Patents by Inventor John McCrea

John McCrea 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).

  • Patent number: 11966383
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for maintaining contact information associated with a contact. In some embodiments a request associated with a contact may be received. Contact information may be obtained from one or more external or internal sources. One or more confidence scores may be generated for the obtained contact information and for one or more values received with the request. Based on the confidence score(s), one or more values associated with the contact may be incorporated in one or more data stores. In some embodiments, suggestions for contact related information may be generated or one or more data stores may be automatically updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Interactive Media, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Lester, Justin Miller, Hendrick Lee, Aseem Sharma, Galen Trevor Gattis, Amber Dixon, Huy Tuan Nguyen, Derek McGowan, John McCrea
  • Patent number: 11823796
    Abstract: Systems and methods for capturing and monitoring the health, safety, and/or activity of a user are described. In one aspect, the system generates a data usage pattern for the user and monitors the user's current data usage activity to detect data usage deviations from the user's usage pattern. When a deviation is detected, the system may send an alert message to the user or another user indicating that an anomaly may have occurred, permitting the user or another user to respond to the anomaly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: John McCrea
  • Publication number: 20230245158
    Abstract: A social network content recommendation system allows users to identify friends, recommend content to friends, and receive awards for influencing friends. Internet pages can be used to display rankings of recommended programs, user profiles and their awards, and dynamic chats relating to specific programs, such as television shows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Lester, Nida Zada, Ryan King, Jason Li, Christopher Connolly, Christopher Kennedy, John McCrea
  • Patent number: 11580568
    Abstract: A social network content recommendation system allows users to identify friends, recommend content to friends, and receive awards for influencing friends. Internet pages can be used to display rankings of recommended programs, user profiles and their awards, and dynamic chats relating to specific programs, such as television shows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Lester, Nida Zada, Ryan King, Jason Li, Christopher Connolly, Christopher Kennedy, John McCrea
  • Publication number: 20230025928
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for maintaining contact information associated with a contact. In some embodiments a request associated with a contact may be received. Contact information may be obtained from one or more external or internal sources. One or more confidence scores may be generated for the obtained contact information and for one or more values received with the request. Based on the confidence score(s), one or more values associated with the contact may be incorporated in one or more data stores. In some embodiments, suggestions for contact related information may be generated or one or more data stores may be automatically updated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Peter Lester, Justin Miller, Hendrick Lee, Aseem Sharma, Galen Trevor Gattis, Amber Dixon, Huy Tuan Nguyen, Derek McGowan, John McCrea
  • Publication number: 20220383357
    Abstract: Systems for a personalized Uniform Resource Locator (URL) encoded for full chain-of-attribution enabling exponential growth marketing are disclosed. Some embodiments may include: generating a personalized Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for a creator, the personalized URL being encoded for full chain-of-attribution by being specific for the creator, the personalized URL comprising a protocol, an Internet Protocol address, and a sub-directory, the sub-directory being specific for the creator, providing the personalized URL to the creator for sharing with a plurality of followers of the creator, receiving registration data of click inputs by the plurality of followers on the personalized URL, generating a destination Uniform Resource Locator based on the click inputs by the plurality of followers on the personalized URL, the destination URL being encoded for the full chain-of-attribution by being specific for the creator and specific for a destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Mahi de Silva, Manoj Malhotra, John McCrea
  • Patent number: 11494367
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, system, and computer-readable medium are provided for maintaining contact information associated with a contact. In some embodiments a request associated with a contact may be received. Contact information may be obtained from one or more external or internal sources. One or more confidence scores may be generated for the obtained contact information and for one or more values received with the request. Based on the confidence score(s), one or more values associated with the contact may be incorporated in one or more data stores. In some embodiments, suggestions for contact related information may be generated. Responses to the suggestions may be used to update the generated confidence score(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Comcast Interactive Media, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Lester, Justin Miller, Hendrick Lee, Aseem Sharma, Galen Trevor Gattis, Amber Dixon, Huy Tuan Nguyen, Derek McGowan, John McCrea
  • Publication number: 20220344042
    Abstract: Systems and methods for capturing and monitoring the health, safety, and/or activity of a user are described. In one aspect, the system generates a data usage pattern for the user and monitors the user's current data usage activity to detect data usage deviations from the user's usage pattern. When a deviation is detected, the system may send an alert message to the user or another user indicating that an anomaly may have occurred, permitting the user or another user to respond to the anomaly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventor: John McCrea
  • Patent number: 11410772
    Abstract: Systems and methods for capturing and monitoring the health, safety, and/or activity of a user are described. In one aspect, the system generates a data usage pattern for the user and monitors the user's current data usage activity to detect data usage deviations from the user's usage pattern. When a deviation is detected, the system may send an alert message to the user or another user indicating that an anomaly may have occurred, permitting the user or another user to respond to the anomaly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: John McCrea
  • Publication number: 20210074419
    Abstract: Systems and methods for capturing and monitoring the health, safety, and/or activity of a user are described. In one aspect, the system generates a data usage pattern for the user and monitors the user's current data usage activity to detect data usage deviations from the user's usage pattern. When a deviation is detected, the system may send an alert message to the user or another user indicating that an anomaly may have occurred, permitting the user or another user to respond to the anomaly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventor: John McCrea
  • Publication number: 20210051038
