Patents by Inventor Kurt ECKHARDT

Kurt ECKHARDT 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).

  • Targeted content delivery
    Patent number: 10764637
    Abstract: A device can receive, via a single interface of a device, information identifying video content to be targeted to user devices associated with an Internet protocol television (IPTV) service. The device can receive, via the single interface of the device, configuration information relating to the video content. The device can store the information identifying the video content in association with the configuration information. The device can receive information associated with a user device of the set of user devices. The device can generate, using the information identifying video content and the configuration information, targeted information relating to the video content based on the information associated with the user device. The device can provide, to the user device, the targeted information relating to the video content to permit the user device to provide, for display, the targeted information relating to the video content in association with the IPTV service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Ballori Sengupta, Michael Parker, Joaquin A. Delgado, David Hoyt, Judes B. Sarmiento, Kurt Eckhardt, Stefan Estrada
  • TARGETED CONTENT DELIVERY
    Publication number: 20190020922
    Abstract: A device can receive, via a single interface of a device, information identifying video content to be targeted to user devices associated with an Internet protocol television (IPTV) service. The device can receive, via the single interface of the device, configuration information relating to the video content. The device can store the information identifying the video content in association with the configuration information. The device can receive information associated with a user device of the set of user devices. The device can generate, using the information identifying video content and the configuration information, targeted information relating to the video content based on the information associated with the user device. The device can provide, to the user device, the targeted information relating to the video content to permit the user device to provide, for display, the targeted information relating to the video content in association with the IPTV service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Ballori SENGUPTA, Michael PARKER, Joaquin A. DELGADO, David HOYT, Judes B. SARMIENTO, Kurt ECKHARDT, Stefan ESTRADA