Patents by Inventor Brian P. Shield

Brian P. Shield 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: 11956515
    Abstract: A system for content presentation is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the system includes Input/Output(I/O) circuitry to receive an indicated location and an indicated one or more preferred sources of content. Memory stores scheduling information that includes a location information and date information associated therewith. A processor identifies at least one media segment for inclusion into a customized media programming stream based on (a) comparing the indicated location to the location information; (b) comparing the current date to the associated date information; and (c) comparing the indicated one or more preferred sources for content to the content source information. The processer assembles a customized media programming stream by adding the at least one identified media segment to the customized media programming stream. The I/O circuitry transmits the customized media programming stream for presentation on a user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Inventors: Charles A. Eldering, Brian P. Shield, Christopher Ryan McClellen
  • Patent number: 11678026
    Abstract: A system for construing a content presentation is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the system includes Input/Output (I/O) circuitry to receive an indicated location, and memory to store scheduling information that includes a location information and date information associated with the location information. A processor identifies at least one media segment for inclusion into a customized media programming stream based on (a) comparing the indicated location to the location information from the scheduling information; and (b) comparing the current date to the associated date information from the scheduling information. Further, the processer assembles a customized media programming stream by adding the at least one identified media segment to the customized media programming stream. The I/O circuitry transmits the customized media programming stream for presentation on a user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Inventors: Charles A. Eldering, Brian P Shield, Christopher Ryan McClellen
  • Patent number: 11363347
    Abstract: A customized programming content creation system is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a media content search engine locates and retrieves media segments, and a storage component stores a user location indicator. A processor accesses scheduling information data structures for the media segments, and filters the media segments to generate a set of current local media segments. The filtering is based on a comparison of a user-associated location value with a geography value from the scheduling information data structure, and a comparison of a current time value with an expiration value from the scheduling information data structure. The set of current local media segments includes at least one local weather segment. The media segments are also filtered to identify at least one current news media segment. An integrated video stream is assembled. The stream is then transmitted for presentation on a user device of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventors: Charles A. Eldering, Brian P. Shield, Christopher Ryan McClellen
  • Patent number: 11166074
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of creating customized programming content for a user of a media content system includes accessing a user interest profile for the user, the user interest profile comprising a ranked list of a plurality of interest categories; locating at least one media segment corresponding to each of the interest categories of the user interest profile; calculating the correlation between the user interest profile and data describing each of the located media segment, and ranking the media segments based on the correlation; assembling the media segments into a customized media programming stream based on the ranking; and displaying the customized media programming stream to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventors: Charles A. Eldering, Brian P. Shield, Christopher Ryan McClellen
  • Patent number: 10616643
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method of creating customized programming content for a user of a video content system includes accessing a user interest profile for the user, the user interest profile comprising a ranked list of a plurality of interest categories; locating at least one video segment corresponding to each of the interest categories of the user interest profile; calculating the correlation between the user interest profile and data describing each of the located video segment, and ranking the video segments based on the correlation; assembling the video segments into a customized video programming stream based on the ranking; and displaying the customized video programming stream to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL INNOVATION COUNSEL, LLC
    Inventors: Charles A. Eldering, Brian P. Shield, Christopher Ryan McClellen
  • Patent number: 9602884
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for creating localized programming content includes receiving a broadcast signal and receiving geographic specific data from a server. The geographic specific data for presentation as geographic specific content is rendered and a combination of the broadcast signal and the geographic specific content is assembled to produce the localized programming content for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Universal Innovation Counsel, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles A. Eldering, Brian P. Shield, Christopher Ryan McClellen