Patents by Inventor Michael Glenn Branam

Michael Glenn Branam 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).

  • Publish-subscription platforms for alert messages and related methods and computer program products
    Patent number: 8914433
    Abstract: An alert delivery system includes a publish-subscription platform that is configured to receive alert messages from one or more sources. The publish-subscription platform is further configured to publish the alert messages to client devices based on matches between geographic locations respectively associated with ones of the alert messages and geographic locations respectively associated with ones of the client devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Jay Glasgow, Charles Frederick Hart, Jeff David Dodgen, Michael Glenn Branam
  • Methods, systems, and computer program products for obtaining consumer information over a communications network
    Patent number: 8065698
    Abstract: Default media services are provided to a multi-user multimedia device over a communications network responsive to identification of the multi-user multimedia device. Additional media services are provided to the multi-user multimedia device over the communications network responsive to obtaining confirmation that a particular one of a group of users of the multi-user multimedia device is currently using the multi-user multimedia device. Demographic information for the particular one of the group of users and device information for the multi-user multimedia device may be provided to an advertiser over the network in real-time, for example, so that advertising may be targeted accordingly. Related methods, systems, and devices are also discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Jay O. Glasgow, Michael Glenn Branam, Jeffrey David Dodgen
  • PUBLISH-SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORMS FOR ALERT MESSAGES AND RELATED METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20080147737
    Abstract: An alert delivery system includes a publish-subscription platform that is configured to receive alert messages from one or more sources. The publish-subscription platform is further configured to publish the alert messages to client devices based on matches between geographic locations respectively associated with ones of the alert messages and geographic locations respectively associated with ones of the client devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Jay Glasgow, Charles Frederick Hart, Jeff David Dodgen, Michael Glenn Branam
  • Methods, systems, and computer program products for obtaining consumer information over a communications network
    Publication number: 20070214470
    Abstract: Default media services are provided to a multi-user multimedia device over a communications network responsive to identification of the multi-user multimedia device. Additional media services are provided to the multi-user multimedia device over the communications network responsive to obtaining confirmation that a particular one of a group of users of the multi-user multimedia device is currently using the multi-user multimedia device. Demographic information for the particular one of the group of users and device information for the multi-user multimedia device may be provided to an advertiser over the network in real-time, for example, so that advertising may be targeted accordingly. Related methods, systems, and devices are also discussed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2006
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Inventors: Jay O. Glasgow, Michael Glenn Branam, Jeffrey David Dodgen