Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Binder

Jeffrey Binder 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).

  • Publication number: 20240095720
    Abstract: Automatic token wallet generation includes generating a token wallet generated for a unique identifier that is associated with a person. The unique identifier may be a communication identifier like an email address, a telephone number, a social media handle, and so on. Storage space may be allocated for the token wallet and may be associated with the unique identifier. One or more NFTs (non-fungible tokens) may then be associated with the token wallet. In some examples, the token wallet may be automatically created in response to a request to associate an NFT with it. In other examples, the token wallet may be created in response to a request to perform other actions related to the token wallet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffrey Binder, Charles Hasek, Lindsay Gardner
  • Publication number: 20240070662
    Abstract: A non-fungible token (“NFT”) document platform includes a host platform that is operable to create and/or perform one or more transactions related to one or more NFTs on behalf of and/or for one or more other entities. Creation of the NFTs may involve creation of one or more smart contracts, storage of the smart contracts and/or the NFTs in one or more blockchains, and so on. The NFT document platform may also be operable to mint one or more documents, such as one or more birth certificates, contracts and other signed documents, titles, prescriptions, licenses and/or identification documents, checks, money, gift cards, and so on. The smart contracts and/or NFTs may correspond to the one or more minted documents. The NFTs may be usable to authenticate the minted documents, evidence ownership of the minted documents, control the ability to perform transactions regarding the minted documents, and so on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffrey Binder, Charles Hasek, Lindsay Gardner
  • Publication number: 20240020355
    Abstract: A system uses one or more non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for authentication. An NFT and an associated smart contract may be generated and stored on a blockchain for authority that is to be delegated to a delegate on behalf of a delegator. The NFT may then be provided to the delegate, who may use the NFT to authenticate himself in order to act on the delegated authority. Subsequently, the NFT may be transferred, revoked, marked expired, and/or otherwise controlled by the delegator in order to control the authority delegated to the delegate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffrey Binder, Charles Hasek, Lindsay Gardner
  • Patent number: 11489923
    Abstract: A storage controller of a network controlled content recording system that uses a combination of network and local storage determines to record content for a user. The storage controller performs an evaluation to determine whether to store the content in network or local storage. The evaluation may include evaluating a set of rules and/or characteristics of the user, characteristics of the content, characteristics of a request to record the content, and so on. The storage controller then arranges for the content to be recorded accordingly. Subsequently, the storage controller may reevaluate storage locations and direct transfer accordingly. This reevaluation may include determining that various characteristics related to the user, the content, and so on have changed and that transfer is appropriate due to that change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: T-MOBILE USA, INC.
    Inventors: Charles A. Hasek, IV, Jeffrey Binder
  • Patent number: 11356839
    Abstract: A system for location verification and enforcement receives an authorization request to access content from a content access device. The authorization request includes and/or is associated with location information obtained from a gateway device via a local area network and determined using multiple communication networks. The location information is compared to a record indicating that the content access device and the gateway device were both present at a location. When the location information matches the record, an authorization is transmitted to the content access device. The content access device may be operative to access the content upon receiving the authorization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: T-MOBILE USA, INC.
    Inventors: Chris A. Cholas, David M. Fellows, Charles A. Hasek, IV, Jeffrey Binder
  • Patent number: 11209958
    Abstract: A content access device ranks content that is available to be accessed based at least on previous user content selection behavior information compared to a current situation. The content access device generates and presents a content access (or navigation) menu that indicates content selected based on the ranking. The menu may include a primary menu element that corresponds to and presents a highest ranked of the content, a secondary menu element that corresponds to and presents still images of a secondary ranked group of the content that are all smaller than the primary menu element, and a tertiary menu element that corresponds to and presents text descriptions of a tertiary ranked group of the content that are all smaller than the still images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: T-MOBILE USA, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Binder, David M. Fellows, Vic Odryna, Charles Hasek, IV
  • Publication number: 20210377606
    Abstract: A digital video recorder apparatus, system and method for recording programming material and removing limitations of a storage medium by pulling adaptive bit rate segments from a content delivery network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Jeffrey Binder, Charles Hasek
  • Publication number: 20210281644
    Abstract: A storage controller of a network controlled content recording system that uses a combination of network and local storage determines to record content for a user. The storage controller performs an evaluation to determine whether to store the content in network or local storage. The evaluation may include evaluating a set of rules and/or characteristics of the user, characteristics of the content, characteristics of a request to record the content, and so on. The storage controller then arranges for the content to be recorded accordingly. Subsequently, the storage controller may reevaluate storage locations and direct transfer accordingly. This reevaluation may include determining that various characteristics related to the user, the content, and so on have changed and that transfer is appropriate due to that change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Charles A. Hasek, IV, Jeffrey Binder
  • Patent number: 11109101
    Abstract: A digital video recorder apparatus, system and method for recording programming material and removing limitations of a storage medium by pulling adaptive bt rate segments from a content delivery network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: T-MOBILE USA, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Binder, Charles A. Hasek
  • Patent number: 11057758
    Abstract: A system for location verification and enforcement receives an authorization request to access content from a content access device. The authorization request includes and/or is associated with location information obtained from a gateway device via a local area network and determined using multiple communication networks. The location information is compared to a record indicating that the content access device and the gateway device were both present at a location. When the location information matches the record, an authorization is transmitted to the content access device. The content access device may be operative to access the content upon receiving the authorization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: T-MOBILE USA, INC.
