Patents by Inventor Marie McMenamin

Marie McMenamin 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: 8583557
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage mediums for providing multi-media content storage and management services are provided. A method includes, from a single user interface: creating a library of content items, creating at least one other content item that includes an electronic greeting, and associating at least one component of the library with the electronic greeting to form an arrangement. The electronic greeting includes an electronic greeting card and a personalized message. The electronic greeting also includes a gift associated with a unique code. The gift includes one or more of a: music selection, movie, computer game, and video game. The gift is retrievable via electronic download upon entry of the unique code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Timothy A. Hill, Marie McMenamin, Zakir Patrawaia, Mukesh K. Singh
  • Publication number: 20090048940
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage mediums for providing multi-media content storage and management services are provided. A method includes, from a single user interface: creating a library of content items, creating at least one other content item that includes an electronic greeting, and associating at least one component of the library with the electronic greeting to form an arrangement. The electronic greeting includes an electronic greeting card and a personalized message. The electronic greeting also includes a gift associated with a unique code. The gift includes one or more of a: music selection, movie, computer game, and video game. The gift is retrievable via electronic download upon entry of the unique code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. f/k/a BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy A. Hill, Marie McMenamin, Zakir Patrawaia, Mukesh K. Singh
  • Patent number: 7444588
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include methods, systems, and storage mediums for providing multi-media content storage and management services. From a single user interface, the method includes creating a library of content items including at least one of a photo library and a video library, creating at least one other content item including at least one of a web page, newsletter, message board, email, instant message, chat room text message, and electronic greeting, associating at least one component of the library with the at least one other content item to form an arrangement, and designating access restrictions to the arrangement. The access restrictions include the option of applying no restriction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property, I.L.P.
    Inventors: Timothy A. Hill, Marie McMenamin, Zakir Patrawala, Mukesh K. Singh
  • Publication number: 20080066164
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for controlling computer access. Briefly described in architecture, some embodiments of such a system provide a control unit for controlling user access to a computer in accordance with a user profile. An administrator of the computer is enabled to remotely access and modify the user profile. The user profile is stored at least in a remote database that is accessible via a server. Other systems and methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Applicant: AT&T BLS Intellectual Property, Inc.
    Inventors: Anil Chebolu, Timothy Hill, Marie McMenamin, Zakir Patrawala, Samira Virani
  • Publication number: 20070058569
    Abstract: Methods of managing a suite of communication services include providing a central management function configured to manage the status of a plurality of communication services including at least one IP-based communication service and at least one non-IP based communication service, receiving a status of the at least one IP-based communication service and the at least one non IP-based communication service at the central management function from the respective service, and displaying the status of at least one IP-based communication service and the status of the at least one non IP-based communication service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: Marie McMenamin, Douglas O'Neil, Barbara Roden, Lauren Argott, Stanley Yeatts, Laurie Forehand, Larry Siegel, Brett Johnson
  • Publication number: 20060031770
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include methods, systems, and storage mediums for providing multi-media content storage and management services. From a single user interface, the method includes creating a library of content items including at least one of a photo library and a video library, creating at least one other content item including at least one of a web page, newsletter, message board, email, instant message, chat room text message, and electronic greeting, associating at least one component of the library with the at least one other content item to form an arrangement, and designating access restrictions to the arrangement. The access restrictions include the option of applying no restriction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2004
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventor: Marie McMenamin
  • Publication number: 20050065935
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for controlling access to to Internet sites from a computer. Briefly described in architecture, some embodiments of a system provide an Internet user interface to access Internet sites from the computer. An access control unit regulates user-access to Internet sites from the computer according to a user profile of a current user of the computer. The user profile for the current user of the computer indicates which content categories the current user is authorized to access. The content categories are remotely stored in a database. Other systems and methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventors: Anil Chebolu, Timothy Hill, Marie McMenamin, Zakir Patrawala, Samira Virani
  • Publication number: 20050066290
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for controlling the displaying of a pop-up window on a computer. Briefly described in architecture, some embodiments of such a system provide a pop-up monitor to detect a request to display a pop-up window, and a pop-up inhibitor to prevent the displaying of a pop-up window if a current user of the computer has not requested the pop-up window to be displayed. Other systems and methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventors: Anil Chebolu, Timothy Hill, Marie McMenamin, Zakir Patrawala, Samira Virani
  • Publication number: 20050060565
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for controlling access to to computer applications. Briefly described in architecture, some embodiments of a system provide at least one computer application stored on a computer, and a control unit to regulate user-access to computer applications stored on the computer. In this way, the control unit prohibits the displaying of information from a computer application that has been prohibited. Other systems and methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Anil Chebolu, Timothy Hill, Marie McMenamin, Zakir Patrawala, Samira Virani
  • Publication number: 20050060581
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for controlling computer access. Briefly described in architecture, some embodiments of such a system provide a control unit for controlling user access to a computer in accordance with a user profile. An administrator of the computer is enabled to remotely access and modify the user profile. The user profile is stored at least in a remote database that is accessible via a server. Other systems and methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Anil Chebolu, Timothy Hill, Marie McMenamin, Zakir Patrawala, Samira Virani
  • Publication number: 20050060580
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for controlling computer access. Briefly described in architecture, some embodiments of such a system provide an access control unit to regulate user-access to a computer according to time restrictions specified in a user profile of a current user of the computer. The user profile for the current user of the computer indicates access times that the respective user is authorized to access the computer. Other systems and methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Anil Chebolu, Timothy Hill, Marie McMenamin, Zakir Patrawala, Samira Virani
  • Publication number: 20050060412
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for automatically controlling updating of computer access settings. Briefly described in architecture, some embodiments of such a system provide computer access settings for a user. One version of a user's computer access settings is stored in a remote database, and another version is stored in the user's computer. Further, a control unit is provided to to communicate with a server and to automatically update the versions of the computer access settings in the computer and the server to coincide with each other responsive to at least one computer event. Other systems and methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Anil Chebolu, Timothy Hill, Marie McMenamin, Zakir Patrawala, Samira Virani
  • Publication number: 20050060566
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for controlling computer access. Briefly described in architecture, some embodiments of a system provide a control unit to control access to a computer according to settings specified by an administrator of the computer. Further, the system provides a reporting unit that collects information on which computer applications user has attempted to access on the computer. The information is compiled into a report regarding the respective user. Other systems and methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Anil Chebolu, Timothy Hill, Marie McMenamin, Zakir Patrawala, Samira Virani