Patents by Inventor Gilbert G. Weigand

Gilbert G. Weigand 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).

  • Personalized content
    Patent number: 10771834
    Abstract: A media switch enables a terminal to access content by receiving a content request from a terminal for a first piece of content to be distributed over a cable system, identifying a personal channel within resources available in the cable system to distribute the first piece of content to the terminal, transmitting access information to the terminal to enable the terminal to access the first piece of content through the personal channel, and interfacing with a cable headend to provide the first piece of content on the personal channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Oath, Inc.
    Inventor: Gilbert G. Weigand
  • PERSONALIZED CONTENT
    Publication number: 20190313140
    Abstract: A media switch enables a terminal to access content by receiving a content request from a terminal for a first piece of content to be distributed over a cable system, identifying a personal channel within resources available in the cable system to distribute the first piece of content to the terminal, transmitting access information to the terminal to enable the terminal to access the first piece of content through the personal channel, and interfacing with a cable headend to provide the first piece of content on the personal channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventor: Gilbert G. WEIGAND
  • Personalized content
    Patent number: 10356463
    Abstract: A media switch enables a terminal to access content by receiving a content request from a terminal for a first piece of content to be distributed over a cable system, identifying a personal channel within resources available in the cable system to distribute the first piece of content to the terminal, transmitting access information to the terminal to enable the terminal to access the first piece of content through the personal channel, and interfacing with a cable headend to provide the first piece of content on the personal channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Oath Inc.
    Inventor: Gilbert G. Weigand
  • Location-based regulation of access
    Patent number: 9894078
    Abstract: Generally, access to content may be regulated by receiving a content request initiated at a jukebox for access to a content selection, identifying a jukebox location corresponding to a location of the jukebox, determining a permissible location for rendering the content selection, relating the jukebox location to the permissible location, and enabling the content request when the permissible location supports access to the content selection from the jukebox location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Gilbert G. Weigand, Scott J. Levine
  • PERSONALIZED CONTENT
    Publication number: 20180007413
    Abstract: A media switch enables a terminal to access content by receiving a content request from a terminal for a first piece of content to be distributed over a cable system, identifying, a personal channel within resources available in the cable system to distribute the first piece of content to the terminal, transmitting access information to the terminal to enable the terminal to access the first piece of content through the personal channel, and interfacing with a cable headend to provide the first piece of content on the personal channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventor: Gilbert G. WEIGAND
  • Personalized content
    Patent number: 9788038
    Abstract: A media switch enables a terminal to access content by receiving a content request from a terminal for a first piece of content to be distributed over a cable system, identifying a personal channel within resources available in the cable system to distribute the first piece of content to the terminal, transmitting access information to the terminal to enable the terminal to access the first piece of content through the personal channel, and interfacing with a cable headend to provide the first piece of content on the personal channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Oath Inc.
    Inventor: Gilbert G. Weigand
  • PERSONALIZED CONTENT
    Publication number: 20170006325
    Abstract: A media switch enables a terminal to access content by receiving a content request from a terminal for a first piece of content to be distributed over a cable system, identifying a personal channel within resources available in the cable system to distribute the first piece of content to the terminal, transmitting access information to the terminal to enable the terminal to access the first piece of content through the personal channel, and interfacing with a cable headend to provide the first piece of content on the personal channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventor: Gilbert G. WEIGAND
  • Personalized content
    Patent number: 9414103
    Abstract: A media switch enables a terminal to access content by receiving a content request from a terminal for a first piece of content to be distributed over a cable system, identifying a personal channel within resources available in the cable system to distribute the first piece of content to the terminal, transmitting access information to the terminal to enable the terminal to access the first piece of content through the personal channel, and interfacing with a cable headend to provide the first piece of content on the personal channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: AOL Inc.
