Patents by Inventor Robert King

Robert King 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).

  • Stereo camera calibration using proximity data
    Patent number: 9602806
    Abstract: Approaches discussed herein enable a computing device, such as a phone or tablet computer, to automatically recalibrate cameras used to capture three-dimensional images. A proximity sensor can be used to determine the distance to an object at approximately the time that three-dimensional image data is captured that includes a representation of the object. The apparent distance to the object, from the disparity of the three-dimensional image data, can be compared against the detected distance as measured by the proximity sensor. The difference between the detected and apparent distance, or the corresponding disparity values, can be used to determine a relative misalignment among the cameras, when then can be used to update the appropriate calibration parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Stafford, Jennifer Silva, Edward Ackley Falk, Robert King Myers
  • Apparatus and method for media on demand commentaries
    Patent number: 9584864
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system having a controller to present an overlay to be combined with media content during presentation at each of a plurality of computing devices to illustrate a collection of user-generated comments temporally associated with portions of the media content, wherein the portions of the media content comprise portions of a media on demand presentation in an interactive television network, collect the user-generated comments from the plurality of computing devices, identify target portions of the media content that each satisfy a threshold number of comments and non-target portions of the media content that do not satisfy the threshold number of comments, generate comment groups of the user-generated comments, and provide the comment groups to the plurality of computing devices for presentation in the overlay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Linda Roberts, E-Lee Chang, Ja-Young Sung, Natasha Barrett Schultz, Robert King
  • OPPORTUNISTIC ANTENNA SWITCH DIVERSITY (ASDIV) IN CARRIER AGGREGATION
    Publication number: 20170054470
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for switching antennas in devices that have multiple antennas for communicating via aggregation of multiple carriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Ashrafur REZA, Peyman HESAMI, Ning HE, Robert King CHAN, Sagar KAKADE
  • Apparatus and Method for Monitoring and Control on a Network
    Publication number: 20170041674
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system having a controller to present an overlay that is combined with a presentation of media content, collect one or more user-generated remarks from each of a plurality of computing devices where the one or more user-generated remarks are temporally associated with media content presented at the plurality of computing devices according to the overlay, monitor one or more user-generated comments from each of the plurality of computing devices, and selectively filter the one or more user-generated comments from each of the plurality of computing devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: LINDA ANN ROBERTS, E-LEE CHANG, JA-YOUNG SUNG, NATASHA BARRETT SCHULTZ, ROBERT KING
  • Apparatus and method for managing marketing
    Patent number: 9565484
    Abstract: A method that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, the steps of transmitting media content to a group of set top boxes for presentation with an overlay superimposed onto the media content, receiving a first comment from a first set top box of the group of set top boxes where the first comment is presentable with the overlay and the media content by the group of set top boxes, determining a first advertisement based on the first comment, and transmitting the first advertisement to the first set top box for presentation with the overlay and the media content. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Linda Roberts, E-Lee Chang, Ja-Young Sung, Natasha Barrett Schultz, Robert King
  • Spatial approaches to text suggestion
    Patent number: 9547420
    Abstract: A user wanting to enter text via a computing device can start entering characters for that text. A text suggestion algorithm can be used to attempt to predict the text the user is typing, and provide options for completing the text entry. Information such as the type of suggestion and common roots for those suggestions can be used to group at least some of the suggestions. An interface element with a spatial layout can be provided to display at least a portion of the suggestions, where the suggestions are arranged according to their relative confidence values and the determined groupings. The font values for each of the displayed suggestions can also be set using the confidence values, such that more likely terms can be displayed with a larger and/or more prominent font in order to allow the user to more easily locate the correct suggestion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Hastings Cassidy, Robert King Myers
  • Apparatus and Method for Tagging Media Content and Managing Marketing
    Publication number: 20170013325
    Abstract: A method that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, transmitting media content to a group of set top boxes for presentation with an overlay superimposed onto the media content, where the overlay can include a timeline corresponding to the presentation of the media content and receiving a first comment from a first set top box of the group of set top boxes, where the first comment is presentable with the overlay and the media content by the group of set top boxes. Additional steps can include receiving a tag generated at a first set top box during presentation of the media content, presenting the tag while the media content is presented, correlating the tag to a portion of the media content timeline and analyzing metadata associated with the portion of the timeline that is tagged to determine a first marketing parameter. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: LINDA ANN ROBERTS, E-LEE CHANG, JA-YOUNG SUNG, NATASHA BARRETT SCHULTZ, ROBERT KING
