Patents by Inventor Matthew Polson

Matthew Polson 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).

  • Publication number: 20250097494
    Abstract: Various arrangements for authorizing content viewing are detailed herein. Sports wager data corresponding to a sports wager placed by a user may be provided to a provider system. The provider system can perform a lookup action to determine a content event based on the sports wager data. In response to the received sports wager data, a user account may be authorized using a rights scheme for access to content. The provider system may deauthorized the user account for access to the content by removing the rights scheme such that access to the content is later blocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Matthew Polson, Robert Sadler, James Wilde, Timothy Meyer, Christopher Kuhrt, Shaun Ryan, Jesse Montgomery
  • Patent number: 12192551
    Abstract: Various arrangements for authorizing content viewing are detailed herein. Sports wager data corresponding to a sports wager placed by a user may be provided to a television service provider system. The television service provider system can perform a lookup action to determine a content event based on the sports wager data. In response to the received sports wager data, a user account may be authorized using a rights scheme for access to a television channel on which the content event is scheduled to be broadcast. The television service provider system may deauthorized the user account for access to the television channel by removing the rights scheme such that access to the television channel on which the content event was broadcast is blocked after the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: DISH Network L.L.C.
    Inventors: Matthew Polson, Robert Sadler, James Wilde, Timothy Meyer, Christopher Kuhrt, Shaun Ryan, Jesse Montgomery
  • Patent number: 11861981
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for experience-adaptive interaction with uncertain measurable events (UMEs), such as in a sports wagering context. A back-end wagering system of a television service provider system is disposed in a television network to provide subscribers with subscription content services for live event content and UME interaction services for viewing and placing wagers on live event content with a UME book provider. Embodiments can build data spaces at least of available live event content and wagerable UMEs being provided for the live event content. Embodiments can assign a wager experience score to a subscribers based on experience level with UME interactions, and can use the built data space and the wager experience score to generate an experience-tailored set of wager offers for the subscriber. The set of wager offers can then be presented to the subscriber in an experience-tailored UME interaction interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: DISH Network L.L.C.
    Inventors: Matthew Polson, Jesse Montgomery, Shaun Ryan, Robert Sadler, Timothy Meyer, Christopher Kuhrt
  • Patent number: 11843837
    Abstract: Various arrangements for group-based content viewing are presented herein. A television service provider system may receive wager data corresponding to a live content event for multiple user accounts that are grouped together. A viewing group for the live content event may be created for the grouped user accounts. Wager data corresponding to the user accounts may be transmitted to content viewing devices for the multiple user accounts. The live content event can be output for presentation concurrently with presentation of an indication of the at least one wager on the live content event linked to each user account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: DISH Network L.L.C.
    Inventors: Jesse Montgomery, Timothy Meyer, Matthew Polson, Robert Sadler, Christopher Kuhrt, Shaun Ryan, James Wilde
  • Patent number: 11816472
    Abstract: Various arrangements for communicating with a device utilizing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are presented. A backend system may detect a triggering event associated with a device based upon data received via a first connection. In response to detecting the first triggering event, the UAV may receive a first data set and a location associated with the device from the backend system. The UAV may deploy to the received location. A second connection between the UAV and the device can be established at the received location. The UAV may transmit the first data set to the device via the second connection at the received location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: DISH Network L.L.C.
    Inventors: Eric Ray Hieb, Christopher William Bruhn, Matthew Polson
  • Publication number: 20230199238
    Abstract: Various arrangements for authorizing content viewing are detailed herein. Sports wager data corresponding to a sports wager placed by a user may be provided to a television service provider system. The television service provider system can perform a lookup action to determine a content event based on the sports wager data. In response to the received sports wager data, a user account may be authorized using a rights scheme for access to a television channel on which the content event is scheduled to be broadcast. The television service provider system may deauthorized the user account for access to the television channel by removing the rights scheme such that access to the television channel on which the content event was broadcast is blocked after the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew Polson, Robert Sadler, James Wilde, Timothy Meyer, Christopher Kuhrt, Shaun Ryan, Jesse Montgomery
  • Publication number: 20230124722
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for experience-adaptive interaction with uncertain measurable events (UMEs), such as in a sports wagering context. A back-end wagering system of a television service provider system is disposed in a television network to provide subscribers with subscription content services for live event content and UME interaction services for viewing and placing wagers on live event content with a UME book provider. Embodiments can build data spaces at least of available live event content and wagerable UMEs being provided for the live event content. Embodiments can assign a wager experience score to a subscribers based on experience level with UME interactions, and can use the built data space and the wager experience score to generate an experience-tailored set of wager offers for the subscriber. The set of wager offers can then be presented to the subscriber in an experience-tailored UME interaction interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew Polson, Jesse Montgomery, Shaun Ryan, Robert Sadler, Timothy Meyer, Christopher Kuhrt
  • Patent number: 11616998
    Abstract: Various arrangements for authorizing content viewing are detailed herein. Sports wager data corresponding to a sports wager placed by a user may be provided to a television service provider system. The television service provider system can perform a lookup action to determine a content event based on the sports wager data. In response to the received sports wager data, a user account may be authorized using a rights scheme for access to a television channel on which the content event is scheduled to be broadcast. The television service provider system may deauthorized the user account for access to the television channel by removing the rights scheme such that access to the television channel on which the content event was broadcast is blocked after the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: DISH Network L.L.C.
