Patents by Inventor Austin Britt

Austin Britt 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: 20090183221
    Abstract: A method of delivering content related to a media channel to a wireless device is disclosed and includes receiving a request to access a web portal. The request is received from a wireless device at a portal server associated with a video distribution network. The method also includes receiving data at the portal server from a network element associated with the video distribution network, the data indicating a media channel associated with media content currently received at a set-top box device. The set-top box device and the wireless device are associated with a media service subscriber. Further, the method includes automatically sending content related to the media channel to the wireless device via the web portal, in response to the access request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2008
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: AT&T KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, LP
    Inventors: Adam Klein, James Austin Britt, Joshua J. Fox
  • Publication number: 20080285936
    Abstract: Systems and methods of deferred multimedia content delivery are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method is disclosed that includes receiving a request from a first customer premises equipment (CPE) device to receive multimedia content. The method also includes selectively recording the multimedia content at a server based on a comparison of a measured bandwidth associated with the first CPE device and a bandwidth threshold. The method may also include delivering the multimedia content to the first CPE device from a network when measured bandwidth is available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: AT&T Knowledge Ventures, LP
    Inventors: Mark Yampanis, Adam Klein, Austin Britt, Stephen Rys