  • PREBIOTIC OLIGOSACCHARIDES
    Publication number: 20170000811
    Abstract: The present invention provides galacto-oligosaccharide compositions that preferentially stimulate growth of specific Bifidobacterium species and subspecies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Mariana Barboza, J. Bruce German, Carlito B. Lebrilla, David Mills, Samara Freeman-Sharkey, William Robert King
  • Motions for displaying additional content
    Patent number: 9524036
    Abstract: Various types of content can be displayed through an interface of a computing device. Portions of this content, such as words or alphanumeric characters, can have a visual identifier displayed proximate those portions. The identifiers can indicate the availability of additional content, such as one or more alternative spellings or corrections, links to additional information, alternative views, and links to contact information for a name in an address book. In one example, a default viewing orientation of the computing device can be determined for a user viewing the content on the interface. Upon detecting a rotation of the computing device, a banner or other graphical element is displayed for each of the displayed portions that are associated with a visual identifier on the interface. Accordingly, a user can select one of those elements to receive the additional information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Hastings Cassidy, Robert King Myers
  • Apparatus and Method for Transmitting Media Content
    Publication number: 20160337703
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may perform operations including, for example, receiving a plurality of user-generated comments associated with media content where the plurality of user-generated comments are temporally associated with a portion of the media content during a presentation of the media content at a group of communication devices, and identifying from the plurality of user-generated comments a cluster of comments associated with a segment of the media content based on a frequency of the user-generated comments. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: LINDA ROBERTS, E-LEE CHANG, JA-YOUNG SUNG, NATASHA BARRETT SCHULTZ, ROBERT KING
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GAMING
    Publication number: 20160317935
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system having a controller to collect one or more user-generated remarks from each of a plurality of computing devices where the one or more user-generated remarks are temporally associated with media content in the form of a gaming session presented at the plurality of computing devices and present the one or more user-generated remarks as an overlay combined with the gaming session as a presentation to at least a set among the plurality of computing devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: LINDA ANN ROBERTS, E-LEE CHANG, JA-YOUNG SUNG, NATASHA BARRETT SCHULTZ, ROBERT KING
  • Apparatus and method for tagging media content and managing marketing
    Patent number: 9479844
    Abstract: A method that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, transmitting media content to a group of set top boxes for presentation with an overlay superimposed onto the media content, where the overlay can include a timeline corresponding to the presentation of the media content and receiving a first comment from a first set top box of the group of set top boxes, where the first comment is presentable with the overlay and the media content by the group of set top boxes. Additional steps can include receiving a tag generated at a first set top box during presentation of the media content, presenting the tag while the media content is presented, correlating the tag to a portion of the media content timeline and analyzing metadata associated with the portion of the timeline that is tagged to determine a first marketing parameter. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Linda Roberts, E-Lee Chang, Ja-Young Sung, Natasha Barrett Schultz, Robert King
  • Apparatus and methods for facilitating tune-away operations in wireless communications systems
    Patent number: 9468010
    Abstract: Access terminals are adapted to facilitate tune-away operations in situations in which multiple subscriptions are employed. According to one example, an access terminal performing an acquisition procedure for a first subscription may suspend the acquisition procedure to obtain a paging message for a second subscription. The access terminal can tune away from the first subscription to the second subscription and monitor for a mobile-terminated page. After a mobile-terminated page associated with the second subscription is received and processed, the access terminal may resume the acquisition procedure for the first subscription. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Soumen Mitra, Robert King Chan, Ammar Taiyebi Kitabi, Aritra Ukil, Vijay Karthic Elangovan, Simei Du, Jayesh Bathija, Kamalakar Ganti, Vamsi Krishna Chaitanya Komati, Janga Reddy Alimineti
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING MEDIA CONTENT
    Publication number: 20160269722
