Patents by Inventor Melissa A. Boggs

Melissa A. Boggs 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).

  • Method of delivering advertising through an interactive video distribution system
    Patent number: 6169542
    Abstract: An interactive video distribution system includes a plurality of interactive video subscriber units (22), a head end facility (54), and a video distribution medium (56). The head end facility (54) is configured to transmit advertisements (40, 42) in connection with an interactive video program (36) and receive requests from one of the subscriber units (22′) to register the advertisements (40, 42) in a menu (116). In response to each of the requests, the head end facility (54) generates a entries (118, 144) associated with the advertisements (40, 42) in the menu (116). The menu (116) is communicated in a first video still image (134) to the subscriber unit (22′) through the medium (56). The head end facility (54) is further configured to obtain a selection request for one of entries (118, 144) and provide supplementary advertising information (148) associated with the selected one of advertisements (40, 42) to the subscriber unit (22′).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: GTE Main Street Incorporated
    Inventors: Darryl C. Hooks, James A. Witoszynski, M. Shannon Lunsford, Melissa A. Boggs