Patents by Inventor Kirk Kingsmill
Kirk Kingsmill 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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Patent number: 10754313Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, decoding first and second encoded audio portions extracted from a digitally encoded data stream to obtain first and second decoded audio portions. The digitally encoded data stream includes an encoded video portion, multiple encoded audio portions including the first and second audio portions and a reference marker. The first and second decoded audio portions are synchronized to a decoded video portion based on the reference marker. The first decoded audio portion is forwarded to equipment of a first user and the second decoded audio portion is forwarded to equipment of a second user. Presentations of the first decoded audio portion by the equipment of the first user and the second decoded audio portion by the equipment of the second user are synchronized to a presentation of the decoded video portion. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Robert Johnston, Kirk Kingsmill, James Wood
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Patent number: 10194279Abstract: Location may be determined based on electrical outlets in a home or business. One or more of the electrical outlets may wirelessly communicate with a mobile device, thus updating a database with the location of the mobile device. As the mobile device moves within the home or business, a current location of the mobile device may be continually logged by passing one of the electrical outlets. Rules and operations may then be performed, based on the current location.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2016Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Kirk Kingsmill, Robert Johnston, Jeffery Russell
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Publication number: 20180231944Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, decoding first and second encoded audio portions extracted from a digitally encoded data stream to obtain first and second decoded audio portions. The digitally encoded data stream includes an encoded video portion, multiple encoded audio portions including the first and second audio portions and a reference marker. The first and second decoded audio portions are synchronized to a decoded video portion based on the reference marker. The first decoded audio portion is forwarded to equipment of a first user and the second decoded audio portion is forwarded to equipment of a second user. Presentations of the first decoded audio portion by the equipment of the first user and the second decoded audio portion by the equipment of the second user are synchronized to a presentation of the decoded video portion. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Robert Johnston, Kirk Kingsmill, James Wood
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Patent number: 9971319Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, decoding first and second encoded audio portions extracted from a digitally encoded data stream to obtain first and second decoded audio portions. The digitally encoded data stream includes an encoded video portion, multiple encoded audio portions including the first and second audio portions and a reference marker. The first and second decoded audio portions are synchronized to a decoded video portion based on the reference marker. The first decoded audio portion is forwarded to equipment of a first user and the second decoded audio portion is forwarded to equipment of a second user. Presentations of the first decoded audio portion by the equipment of the first user and the second decoded audio portion by the equipment of the second user are synchronized to a presentation of the decoded video portion. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2014Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LPInventors: Robert Johnston, Kirk Kingsmill, James Wood
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Patent number: 9781184Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a media distribution device having a support structure adapted for removably receiving a server module, a plurality of encoders, and an Internet Protocol (IP) router module; and a bus adapted for placing the server module, the plurality of video encoders, and the IP router module in communication with each other, where the server module is adapted to receive media content, where the plurality of video encoders is adapted to generate a plurality of encoded media contents from the media content and the video encoders generate the encoded media contents in temporal proximity to each other, where the IP router module is adapted to distribute the plurality of encoded media contents over an IP network. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2014Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: AT&T MOBILITY II LLCInventors: Robert Johnston, Larry Kennedy, Kirk Kingsmill
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Publication number: 20160353250Abstract: Location may be determined based on electrical outlets in a home or business. One or more of the electrical outlets may wirelessly communicate with a mobile device, thus updating a database with the location of the mobile device. As the mobile device moves within the home or business, a current location of the mobile device may be continually logged by passing one of the electrical outlets. Rules and operations may then be performed, based on the current location.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2016Publication date: December 1, 2016Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Kirk Kingsmill, Robert Johnston, Jeffery Russell
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Patent number: 9439045Abstract: Location may be determined based on electrical outlets in a home or business. One or more of the electrical outlets may wirelessly communicate with a mobile device, thus updating a database with the location of the mobile device. As the mobile device moves within the home or business, a current location of the mobile device may be continually logged by passing one of the electrical outlets. Rules and operations may then be performed, based on the current location.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2014Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Kirk Kingsmill, Robert Johnston, Jeffery Russell
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Publication number: 20160127874Abstract: Location may be determined based on electrical outlets in a home or business. One or more of the electrical outlets may wirelessly communicate with a mobile device, thus updating a database with the location of the mobile device. As the mobile device moves within the home or business, a current location of the mobile device may be continually logged by passing one of the electrical outlets. Rules and operations may then be performed, based on the current location.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2014Publication date: May 5, 2016Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Kirk Kingsmill, Robert Johnston, Jeffery Russell
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Publication number: 20150301788Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, decoding first and second encoded audio portions extracted from a digitally encoded data stream to obtain first and second decoded audio portions. The digitally encoded data stream includes an encoded video portion, multiple encoded audio portions including the first and second audio portions and a reference marker. The first and second decoded audio portions are synchronized to a decoded video portion based on the reference marker. The first decoded audio portion is forwarded to equipment of a first user and the second decoded audio portion is forwarded to equipment of a second user. Presentations of the first decoded audio portion by the equipment of the first user and the second decoded audio portion by the equipment of the second user are synchronized to a presentation of the decoded video portion. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2014Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LPInventors: Robert Johnston, Kirk Kingsmill, James Wood
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Publication number: 20140237535Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a media distribution device having a support structure adapted for removably receiving a server module, a plurality of encoders, and an Internet Protocol (IP) router module; and a bus adapted for placing the server module, the plurality of video encoders, and the IP router module in communication with each other, where the server module is adapted to receive media content, where the plurality of video encoders is adapted to generate a plurality of encoded media contents from the media content and the video encoders generate the encoded media contents in temporal proximity to each other, where the IP router module is adapted to distribute the plurality of encoded media contents over an IP network. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LPInventors: Robert Johnston, Lary Kennedy, Kirk Kingsmill
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Publication number: 20100223647Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a media distribution device having a support structure adapted for removably receiving a server module, a plurality of encoders, and an Internet Protocol (IP) router module; and a bus adapted for placing the server module, the plurality of video encoders, and the IP router module in communication with each other, where the server module is adapted to receive media content, where the plurality of video encoders is adapted to generate a plurality of encoded media contents from the media content and the video encoders generate the encoded media contents in temporal proximity to each other, where the IP router module is adapted to distribute the plurality of encoded media contents over an IP network. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2009Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: AT&T MOBILITY II LLCInventors: ROBERT JOHNSTON, Larry Kennedy, Kirk Kingsmill