the data object to the second server, which may in turn transmit the data object to the first server. The first server may then transmit the data object to the client.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2012Publication date: March 28, 2013Applicant: Unicorn Media, Inc.Inventors: Albert J. McGowan, Richard L. Carls
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Patent number: 8392559Abstract: A method and system for metric information processing is disclosed in one embodiment. Metric information is gathered with a plurality of points of presence (POPs) geographically distributed across the Internet. The metric information is processed in a hub-and-spoke fashion with a metric reduction occurring in the POPs and another metric reduction in a kernel application server according to predetermined schemes. The two-stage metric reduction generates a result set including a data structure. The result set can be processed according to a query to generate a report. The data structure and reports have metric information that is recent and updated regularly without use of a database.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2012Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Unicorn Media, Inc.Inventor: Albert J. McGowan
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Patent number: 8326912Abstract: Various systems and methods are described that may allow a server to control various other servers performing services on media assets, such as a video file, which may need to be encoded then copied to a plurality of servers. A first server may be aware of what service needs to be performed on a media asset next. The first server may then notify a second server that this service is to be performed. Once the service has been performed on the media asset, the first server may be notified that the service has been completed. The first server may then determine which, if any, other service needs to be performed on the media asset. The first server may determine and instruct other servers on what services to perform for large numbers of other media assets while the media asset is having a service processed using it.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2011Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Unicorn Media, Inc.Inventors: Albert J. McGowan, Richard L. Carls
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Patent number: 8280987Abstract: Various cloud data persistence systems and methods are described. In some embodiments, a client may request a data object from a server. This data object may contain a link to a media asset and other information linked to the video file, such as a title and duration. This media asset may be stored in a different location. If this first server does not have the data object stored locally, it may contact a second server to determine if it has the data object stored. If the second server does not have the data object stored, it may contact a data object origin server, which may have all existing data objects stored. This data object origin server may then send the data object to the second server, which may in turn transmit the data object to the first server. The first server may then transmit the data object to the client.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2011Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Unicorn Media, Inc.Inventors: Albert J. McGowan, Richard L. Carls
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Publication number: 20120246298Abstract: A method and system for metric information processing is disclosed in one embodiment. Metric information is gathered with a plurality of points of presence (POPs) geographically distributed across the Internet. The metric information is processed in a hub-and-spoke fashion with a metric reduction occurring in the POPs and another metric reduction in a kernel application server according to predetermined schemes. The two-stage metric reduction generates a result set including a data structure. The result set can be processed according to a query to generate a report. The data structure and reports have metric information that is recent and updated regularly without use of a database.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2012Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: Unicorn Media, Inc.Inventor: Albert J. McGowan
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Publication number: 20120066386Abstract: Various arrangements for controlling access to a set of media items accessible via multiple channels are presented. An indication of a media item may be stored. Multiple sets of rules may be received, including a first and second set of rules. Requests for access to the media item may be received from a first and second application. The first request may be determined to be is associated with a first channel, wherein the first channel is associated with the first set of rules. Access to the media item may be provide in accordance with the first set of rules. The second request may be determined to be associated with a second channel. Access to the media item may be provided in accordance with the second set of rules.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: Unicorn Media, Inc.Inventors: Albert J. McGowan, Niko Huffman
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Publication number: 20120066285Abstract: Various systems and methods are described that may allow a server to control various other servers performing services on media assets, such as a video file, which may need to be encoded then copied to a plurality of servers. A first server may be aware of what service needs to be performed on a media asset next. The first server may then notify a second server that this service is to be performed. Once the service has been performed on the media asset, the first server may be notified that the service has been completed. The first server may then determine which, if any, other service needs to be performed on the media asset. The first server may determine and instruct other servers on what services to perform for large numbers of other media assets while the media asset is having a service processed using it.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: Unicorn Media, Inc.Inventors: Albert J. McGowan, Richard L. Carls
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Publication number: 20120030313Abstract: Various cloud data persistence systems and methods are described. In some embodiments, a client may request a data object from a server. This data object may contain a link to a media asset and other information linked to the video file, such as a title and duration. This media asset may be stored in a different location. If this first server does not have the data object stored locally, it may contact a second server to determine if it has the data object stored. If the second server does not have the data object stored, it may contact a data object origin server, which may have all existing data objects stored. This data object origin server may then send the data object to the second server, which may in turn transmit the data object to the first server. The first server may then transmit the data object to the client.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2011Publication date: February 2, 2012Applicant: Unicorn Media, Inc.Inventors: Albert J. McGowan, Richard L. Carls