Patents by Inventor John Trimper

John Trimper 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).

  • Creating and using a virtual video asset in a video provisioning system
    Patent number: 9572995
    Abstract: A system may receive, from a content provider, metadata associated with a video asset, where the metadata includes information associated with the video asset and identifies a future time when the video asset will be available for distribution. The system may further process the metadata to create a virtual asset associated with the video asset, where the processed metadata include at least an indication that the metadata is associated with the virtual asset; publish the virtual asset to a store front that allows the user device to select the virtual asset to obtain the virtual asset; and transmit a notification or the video asset, to the user device and at the future time, based on the selection of the virtual asset by the user device, where the notification indicates that the video asset is available to be downloaded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Srirama Kalidindi, Sanjay Ahuja, John Trimper, Laxmi A. Arte
  • Systems and methods for accessing media content using multiple user input devices
    Patent number: 8336773
    Abstract: A system includes a media content processing subsystem and a plurality of user input devices each configured to transmit at least one command to the media content processing subsystem. Each of the user input devices also corresponds to a distinct user profile. When the media content processing subsystem receives a command from one of the user input devices, the media content processing subsystem is configured to identify the particular user input device that transmitted the command and execute the command in accordance with a user profile that corresponds to that particular user input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: John Trimper, Michael Alan Weintraub
  • CREATING AND USING A VIRTUAL VIDEO ASSET IN A VIDEO PROVISIONING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120079537
    Abstract: A system may receive, from a content provider, metadata associated with a video asset, where the metadata includes information associated with the video asset and identifies a future time when the video asset will be available for distribution. The system may further process the metadata to create a virtual asset associated with the video asset, where the processed metadata include at least an indication that the metadata is associated with the virtual asset; publish the virtual asset to a store front that allows the user device to select the virtual asset to obtain the virtual asset; and transmit a notification or the video asset, to the user device and at the future time, based on the selection of the virtual asset by the user device, where the notification indicates that the video asset is available to be downloaded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC.
    Inventors: Srirama KALIDINDI, Sanjay AHUJA, John TRIMPER, Laxmi A. ARTE
  • Systems and methods for accessing media content using multiple user input devices
    Publication number: 20080120635
    Abstract: A system includes a media content processing subsystem and a plurality of user input devices each configured to transmit at least one command to the media content processing subsystem. Each of the user input devices also corresponds to a distinct user profile. When the media content processing subsystem receives a command from one of the user input devices, the media content processing subsystem is configured to identify the particular user input device that transmitted the command and execute the command in accordance with a user profile that corresponds to that particular user input device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicant: Verizon Services Organization Inc.
    Inventors: John Trimper, Michael A. Weintraub