Patents by Inventor Bryan J. Gonzalez

Bryan J. Gonzalez 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).

  • Method and apparatus for batch voting on live broadcasts
    Patent number: 10277949
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for allocating and committing votes in a variety of voting paradigms is described. In one embodiment, the method describes a system applicable in a plurality of time zones and comprises determining if an allocation of at least a portion of N1 votes among one or more candidates is received from a first user via a first device during a first period, accepting and storing the allocation of votes, only if the allocation is received during the first period, receiving a user command committing the stored allocation of the N1 votes among the plurality of candidates, determining if the command is received during a second period, and committing the stored first user allocation of N1 votes among the one or more candidates only if the command is received during the second period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: FOX BROADCASTING COMPANY
    Inventors: Joseph B. Earley, David B. Wertheimer, Edward A. Skolarus, William Bradford, Matthew Moroz, Nicole H. Ruby, Ori Nakar, Bryan J. Gonzalez
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BATCH VOTING ON LIVE BROADCASTS
    Publication number: 20170287250
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for allocating and committing votes in a variety of voting paradigms is described. In one embodiment, the method describes a system applicable in a plurality of time zones and comprises determining if an allocation of at least a portion of N1 votes among one or more candidates is received from a first user via a first device during a first period, accepting and storing the allocation of votes, only if the allocation is received during the first period, receiving a user command committing the stored allocation of the N1 votes among the plurality of candidates, determining if the command is received during a second period, and committing the stored first user allocation of N1 votes among the one or more candidates only if the command is received during the second period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: Fox Broadcasting Company
    Inventors: Joseph B. Earley, David B. Wertheimer, Edward A. Skolarus, William Bradford, Matthew Moroz, Nicole H. Ruby, Ori Nakar, Bryan J. Gonzalez
  • Method and apparatus for batch voting on live broadcasts
    Patent number: 9635426
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for allocating and committing votes in a variety of voting paradigms is described. In one embodiment, the method describes a system applicable in a plurality of time zones and comprises determining if an allocation of at least a portion of N1 votes among one or more candidates is received from a first user via a first device during a first period, accepting and storing the allocation of votes, only if the allocation is received during the first period, receiving a user command committing the stored allocation of the N1 votes among the plurality of candidates, determining if the command is received during a second period, and committing the stored first user allocation of N1 votes among the one or more candidates only if the command is received during the second period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Fox Broadcasting Company
    Inventors: Joseph B. Earley, David B. Wertheimer, Edward A. Skolarus, William Bradford, Matthew Moroz, Nicole H. Ruby, Ori Nakar, Bryan J. Gonzalez
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BATCH VOTING ON LIVE BROADCASTS
    Publication number: 20160007089
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for allocating and committing votes in a variety of voting paradigms is described. In one embodiment, the method describes a system applicable in a plurality of time zones and comprises determining if an allocation of at least a portion of N1 votes among one or more candidates is received from a first user via a first device during a first period, accepting and storing the allocation of votes, only if the allocation is received during the first period, receiving a user command committing the stored allocation of the N1 votes among the plurality of candidates, determining if the command is received during a second period, and committing the stored first user allocation of N1 votes among the one or more candidates only if the command is received during the second period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Joseph B. Earley, David B. Wertheimer, Edward A. Skolarus, William Bradford, Matthew Moroz, Nicole H. Ruby, Ori Nakar, Bryan J. Gonzalez