Patents by Inventor Frank Coppa
Frank Coppa 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: 20220353581Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining available media content items and identifying a first number of wireless broadcast channels of a wireless network having a limited channel capacity and adapted to broadcast media content items within a coverage area. A demand for a group of media content items is identified, and media content items are selected according to the demand, wherein broadcasting of the selected media content items within the coverage area does not exceed the limited channel capacity. The selected media content items are assigned to a group of broadcast channels of the first number of wireless broadcast channels to obtain a broadcast channel assignment for the coverage area. The wireless network is configured to broadcast the selected media content items within the coverage area via wireless broadcast channels according to the broadcast channel assignment. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Darren Kaufman, Frank Coppa, Christopher Heck
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Patent number: 11425465Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining available media content items and identifying a first number of wireless broadcast channels of a wireless network having a limited channel capacity and adapted to broadcast media content items within a coverage area. A demand for a group of media content items is identified, and media content items are selected according to the demand, wherein broadcasting of the selected media content items within the coverage area does not exceed the limited channel capacity. The selected media content items are assigned to a group of broadcast channels of the first number of wireless broadcast channels to obtain a broadcast channel assignment for the coverage area. The wireless network is configured to broadcast the selected media content items within the coverage area via wireless broadcast channels according to the broadcast channel assignment. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2021Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Darren Kaufman, Frank Coppa, Christopher Heck
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Publication number: 20210127167Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining available media content items and identifying a first number of wireless broadcast channels of a wireless network having a limited channel capacity and adapted to broadcast media content items within a coverage area. A demand for a group of media content items is identified, and media content items are selected according to the demand, wherein broadcasting of the selected media content items within the coverage area does not exceed the limited channel capacity. The selected media content items are assigned to a group of broadcast channels of the first number of wireless broadcast channels to obtain a broadcast channel assignment for the coverage area. The wireless network is configured to broadcast the selected media content items within the coverage area via wireless broadcast channels according to the broadcast channel assignment. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2021Publication date: April 29, 2021Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Darren Kaufman, Frank Coppa, Christopher Heck
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Patent number: 10917695Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining available media content items and identifying a first number of wireless broadcast channels of a wireless network having a limited channel capacity and adapted to broadcast media content items within a coverage area. A demand for a group of media content items is identified, and media content items are selected according to the demand, wherein broadcasting of the selected media content items within the coverage area does not exceed the limited channel capacity. The selected media content items are assigned to a group of broadcast channels of the first number of wireless broadcast channels to obtain a broadcast channel assignment for the coverage area. The wireless network is configured to broadcast the selected media content items within the coverage area via wireless broadcast channels according to the broadcast channel assignment. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Darren Kaufman, Frank Coppa, Christopher Heck
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Patent number: 10681429Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for sending advertising data to an end user device. The system includes but is not limited to a processor in data communication with a computer readable medium; and a computer program embedded in the computer readable medium, the computer program including but not limited to instructions to send first password data to a first group of end user devices that have exchanged a first advertising key data in a first advertising category; and instructions to send first advertising data encoded using the first password to the first group of end user devices.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2016Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: James Huffman, Frank Coppa, Larry Kennedy
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Patent number: 10601541Abstract: An architecture is provided that can scale content resolution in order to mitigate errors in a provisioned service of a communication network, such as a wireless service or a femtocell service that integrates with DSL or other broadband carriers. The architecture can identify fault conditions relating to e.g., bandwidth oversubscription or symbolization integrity. Based upon such identification, the architecture can alter encoding format codecs of certain types of content in order to reduce their resolution/quality, thereby mitigating bandwidth oversubscription fault conditions or freeing up space (without necessarily increasing bandwidth) to insert additional FEC code.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2018Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Douglas Medina, Frank Coppa, Robert Johnston
