Patents by Inventor Dale W. Malik
Dale W. Malik 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).
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Publication number: 20220353268Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to implement centralized authentication for granting access to services are disclosed. Example apparatus disclosed herein to perform device authentication at a first service are to access a profile based on an identification code included in an authentication request from a second service, the profile corresponding to a device associated with the identification code, the identification code assigned to the device by the first service. Disclosed example apparatus are also to assign a selected one of a plurality of trust levels to the device based on activity information associated with the device, location information specified for the device in the profile, and mobility information specified for the device in the profile. Disclosed example apparatus are further to transmit authentication information for the device to the second service responsive to the authentication request, the authentication information including the selected one of the trust levels.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Dale W. Malik
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Patent number: 11425137Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to implement centralized authentication for granting access to services are disclosed. Example apparatus disclosed herein to perform device authentication at a first service are to access a profile based on an identification code included in an authentication request from a second service, the profile corresponding to a device associated with the identification code, the identification code assigned to the device by the first service. Disclosed example apparatus are also to assign a selected one of a plurality of trust levels to the device based on activity information associated with the device, location information specified for the device in the profile, and mobility information specified for the device in the profile. Disclosed example apparatus are further to transmit authentication information for the device to the second service responsive to the authentication request, the authentication information including the selected one of the trust levels.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Dale W. Malik
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Publication number: 20210398169Abstract: Methods for providing contextual information about communication devices and/or services. Profile information indicating a user's communication devices and/or services is stored. When profile information or a message log is displayed, the user may identify a communication device and/or service. A query inquires whether the user would like contextual information. The contextual information may be obtained from a gateway in a data network or a telecommunications manager in a telecommunication network. The contextual information is displayed. Profile information about a user's communicating partner may be stored. When the user makes an effort to communicate with the partner, a check may be made of the partner's profile information for a preferred communication device and/or service. If the user does not have a communication device and/or service corresponding to that of the communicating partner, a query may inquire whether the user would like contextual information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2014Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventor: Dale W. Malik
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Patent number: 11195206Abstract: Methods for providing contextual information about communication devices and/or services. Profile information indicating a user's communication devices and/or services is stored. When profile information or a message log is displayed, the user may identify a communication device and/or service. A query inquires whether the user would like contextual information. The contextual information may be obtained from a gateway in a data network or a telecommunications manager in a telecommunication network. The contextual information is displayed. Profile information about a user's communicating partner may be stored. When the user makes an effort to communicate with the partner, a check may be made of the partner's profile information for a preferred communication device and/or service. If the user does not have a communication device and/or service corresponding to that of the communicating partner, a query may inquire whether the user would like contextual information.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2014Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.Inventor: Dale W. Malik
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Patent number: 11159460Abstract: Event management operations are enabled. The operations can include receiving a request to manage an event on behalf of an event sponsor identity associated with an event sponsor, the request including event information including a description of the event, invitee identities associated with invitees to the event and invitee contact information associated with the invitees, generating an event invitation message including the description of the event and an instruction for responding to the event invitation message, directing the event invitation message to be sent to the invitee contact information associated with the invitees, determining that responses to the event invitation message have been received from a set of the invitees, generating an event update message based on a sorting of the responses from the set of the invitees, and directing the event update message to be sent to sponsor contact information associated with the event sponsor.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Dale W. Malik, Landon Robinson, Ledley Yaussy
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Patent number: 11100096Abstract: A method includes receiving, at an analysis server from a user device, a keyword associated with content of interest. The method includes retrieving, at the analysis server from a database, searchable tag data for first searchable tags in the database. Each searchable tag of the searchable tags corresponds to a segment of stored media content. The stored media content is associated with the user device. The first searchable tags pertain to the keyword. The searchable tag data includes an initial relevancy score and a corresponding aging factor for each first searchable tag of the first searchable tags. The method also includes generating, at the analysis server, a list of media content segments based on the searchable tag data and sending the list from the analysis server to the user device. The list is ordered based on the initial relevancy scores modified by the corresponding aging factors.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Stephen A. Rys, Dale W. Malik, Nadia Morris
