Patents by Inventor George Scott Pinson

George Scott Pinson 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: 9807460
    Abstract: A video-on-demand server includes interface modules each providing a communication interface between the video-on-demand server and a switching network; an interface to a management module to monitor and provide to the video-on-demand server information on video-on-demand bandwidth utilization of network resources allocated to particular service groups, each service group including video-on-demand customers sharing a same fixed network bandwidth allocation; each interface module communicatively coupled to service groups simultaneously via service gateways; a total bandwidth of the server is an aggregate bandwidth of all the interface modules, and is less than an aggregate bandwidth of all service groups assigned to be serviced by the server, the switching network configured to make the server available for receiving video on demand service requests from all of the service group customers simultaneously; the server adapted to dynamically assign bandwidth of the server to service groups, by adapting the switchi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Matarese, Andrew Poole, George Scott Pinson
  • Patent number: 9210028
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to aggregate requested multimedia content and location-based content. Aggregating requested multimedia content and location-based content can be facilitated by determining the location of a client device based on information received from the client device, retrieving location-based content segments and aggregating location-based content segments with user-requested content segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: George Scott Pinson
  • Patent number: 8886767
    Abstract: Managing the storage and deletion of content on a content store shared by more than one local distribution office.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: George Scott Pinson, Kevin C. Flanagan, Xavier P. Denis
  • Patent number: 8625974
    Abstract: Various methods, systems, and apparatuses can be used to obscure advertisements during trick mode operations. In some implementations, the trick mode stream can be selected so as to not include advertisement frames within the trick mode stream. Upon resuming normal operation, the advertisements can be included within the normal playback stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: George Scott Pinson