Patents by Inventor Clay B. Meyer

Clay B. Meyer 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).

  • System and method for content delivery to lodging entertainment systems
    Patent number: 7895630
    Abstract: Entertainment content is delivered in an encrypted digital format from a home base via satellite to individual lodging properties (sites) having an in-room entertainment system. Each digital file containing content (such as a movie) is accompanied by a sites file which identifies the name of the content file and the sites to which the content file is being transmitted. Each site includes a host computer, a digital content receiver, a digital content server guest terminals in the guest rooms, and a distribution network for distributing content from the digital content server to the guest terminals. The digital content receiver receives the transmitted digital content and sites files, and provides the files to the digital content server for storage and later use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: LodgeNet Interactive Corporation
    Inventors: Lee R. McKenna, Clay B. Meyer, James L. Fenno
  • System and method for content delivery to lodging entertainment systems
    Publication number: 20030005449
    Abstract: Entertainment content is delivered in an encrypted digital format from a home base via satellite to individual lodging properties (sites) having an in-room entertainment system. Each digital file containing content (such as a movie) is accompanied by a sites file which identifies the name of the content file and the sites to which the content file is being transmitted. Each site includes a host computer, a digital content receiver, a digital content server guest terminals in the guest rooms, and a distribution network for distributing content from the digital content server to the guest terminals. The digital content receiver receives the transmitted digital content and sites files, and provides the files to the digital content server for storage and later use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Lee R. McKenna, Clay B. Meyer, James L. Fenno