Patents by Inventor Brian Joseph Donlan

Brian Joseph Donlan 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 apparatus for provisioning client devices connected to an interactive TV network
    Patent number: 9769531
    Abstract: A system and method manages the provisioning of an client device connected to a service distribution network, such as an interactive television service-providing network. Provisioning is managed by a provisioning manager that knows the specific provisioning data to collect and where the data is located and is to be forwarded. The client or subscriber can initiate the provisioning transaction through the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Joseph Donlan, Randall G. Rushe
  • Method and apparatus for managing the provisioning of client devices connected to an interactive TV network
    Patent number: 6952836
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method for managing the provisioning of an client device connected to a service distribution network, such as an interactive television service-providing network. Provisioning is managed by a provisioning manager that knows the specific provisioning data to collect and where the data is located and is to be forwarded. The provisioning manager thus acts as an intelligent provisioning data traffic manager by performing as a central collection and dissemination point for the provisioning data and directing provisioning data flows between a billing system, IP data network, server complex and/or other network systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: Brian Joseph Donlan, Randall George Rushe
  • Method and apparatus for removing client from an interactive TV network
    Publication number: 20040088737
    Abstract: A system and method manages the provisioning of an client device connected to a service distribution network, such as an interactive television service-providing network. Provisioning is managed by a provisioning manager that knows the specific provisioning data to collect and where the data is located and is to be forwarded. The provisioning manager thus acts as an intelligent provisioning data traffic manager by performing as a central collection and dissemination point for the provisioning data and directing provisioning data flows between a billing system, IP data network, server complex and/or other network systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2002
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Brian Joseph Donlan, Randall G. Rushe
  • Method and apparatus for provisioning client devices connected to an interactive TV network
    Publication number: 20040088734
    Abstract: A system and method manages the provisioning of an client device connected to a service distribution network, such as an interactive television service-providing network. Provisioning is managed by a provisioning manager that knows the specific provisioning data to collect and where the data is located and is to be forwarded. The client or subscriber can initiate the provisioning transaction through the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2002
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Brian Joseph Donlan, Randall G. Rushe