Patents by Inventor Mark McKelvey
Mark McKelvey 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).
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Patent number: 11934818Abstract: An orchestration engine that interfaces with the various clouds to implement the system solution. The orchestration engine builds, configures, and converges the single system solution. The orchestration engine builds the system by instantiating machines and services on the various clouds. The orchestration engine configures the system according to input from the client and the solution provider and then converges the various systems by establishing relationships and connections between the various services. Optionally, the orchestration engine also runs tests to verify that the system is working properly. Once the system has been built, configured and converged, the orchestration engine provides the client with a single entry point for using the system solution.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Google LLCInventors: John M. Keagy, Mark W. Worsey, Heather A. McKelvey
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Publication number: 20220101387Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for generating customized advertising content by combining one or more content items with advertising content. The content items may comprise various forms of media content, including, video, audio, etc. Users may utilize an interface to accesses advertising content and content items. In one embodiment, the user may utilize the interface to integrate one or more content items with advertising content to generate customized advertising content. The interface may be used to further modify the customized advertising content. A computing device may monitor on more user's consumption of customized advertising content for various purposes.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Bruce Bradley, Walt Michel, Mark McKelvey, Rob Holmes, Dan Carella, Bill Sheahan, Ryan Crouch
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Publication number: 20210409829Abstract: Provided are methods and systems for reducing content storage space and network resources. A device, such as a network storage device, can receive a plurality of requests to record a content item with varying start times and end times. The network device can map the start time and end time of each request to a subscriber, premises, and/or device. The network device can determine the earliest of the start times associated with the content item and the latest of the end times associated with the content item. In an aspect, the network device can make a recording, starting at the earliest start time and ending at the latest end time.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Bruce Hertzfeld, Mark McKelvey, Thomas Day
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Patent number: 11151614Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for generating customized advertising content by combining one or more content items with advertising content. The content items may comprise various forms of media content, including, video, audio, etc. Users may utilize an interface to accesses advertising content and content items. In one embodiment, the user may utilize the interface to integrate one or more content items with advertising content to generate customized advertising content. The interface may be used to further modify the customized advertising content. A computing device may monitor on more user's consumption of customized advertising content for various purposes.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Bruce Bradley, Walt Michel, Mark McKelvey, Rob Holmes, Dan Carella, Bill Sheahan, Ryan Crouch
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Patent number: 10924805Abstract: Provided are methods and systems for reducing content storage space and network resources. A device, such as a network storage device, can receive a plurality of requests to record a content item with varying start times and end times. The network device can map the start time and end time of each request to a subscriber, premises, and/or device. The network device can determine the earliest of the start times associated with the content item and the latest of the end times associated with the content item. In an aspect, the network device can make a recording, starting at the earliest start time and ending at the latest end time.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Bruce Hertzfeld, Mark McKelvey, Thomas Day
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Publication number: 20190373329Abstract: Provided are methods and systems for reducing content storage space and network resources. A device, such as a network storage device, can receive a plurality of requests to record a content item with varying start times and end times. The network device can map the start time and end time of each request to a subscriber, premises, and/or device. The network device can determine the earliest of the start times associated with the content item and the latest of the end times associated with the content item. In an aspect, the network device can make a recording, starting at the earliest start time and ending at the latest end time.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Bruce Hertzfeld, Mark Mckelvey, Thomas Day
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Patent number: 10349142Abstract: Provided are methods and systems for reducing content storage space and network resources. A device, such as a network storage device, can receive a plurality of requests to record a content item with varying start times and end times. The network device can map the start time and end time of each request to a subscriber, premises, and/or device. The network device can determine the earliest of the start times associated with the content item and the latest of the end times associated with the content item. In an aspect, the network device can make a recording, starting at the earliest start time and ending at the latest end time.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2018Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Bruce Hertzfeld, Mark McKelvey, Thomas Day
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Publication number: 20190098363Abstract: Provided are methods and systems for reducing content storage space and network resources. A device, such as a network storage device, can receive a plurality of requests to record a content item with varying start times and end times. The network device can map the start time and end time of each request to a subscriber, premises, and/or device. The network device can determine the earliest of the start times associated with the content item and the latest of the end times associated with the content item. In an aspect, the network device can make a recording, starting at the earliest start time and ending at the latest end time.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Bruce Hertzfeld, Mark McKelvey, Thomas Day
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Patent number: 9998788Abstract: Provided are methods and systems for reducing content storage space and network resources. A device, such as a network storage device, can receive a plurality of requests to record a content item with varying start times and end times. The network device can map the start time and end time of each request to a subscriber, premises, and/or device. The network device can determine the earliest of the start times associated with the content item and the latest of the end times associated with the content item. In an aspect, the network device can make a recording, starting at the earliest start time and ending at the latest end time.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Bruce Hertzfeld, Mark McKelvey, Thomas Day
