Patents by Inventor Len Barlik

Len Barlik 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).

  • Patent number: 11645414
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media for providing a streamlined, comprehensive data privacy opt in and opt out solution. Data privacy laws, also known as data protection laws or consumer privacy laws, prohibit the disclosure or misuse of information held on private individuals. A first device may receive a request from a second device, the request associated with a user. The first device may determine, and based on the user, a privacy regulation. The device may determine a setting associated with the privacy regulation. The device may send, to the second device, the setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Len Barlik, William Bayless Bracker, Matthew Edwin Carothers, Donald W. Johnson, Michael J. Pacifico, Jemin Thakkar, Christian Ulf Welin
  • Patent number: 11575968
    Abstract: Information about and access to available third party content are provided via a primary service provider programming guide. A primary service provider may allow its customers/subscribers to access third party content through the systems of the primary service provider upon selection of a given third party content item from the primary service provider programming guide. The third party content may be provided as a full screen overlay over content presently being displayed and viewed from the primary service provider, or the third party content may be provided via a picture-in-picture inset either on the full screen or inside the displayed programming guide. Third party content offered via the primary service provider programming guide may be based on a recommendation of content in view of preferences and profile information for the customer/subscriber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Cox Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Len Barlik, Yousef Wasef Nijim, Jay Paul Langa, James Alan Strothmann
  • Publication number: 20200159955
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media for providing a streamlined, comprehensive data privacy opt in and opt out solution. Data privacy laws, also known as data protection laws or consumer privacy laws, prohibit the disclosure or misuse of information held on private individuals. A first device may receive a request from a second device, the request associated with a user. The first device may determine, and based on the user, a privacy regulation. The device may determine a setting associated with the privacy regulation. The device may send, to the second device, the setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: Cox Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Len Barlik, William Bayless Bracker, Matthew Edwin Carothers, Donald W. Johnson, Michael J. Pacifico, Jemin Thakkar, Christian Ulf Welin
  • Patent number: 9569624
    Abstract: Recording of third party content on recording systems of a primary service provider is provided. Third party service providers may provide information about offered video content to a primary content service provider. The primary service provider may allow its customers/subscribers to access the third party content through the systems of the primary service provider. Upon navigation to a desired third party content item, a customer/subscriber may request a recording of the third party content. The third party content may be passed to the primary service provider for recording on one or more storage systems associated with the primary service provider, and the recorded content may subsequently be played back by the customer/subscriber in the same manner as play back of content recorded from the primary service provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Yousef Wasef Nijim, Len Barlik, Jay Paul Langa, James Alan Strothmann