    Inventor: Gilbert G. Weigand
  • LOCATION-BASED REGULATION OF ACCESS
    Publication number: 20160080942
    Abstract: Generally, access to content may be regulated by receiving a content request initiated at a jukebox for access to a content selection, identifying a jukebox location corresponding to a location of the jukebox, determining a permissible location for rendering the content selection, relating the jukebox location to the permissible location, and enabling the content request when the permissible location supports access to the content selection from the jukebox location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Gilbert G. Weigand, Scott J. Levine
  • Configuring subscriber systems in wireless mesh networks
    Patent number: 9167436
    Abstract: A wireless network may be managed by identifying one or more wireless subscriber systems included in a lobe pool of a wireless network, identifying at least one candidate subscriber system outside of the lobe pool with which to enable communications, and reconfiguring the antenna such that the lobe pool includes the identified candidate subscriber system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Gilbert G. Weigand
  • Location-based regulation of access
    Patent number: 9143515
    Abstract: Generally, access to content may be regulated by receiving a content request initiated at a jukebox for access to a content selection, identifying a jukebox location corresponding to a location of the jukebox, determining a permissible location for rendering the content selection, relating the jukebox location to the permissible location, and enabling the content request when the permissible location supports access to the content selection from the jukebox location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Gilbert G. Weigand, Scott J. Levine
  • PERSONALIZED CONTENT
    Publication number: 20150150037
    Abstract: A media switch enables a terminal to access content by receiving a content request from a terminal for a first piece of content to be distributed over a cable system, identifying a personal channel within resources available in the cable system to distribute the first piece of content to the terminal, transmitting access information to the terminal to enable the terminal to access the first piece of content through the personal channel, and interfacing with a cable headend to provide the first piece of content on the personal channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventor: Gilbert G. WEIGAND
  • Dynamically managing and reconfiguring wireless mesh networks
    Patent number: 9037146
    Abstract: A wireless network with multiple subscriber systems in a lobe pool may operate by determining a state of the wireless network, identifying a new condition, the new condition including a new demand condition or a new network health condition, determining whether the new condition has a threshold impact on operations of the wireless network or component subscriber systems of the wireless network, and if the threshold impact exists, reconfiguring the wireless network to accommodate the new condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventor: Gilbert G. Weigand
  • Time-shifting streaming data
    Patent number: 8904026
    Abstract: Streaming to a terminal by using a duplicating switch to receive a stream of data units, using the duplicating switch to store content from the stream, using the duplicating switch to generate a second stream that incorporates the content that was stored and address information corresponding to more than one terminal whose addressing information was not part of the first stream, and using the duplicating switch to make the second stream of data units available to two or more terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Gilbert G. Weigand, William J. Raduchel
  • Personalized content
    Patent number: 8893196
    Abstract: A media switch enables a terminal to access content by receiving a content request from a terminal for a first piece of content to be distributed over a cable system, identifying a personal channel within resources available in the cable system to distribute the first piece of content to the terminal, transmitting access information to the terminal to enable the terminal to access the first piece of content through the personal channel, and interfacing with a cable headend to provide the first piece of content on the personal channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: AOL Inc.
    Inventor: Gilbert G. Weigand
  • Dynamically Managing and Reconfiguring Wireless Mesh Networks
    Publication number: 20140308984
    Abstract: A wireless network with multiple subscriber systems in a lobe pool may operate by determining a state of the wireless network, identifying a new condition, the new condition including a new demand condition or a new network health condition, determining whether the new condition has a threshold impact on operations of the wireless network or component subscriber systems of the wireless network, and if the threshold impact exists, reconfiguring the wireless network to accommodate the new condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventor: Gilbert G. Weigand
  • CONFIGURING SUBSCRIBER SYSTEMS IN WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20140293782
    Abstract: A wireless network may be managed by identifying one or more wireless subscriber systems included in a lobe pool of a wireless network, identifying at least one candidate subscriber system outside of the lobe pool with which to enable communications, and reconfiguring the antenna such that the lobe pool includes the identified candidate subscriber system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventor: Gilbert G. Weigand
  • Dynamically managing and reconfiguring wireless mesh networks
    Patent number: 8831623
    Abstract: A wireless network with multiple subscriber systems in a lobe pool may operate by determining a state of the wireless network, identifying a new condition, the new condition including a new demand condition or a new network health condition, determining whether the new condition has a threshold impact on operations of the wireless network or component subscriber systems of the wireless network, and if the threshold impact exists, reconfiguring the wireless network to accommodate the new condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Gilbert G. Weigand
  • Systems and methods for configuring subscriber systems in wireless mesh networks
    Patent number: 8798682
    Abstract: A wireless network may be managed by identifying one or more wireless subscriber systems included in a lobe pool of a wireless network, identifying at least one candidate subscriber system outside of the lobe pool with which to enable communications, and reconfiguring the antenna such that the lobe pool includes the identified candidate subscriber system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Gilbert G. Weigand
  • WIRELESS VIRAL MESH NETWORK AND PROCESS FOR USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20140051473
    Abstract: A sending subscriber system may participate in a wireless network by generating a message to transmit in a wireless network, identifying a local wireless subscriber system with which communications may be established, and determining whether to use the wireless local subscriber system as a relay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventor: Gilbert G. Weigand