Patents by Inventor Dennis Meek

Dennis Meek 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).

  • Patent number: 10382657
    Abstract: Audio and video signals are synchronized for pleasing presentation of content. As content is streamed to a device, an audio portion may lag or lead a video portion. Spoken words, for example, are out of synch with the lip movements. Video content is thus synchronized to audio content to ensure streaming content is pleasing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Dennis Meek, Robert A. Koch
  • Publication number: 20160134923
    Abstract: Audio and video signals are synchronized for pleasing presentation of content. As content is streamed to a device, an audio portion may lag or lead a video portion. Spoken words, for example, are out of synch with the lip movements. Video content is thus synchronized to audio content to ensure streaming content is pleasing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Dennis Meek, Robert A. Koch
  • Patent number: 9264586
    Abstract: Audio and video signals are synchronized for pleasing presentation of content. As content is streamed to a device, an audio portion may lag or lead a video portion. Spoken words, for example, are out of synch with the lip movements. Video content is thus synchronized to audio content to ensure streaming content is pleasing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Dennis Meek, Robert A. Koch
  • Publication number: 20150237237
    Abstract: Audio and video signals are synchronized for pleasing presentation of content. As content is streamed to a device, an audio portion may lag or lead a video portion. Spoken words, for example, are out of synch with the lip movements. Video content is thus synchronized to audio content to ensure streaming content is pleasing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Dennis Meek, Robert A. Koch
  • Patent number: 9049406
    Abstract: Audio and video signals are synchronized for pleasing presentation of content. As content is streamed to a device, an audio portion may lag or lead a video portion. Spoken words, for example, are out of synch with the lip movements. Video time stamps are synchronized to audio time stamps to ensure streaming content is pleasing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Dennis Meek, Robert A. Koch
  • Publication number: 20140375883
    Abstract: Audio and video signals are synchronized for pleasing presentation of content. As content is streamed to a device, an audio portion may lag or lead a video portion. Spoken words, for example, are out of synch with the lip movements. Video time stamps are synchronized to audio time stamps to ensure streaming content is pleasing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Dennis Meek, Robert A. Koch
  • Publication number: 20080178556
    Abstract: An anchor bolt positioning and restraining apparatus eliminates use of the conventional J-shaped anchor bolt and replaces it with a straight-line anchor rod. The apparatus includes a support plate having an anchor bolt attachment means attached thereto, a pair of opposed, identical, upstanding positioning and restraining arms attached to lateral ends of the support plate and a straight-line anchor bolt that is secured to the attachment means after the foundation wall is constructed. The positioning and restraining arms invariably position anchor bar at exactly the same location within an interior core of the cinder block such that the anchor bar will consistently project above the sill plate on its centerline, while projecting at a consistent height and at a consistent ninety degree angle with respect to the top surface of the sill plate so that an anchoring nut and washer combination can be properly attached to the projecting end of the anchor bar when tying the building framing to the foundation wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventor: Dennis Meeks
  • Publication number: 20060143665
    Abstract: An interactive media control module provides flexible subscriber VCR controls of and functions for an interactive media system that limit the consumption of bandwidth capacity. According to some of the embodiments, a reactivation function is provided when pause and rewind controls are deactivated in a viewing window and presents information that the pause and rewind controls have been deactivated and a reactivation function to reactivate the pause and rewind controls by ordering supplemental fixed VCR control time. According to some of the other embodiments, a post-viewing time function is provided when a viewing window ends and presents information that the viewing time is ended, viewing statistics, and an activation function to order supplemental fixed viewing time to view the remaining program time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2004
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Dennis Meek, William Hartselle, Gregory Smith, Robert Frohwein
  • Publication number: 20060143664
    Abstract: An Interactive Media Control Module provides flexible subscriber VCR controls of and functions for an interactive media system that limit the consumption of bandwidth capacity. According to some of the embodiments, a reactivation function is provided when pause and rewind controls are deactivated in a viewing window such that the pause and rewind controls may be reactivated by ordering a bookmarked viewing window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2004
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: William Hartselle, Dennis Meek, Gregory Smith, Robert Frohwein