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Publication number: 20200037035Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining available media content items and identifying a first number of wireless broadcast channels of a wireless network having a limited channel capacity and adapted to broadcast media content items within a coverage area. A demand for a group of media content items is identified, and media content items are selected according to the demand, wherein broadcasting of the selected media content items within the coverage area does not exceed the limited channel capacity. The selected media content items are assigned to a group of broadcast channels of the first number of wireless broadcast channels to obtain a broadcast channel assignment for the coverage area. The wireless network is configured to broadcast the selected media content items within the coverage area via wireless broadcast channels according to the broadcast channel assignment. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Darren Kaufman, Frank Coppa, Christopher Heck
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Patent number: 10499100Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a device having a controller programmed to store a subscriber selectable preference for advertisements used for selecting advertisements to send to a set top box and receive a signal from a broadcast stream indicating the location for insertion of an advertisement based on the subscriber selectable preference. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2016Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Dean Debois, Frank Coppa, Brian Wilson
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Patent number: 10491645Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a connection is initiated to an adaptive bit rate (ABR) content delivery network delivering ABR data streams at different bit rates. A manifest associated with the network includes a profile of each data stream and its associated bit rate. The method also includes requesting delivery of content and downloading the content. If the download speed is greater than the delivery bit rate, the manifest is queried for a higher bit rate. If a higher bit rate is not available, a recommendation is received from the content delivery network to obtain additional content via an alternate content stream delivered by a second network. The method further includes selecting the profile for the alternate content stream from the manifest, and receiving the alternate content stream from the second network in accordance with the selecting. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2017Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Darren Kaufman, Nicholas Nicas, Frank Coppa
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Patent number: 10271073Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server comprising a memory to store executable instructions and a controller coupled to the memory. The controller, responsive to executing the instructions, performs operations comprising presenting a graphical user interface enabling selectable advertisements or a selectable channel distribution service for delivery to a set top box, presenting filters for targeted delivery of advertisements to subscriber equipment based on information descriptive of the subscriber, selecting advertisements from an advertising server based on detected selections of advertisements or a detected channel distribution service preference, transmitting a globally unique identifier of the set top box to a billing server, initiating storage of the selectable advertisements at a remote advertisement delivery server, and presenting the selectable advertisements to the set top box. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2016Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Dean Debois, Frank Coppa, James D. Huffman
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Publication number: 20180255116Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a connection is initiated to an adaptive bit rate (ABR) content delivery network delivering ABR data streams at different bit rates. A manifest associated with the network includes a profile of each data stream and its associated bit rate. The method also includes requesting delivery of content and downloading the content. If the download speed is greater than the delivery bit rate, the manifest is queried for a higher bit rate. If a higher bit rate is not available, a recommendation is received from the content delivery network to obtain additional content via an alternate content stream delivered by a second network. The method further includes selecting the profile for the alternate content stream from the manifest, and receiving the alternate content stream from the second network in accordance with the selecting. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2017Publication date: September 6, 2018Inventors: Darren Kaufman, Nicholas Nicas, Frank Coppa
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Publication number: 20180254850Abstract: An architecture is provided that can scale content resolution in order to mitigate errors in a provisioned service of a communication network, such as a wireless service or a femtocell service that integrates with DSL or other broadband carriers. The architecture can identify fault conditions relating to e.g., bandwidth oversubscription or symbolization integrity. Based upon such identification, the architecture can alter encoding format codecs of certain types of content in order to reduce their resolution/quality, thereby mitigating bandwidth oversubscription fault conditions or freeing up space (without necessarily increasing bandwidth) to insert additional FEC code.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2018Publication date: September 6, 2018Inventors: Douglas Medina, Frank Coppa, Robert Johnston
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Patent number: 9991987Abstract: An architecture is provided that can scale content resolution in order to mitigate errors in a provisioned service of a communication network, such as a wireless service or a femtocell service that integrates with DSL or other broadband carriers. The architecture can identify fault conditions relating to e.g., bandwidth oversubscription or symbolization integrity. Based upon such identification, the architecture can alter encoding format codecs of certain types of content in order to reduce their resolution/quality, thereby mitigating bandwidth oversubscription fault conditions or freeing up space (without necessarily increasing bandwidth) to insert additional FEC code.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2017Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Douglas Medina, Frank Coppa, Robert Johnston
