Patents by Inventor Jonathan R. Cowper

Jonathan R. Cowper 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for providing access to content
    Patent number: 9699513
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for a method for transmitting, by a first system including at least one first processor, to a second system including at least one second processor, a tag retrieved by the first system from a stream associated with a media program that is received by the first system, identifying, by the second system, a plurality of records associated with the tag, determining, by the second system, a temporal characteristic of the tag according to a comparison of a scheduled presentation time of the media program and a time of receipt of the tag, selecting, by the second system, a record from the plurality of records according to the temporal characteristic, and transmitting, by the second system, content information retrieved from the record selected from the plurality of records. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan R. Cowper, Benjamin Kryczka, Larry B. Pearson
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO CONTENT
    Publication number: 20130326570
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for a method for transmitting, by a first system including at least one first processor, to a second system including at least one second processor, a tag retrieved by the first system from a stream associated with a media program that is received by the first system, identifying, by the second system, a plurality of records associated with the tag, determining, by the second system, a temporal characteristic of the tag according to a comparison of a scheduled presentation time of the media program and a time of receipt of the tag, selecting, by the second system, a record from the plurality of records according to the temporal characteristic, and transmitting, by the second system, content information retrieved from the record selected from the plurality of records. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
    Inventors: Jonathan R. Cowper, Benjamin Kryczka, Larry B. Pearson