Patents by Inventor Rob MacIntosh

Rob MacIntosh 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).

  • Managing undesirable content in IP video broadcast traffic
    Patent number: 9032432
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for suppressing display of advertisements within a video over IP stream provided by a content provider. Metadata is prepended to advertisements within the stream. When the stream is received by an access aggregation point, the access aggregation point compares the metadata of an advertisement with preset criteria provided by an enterprise subscriber, and suppresses the advertisement if a comparison of the metadata and the preset criteria indicate that the advertisement is undesirable to the enterprise subscriber. The access aggregation point suppresses the advertisement by switching to a second video channel within the stream for the duration of the advertisement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Dmitri Vinokurov, Rob MacIntosh
  • MANAGING UNDESIRABLE CONTENT IN IP VIDEO BROADCAST TRAFFIC
    Publication number: 20090328095
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for suppressing display of advertisements within a video over IP stream provided by a content provider. Metadata is prepended to advertisements within the stream. When the stream is received by an access aggregation point, the access aggregation point compares the metadata of an advertisement with preset criteria provided by an enterprise subscriber, and suppresses the advertisement if a comparison of the metadata and the preset criteria indicate that the advertisement is undesirable to the enterprise subscriber. The access aggregation point suppresses the advertisement by switching to a second video channel within the stream for the duration of the advertisement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: ALCATEL LUCENT
    Inventors: Dmitri Vinokurov, Rob MacIntosh