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Patent number: 9736124Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a gateway comprising a controller to receive from a communication device a request for media content, receive a key and a record associated with the communications device from an interactive television system, wherein the record comprises a list of entitled media content, determine whether the requested media content is in the list of entitled media content, retrieve the requested media content from the interactive television system when the requested media content is determined to be in the list of entitled media content, encrypt the retrieved media content utilizing the key, and transmit the encrypted media content to the communications device. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2016Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: AT&T MOBILITY II LLCInventors: Robert Johnston, Frank Coppa, James Wood
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Publication number: 20170155469Abstract: An architecture is provided that can scale content resolution in order to mitigate errors in a provisioned service of a communication network, such as a wireless service or a femtocell service that integrates with DSL or other broadband carriers. The architecture can identify fault conditions relating to e.g., bandwidth oversubscription or symbolization integrity. Based upon such identification, the architecture can alter encoding format codecs of certain types of content in order to reduce their resolution/quality, thereby mitigating bandwidth oversubscription fault conditions or freeing up space (without necessarily increasing bandwidth) to insert additional FEC code.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2017Publication date: June 1, 2017Inventors: Douglas Medina, Frank Coppa, Robert Johnston
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Publication number: 20170133057Abstract: A computerized method for advertising, the method comprising: sending a request for replacement advertising to an advertising server when an indicator signals that a replacement advertising data is to be received as an advertising data stream from an advertising server; and receiving replacement advertising data from the DVR when the indicator signals that the replacement advertising data is to be received from storage on the DVR.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Brian Wilson, Frank Coppa, Larry Kennedy
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Patent number: 9609038Abstract: An architecture is provided that can scale content resolution in order to mitigate errors in a provisioned service of a communication network, such as a wireless service or a femtocell service that integrates with DSL or other broadband carriers. The architecture can identify fault conditions relating to e.g., bandwidth oversubscription or symbolization integrity. Based upon such identification, the architecture can alter encoding format codecs of certain types of content in order to reduce their resolution/quality, thereby mitigating bandwidth oversubscription fault conditions or freeing up space (without necessarily increasing bandwidth) to insert additional FEC code.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Douglas Medina, Frank Coppa, Robert Johnston
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Patent number: 9578388Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for sending advertising data to an end user device. The system includes but is not limited to a processor in data communication with a computer readable medium; and a computer program embedded in the computer readable medium, the computer program including but not limited to instructions to send first password data to a first group of end user devices that have exchanged a first advertising key data in a first advertising category; and instructions to send first advertising data encoded using the first password to the first group of end user devices.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2013Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LPInventors: James Huffman, Larry Kennedy, Frank Coppa
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Publication number: 20160360246Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server comprising a memory to store executable instructions and a controller coupled to the memory. The controller, responsive to executing the instructions, performs operations comprising presenting a graphical user interface enabling selectable advertisements or a selectable channel distribution service for delivery to a set top box, presenting filters for targeted delivery of advertisements to subscriber equipment based on information descriptive of the subscriber, selecting advertisements from an advertising server based on detected selections of advertisements or a detected channel distribution service preference, transmitting a globally unique identifier of the set top box to a billing server, initiating storage of the selectable advertisements at a remote advertisement delivery server, and presenting the selectable advertisements to the set top box. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Dean Debois, FRANK COPPA, JAMES D. HUFFMAN
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Patent number: 9449332Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server comprising a memory to store executable instructions and a controller coupled to the memory. The controller, responsive to executing the instructions, performs operations comprising presenting a graphical user interface enabling selectable advertisements or a selectable channel distribution service for delivery to a set top box, presenting filters for targeted delivery of advertisements to subscriber equipment based on information descriptive of the subscriber, selecting advertisements from an advertising server based on detected selections of advertisements or a detected channel distribution service preference, transmitting a globally unique identifier of the set top box to a billing server, initiating storage of the selectable advertisements at a remote advertisement delivery server, and presenting the selectable advertisements to the set top box. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2015Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Dean Debois, Frank Coppa, James D. Huffman