Patents by Inventor Justin Tidwell

Justin Tidwell 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: 11900419
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for detecting and correlating content consumption, e.g., viewing of programs and/or accessing websites, across platforms of different types are described. Content consumption, e.g., requests and/or streaming is monitored and recorded on a per subscriber basis for a wide variety of platforms, e.g., set boxes, IP content playback devices such as cell phones or pad devices with IP streaming support, and/or other devices. Web site access and corresponding content consumption is determined based on DNS requests thereby avoiding the need for monitoring at web site servers and allowing centralized monitoring of web site access operations in the form of DNS requests to be detected by a Web service provider who, at least in some embodiments, is also a content provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TIME WARNER CABLE ENTERPRISES LLC
    Inventors: Chris Roosenraad, Ethan Lawrence Wolf, Craig Engel, Justin Tidwell
  • Patent number: 11634254
    Abstract: Disclosed is a child-resistant beverage lid with a perforated seal strip, wherein a user can peel away the perforated seal strip and remove the child-resistant beverage lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Inventors: Justin Tidwell, William Tidwell
  • Patent number: 11617390
    Abstract: Disclosed is a child resistant pre-roll case for storing pre-rolls, lighters, and other accessories or personal items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Inventors: Justin Tidwell, William Tidwell
  • Patent number: 11616992
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for providing primary and secondary content and data to users. In one embodiment, management entities at a content delivery network core cooperate to provide primary content with contextually related or germane inserted secondary content to user devices. Inserted secondary content may include e.g., advertisements, multimedia applications, interactive programming, and scheduled programming. A network entity monitors user-specific data such as demographics, geographic location, and viewing patterns, and facilitates content selection and delivery based thereon. Content insertion may further be managed by a campaign manager according to business rules. In another embodiment, the primary and secondary content is pushed to a device at or near the network edge based on the applicability thereof to devices serviced by the edge device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: TIME WARNER CABLE ENTERPRISES LLC
    Inventors: Bryan Santangelo, Justin Tidwell
  • Publication number: 20220281657
    Abstract: Disclosed is a child-resistant bag with an interlocking seal, wherein the seal is comprised of corresponding pods with interlocking hooks. The pods and interlocking hooks are attached and configured in manner that requires specific manipulation of the seal to open, which provides a child-resistant seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Justin Tidwell, William Tidwell
  • Patent number: 11425933
    Abstract: Disclosed is a child-resistant case for storing vaporizer pen components, such as, cartridges, batteries, and chargers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Inventors: Justin Tidwell, William Tidwell
  • Patent number: 11407567
    Abstract: Disclosed is a child-resistant beverage lid with a tabbed cover that is attached to the base of the lid via a hinge. The lid may be removed by pulling up on the tab with sufficient force that it lifts the cover up and the lid up and off of a can.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventors: Justin Tidwell, William Tidwell
  • Patent number: 11336551
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for identification and characterization of latency in a content delivery network. In one embodiment, interaction of users with content is recorded via collection of tuning records; the latency is then utilized to adjust the timing on the tuning records to account for lapses in time for sending these between entities of the network and the user devices, and for processing occurring at the devices. The latency is determined by taking into account a device specific latency component, and a network latency component. The network latency component is determined in one variant by sending a message to the device from the network requesting a response. Once the timing of the tuning records is adjusted, these tuning records may be relied upon as being accurate on a second-by-second basis. Accordingly, tuning records may be obtained and analyzed for content which lasts for a very short period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Justin Tidwell, Eduardo G. Samame, Craig Engel
  • Publication number: 20220106090
    Abstract: Disclosed is a child-resistant beverage lid with a tabbed cover that is attached to the base of the lid via a hinge. The lid may be removed by pulling up on the tab with sufficient force that it lifts the cover up and the lid up and off of a can.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Justin Tidwell, William Tidwell
  • Publication number: 20220106082
    Abstract: Disclosed is a child-resistant beverage lid with a perforated seal strip, wherein a user can peel away the perforated seal strip and remove the child-resistant beverage lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Justin Tidwell, William Tidwell
  • Publication number: 20220106091
    Abstract: Disclosed is a child-resistant beverage lid with a cover and a locking mechanism, wherein a cover can be locked in place to prevent a user from accessing the top and contents of a can. The child-resistant beverage lid is also configured to be a multi-use lid because once secured to the top of the can, the cover can be locked in place over the lid and unlocked to be opened multiple times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventor: Justin Tidwell
  • Patent number: 11271909
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for ensuring the privacy of users and/or devices in a content delivery network from which data regarding the users' interaction with content is collected and distributed. In one embodiment, “tuning” records which describe the interaction of users with content or other activities of interest are collected. It is determined whether an opportunity for compromise of the user's privacy (e.g., by derivative association) is present. If it is determined that such an opportunity exists, at least portions of the data are modified (e.g., collapsed). The modification may comprise replacing a first explicit data value with a second descriptive data value, increasing a range for the value, generalizing the value, removing the value, or encoding the value. Further processing of the collected tuning records may include, validating the data, accounting for latency, and generating reports based thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Justin Tidwell, Eduardo Samame, Craig Engel, Craig Goldberg
  • Patent number: D939962
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Inventors: Justin Tidwell, William Tidwell
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    Patent number: D974173
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventors: Justin Tidwell, William Tidwell
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    Patent number: D984892
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Inventors: Justin Tidwell, William Tidwell
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    Patent number: D987429
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventors: Justin Tidwell, William Tidwell
  • Patent number: D990312
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Inventors: Justin Tidwell, William Tidwell
  • Patent number: D999058
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Inventors: Justin Tidwell, William Tidwell
  • Patent number: D999059
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Inventors: Justin Tidwell, William Tidwell
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    Patent number: D1005105
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventors: Justin Tidwell, William Tidwell