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, controller and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the controller, facilitate performance of operations that include receiving a media content including three-dimensional image content for presentation on a display device. A presence is determined of a viewer within a line-of-sight of the display device, wherein the viewer is without a viewing apparatus that facilitates viewing of the three-dimensional image content. The media content is adapted to include two-dimensional image content, based on the determining of the presence of the viewer within the line-of-sight and without the viewing apparatus. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Robert King, Sharon E. Carter
  • Apparatus and method for transmitting media content
    Patent number: 9432706
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may perform operations including, for example, receiving a plurality of user-generated comments associated with media content where the plurality of user-generated comments are temporally associated with a portion of the media content during a presentation of the media content at a group of communication devices, and identifying from the plurality of user-generated comments a cluster of comments associated with a segment of the media content based on a frequency of the user-generated comments. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Linda Roberts, E-Lee Chang, Ja-Young Sung, Natasha Barrett Schultz, Robert King
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY REDIRECTING A SEARCH
    Publication number: 20160246881
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media and apparatuses for automatically redirecting a search are disclosed. A processor receives a search term, connects to a search server hosting a search site that displays a plurality of sites in response to the search term, receives a selection of a site from the plurality of sites, provides an option to associate the site with the search term and receives a confirmation to associate the site with the search term, where the search term automatically redirects a connection to a server hosting the site and by-passing a connection to the search server hosting the search site when the search term is received at a later time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Robert King, Sharon E. Carter
  • Method and System for Presenting Event Notifications In a Social Media Environment
    Publication number: 20160248717
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and system for providing notification of events. Specifically, embodiments disclosed herein describe a method and system for generating dynamic messages based on events and transmitting the dynamic messages to various users over a social networking platform. Embodiments include receiving product data and comparing the product data to a set of predefined trigger parameters. If it is determined that the product data satisfies one or more of the trigger parameters, a dynamic message is generated. In certain embodiments, the content of the dynamic message is based, at least in part, on the product data. The generated dynamic message is then automatically transmitted to a set of recipients over the social networking platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Brian Robert King, Mark Sean Roylance, Milo Richard LeBaron, Fululele Duke Neria
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A SOCIAL NETWORK
    Publication number: 20160232183
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system having a controller to collect one or more user-generated comments from each of a plurality of computing devices, detect a correlation in the one or more user-generated comments collected from the plurality of computing devices, and establish a social network between the plurality of computing devices according to the detected correlation. The one or more user-generated comments can be temporally associated with media content presented at the plurality of computing devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: LINDA ROBERTS, E-LEE CHANG, JA-YOUNG SUNG, NATASHA BARRETT SCHULTZ, ROBERT KING
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING MEDIA PROGRAMS
    Publication number: 20160192014
    Abstract: Systems and processes that incorporate teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, identifying temporal actions initiated by equipment of users during presentation of a media program to the equipment of users. A timeline is modified that corresponds to a linear progression of the media program, wherein the modified timeline includes symbols indicative of the temporal actions. The modified timeline is provided to the equipment of the users. The modified timeline is presented at displays of the equipment of the plurality of users, together with the media program. The symbols are situated in relation to the presentation of the media program, wherein the symbols can be selected by input cursors at the displays of the equipment of the users. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: LINDA ROBERTS, E-LEE CHANG, JA-YOUNG SUNG, NATASHA BARRETT SCHULTZ, ROBERT KING
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESELECTING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT
    Publication number: 20160191987
    Abstract: A method and system for remote control at a client of a multimedia content distribution network (MCDN) enables a user to add desired multimedia program listings to a user collection. The user collection may be saved at an MCDN server for subsequent retrieval. Multimedia programs corresponding to the listings may be stored in a user collection cache. The user may easily select the listings in a user collection for presentation at an MCDN client. The multimedia programs may be provided from a plurality of content sources, including external content providers and the Internet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert King, Darryl Cynthia Moore, Linda A. Roberts