Patents by Inventor Mike Talbert

Mike Talbert 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 and system for providing feedback based on monitoring of channels at a customer premise
    Patent number: 8931023
    Abstract: An approach for providing feedback based on monitoring of channels at a customer premise is described. A digital signal representing a plurality of channels transported over a media broadcast network is received at a set-top box apparatus. A determination of whether one of the plurality of channels satisfies a predetermined criterion relating to performance of the media broadcast network is performed. A network feedback signal based on the determination is generated, at the set-top box apparatus, for transmission to a network monitoring node of the media broadcast network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Mike Talbert
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING FEEDBACK BASED ON MONITORING OF CHANNELS AT A CUSTOMER PREMISE
    Publication number: 20130312020
    Abstract: An approach for providing feedback based on monitoring of channels at a customer premise is described. A digital signal representing a plurality of channels transported over a media broadcast network is received at a set-top box apparatus. A determination of whether one of the plurality of channels satisfies a predetermined criterion relating to performance of the media broadcast network is performed. A network feedback signal based on the determination is generated, at the set-top box apparatus, for transmission to a network monitoring node of the media broadcast network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Mike Talbert