Patents by Inventor Thomas Hinman Adams

Thomas Hinman Adams 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).

  • Method and system for inserting advertisement data into an internet protocol television network
    Publication number: 20080040742
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for distributing advertisement in an internet protocol television (IPTV) system. The method includes accepting at an IPTV server, targeted advertisement data from an advertisement client targeting a segment selected from an IPTV subscriber population based on IPTV subscriber profile data; inserting the targeted advertisement data into video data; sending the video data from the IPTV server to client devices associated with members of the selected segment of the IPTV subscriber population; and reporting to the advertisement client a quantity of members of the targeted segment that received the targeted advertisement data. The system includes an IPTV system processor for performing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2006
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: SBC Knowledge Ventures L.P.
    Inventors: Jerald Robert Howcroft, Thomas Hinman Adams, Edward A. Walter
  • Method and system for advertisement insertion within an internet protocol television (IPTV) system
    Publication number: 20080027801
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for inserting advertising and content in an internet protocol (IP) network, the method including accepting a request at an IP travel server associated with a travel zone from a traveling client device in the travel zone to receive home advertising content associated with a home zone and receiving the home advertising content from the home server at the IP travel server associated with the travel zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: SBC Knowledge Ventures L.P.
    Inventors: Edward A. Walter, Thomas Hinman Adams, Jerald Robert Howcroft