Patents by Inventor Kenneth A. Brueck

Kenneth A. Brueck 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).

  • Advertisement management for live internet multimedia content
    Patent number: 9009066
    Abstract: Managing advertisements for multimedia content delivered over the Internet for a live event. In one embodiment, the method receives the multimedia content over a network connection for playback on a media player, and receives a first advertisement marker that indicates a first start time and a first scheduled duration of a first advertisement break. The method adjust the first scheduled duration to a first adjusted portion, and selects one or more advertisements for playback on the media player to fill the first adjusted duration of the first advertisement break, instead of the first scheduled duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.
    Inventors: Dustin W. Long, David F. Brueck, Kenneth A. Brueck
  • ADVERTISEMENT MANAGEMENT FOR LIVE INTERNET MULTIMEDIA CONTENT
    Publication number: 20100205049
    Abstract: Managing advertisements for multimedia content delivered over the Internet for a live event. In one embodiment, the method receives the multimedia content over a network connection for playback on a media player, and receives a first advertisement marker that indicates a first start time and a first scheduled duration of a first advertisement break. The method adjust the first scheduled duration to a first adjusted portion, and selects one or more advertisements for playback on the media player to fill the first adjusted duration of the first advertisement break, instead of the first scheduled duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Dustin W. Long, David F. Brueck, Kenneth A. Brueck