Patents by Inventor Robert Joseph Hewitt

Robert Joseph Hewitt 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).

  • Publication number: 20240155172
    Abstract: A device may receive, from a user device, a content selection, and may receive metadata associated with the content. The device may determine viewing options, for viewing the content, based on the metadata associated with the content, and may identify dimensions of the content based on the viewing options. The device may calculate points for each of the dimensions of the content, and may assign the points for each of the dimensions of the content to generate weighted dimensions of the content. The device may associate the weighted dimensions of the content with the viewing options to generate weighted viewing options, and may rank the weighted viewing options to determine a primary viewing option, a secondary viewing option, and remaining viewing options. The device may provide the primary viewing option, the secondary viewing option, and the remaining viewing options to the user device, for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Leena VARGHESE, Mahalakshmi VELRAJAN, Sivanthikani APPADURAI, Mukunda P. RAJU, Sharon GACEK, Robert Joseph HEWITT, Vinodkrishnan SURIANARAYANAN
  • Patent number: 11902610
    Abstract: A device may receive, from a user device, a content selection, and may receive metadata associated with the content. The device may determine viewing options, for viewing the content, based on the metadata associated with the content, and may identify dimensions of the content based on the viewing options. The device may calculate points for each of the dimensions of the content, and may assign the points for each of the dimensions of the content to generate weighted dimensions of the content. The device may associate the weighted dimensions of the content with the viewing options to generate weighted viewing options, and may rank the weighted viewing options to determine a primary viewing option, a secondary viewing option, and remaining viewing options. The device may provide the primary viewing option, the secondary viewing option, and the remaining viewing options to the user device, for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Leena Varghese, Mahalakshmi Velrajan, Sivanthikani Appadurai, Mukunda P. Raju, Sharon Gacek, Robert Joseph Hewitt, Vinodkrishnan Surianarayanan
  • Publication number: 20230130391
    Abstract: A device may receive, from a user device, a content selection, and may receive metadata associated with the content. The device may determine viewing options, for viewing the content, based on the metadata associated with the content, and may identify dimensions of the content based on the viewing options. The device may calculate points for each of the dimensions of the content, and may assign the points for each of the dimensions of the content to generate weighted dimensions of the content. The device may associate the weighted dimensions of the content with the viewing options to generate weighted viewing options, and may rank the weighted viewing options to determine a primary viewing option, a secondary viewing option, and remaining viewing options. The device may provide the primary viewing option, the secondary viewing option, and the remaining viewing options to the user device, for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Leena VARGHESE, Mahalakshmi VELRAJAN, Sivanthikani APPADURAI, Mukunda P. RAJU, Sharon GACEK, Robert Joseph HEWITT, Vinodkrishnan SURIANARAYANAN
  • Publication number: 20130200730
    Abstract: The Energy Uploader is a device using several components to achieve it's end result. The Energy Uploader operates in conjunction with any motor vehicles 12-volt dc charging system and works independently of the vehicles primary electrical system to produce 120-volt ac electrical energy that can be used or sold to the public utility power grid when the car is shut off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventors: Raymond William Nowicki, Robert Joseph Hewitt