    Inventors: Chris A. Cholas, David M. Fellows, Charles A. Hasek, IV, Jeffrey Binder
  • Patent number: 11050824
    Abstract: A storage controller of a network controlled content recording system that uses a combination of network and local storage determines to record content for a user. The storage controller performs an evaluation to determine whether to store the content in network or local storage. The evaluation may include evaluating a set of rules and/or characteristics of the user, characteristics of the content, characteristics of a request to record the content, and so on. The storage controller then arranges for the content to be recorded accordingly. Subsequently, the storage controller may reevaluate storage locations and direct transfer accordingly. This reevaluation may include determining that various characteristics related to the user, the content, and so on have changed and that transfer is appropriate due to that change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: T-MOBILE USA, INC.
    Inventors: Charles A. Hasek, IV, Jeffrey Binder
  • Publication number: 20210185507
    Abstract: A system for location verification and enforcement receives an authorization request to access content from a content access device. The authorization request includes and/or is associated with location information obtained from a gateway device via a local area network and determined using multiple communication networks. The location information is compared to a record indicating that the content access device and the gateway device were both present at a location. When the location information matches the record, an authorization is transmitted to the content access device. The content access device may be operative to access the content upon receiving the authorization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Chris A. Cholas, David M. Fellows, Charles A. Hasek, IV, Jeffrey Binder
  • Patent number: 10979766
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a method of content access device geolocation verification includes determining local geolocation information, identifying proximate content access devices that are associated with a content delivery network provider, and transmitting the information to a content delivery network provider device that takes an action if a location of a content access device mismatches a recorded location. In some embodiments, a content delivery network provider device receives local geolocation information and data regarding identified proximate content access devices from an electronic device, analyzes the information to determine whether a location of a content access device mismatches a recorded location, and, if the location of the content access device mismatches the recorded location, takes an action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: T-MOBILE USA, INC.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Binder
  • Publication number: 20200374683
    Abstract: A system for location verification and enforcement receives an authorization request to access content from a content access device. The authorization request includes and/or is associated with location information obtained from a gateway device via a local area network and determined using multiple communication networks. The location information is compared to a record indicating that the content access device and the gateway device were both present at a location. When the location information matches the record, an authorization is transmitted to the content access device. The content access device may be operative to access the content upon receiving the authorization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2019
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Chris A. Cholas, David M. Fellows, Charles Hasek, IV, Jeffrey Binder
  • Publication number: 20200304871
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a method of content access device geolocation verification includes determining local geolocation information, identifying proximate content access devices that are associated with a content delivery network provider, and transmitting the information to a content delivery network provider device that takes an action if a location of a content access device mismatches a recorded location. In some embodiments, a content delivery network provider device receives local geolocation information and data regarding identified proximate content access devices from an electronic device, analyzes the information to determine whether a location of a content access device mismatches a recorded location, and, if the location of the content access device mismatches the recorded location, takes an action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventor: Jeffrey Binder
  • Patent number: 10779049
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a non-transitory storage medium storing instructions and a processing unit that executes the instructions to present a group of selectable elements. Each of the selectable elements in the group corresponds to content assets accessed by a user. The group is ordered according to chronological access. Selection of a selectable element from the group provides access to content determined based on the respective content asset, an application used to access the respective content asset, and information regarding previous user behavior. The electronic device may be a content access device, such as a set top box, a digital video recorder, and so on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: T-MOBILE USA, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Binder, Miles Fenn, Charles Hasek
  • Patent number: 10725619
    Abstract: A content access device ranks content that is available to be accessed based at least on previous user content selection behavior information compared to a current situation. The content access device generates and presents a content access (or navigation) menu that indicates content selected based on the ranking. The menu may include a primary menu element that corresponds to and presents a highest ranked of the content, a secondary menu element that corresponds to and presents still images of a secondary ranked group of the content that are all smaller than the primary menu element, and a tertiary menu element that corresponds to and presents text descriptions of a tertiary ranked group of the content that are all smaller than the still images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: T-MOBILE USA, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Binder, David M. Fellows, Vic Odryna, Charles Hasek, IV
  • Patent number: 10708657
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a method of content access device geolocation verification includes determining local geolocation information, identifying proximate content access devices that are associated with a content delivery network provider, and transmitting the information to a content delivery network provider device that takes an action if a location of a content access device mismatches a recorded location. In some embodiments, a content delivery network provider device receives local geolocation information and data regarding identified proximate content access devices from an electronic device, analyzes the information to determine whether a location of a content access device mismatches a recorded location, and, if the location of the content access device mismatches the recorded location, takes an action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: T-MOBILE USA, INC.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Binder
  • Publication number: 20200193536
    Abstract: A system and method to evaluate a subject property. The system and method include filtering comparison properties in a search pool of properties listed for sale using filtering criteria including at least one search feature. The search features are attributes associated with the subject property. The search features have an attribute value associated with each of the comparison properties. An average attribute value associated with the search features for the comparison property is calculated. A difference between the average attribute value of the comparison properties and an attribute value of the attribute associated with the subject property is calculated to evaluate the subject properties value with other comparison properties on the market.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventor: Neil Jeffrey Binder
  • Publication number: 20200117323
    Abstract: A content access device ranks content that is available to be accessed based at least on previous user content selection behavior information compared to a current situation. The content access device generates and presents a content access (or navigation) menu that indicates content selected based on the ranking. The menu may include a primary menu element that corresponds to and presents a highest ranked of the content, a secondary menu element that corresponds to and presents still images of a secondary ranked group of the content that are all smaller than the primary menu element, and a tertiary menu element that corresponds to and presents text descriptions of a tertiary ranked group of the content that are all smaller than the still images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Jeffrey Binder, David M. Fellows, Vic Odryna, Charles Hasek