Patents by Inventor Joseph Tomko
Joseph Tomko 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: 12609993Abstract: Devices, systems and processes for providing local alerts to users via non-local channels are described. A process may include receiving, by a content distributor system, an alert message. The alert message includes a first alert condition and a second alert condition. The first alert condition and the second alert condition are identified in the alert message, and an alert notice is generated, based on the identified alert conditions, and transmitted to a user device coupled to the content distributor system. The first alert condition specifies an alert type. The second alert condition specifies a time period. The alert message may include a third alert condition specifying an action for a user of the user device to take or refrain from taking during the time period and the alert notice may identify the action. The alert message may include a target condition and the alert notice identifies actions to be performed.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2024Date of Patent: April 21, 2026Assignee: DISH Network L.L.C.Inventors: Eric Pleiman, Joseph Tomko
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Publication number: 20250039272Abstract: Devices, systems and processes for providing local alerts to users via non-local channels are described. A process may include receiving, by a content distributor system, an alert message. The alert message includes a first alert condition and a second alert condition. The first alert condition and the second alert condition are identified in the alert message, and an alert notice is generated, based on the identified alert conditions, and transmitted to a user device coupled to the content distributor system. The first alert condition specifies an alert type. The second alert condition specifies a time period. The alert message may include a third alert condition specifying an action for a user of the user device to take or refrain from taking during the time period and the alert notice may identify the action. The alert message may include a target condition and the alert notice identifies actions to be performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2024Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.Inventors: Eric Pleiman, Joseph Tomko
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Patent number: 12149595Abstract: Devices, systems and processes for providing local alerts to users via non-local channels are described. A process may include receiving, by a content distributor system, an alert message. The alert message includes a first alert condition and a second alert condition. The first alert condition and the second alert condition are identified in the alert message, and an alert notice is generated, based on the identified alert conditions, and transmitted to a user device coupled to the content distributor system. The first alert condition specifies an alert type. The second alert condition specifies a time period. The alert message may include a third alert condition specifying an action for a user of the user device to take or refrain from taking during the time period and the alert notice may identify the action. The alert message may include a target condition and the alert notice identifies actions to be performed.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2022Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: DISH Network L.L.C.Inventors: Eric Pleiman, Joseph Tomko
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Publication number: 20240106911Abstract: Devices, systems and processes for providing local alerts to users via non-local channels are described. A process may include receiving, by a content distributor system, an alert message. The alert message includes a first alert condition and a second alert condition. The first alert condition and the second alert condition are identified in the alert message, and an alert notice is generated, based on the identified alert conditions, and transmitted to a user device coupled to the content distributor system. The first alert condition specifies an alert type. The second alert condition specifies a time period. The alert message may include a third alert condition specifying an action for a user of the user device to take or refrain from taking during the time period and the alert notice may identify the action. The alert message may include a target condition and the alert notice identifies actions to be performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2022Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.Inventors: Eric Pleiman, Joseph Tomko
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Patent number: 10181260Abstract: A method of informing a user of an identity of an input of a remote control device is presented. In the method, user activation of one of the inputs of the remote control device is detected. An audible signal associated with the activated input is determined. Each of the inputs of the remote control device is associated with a unique one of a plurality of audible signals. The audible signal associated with the activated input is produced to inform the user of the identity of that input.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2014Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.Inventors: Adam Schafer, Joseph Tomko, Jeremy Mickelsen
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Publication number: 20140125465Abstract: A method of informing a user of an identity of an input of a remote control device is presented. In the method, user activation of one of the inputs of the remote control device is detected. An audible signal associated with the activated input is determined. Each of the inputs of the remote control device is associated with a unique one of a plurality of audible signals. The audible signal associated with the activated input is produced to inform the user of the identity of that input.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2014Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.Inventors: Adam Schafer, Joseph Tomko, Jeremy Mickelsen
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Patent number: 8629754Abstract: A method of informing a user of an identity of an input of a remote control device is presented. In the method, user activation of one of the inputs of the remote control device is detected. An audible signal associated with the activated input is determined. Each of the inputs of the remote control device is associated with a unique one of a plurality of audible signals. The audible signal associated with the activated input is produced to inform the user of the identity of that input.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2009Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.Inventors: Adam Schafer, Joseph Tomko, Jeremy Mickelsen
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Publication number: 20110140847Abstract: A method of informing a user of an identity of an input of a remote control device is presented. In the method, user activation of one of the inputs of the remote control device is detected. An audible signal associated with the activated input is determined. Each of the inputs of the remote control device is associated with a unique one of a plurality of audible signals. The audible signal associated with the activated input is produced to inform the user of the identity of that input.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2009Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.Inventors: Adam Schafer, Joseph Tomko, Jeremy Mickelsen