Patents by Inventor John Hinman
John Hinman 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).
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Patent number: 11936114Abstract: Omni-directional orthogonally-polarized antenna system for MIMO applications are disclosed herein. An example antenna system can have two arrays of horizontally polarized radiating elements, and two arrays of vertically polarized radiating elements, each array having roughly 180-degree radiation pattern, disposed about a central axis in a common horizontal plane, arrays of common polarization separated by 180-degrees, such that MIMO processing of signals to the arrays of common polarization results in a radiation pattern that is substantially constant over 360-degrees in azimuth.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2023Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Mimosa Networks, Inc.Inventors: John Sanford, Brian Hinman, Justin Lee, Carlos Ramos, Syed Aon Mujtaba
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Publication number: 20230126519Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for relevance-based media content discovery. Relevance scores for segments of a media asset are calculated based on a time amount that at least one viewer has viewed the segments of the media asset. Segments are then chosen for display based on the relevance score. Users may select segments based on representative images of the segments.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: John Hinman, Ray DeRenzo, Timothy Chan, Allen Billings, Stephen Coney, David Brubeck
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Patent number: 11582351Abstract: A method and system for managing financial risk through the use of postpaid processing during use of wireless services is presented within the scope of the following invention. The present invention uses credit card authorization to pre-reserve credit card funds for wireless services in excess of planned usage. Authorizations eliminate the credit risk associated with overages and payment timing, and also maintain a customer experience identical to postpaid processing. The authorizations are invisible to the customer and no charge is brought to a customer's credit card until the monthly bill is settled. Separating the authorization and settlement stages of retail wireless payment processing allows the branded wireless provider to avoid inherent areas of credit risk during the tenure of a customer's wireless service, while maintaining a familiar customer experience.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2015Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Netcracker Technology Solutions Inc.Inventors: Thomas Bobich, Carl-Manuel Brachet, Robert Gray, John Hinman
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Publication number: 20210266642Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for character-based and image-based media content search and discovery. Character images or entity images are mapped to corresponding media content. Selection of an image or a portion of an image may trigger or search for corresponding media content or begin playback of relevant media content. Character images or entity images need not correspond to a primary program character or object but may correspond to minor characters or tangential entities depicted periodically on particular programs.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2020Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: John Hinman, Ray DeRenzo, Timothy Chan, Allen Billings, Stephen Coney, David Brubeck
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Patent number: 10812863Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for character-based and image-based media content search and discovery. Character images or entity images are mapped to corresponding media content. Selection of an image or a portion of an image may trigger or search for corresponding media content or begin playback of relevant media content. Character images or entity images need not correspond to a primary program character or object but may correspond to minor characters or tangential entities depicted periodically on particular programs.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2016Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: MobiTV, Inc.Inventors: John Hinman, Ray DeRenzo, Timothy Chan, Allen Billings, Stephen Coney, David Brubeck
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Patent number: 10402343Abstract: Various embodiments are generally directed to instrumenting an interrupt service routine. A non-executable address may be provisioned and added to an execution stack to cause a page fault on a known address after execution of an interrupt service routine. The page fault on the known address can be used to trigger instrumentation operations and also to return to the interrupted process.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Manohar R. Castelino, John Hinman
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Publication number: 20180143910Abstract: Various embodiments are generally directed to instrumenting an interrupt service routine. A non-executable address may be provisioned and added to an execution stack to cause a page fault on a known address after execution of an interrupt service routine. The page fault on the known address can be used to trigger instrumentation operations and also to return to the interrupted process.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2017Publication date: May 24, 2018Applicant: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Manohar R. CASTELINO, John HINMAN
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Patent number: 9824019Abstract: Various embodiments are generally directed to instrumenting an interrupt service routine. A non-executable address may be provisioned and added to an execution stack to cause a page fault on a known address after execution of an interrupt service routine. The page fault on the known address can be used to trigger instrumentation operations and also to return to the interrupted process.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2015Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Manohar R. Castelino, John Hinman
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Publication number: 20170094365Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for character-based and image-based media content search and discovery. Character images or entity images are mapped to corresponding media content. Selection of an image or a portion of an image may trigger or search for corresponding media content or begin playback of relevant media content. Character images or entity images need not correspond to a primary program character or object but may correspond to minor characters or tangential entities depicted periodically on particular programs.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Applicant: MobiTV, Inc.Inventors: John Hinman, Ray DeRenzo, Timothy Chan, Allen Billings, Stephen Coney, David Brubeck
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Patent number: 9552124Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for character-based and image-based media content search and discovery. Character images or entity images are mapped to corresponding media content. Selection of an image or a portion of an image may trigger or search for corresponding media content or begin playback of relevant media content. Character images or entity images need not correspond to a primary program character or object but may correspond to minor characters or tangential entities depicted periodically on particular programs.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2012Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: MobiTV, Inc.Inventors: John Hinman, Ray DeRenzo, Timothy Chan, Allen Billings, Stephen Coney, David Brubeck
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Publication number: 20160378677Abstract: Various embodiments are generally directed to instrumenting an interrupt service routine. A non-executable address may be provisioned and added to an execution stack to cause a page fault on a known address after execution of an interrupt service routine. The page fault on the known address can be used to trigger instrumentation operations and also to return to the interrupted process.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2015Publication date: December 29, 2016Applicant: Intel CorporationInventors: Manohar R. CASTELINO, John HINMAN
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Publication number: 20160316070Abstract: A method and system for managing financial risk through the use of postpaid processing during use of wireless services is presented within the scope of the following invention. The present invention uses credit card authorization to pre-reserve credit card funds for wireless services in excess of planned usage. Authorizations eliminate the credit risk associated with overages and payment timing, and also maintain a customer experience identical to postpaid processing. The authorizations are invisible to the customer and no charge is brought to a customer's credit card until the monthly bill is settled. Separating the authorization and settlement stages of retail wireless payment processing allows the branded wireless provider to avoid inherent areas of credit risk during the tenure of a customer's wireless service, while maintaining a familiar customer experience.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2015Publication date: October 27, 2016Applicant: Netcracker Technology Solutions Inc.Inventors: Thomas BOBICH, Carl-Manuel BRACH ET, Robert GRAY, John HINMAN
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Publication number: 20130290904Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for character-based and image-based media content search and discovery. Character images or entity images are mapped to corresponding media content. Selection of an image or a portion of an image may trigger or search for corresponding media content or begin playback of relevant media content. Character images or entity images need not correspond to a primary program character or object but may correspond to minor characters or tangential entities depicted periodically on particular programs.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2012Publication date: October 31, 2013Applicant: MobiTV, Inc.Inventors: John Hinman, Ray DeRenzo, Timothy Chan, Allen Billings, Stephen Coney, David Brubeck
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Patent number: 7958029Abstract: A method and system for managing financial risk through the use of postpaid processing during use of wireless services is presented within the scope of the following invention. The present invention uses credit card authorization to pre-reserve credit card funds for wireless services in excess of planned usage. Authorizations eliminate the credit risk associated with overages and payment timing, and also maintain a customer experience identical to postpaid processing. The authorizations are invisible to the customer and no charge is brought to a customer's credit card until the monthly bill is settled. Separating the authorization and settlement stages of retail wireless payment processing allows the branded wireless provider to avoid inherent areas of credit risk during the tenure of a customer's wireless service, while maintaining a familiar customer experience.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2004Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Inventors: Thomas Bobich, Carl-Manuel Brachet, Robert Gray, John Hinman