Patents by Inventor John Raymond Mick, Jr.
John Raymond Mick, Jr. 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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Publication number: 20240147019Abstract: A server may receive metadata associated with specific content in a transport signal stream from a content information service. The metadata may identify a point in time of the transport signal stream. The server may instruct an encoder to insert a marker into the transport signal stream corresponding to the point in time of the transport signal stream. The marker may indicate control of a trick mode to be enforced by a delivery platform subsequent to the point in time of the transport signal stream. The server may record the marker in a data store associated with the server.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventor: John Raymond Mick, JR.
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Patent number: 11863838Abstract: A server may receive metadata associated with specific content in a transport signal stream from a content information service. The metadata may identify a point in time of the transport signal stream. The server may instruct an encoder to insert a marker into the transport signal stream corresponding to the point in time of the transport signal stream. The marker may indicate control of a trick mode to be enforced by a delivery platform subsequent to the point in time of the transport signal stream. The server may record the marker in a data store associated with the server.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLCInventor: John Raymond Mick, Jr.
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Publication number: 20230100887Abstract: A server may receive metadata associated with specific content in a transport signal stream from a content information service. The metadata may identify a point in time of the transport signal stream. The server may instruct an encoder to insert a marker into the transport signal stream corresponding to the point in time of the transport signal stream. The marker may indicate control of a trick mode to be enforced by a delivery platform subsequent to the point in time of the transport signal stream. The server may record the marker in a data store associated with the server.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventor: John Raymond Mick, JR.
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Patent number: 11463783Abstract: A server may receive metadata associated with specific content in a transport signal stream from a content information service. The metadata may identify a point in time of the transport signal stream. The server may instruct an encoder to insert a marker into the transport signal stream corresponding to the point in time of the transport signal stream. The marker may indicate control of a trick mode to be enforced by a delivery platform subsequent to the point in time of the transport signal stream. The server may record the marker in a data store associated with the server.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLCInventor: John Raymond Mick, Jr.
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Publication number: 20210051378Abstract: A server may receive metadata associated with specific content in a transport signal stream from a content information service. The metadata may identify a point in time of the transport signal stream. The server may instruct an encoder to insert a marker into the transport signal stream corresponding to the point in time of the transport signal stream. The marker may indicate control of a trick mode to be enforced by a delivery platform subsequent to the point in time of the transport signal stream. The server may record the marker in a data store associated with the server.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventor: John Raymond Mick, JR.
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Patent number: 10735824Abstract: A server may receive metadata associated with specific content in a transport signal stream from a content information service. The metadata may identify a point in time of the transport signal stream. The server may instruct an encoder to insert a marker into the transport signal stream corresponding to the point in time of the transport signal stream. The marker may indicate control of a trick mode to be enforced by a delivery platform subsequent to the point in time of the transport signal stream. The server may record the marker in a data store associated with the server.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLCInventor: John Raymond Mick, Jr.
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Publication number: 20190124405Abstract: A server may receive metadata associated with specific content in a transport signal stream from a content information service. The metadata may identify a point in time of the transport signal stream. The server may instruct an encoder to insert a marker into the transport signal stream corresponding to the point in time of the transport signal stream. The marker may indicate control of a trick mode to be enforced by a delivery platform subsequent to the point in time of the transport signal stream. The server may record the marker in a data store associated with the server.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventor: John Raymond Mick, JR.
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Patent number: 10063935Abstract: A server may receive metadata associated with specific content in a transport signal stream from a content information service. The metadata may identify a point in time of the transport signal stream. The server may instruct an encoder to insert a marker into the transport signal stream corresponding to the point in time of the transport signal stream. The marker may indicate control of a trick mode to be enforced by a delivery platform subsequent to the point in time of the transport signal stream. The server may record the marker in a data store associated with the server.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2016Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLCInventor: John Raymond Mick, Jr.
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Patent number: 10038925Abstract: A server receives metadata associated with an advertisement in a transport signal stream from an encoder, the metadata identifying a specified frame of the transport signal stream corresponding to a point in time of the advertisement. The server instructs an encoder, by a server, to insert a marker into the specified frame of the transport signal stream, the marker identifying the point in time of the advertisement. The server receives data from a smart appliance. The server detects the marker in the data. The server identifies the marker as the specified frame of the transport signal stream played by the smart appliance. The server maps the marker to the identified point in time of the advertisement.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2017Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLCInventors: John Raymond Mick, Jr., Jeffrey Sherwin, Bryan David Santangelo
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Publication number: 20180027271Abstract: A server receives metadata associated with an advertisement in a transport signal stream from an encoder, the metadata identifying a specified frame of the transport signal stream corresponding to a point in time of the advertisement. The server instructs an encoder, by a server, to insert a marker into the specified frame of the transport signal stream, the marker identifying the point in time of the advertisement. The server receives data from a smart appliance. The server detects the marker in the data. The server identifies the marker as the specified frame of the transport signal stream played by the smart appliance. The server maps the marker to the identified point in time of the advertisement.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2017Publication date: January 25, 2018Inventors: John Raymond Mick, JR., Jeffrey Sherwin, Bryan David Santangelo
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Patent number: 9615115Abstract: A server receives metadata associated with an advertisement in a transport signal stream from an encoder, the metadata identifying a specified frame of the transport signal stream corresponding to a point in time of the advertisement. The server instructs an encoder, by a server, to insert a marker into the specified frame of the transport signal stream, the marker identifying the point in time of the advertisement. The server receives data from a smart appliance. The server detects the marker in the data. The server identifies the marker as the specified frame of the transport signal stream played by the smart appliance. The server maps the marker to the identified point in time of the advertisement.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2016Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: This Technology, Inc.Inventors: John Raymond Mick, Jr., Jeffrey Sherwin, Bryan David Santangelo
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Publication number: 20170078761Abstract: A server may receive metadata associated with specific content in a transport signal stream from a content information service. The metadata may identify a point in time of the transport signal stream. The server may instruct an encoder to insert a marker into the transport signal stream corresponding to the point in time of the transport signal stream. The marker may indicate control of a trick mode to be enforced by a delivery platform subsequent to the point in time of the transport signal stream. The server may record the marker in a data store associated with the server.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventor: John Raymond Mick, JR.
