Patents by Inventor Mumin Ransom

Mumin Ransom 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).

  • Publication number: 20240146706
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for streamlined entitlement authorization. After a new device joins a network, a network device may provide the new device with the option to automatically authenticate the new device for a plurality of services that are available to other devices on the network. A user may choose the option, and the new device may automatically send login requests to the plurality of services, to automatically authenticate the new device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Mumin Ransom, Sunil Verma, Michael Winslow
  • Publication number: 20220353568
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for causing display of alternative content. The alternative content may be determined by a computing device. The computing device may cause output of the alternative content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Mumin Ransom, Philip John Stroffolino
  • Patent number: 11418833
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for causing display of alternative content. The alternative content may be determined by a computing device. The computing device may cause output of the alternative content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Mumin Ransom, Philip John Stroffolino
  • Publication number: 20200107066
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for causing display of alternative content. The alternative content may be determined by a computing device. The computing device may cause output of the alternative content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Mumin Ransom, Philip John Stroffolino
  • Patent number: 10341713
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for providing alternative content to a user while the user performs a media control request (e.g. fast forward request, fast rewind request) on media content (e.g., television episode, movie, advertisement, and the like) that is being viewed by the user. The content can be caused to be displayed based on a time remaining until the anticipated end of the media control request and/or a requested viewing speed of the media control request (e.g., 2×, 4×, etc. . . . ).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Mumin Ransom, Philip John Stroffolino
  • Publication number: 20160173942
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for providing alternative content to a user while the user performs a media control request (e.g. fast forward request, fast rewind request) on media content (e.g., television episode, movie, advertisement, and the like) that is being viewed by the user. The content can be caused to be displayed based on a time remaining until the anticipated end of the media control request and/or a requested viewing speed of the media control request (e.g., 2x, 4x, etc. . . . ).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Mumin Ransom, Philip John Stroffolino