Patents by Inventor Erin Tania Kenyon

Erin Tania Kenyon 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 of restricting access to video content
    Patent number: 9021519
    Abstract: Disclosed are a system and method of restricting access to video content. In a particular embodiment, the method includes receiving a request for video content at a set-top box located at a first location, the request received from a remote user device located at a second location. The method also includes initiating recording of the video content at the set-top box when the video content is unrestricted at the first location and when the video content is restricted at the second location. The method also includes, when the video content is unrestricted at the second location, initiating sending the video content to the remote user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Edward Walter, Steven Michael Wollmershauser, Erin Tania Kenyon
  • System and Method of Restricting Access to Video Content
    Publication number: 20130276018
    Abstract: Disclosed are a system and method of restricting access to video content. In a particular embodiment, the method includes receiving a request for video content at a set-top box located at a first location, the request received from a remote user device located at a second location. The method also includes initiating recording of the video content at the set-top box when the video content is unrestricted at the first location and when the video content is restricted at the second location. The method also includes, when the video content is unrestricted at the second location, initiating sending the video content to the remote user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Edward Walter, Steven Michael Wollmershauser, Erin Tania Kenyon
  • System and method of restricting access to video content
    Patent number: 8490126
    Abstract: Disclosed are a system and method of restricting access to video content. In a particular embodiment, the method includes sending a request for video content to a set-top box device from a remote user device via a video distribution network. The method also includes receiving location data at the remote user device via the video distribution network, the location data indicating a location of the remote user device. The method also includes indicating at the remote user device that the video content is inaccessible, when access to the video content is restricted within a region that includes the location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Intellecutal Property I, LP
    Inventors: Edward Walter, Steven Michael Wollmershauser, Erin Tania Kenyon
  • Method and system for inserting advertising data into content
    Publication number: 20080155592
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for data communication in an internet protocol television (IPTV) system. The method includes receiving at a first end user device remote advertising data associated with a remote zone and home content data, wherein the home content data is not available in the remote zone and merging the remote advertising data and the home video data at the first end user device. A system is disclosed for performing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: SBC Knowledge Ventures L.P.
    Inventors: Edward A. Walter, Erin Tania Kenyon, Steven M. Wollmershauser
  • System and method of restricting access to video content
    Publication number: 20080092157
    Abstract: Disclosed are a system and method of restricting access to video content. In a particular embodiment, the method includes sending a request for video content to a set-top box device from a remote user device via a video distribution network. The method also includes receiving location data at the remote user device via the video distribution network, the location data indicating a location of the remote user device. The method also includes indicating at the remote user device that the video content is inaccessible, when access to the video content is restricted within a region that includes the location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicant: SBC Knowledge Ventures, LP
    Inventors: Edward Walter, Steven Michael Wollmershauser, Erin Tania Kenyon