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Patent number: 10810620Abstract: Dynamic event-based content distribution is facilitated. In one embodiment, a method comprises evaluating, by a device comprising a processor and communicatively coupled to a content node device of content node devices, a criterion to select content of a plurality of content to present from the content node device to a mobile device, wherein the criterion and selected content are associated with a time-limited event, the time-limited event occurring independent of the mobile device. The method also includes selecting, by the device, a value of values for the selected content, wherein the selected value is based on first geographical information for the time-limited event and second geographical information for the mobile device. The method also includes generating, by the device, information to cause the content node device to present, to the mobile device, the selected content with the selected value, wherein the generating is based on the evaluating and the selecting.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2015Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventor: Dale W. Malik
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Patent number: 10798122Abstract: Systems and methods are presented which generate modified email messages, which are largely devoid of embedded functions, from original email messages, which have embedded functions. The embedded functions are amenable to self-executing codes such as viruses, worms, and Trojan programs. Thus, the modified email message without these embedded functions, and any argument associated with these functions, provides a more secure email environment.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2019Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: W. Todd Daniell, Dale W. Malik
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Publication number: 20200296107Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to implement centralized authentication for granting access to services are disclosed. Example apparatus disclosed herein to perform device authentication at a first service are to access a profile based on an identification code included in an authentication request from a second service, the profile corresponding to a device associated with the identification code, the identification code assigned to the device by the first service. Disclosed example apparatus are also to assign a selected one of a plurality of trust levels to the device based on activity information associated with the device, location information specified for the device in the profile, and mobility information specified for the device in the profile. Disclosed example apparatus are further to transmit authentication information for the device to the second service responsive to the authentication request, the authentication information including the selected one of the trust levels.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventor: Dale W. Malik
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Patent number: 10673858Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to authenticate a first device for access to a first service provider are disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein include sending, by executing a first instruction with a processor at a first service provider, an authentication request from the first service provider to a second service provider. The authentication request is generated in response to an access request from the first device and includes an identification code assigned to the first device by the second service provider. Example methods also include obtaining, at the first service provider, an authentication response from the second service provider. The authentication response is generated by the second service provider in response to the authentication request. Example methods further include, based on the authentication response, granting, by executing a second instruction with the processor, the first device access to the first service provider.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Dale W. Malik
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Publication number: 20200044995Abstract: Event management operations are enabled. The operations can include receiving a request to manage an event on behalf of an event sponsor identity associated with an event sponsor, the request including event information including a description of the event, invitee identities associated with invitees to the event and invitee contact information associated with the invitees, generating an event invitation message including the description of the event and an instruction for responding to the event invitation message, directing the event invitation message to be sent to the invitee contact information associated with the invitees, determining that responses to the event invitation message have been received from a set of the invitees, generating an event update message based on a sorting of the responses from the set of the invitees, and directing the event update message to be sent to sponsor contact information associated with the event sponsor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventors: Dale W. Malik, Landon Robinson, Ledley Yaussy
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Patent number: 10454854Abstract: Event management operations are enabled. The operations can include receiving a request to manage an event on behalf of an event sponsor identity associated with an event sponsor, the request including event information including a description of the event, invitee identities associated with invitees to the event and invitee contact information associated with the invitees, generating an event invitation message including the description of the event and an instruction for responding to the event invitation message, directing the event invitation message to be sent to the invitee contact information associated with the invitees, determining that responses to the event invitation message have been received from a set of the invitees, generating an event update message based on a sorting of the responses from the set of the invitees, and directing the event update message to be sent to sponsor contact information associated with the event sponsor.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2018Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Dale W. Malik, Landon Robinson, Ledley Yaussy
