Patents by Inventor Paul Bannister

Paul Bannister 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).

  • Patent number: 11042698
    Abstract: A system and method of contextually converting a media file into an electronic document allows the user to generate an interactive transcription from the audio portion of a provided media file, which subsequently connects to the media file such that the user can play the media file from a selected transcribed word. Screenshots from video files may also be appended to the electronic document at transitions in video content and subsequently matched to appropriate transcribed words within the generated document. The system implementing the method includes a user account managed by at least one remote server, wherein the user account is associated with a corresponding personal computing (PC) device. This arrangement enables each user to interact with the at least one remote server using the corresponding PC device. The method follows an overall process in order to generate an electronic document with timestamped transcriptions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Inventor: Paul Bannister
  • Publication number: 20210056165
    Abstract: A system and method of contextually converting a media file into an electronic document allows the user to generate an interactive transcription from the audio portion of a provided media file, which subsequently connects to the media file such that the user can play the media file from a selected transcribed word. Screenshots from video files may also be appended to the electronic document at transitions in video content and subsequently matched to appropriate transcribed words within the generated document. The system implementing the method includes a user account managed by at least one remote server, wherein the user account is associated with a corresponding personal computing (PC) device. This arrangement enables each user to interact with the at least one remote server using the corresponding PC device. The method follows an overall process in order to generate an electronic document with timestamped transcriptions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventor: Paul Bannister
  • Patent number: 10278114
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for geolocating a user and/or a user device, based on one or more location data sources. Some embodiments may include use of a user authentication process (e.g., a two-factor authentication service) to improve confidence in the determined location of a user device. In one embodiment, a user and/or a user device may be allowed or denied access to restricted access content based on the determined location of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Gamesys Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas Hillary, Robert Anthony Breedt, Jeffrey Paul Bannister, Michael Christopher McCarthy
  • Publication number: 20180249398
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for geolocating a user and/or a user device, based on one or more location data sources. Some embodiments may include use of a user authentication process (e.g., a two-factor authentication service) to improve confidence in the determined location of a user device. In one embodiment, a user and/or a user device may be allowed or denied access to restricted access content based on the determined location of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Hillary, Robert Anthony Breedt, Jeffrey Paul Bannister, Michael Christopher McCarthy
  • Patent number: 9961614
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for geolocating a user and/or a user device, based on one or more location data sources. Some embodiments may include use of a user authentication process (e.g., a two-factor authentication service) to improve confidence in the determined location of a user device. In one embodiment, a user and/or a user device may be allowed or denied access to restricted access content based on the determined location of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Gamesys Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas Hillary, Robert Anthony Breedt, Jeffrey Paul Bannister, Michael Christopher McCarthy
  • Publication number: 20170332306
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for geolocating a user and/or a user device, based on one or more location data sources. Some embodiments may include use of a user authentication process (e.g., a two-factor authentication service) to improve confidence in the determined location of a user device. In one embodiment, a user and/or a user device may be allowed or denied access to restricted access content based on the determined location of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Hillary, Robert Anthony Breedt, Jeffrey Paul Bannister, Michael Christopher McCarthy
  • Patent number: 9749931
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for geolocating a user and/or a user device, based on one or more location data sources. Some embodiments may include use of a user authentication process (e.g., a two-factor authentication service) to improve confidence in the determined location of a user device. In one embodiment, a user and/or a user device may be allowed or denied access to restricted access content based on the determined location of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Gamesys Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas Hillary, Robert Anthony Breedt, Jeffrey Paul Bannister, Michael Christopher McCarthy
  • Publication number: 20170078950
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for geolocating a user and/or a user device, based on one or more location data sources. Some embodiments may include use of a user authentication process (e.g., a two-factor authentication service) to improve confidence in the determined location of a user device. In one embodiment, a user and/or a user device may be allowed or denied access to restricted access content based on the determined location of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Hillary, Robert Anthony Breedt, Jeffrey Paul Bannister, Michael Christopher McCarthy
  • Patent number: 9521521
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for geolocating a user and/or a user device, based on one or more location data sources. Some embodiments may include use of a user authentication process (e.g., a two-factor authentication service) to improve confidence in the determined location of a user device. In one embodiment, a user and/or a user device may be allowed or denied access to restricted access content based on the determined location of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Gamesys Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas Hillary, Robert Anthony Breedt, Jeffrey Paul Bannister, Michael Christopher McCarthy
  • Publication number: 20160026461
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for automatic API documentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: GAMESYS LTD
    Inventors: Jeffrey Paul Bannister, Alice Lottini
  • Publication number: 20150087303
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for geolocating a user and/or a user device, based on one or more location data sources. Some embodiments may include use of a user authentication process (e.g., a two-factor authentication service) to improve confidence in the determined location of a user device. In one embodiment, a user and/or a user device may be allowed or denied access to restricted access content based on the determined location of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Hillary, Robert Anthony Breedt, Jeffrey Paul Bannister, Michael Christopher McCarthy
  • Publication number: 20150045114
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for games that may be adjusted to provide bonuses to players playing together, such as when one player has referred the other to the system. Game win amounts may be adjusted to account for bonuses that may be provided to Refer-A-Friend (RAF) players.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Noel Thomas John Hayden, Robeson Mandela Reeves, Rajko Monden, Jeffrey Paul Bannister, Tobias Patrick O'Rourke, Moustapha Mouhamadou Camara, Maninder Singh Obhrai
  • Patent number: 8858322
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for games that may be adjusted to provide bonuses to players playing together, such as when one player has referred the other to the system. Game win amounts may be adjusted to account for bonuses that may be provided to Refer-A-Friend (RAF) players.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Gamesys Ltd.
    Inventors: Noel Thomas John Hayden, Robeson Mandela Reeves, Rajko Monden, Jeffrey Paul Bannister, Tobias Patrick O'Rourke, Moustapha Mouhamadou Camara, Maninder Singh Obhrai
  • Publication number: 20130296060
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for games that may be adjusted to provide bonuses to players playing together, such as when one player has referred the other to the system. Game win amounts may be adjusted to account for bonuses that may be provided to Refer-A-Friend (RAF) players.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: Gamesys Ltd.
    Inventors: Noel Thomas John Hayden, Robeson Mandela Reeves, Rajko Monden, Jeffrey Paul Bannister, Tobias Patrick O'Rourke, Moustapha Mouhamadou Camara, Maninder Singh Obhrai
  • Patent number: 7987493
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for mitigating distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks using central management and shared resources. The present invention implements a shared model for mitigating devices distributed in a packet network to mitigate a DoS attack. Mitigating devices are distributed in the packet network to support different network devices during a DoS attack. Configuration information is loaded dynamically into the mitigating devices to adjust the mitigation effort to different network devices. The present invention also implements a shared model for detecting devices distributed in the packet network to detect the presence of a DoS attack. Baselines are created to distinguish between valid packets and invalid packets. When invalid packets are detected, a notification occurs to other devices or a central management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Orin Paul Reams, III, Travis Edwards Dawson, David Shearer Moyle, Ryan Charles McDowell, David Paul Bannister
  • Publication number: 20020174011
    Abstract: Membership reward system for registering consumers as members of a membership reward program, and for providing offers to the members based upon the members' transactions with company partners of the membership program. Member participation is tracked and partners may be grouped into partner segments such that customized offers can be made to members based upon the partner segment to which the member is associated and the member's past transaction history and other information collected by the host (e.g., demographic information). The system also enables the preparation of reports and analysis regarding members, their purchases, and their purchase history.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2002
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: Michael F. Sanchez, Paul Bannister