Patents by Inventor AT & T Legal Department-Roebuck, Patent Docket

AT & T Legal Department-Roebuck, Patent Docket 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: 20130212608
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium containing computer executable instructions that when executed by a computer perform a method, the computer program including but not limited to instructions to track a portion of the advertising data forwarded from a first end user device to a second end user; instructions to generate, based on the tracking, penetration data indicating an extent to which the first end user device forwards and propagates the portion of the advertising data to other end users; and instructions to present a portion of the advertising data in a picture in picture display window on the end user device based on the prioritizing of the advertising data during execution of the trick play command data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: AT & T Legal Department-Roebuck, Patent Docketing
    Inventor: AT & T Legal Department-Roebuck, Patent Docket
  • Publication number: 20130209071
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for managing digital video recording of alternative event data during a blackout of primary event data at a client device, the method including but not limited to receiving notification data indicating that a blackout has been cancelled for a primary event; proceeding with recording the scheduled digital video recording for the primary event; and graphically presenting the notification data of the cancelled blackout for the primary event at the client device. A system is disclosed for performing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: AT & T Legal Department-Roebuck, Patent Docketing
    Inventor: AT & T Legal Department-Roebuck, Patent Docket
  • Publication number: 20130208873
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium is disclosed containing instructions for execution by a computer, the computer program comprising: instructions to for detect a noise level on a conference telephone call; instructions to reconnect a first end user device to a first data line and sending a message to the first end user device indicating that the first end user device is a source of noise and to reconnect to a conference server using a second end user device in response to determining that the noise is reduced by disconnecting the first end user device from the first data line; and instructions to reconnect the first end user device to the first data line and determining if the noise is reduced in response to determining that the noise is not reduced by disconnecting the first end user device from the first data line. A system and method are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: AT & T Legal Department-Roebuck, Patent Docketing
    Inventor: AT & T Legal Department-Roebuck, Patent Docket
  • Publication number: 20130208188
    Abstract: A method is disclosed including but not limited to continuously displaying a selected channel in a new picture in picture display; and removing the selected channel from a first plurality of video channels to form a second plurality of video channels for selecting a second set of video channels from the second plurality of video channels A computer program and system for performing the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: AT & T Legal Department-Roebuck, Patent Docketing
    Inventor: AT & T Legal Department-Roebuck, Patent Docket