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Patent number: 10438238Abstract: Methods, systems, and products provide contextual information for communications. A call, for example, is processed from an origination address to a destination address. A query is made for a brand of device associated with the origination address making the call. The brand of device is announced during the call.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2014Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Dale W. Malik, Richard A. Anderson
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Publication number: 20190266150Abstract: A method includes receiving, at an analysis server from a user device, a keyword associated with content of interest. The method includes retrieving, at the analysis server from a database, searchable tag data for first searchable tags in the database. Each searchable tag of the searchable tags corresponds to a segment of stored media content. The stored media content is associated with the user device. The first searchable tags pertain to the keyword. The searchable tag data includes an initial relevancy score and a corresponding aging factor for each first searchable tag of the first searchable tags. The method also includes generating, at the analysis server, a list of media content segments based on the searchable tag data and sending the list from the analysis server to the user device. The list is ordered based on the initial relevancy scores modified by the corresponding aging factors.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Stephen A. Rys, Dale W. Malik, Nadia Morris
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Patent number: 10331661Abstract: A method includes identifying, at a computing device, multiple segments of video content based on a context sensitive term. Each segment of the multiple segments is associated with captioning data of the video content. The method also includes determining, at the computing device, first contextual information of a first segment of the multiple segments based on a set of factors. The method further includes comparing the first contextual information to particular contextual information that corresponds to content of interest. The method further includes in response to a determination that the first contextual information matches the particular contextual information, storing a first searchable tag associated with the first segment.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2013Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Stephen A. Rys, Dale W. Malik, Nadia Morris
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Publication number: 20190191205Abstract: Devices, computer-readable media, and methods for presenting a secondary content in connection with a presentation of a video program on a primary screen device are disclosed. For example, a processing system may receive a timed event metadata set associated with a video program, receive a timestamp associated with the video program from a primary screen device, and detect that the timestamp matches a timed event record from the timed event metadata set. The processing system may additionally access a secondary content in accordance with the timed event record in response to the detecting and present the secondary content on a screen of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2017Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventors: David B. DeLorme, Dale W. Malik, David Purcell
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Publication number: 20190141055Abstract: Systems and methods are presented which generate modified email messages, which are largely devoid of embedded functions, from original email messages, which have embedded functions. The embedded functions are amenable to self-executing codes such as viruses, worms, and Trojan programs. Thus, the modified email message without these embedded functions, and any argument associated with these functions, provides a more secure email environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2019Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: W. Todd Daniell, Dale W. Malik
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Patent number: 10225281Abstract: Systems and methods are presented which generate modified email messages, which are largely devoid of embedded functions, from original email messages, which have embedded functions. The embedded functions are amenable to self-executing codes such as viruses, worms, and Trojan programs. Thus, the modified email message without these embedded functions, and any argument associated with these functions, provides a more secure email environment.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2016Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: W. Todd Daniell, Dale W. Malik
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Publication number: 20180270173Abstract: Event management operations are enabled. The operations can include receiving a request to manage an event on behalf of an event sponsor identity associated with an event sponsor, the request including event information including a description of the event, invitee identities associated with invitees to the event and invitee contact information associated with the invitees, generating an event invitation message including the description of the event and an instruction for responding to the event invitation message, directing the event invitation message to be sent to the invitee contact information associated with the invitees, determining that responses to the event invitation message have been received from a set of the invitees, generating an event update message based on a sorting of the responses from the set of the invitees, and directing the event update message to be sent to sponsor contact information associated with the event sponsor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventors: Dale W. Malik, Landon Robinson, Ledley Yaussy
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Patent number: 9998408Abstract: Event management operations are enabled. The operations can include receiving a request to manage an event on behalf of an event sponsor identity associated with an event sponsor, the request including event information including a description of the event, invitee identities associated with invitees to the event and invitee contact information associated with the invitees, generating an event invitation message including the description of the event and an instruction for responding to the event invitation message, directing the event invitation message to be sent to the invitee contact information associated with the invitees, determining that responses to the event invitation message have been received from a set of the invitees, generating an event update message based on a sorting of the responses from the set of the invitees, and directing the event update message to be sent to sponsor contact information associated with the event sponsor.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Dale W Malik, Landon Robinson, Ledley Yaussy