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Publication number: 20160309229Abstract: Methods and systems for directing a user to desired content are described. In an aspect, a user can be directed to desired content through content bundling. As an example, in response to a user setting a digital video recorder (DVR) to record a particular program, a set of programs based on the particular program can also be recorded on the file and/or suggested to the user for recording. The order that the programs appear in the file is determined by a logical sequence, such as the order in which the programs first aired. In an aspect, a user can be directed to desired content during a particular point in current content, such as when the end credits begin to roll. The desired content can be identified as desired content based on the current content.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2015Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Bruce Bradley, Walter Michel, Mark McKelvey, Rob Holmes, Dan Carella, William Sheahan, Ryan Crouch
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Publication number: 20160092935Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for generating customized advertising content by combining one or more content items with advertising content. The content items may comprise various forms of media content, including, video, audio, etc. Users may utilize an interface to accesses advertising content and content items. In one embodiment, the user may utilize the interface to integrate one or more content items with advertising content to generate customized advertising content. The interface may be used to further modify the customized advertising content. A computing device may monitor on more user's consumption of customized advertising content for various purposes.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2014Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: Bruce Bradley, Walt Michel, Mark McKelvey, Rob Holmes, Dan Carella, Bill Sheahan, Ryan Crouch
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Patent number: 9197872Abstract: A content management system may assist users in managing the storage of various pieces of content, such as television programs, that the user has recorded. The system may track the user's consumption behavior, determining which programs the user regularly watches and which programs the user regularly ignores, and use that consumption behavior to determine which recorded programs to recommend for relocation to a remote storage, or for outright deletion. The system can also use the behavior information to modify new recording requests, such as directing a new request to a secondary storage location if it is unlikely that the user will view the recording.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2013Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC.Inventors: Bruce Bradley, James Barkley, Robert Knee, Mark McKelvey
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Publication number: 20140233923Abstract: A content management system may assist users in managing the storage of various pieces of content, such as television programs, that the user has recorded. The system may track the user's consumption behavior, determining which programs the user regularly watches and which programs the user regularly ignores, and use that consumption behavior to determine which recorded programs to recommend for relocation to a remote storage, or for outright deletion. The system can also use the behavior information to modify new recording requests, such as directing a new request to a secondary storage location if it is unlikely that the user will view the recording.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2013Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Bruce Bradley, James Barkley, Robert Knee, Mark McKelvey
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Publication number: 20090265733Abstract: A method is provided for delivering a targeted advertisement to a user who is viewing a switched digital video (SDV) program. The method includes receiving over an access network a user input reflective of the user's advertising preferences. An advertisement is selected at least in part on the user input that is received. During a commercial break in transmission of a program to the user over the access network, the advertisement is transmitted to the user over the access network on an SDV channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2008Publication date: October 22, 2009Applicant: GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATIONInventor: Mark McKelvey
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Publication number: 20060224518Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for partial credential processing for limited commerce system interactions. The method can include identifying a visitor to a commerce system as an unauthenticated albeit registered user of the commerce system. Subsequently, the visitor can be provided access to a limited subset of commerce data for the registered user under an un-trusted identity. In the course of the visitor interacting with the commerce system, additional commerce data, such as shopping cart data, can be generated under the un-trusted identity until the visitor authenticates with the commerce system. When the visitor authenticates with the commerce system, a full set of the commerce data for the registered user under a trusted identity can be provided. Additionally, the generated additional commerce data can be merged under the un-trusted identity with the commerce data for the registered user under the trusted identity.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2005Publication date: October 5, 2006Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Darshanand Khusial, Mark McKelvey, Remedios Nisbet, Victoria Wong
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Patent number: 5349674Abstract: A service network has several computer systems connected together. A computer system can either be a "Service Requestor" (SR), a "Service Provider" (SP), or a hybrid of the two, a "Service Provider/Requestor" (SP/R). The service network is built by an enrollment process that adds computer systems into the service network. A SP (or SP/R acting as an SP) already in the network can initiate the enrollment of an SR (or SP/R acting as an SR) into the network. In addition, a SR (or SP/R acting as an SR) can initiate a request for enrollment into the network. If such a request is initiated, it must be approved automatically or with human intervention.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 1990Date of Patent: September 20, 1994Assignee: International Business Machines Corp.Inventors: Nathanial Calvert, John L. Koehler, Erik D. Lindberg, Mark A. McKelvey, Steven P. Mervosh, Jeffrey A. Newton, George B. Scarborough, Ruth A. Upchurch, Sandra D. Westling
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Patent number: 5321837Abstract: Computer systems have the ability to monitor their components and operations, generate events which indicate the occurrence of a monitored condition (e.g. out of paper, Joe Smith just signed on, disk utilization nearing capacity, etc.), and process these events in some manner. The present invention provides significant enhancements to the latter capability.The events of an event stream or streams are "filtered" into categories or groups of events. Once categorized, the invention associates an action or actions with the categorized event. The associated action can be logging the event, routing the event to the electronic address of a user, or sending the event to an application program for further processing.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 1991Date of Patent: June 14, 1994Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Arthur A. Daniel, Mark A. McKelvey, John A. Modry, Eric G. Roubal, Andrew E. Sandstrom, Patrick M. Wildt