Patents by Inventor Kevin Noll

Kevin Noll 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).

  • Multicast video advertisement insertion using routing protocols
    Patent number: 9124928
    Abstract: First video material is transmitted from a video source, over a video content network, to consumer premises equipment, via a hub router. The video source has a source address and there is a first path length between the hub router and the video source. Upon occurrence of a first triggering condition, a short route metric is announced from a supplemental video material server coupled to the hub router. The short route metric causes the hub router to perceive a second path length, between the hub router and the supplemental video material server, as shorter than the first path length. The supplemental video material server has a source address identical to the source address of the video source. Thus, the consumer premises equipment obtains supplemental video material from the supplemental video material server instead of first video material from the video source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: TIME WARNER CABLE ENTERPRISES LLC
    Inventors: Michael S. Kelsen, Kevin Noll, Howard Pfeffer
  • MULTICAST VIDEO ADVERTISEMENT INSERTION USING ROUTING PROTOCOLS
    Publication number: 20150150043
    Abstract: First video material is transmitted from a video source, over a video content network, to consumer premises equipment, via a hub router. The video source has a source address and there is a first path length between the hub router and the video source. Upon occurrence of a first triggering condition, a short route metric is announced from a supplemental video material server coupled to the hub router. The short route metric causes the hub router to perceive a second path length, between the hub router and the supplemental video material server, as shorter than the first path length. The supplemental video material server has a source address identical to the source address of the video source. Thus, the consumer premises equipment obtains supplemental video material from the supplemental video material server instead of first video material from the video source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Michael S. Kelsen, Kevin Noll, Howard Pfeffer
  • Multicast video advertisement insertion using routing protocols
    Patent number: 8910198
    Abstract: First video material is transmitted from a video source, over a video content network, to consumer premises equipment, via a hub router. The video source has a source address and there is a first path length between the hub router and the video source. Upon occurrence of a first triggering condition, a short route metric is announced from a supplemental video material server coupled to the hub router. The short route metric causes the hub router to perceive a second path length, between the hub router and the supplemental video material server, as shorter than the first path length. The supplemental video material server has a source address identical to the source address of the video source. Thus, the consumer premises equipment obtains supplemental video material from the supplemental video material server instead of first video material from the video source. Aspects of a system and a supplemental video material server are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Michael S. Kelsen, Kevin Noll, Howard Pfeffer
  • Multicast Video Advertisement Insertion Using Routing Protocols
    Publication number: 20110302600
    Abstract: First video material is transmitted from a video source, over a video content network, to consumer premises equipment, via a hub router. The video source has a source address and there is a first path length between the hub router and the video source. Upon occurrence of a first triggering condition, a short route metric is announced from a supplemental video material server coupled to the hub router. The short route metric causes the hub router to perceive a second path length, between the hub router and the supplemental video material server, as shorter than the first path length. The supplemental video material server has a source address identical to the source address of the video source. Thus, the consumer premises equipment obtains supplemental video material from the supplemental video material server instead of first video material from the video source. Aspects of a system and a supplemental video material server are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: Time Warner Cable Inc.
    Inventors: Michael S. Kelsen, Kevin Noll, Howard Pfeffer