Patents by Inventor James H. Chilton

James H. Chilton 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).

  • Methods, systems and computer program products for providing internet protocol television communication services
    Patent number: 9699506
    Abstract: A method of providing communications services to customer premise equipment (CPE) coupled to a television. The method includes operating a network element as a communications terminal server, the network element being part of a communications network. The network element receives from the CPE a request to initiate communications with a diagnostic system coupled to the communications network. The network element accesses a communications application executing on a communications server coupled to the communications network and pushes a communications interface to the CPE. The network element receives message information from the CPE and routes the message information to the communications server to initiate delivery of a message to the diagnostic system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Jacklyn A. Mickle, Michael W. Smith, James H. Chilton
  • METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION COMMUNICATION SERVICES
    Publication number: 20160323638
    Abstract: A method of providing communications services to customer premise equipment (CPE) coupled to a television. The method includes operating a network element as a communications terminal server, the network element being part of a communications network. The network element receives from the CPE a request to initiate communications with a diagnostic system coupled to the communications network. The network element accesses a communications application executing on a communications server coupled to the communications network and pushes a communications interface to the CPE. The network element receives message information from the CPE and routes the message information to the communications server to initiate delivery of a message to the diagnostic system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Jacklyn A. Mickle, Michael W. Smith, James H. Chilton
  • Methods, systems and computer program products for providing internet protocol television communication services
    Patent number: 9407960
    Abstract: A method of providing communications services to customer premise equipment (CPE) coupled to a television. The method includes operating a network element as a communications terminal server, the network element being part of a communications network. The network element receives from the CPE a request to initiate communications with a diagnostic system coupled to the communications network. The network element accesses a communications application executing on a communications server coupled to the communications network and pushes a communications interface to the CPE. The network element receives message information from the CPE and routes the message information to the communications server to initiate delivery of a message to the diagnostic system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Jacklyn A. Mickle, Michael W. Smith, James H. Chilton