Patents by Inventor Greg DeCamp

Greg DeCamp 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).

  • Systems and methods for detecting unauthorized use of a user equipment device
    Patent number: 8387084
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting unauthorized use of a user equipment device are provided. An instruction is transmitted, using communications circuitry of a handheld device, to the user equipment device directing the user equipment device to display a unique identifier associated with the user equipment simultaneously with media content. An image of the media content and unique identifier simultaneously displayed on a display screen coupled to the user equipment device is captured using camera equipment of the handheld device. The image is automatically processed with the handheld device to extract the unique identifier from the image. The extracted unique identifier is cross-referenced, using the handheld device, with user account information associated with the user equipment device to determine whether use of the user equipment device is unauthorized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: United Video Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter R. Klappert, Daniel Thomas Ward, Greg DeCamp, Haig Krakirian, Thomas Patrick Antalek