    Inventors: Matthew Polson, Robert Sadler, James Wilde, Timothy Meyer, Christopher Kuhrt, Shaun Ryan, Jesse Montgomery
  • Publication number: 20220417574
    Abstract: Various arrangements for authorizing content viewing are detailed herein. Sports wager data corresponding to a sports wager placed by a user may be provided to a television service provider system. The television service provider system can perform a lookup action to determine a content event based on the sports wager data. In response to the received sports wager data, a user account may be authorized using a rights scheme for access to a television channel on which the content event is scheduled to be broadcast. The television service provider system may deauthorized the user account for access to the television channel by removing the rights scheme such that access to the television channel on which the content event was broadcast is blocked after the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Matthew Polson, Robert Sadler, James Wilde, Timothy Meyer, Christopher Kuhrt, Shaun Ryan, Jesse Montgomery
  • Publication number: 20220377427
    Abstract: Various arrangements for group-based content viewing are presented herein. A television service provider system may receive wager data corresponding to a live content event for multiple user accounts that are grouped together. A viewing group for the live content event may be created for the grouped user accounts. Wager data corresponding to the user accounts may be transmitted to content viewing devices for the multiple user accounts. The live content event can be output for presentation concurrently with presentation of an indication of the at least one wager on the live content event linked to each user account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Jesse Montgomery, Timothy Meyer, Matthew Polson, Robert Sadler, Christopher Kuhrt, Shaun Ryan, James Wilde
  • Publication number: 20220164179
    Abstract: Various arrangements for communicating with a device utilizing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are presented. A backend system may detect a triggering event associated with a device based upon data received via a first connection. In response to detecting the first triggering event, the UAV may receive a first data set and a location associated with the device from the backend system. The UAV may deploy to the received location. A second connection between the UAV and the device can be established at the received location. The UAV may transmit the first data set to the device via the second connection at the received location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Eric Ray Hieb, Christopher William Bruhn, Matthew Polson
  • Patent number: 11281449
    Abstract: Various arrangements for updating a device utilizing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are presented. A backend system may detect a triggering event associated with a device based upon data received via a first connection. In response to detecting the first triggering event, the UAV may receive a first data set and a location associated with the device from the backend system. The UAV may deploy to the received location. A second connection between the UAV and the device can be established at the received location. The UAV may transmit the first data set to the device via the second connection at the received location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: DISH Network L.L.C.
    Inventors: Eric Ray Hieb, Christopher William Bruhn, Matthew Polson
  • Publication number: 20210374891
    Abstract: Novel techniques are described for protocol tracking and/or enforcement (PT&E) of social distancing protocols in communication networks. For example, PT&E data can be received and aggregated from a large number of user mobile devices via wireless communication networks. The PT&E data can be analyzed against a pre-defined social distancing protocol to detect candidate non-compliance events. The social distancing protocol is stored in association with predefined exclusions to application of the social distancing protocol. The candidate non-compliance events can be analyzed against the predefined exclusions to determine whether the detected events are excluded from consideration as a non-compliant condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Anand Menon, Max Stephen Gratton, Matthew Polson
  • Publication number: 20210326127
    Abstract: Various arrangements for updating a device utilizing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are presented. A backend system may detect a triggering event associated with a device based upon data received via a first connection. In response to detecting the first triggering event, the UAV may receive a first data set and a location associated with the device from the backend system. The UAV may deploy to the received location. A second connection between the UAV and the device can be established at the received location. The UAV may transmit the first data set to the device via the second connection at the received location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Eric Ray Hieb, Christopher William Bruhn, Matthew Polson