Patents by Inventor James Y. Sofos

James Y. Sofos 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).

  • System and method for managing multiple sub accounts within a subcriber main account in a data distribution system
    Patent number: 8677463
    Abstract: A computer readable storage medium is disclosed having a computer program stored therein, which in a particular embodiment, the computer program includes but is not limited to machine readable instructions that when executed by a computer manage a plurality of sub accounts under a main account in a data distribution system, the computer program including but not limited to instructions to assign the plurality of sub accounts under the main account in a main account data structure at a server in the data distribution system; instructions to assign a plurality of end user devices to each one of the plurality of sub accounts; and instructions to receive end user device attribute data from at least one of the end user devices to the main account data structure after the attribute data is created at the at least one end user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
    Inventors: David Piepenbrink, James Y. Sofos, Lee M. Chow
  • System and Method for Managing Multiple Sub Accounts Within A Subcriber Main Account In A Data Distribution System
    Publication number: 20100146607
    Abstract: A computer readable storage medium is disclosed having a computer program stored therein, which in a particular embodiment, the computer program includes but is not limited to machine readable instructions that when executed by a computer manage a plurality of sub accounts under a main account in a data distribution system, the computer program including but not limited to instructions to assign the plurality of sub accounts under the main account in a main account data structure at a server in the data distribution system; instructions to assign a plurality of end user devices to each one of the plurality of sub accounts; and instructions to receive end user device attribute data from at least one of the end user devices to the main account data structure after the attribute data is created at the at least one end user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: David Piepenbrink, James Y. Sofos, Lee M. Chow