    Abstract: A social network content recommendation system allows users to identify friends, recommend content to friends, and receive awards for influencing friends. Internet pages can be used to display rankings of recommended programs, user profiles and their awards, and dynamic chats relating to specific programs, such as television shows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Peter Lester, Nida Zada, Ryan King, Jason Li, Christopher Connolly, Christopher Kennedy, John McCrea
  • Patent number: 10805102
    Abstract: A content recommendation system is disclosed that allows users to identify friends, recommend content to friends, and receive awards for influencing friends. Interfaces can be used to display rankings of recommended programs, user profiles and their awards, and dynamic chats relating to specific content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: John McCrea, Nida Zada, Ryan King, Jason Li, Christopher Connolly, Peter Lester, Christopher Kennedy
  • Patent number: 10691672
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, system, and computer-readable medium are provided for maintaining contact information associated with a contact. In some embodiments a request associated with a contact may be received. Contact information may be obtained from one or more external or internal sources. One or more confidence scores may be generated for the obtained contact information and for one or more values received with the request. Based on the confidence score(s), one or more values associated with the contact may be incorporated in one or more data stores. In some embodiments, suggestions for contact related information may be generated. Responses to the suggestions may be used to update the generated confidence score(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Comcast Interactive Media, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Lester, Justin Miller, Hendrick Lee, Aseem Sharma, Galen Trevor Gattis, Amber Dixon, Huy Tuan Nguyen, Derek McGowan, John McCrea
  • Patent number: 10659541
    Abstract: Systems and methods for capturing and monitoring the health, safety, and/or activity of a user are described. In one aspect, the system generates a data usage pattern for the user and monitors the user's current data usage activity to detect data usage deviations from the user's usage pattern. When a deviation is detected, the system may send an alert message to the user or another user indicating that an anomaly may have occurred, permitting the user or another user to respond to the anomaly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: John McCrea
  • Publication number: 20200125552
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, system, and computer-readable medium are provided for maintaining contact information associated with a contact. In some embodiments a request associated with a contact may be received. Contact information may be obtained from one or more external or internal sources. One or more confidence scores may be generated for the obtained contact information and for one or more values received with the request. Based on the confidence score(s), one or more values associated with the contact may be incorporated in one or more data stores. In some embodiments, suggestions for contact related information may be generated. Responses to the suggestions may be used to update the generated confidence score(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Peter Lester, Justin Miller, Hendrick Lee, Aseem Sharma, Galen Trevor Gattis, Amber Dixon, Huy Tuan Nguyen, Derek McGowan, John McCrea
  • Patent number: 10545946
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, system, and computer-readable medium are provided for maintaining contact information associated with a contact. In some embodiments a request associated with a contact may be received. Contact information may be obtained from one or more external or internal sources. One or more confidence scores may be generated for the obtained contact information and for one or more values received with the request. Based on the confidence score(s), one or more values associated with the contact may be incorporated in one or more data stores. In some embodiments, suggestions for contact related information may be generated. Responses to the suggestions may be used to update the generated confidence score(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Comcast Interactive Media, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Lester, Justin Miller, Hendrick Lee, Aseem Sharma, Galen Trevor Gattis, Amber Dixon, Huy Tuan Nguyen, Derek McGowan, John McCrea
  • Publication number: 20190310971
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, system, and computer-readable medium are provided for maintaining contact information associated with a contact. In some embodiments a request associated with a contact may be received. Contact information may be obtained from one or more external or internal sources. One or more confidence scores may be generated for the obtained contact information and for one or more values received with the request. Based on the confidence score(s), one or more values associated with the contact may be incorporated in one or more data stores. In some embodiments, suggestions for contact related information may be generated. Responses to the suggestions may be used to update the generated confidence score(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Peter Lester, Justin Miller, Hendrick Lee, Aseem Sharma, Galen Trevor Gattis, Amber Dixon, Huy Tuan Nguyen, Derek McGowan, John McCrea
  • Patent number: 10162847
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, system, and computer-readable medium are provided for maintaining contact information associated with a contact. In some embodiments a request associated with a contact may be received. Contact information may be obtained from one or more external or internal sources. One or more confidence scores may be generated for the obtained contact information and for one or more values received with the request. Based on the confidence score(s), one or more values associated with the contact may be incorporated in one or more data stores. In some embodiments, suggestions for contact related information may be generated. Responses to the suggestions may be used to update the generated confidence score(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Comcast Interactive Media, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Lester, Justin Miller, Hendrick Lee, Aseem Sharma, Galen Trevor Gattis, Amber Dixon, Huy Tuan Nguyen, Derek McGowan, John McCrea
  • Publication number: 20170013071
    Abstract: Systems and methods for capturing and monitoring the health, safety, and/or activity of a user are described. In one aspect, the system generates a data usage pattern for the user and monitors the user's current data usage activity to detect data usage deviations from the user's usage pattern. When a deviation is detected, the system may send an alert message to the user or another user indicating that an anomaly may have occurred, permitting the user or another user to respond to the anomaly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventor: John McCrea
  • Patent number: 9419735
    Abstract: Systems and methods for capturing and monitoring the health, safety, and/or activity of a user are described. In one aspect, the system generates a data usage pattern for the user and monitors the user's current data usage activity to detect data usage deviations from the user's usage pattern. When a deviation is detected, the system may send an alert message to the user or another user indicating that an anomaly may have occurred, permitting the user or another user to respond to the anomaly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communcations, LLC
    Inventor: John McCrea