Patents by Inventor Lee Curbow

Lee Curbow 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).

  • System, method and apparatus for inband variable media maturity filtering
    Patent number: 9930309
    Abstract: An embodiment of a method for filtering a digital media file includes receiving a selection of a first maturity level, and receiving a media content rating table including at least one media rating entry. Each media rating entry includes a location indicator indicating a predetermined portion of the digital media file and a maturity rating indicator corresponding to a maturity rating of the predetermined portion. The method further includes receiving the digital media file, and modifying at least one predetermined portion of the digital media file if the indicated maturity rating of the at least one predetermined portion is greater than the selected first maturity level to produce a first modified digital media file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Cook, Jade Kerr, Mohit Mathur, Michael Morrissey, Clinton Smoyer, Lee Curbow
  • SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INBAND VARIABLE MEDIA MATURITY FILTERING
    Publication number: 20100232758
    Abstract: An embodiment of a method for filtering a digital media file includes receiving a selection of a first maturity level, and receiving a media content rating table including at least one media rating entry. Each media rating entry includes a location indicator indicating a predetermined portion of the digital media file and a maturity rating indicator corresponding to a maturity rating of the predetermined portion. The method further includes receiving the digital media file, and modifying at least one predetermined portion of the digital media file if the indicated maturity rating of the at least one predetermined portion is greater than the selected first maturity level to produce a first modified digital media file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: ANDREW COOK, Jade Kerr, Mohit Mathur, Michael Morrissey, Clinton Smoyer, Lee Curbow