Patents by Inventor Andrew J. Afram

Andrew J. Afram 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: 8805729
    Abstract: A food ordering system may receive, from a user, a request to place a food order, identify the user, identify a type of user device used by the user to place the request, identify a user interface client that is tailored to the type of the user device, receive, via the user interface client, input from the user to establish the food order, and provide the food order to a restaurant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew J. Afram, D. Beau Morley, Hannah Y. Moon, Joel S. Angiolillo
  • Patent number: 8667526
    Abstract: A system may present video content with a data scroll on a video display device. The data scroll may include data scroll items that are automatically and consecutively presented on the video display device. Each of the data scroll items may include information associated with a particular topic. The system may receive a selection of a softkey corresponding to one of the data scroll items, retrieve, in response to receiving the selection of the softkey, additional content corresponding to the particular topic associated with the one of the data scroll items, and present the additional content on the video display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew J Afram, D. Beau Morley, Hannah Y Moon
  • Patent number: 8554046
    Abstract: A system may receive an enhanced media stream that includes media content and interactive content relating to the media content, present the media content for display on a video display device, detect initiation of a trick mode during presentation of the media content, and present information, relating to the interactive content, superimposed on the media content presented for display on the video display device during the trick mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: D. Beau Morley, Andrew J Afram, Hannah Y Moon
  • Patent number: 8254961
    Abstract: A system identifies a location of a user based on a location of a mobile device associated with the user, associates the location of the user to a location having a collection of attractions relating to shopping or entertainment, retrieves layout information associated with the location having the collection of attractions, and provides the layout information to the user on the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Hannah Y. Moon, D. Beau Morley, Andrew J. Afram
  • Publication number: 20090317053
    Abstract: A system may receive an enhanced media stream that includes media content and interactive content relating to the media content, present the media content for display on a video display device, detect initiation of a trick mode during presentation of the media content, and present information, relating to the interactive content, superimposed on the media content presented for display on the video display device during the trick mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicants: VERIZON CORPORATE SERVICES GROUP INC., VERIZON LABORATORIES INC.
    Inventors: D. Beau MORLEY, Andrew J. AFRAM, Hannah Y MOON
  • Publication number: 20090307721
    Abstract: A system may present video content with a data scroll on a video display device. The data scroll may include data scroll items that are automatically and consecutively presented on the video display device. Each of the data scroll items may include information associated with a particular topic. The system may receive a selection of a softkey corresponding to one of the data scroll items, retrieve, in response to receiving the selection of the softkey, additional content corresponding to the particular topic associated with the one of the data scroll items, and present the additional content on the video display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicants: Verizon Laboratories Inc., Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew J. AFRAM, D. Beau Morley, Hannah Y. Moon
  • Publication number: 20090104920
    Abstract: A system identifies a location of a user based on a location of a mobile device associated with the user, associates the location of the user to a location having a collection of attractions relating to shopping or entertainment, retrieves layout information associated with the location having the collection of attractions, and provides the layout information to the user on the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: Verizon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Hannah Y. MOON, D. Beau Morley, Andrew J. Afram
  • Publication number: 20090089183
    Abstract: A food ordering system may receive, from a user, a request to place a food order, identify the user, identify a type of user device used by the user to place the request, identify a user interface client that is tailored to the type of the user device, receive, via the user interface client, input from the user to establish the food order, and provide the food order to a restaurant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: Verizon Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew J. Afram, D. Beau Morley, Hannah Y. Moon, Joel S. Angiolillo
  • Publication number: 20090024404
    Abstract: A system receives, via a network, customer selected preferences for receiving different types of data at different ones of multiple devices associated with the customer and stores the customer preferences. The system sends a first type of the different types of data to the customer at a first device of the multiple devices based on the stored customer preferences and sends a second type of the different types of data to the customer at a second device of the multiple devices based on the stored customer preferences, where the second device is different than the first device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: Verizon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: D. Beau MORLEY, Hannah Y. Moon, Andrew J. Afram