Patents by Inventor Willis David Stinson, III

Willis David Stinson, III 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).

  • Service location based authentication
    Patent number: 9143508
    Abstract: A computer is configured to receive a request to access an application, the request having a header. The header includes a source address and an encrypted address generated based on the source address. The computer is further configured to generate a decrypted address from the encrypted address. The computer is further configured to determine whether the source address and the decrypted address match, transmit the source address to a data store, and determine whether a customer profile corresponding to the source address is found within the data store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Willis David Stinson, III, Bhaskar Purimetla, Anil Chintalapudi
  • Social television
    Patent number: 8863185
    Abstract: A system may include a media content processing subsystem configured to provide media content to a display device. The system may further include an adjunct computing device in communication with the media content processing subsystem and configured to receive interactive program guide data, receive social information associated with an account on a social network, and display the interactive program guide data augmented with the social information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Willis David Stinson, III, Omar Abdallah Abou-Khamis, Robin Chu-Hsin Chang
  • SERVICE LOCATION BASED AUTHENTICATION
    Publication number: 20120173869
    Abstract: A computer is configured to receive a request to access an application, the request having a header. The header includes a source address and an encrypted address generated based on the source address. The computer is further configured to generate a decrypted address from the encrypted address. The computer is further configured to determine whether the source address and the decrypted address match, transmit the source address to a data store, and determine whether a customer profile corresponding to the source address is found within the data store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Willis David Stinson, III, Bhaskar Purimetla, Anil Chintalapudi
  • SOCIAL TELEVISION
    Publication number: 20120174157
    Abstract: A system may include a media content processing subsystem configured to provide media content to a display device. The system may further include an adjunct computing device in communication with the media content processing subsystem and configured to receive interactive program guide data, receive social information associated with an account on a social network, and display the interactive program guide data augmented with the social information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Willis David Stinson, III, Omar Abdallah Abou-Khamis, Robin Chu-Hsin Chang