Patents by Inventor Dennis N. Tan

Dennis N. Tan 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 system for automating advertising insertion and reconciliation
    Patent number: 9736516
    Abstract: A system and method for operating an ad extraction and reconciliation system for a broadcast system includes an extraction manager module that receives an advertisement schedule for an advertisement from an ad sales module. The system also includes a controller module that receives broadcast channel schedule data for broadcast channel signal from a broadcast channel system and generating an advertising content data request signal for advertising content data including an advertisement content identifier for the advertisement. The ad extraction manager module forms an advertisement insertion schedule having advertisement content identifier and an advertising insertion spot associated with the advertising content identifier. The controller communicates the advertisement insertion schedule to a broadcast scheduling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Dien V. Nguyen, Joseph T. Hayes, Richard F. Purpura, Jason Y. Shimizu, James E. Yokers, Dennis N. Tan
  • Method and system for automating advertising insertion and reconciliation
    Patent number: 8799941
    Abstract: A system and method for operating an ad extraction and reconciliation system for a broadcast system includes an extraction manager module that receives an advertisement schedule for an advertisement from an ad sales module. The system also includes a controller module that receives broadcast channel schedule data for broadcast channel signal from a broadcast channel system and generating an advertising content data request signal for advertising content data including an advertisement content identifier for the advertisement. The ad extraction manager module forms an advertisement insertion schedule having advertisement content identifier and an advertising insertion spot associated with the advertising content identifier. The controller communicates the advertisement insertion schedule to a broadcast scheduling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Dien V. Nguyen, Joseph T. Hayes, Richard F. Purpura, Jason Y. Shimizu, James E. Yokers, Dennis N. Tan
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATING ADVERTISING INSERTION AND RECONCILIATION
    Publication number: 20120060184
    Abstract: A system and method for operating an ad extraction and reconciliation system for a broadcast system includes an extraction manager module that receives an advertisement schedule for an advertisement from an ad sales module. The system also includes a controller module that receives broadcast channel schedule data for broadcast channel signal from a broadcast channel system and generating an advertising content data request signal for advertising content data including an advertisement content identifier for the advertisement. The ad extraction manager module forms an advertisement insertion schedule having advertisement content identifier and an advertising insertion spot associated with the advertising content identifier. The controller communicates the advertisement insertion schedule to a broadcast scheduling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Dien V. Nguyen, Joseph T. Hayes, Richard F. Purpura, Jason Y. Shimizu, James E. Yokers, Dennis N. Tan