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Patent number: 9510062Abstract: A server may receive metadata associated with specific content in a transport signal stream from a content information service. The metadata may identify a point in time of the transport signal stream. The server may instruct an encoder to insert a marker into the transport signal stream corresponding to the point in time of the transport signal stream. The marker may indicate control of a trick mode to be enforced by a delivery platform subsequent to the point in time of the transport signal stream. The server may record the marker in a data store associated with the server.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2015Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: This Technology, Inc.Inventor: John Raymond Mick, Jr.
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Publication number: 20160249082Abstract: A server receives metadata associated with an advertisement in a transport signal stream from an encoder, the metadata identifying a specified frame of the transport signal stream corresponding to a point in time of the advertisement. The server instructs an encoder, by a server, to insert a marker into the specified frame of the transport signal stream, the marker identifying the point in time of the advertisement. The server receives data from a smart appliance. The server detects the marker in the data. The server identifies the marker as the specified frame of the transport signal stream played by the smart appliance. The server maps the marker to the identified point in time of the advertisement.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2016Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventors: John Raymond Mick, JR., Jeffrey Sherwin, Bryan David Santangelo
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Patent number: 9277253Abstract: A server receives metadata associated with an advertisement in a transport signal stream from an encoder, the metadata identifying a specified frame of the transport signal stream corresponding to a point in time of the advertisement. The server instructs an encoder, by a server, to insert a marker into the specified frame of the transport signal stream, the marker identifying the point in time of the advertisement. The server receives data from a smart appliance. The server detects the marker in the data. The server identifies the marker as the specified frame of the transport signal stream played by the smart appliance. The server maps the marker to the identified point in time of the advertisement.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2014Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: This Technology, Inc.Inventors: John Raymond Mick, Jr., Jeffrey Sherwin, Bryan David Santangelo
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Patent number: 8997143Abstract: A computer implemented method and system for managing audience data for advertisement placements is disclosed. A server receives a source signal stream comprising metadata and an advertisement space. The server extracts from the metadata a channel identifier, a private client identifier, and information about an intended audience of interest to advertisers. The server identifies a placement opportunity including an owner of the advertisement space based on the channel identifier. The server purges at least some of the extracted information about the intended audience when the owner of the advertisement space is identified as a national network. The server identifies an amount of information about the intended audience to purge and subsequently to fetch for the national network based on a business arrangement between the national network and a service provider, which the server enforces and enables.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2012Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: This Technology, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Sherwin, Nickolas James Heudecker, John Raymond Mick, Jr.
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Publication number: 20140380357Abstract: A server receives metadata associated with an advertisement in a transport signal stream from an encoder, the metadata identifying a specified frame of the transport signal stream corresponding to a point in time of the advertisement. The server instructs an encoder, by a server, to insert a marker into the specified frame of the transport signal stream, the marker identifying the point in time of the advertisement. The server receives data from a smart appliance. The server detects the marker in the data. The server identifies the marker as the specified frame of the transport signal stream played by the smart appliance. The server maps the marker to the identified point in time of the advertisement.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2014Publication date: December 25, 2014Inventors: John Raymond Mick, JR., Jeffrey Sherwin, Bryan David Santangelo
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Publication number: 20140331247Abstract: A method and system for reporting a percentage of an advertisement played by a smart appliance is disclosed. The server receives data from a smart appliance. The server detects a marker in the data corresponding to a segment of an advertisement of a session played by the smart appliance. The server maps the marker to a percentage played of the advertisement in the session by the smart appliance. The server reports the percentage played of the advertisement in the session by the smart appliance to at least one tracking element.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2013Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicant: This Technology, Inc.Inventors: John Raymond Mick, JR., Jeffrey Sherwin, Bryan David Santangelo
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Patent number: 8863164Abstract: A method and system for reporting a percentage of an advertisement played by a smart appliance is disclosed. The server receives data from a smart appliance. The server detects a marker in the data corresponding to a segment of an advertisement of a session played by the smart appliance. The server maps the marker to a percentage played of the advertisement in the session by the smart appliance. The server reports the percentage played of the advertisement in the session by the smart appliance to at least one tracking element.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2013Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: This Technology, Inc.Inventors: John Raymond Mick, Jr., Jeffrey Sherwin, Bryan David Santangelo
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Patent number: 8856825Abstract: A method and system for reporting a percentage of an advertisement playable by a smart appliance is disclosed. A server receives metadata associated with an advertisement in a transport signal stream from an encoder. The server determines a length of the advertisement and a frame rate of the transport signal stream based on the received metadata. The server divides the advertisement into at least one segment based on the length and the frame rate. The server instructs the encoder to insert at least one marker into at least one frame of the advertisement corresponding to the at least one segment of the transport signal stream to create at least one marked segment.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2013Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: This Technology, Inc.Inventors: John Raymond Mick, Jr., Jeffrey Sherwin, Bryan David Santangelo