Patents by Inventor Robert Lee Ames, JR.

Robert Lee Ames, JR. 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: 10477260
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems and methods related to a network-based digital video recorder playback adapter. In some embodiments, a request for digital content may be received from a customer device. A plurality of segments associated with the digital content may be received. A content stream may be generated based at least in part on the plurality of segments associated with the digital content. The content stream may be transmitted. Additionally, load balancing may be implemented to optimally select a source of digital content. Additional load balancing may further be performed at a customer premises between multiple communicative connections to provide requested content to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Cox Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Alan Rothschild, Robert Lee Ames, Jr., Ronald Larry Hardzog, Jr., Muhammad Asif Raza
  • Patent number: 9729902
    Abstract: A system includes a session and resource manager and a video pump. The session and resource manager negotiates encryption keys from a headend controller and provides the encryption keys to a video pump. The video pump uses the encryption keys from the session and resource manager to encrypt content. Thus, the video pump uses encryption keys to encrypt the content so that it is encrypted right from the video pump prior to transmission over the entire transport system. A generic modulation device may thus be used to modulate the encrypted content over the delivery network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Cox Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Alan Rothschild, Robert Lee Ames, Jr., Julius Bert Bagley
  • Publication number: 20160112739
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems and methods related to a network-based digital video recorder playback adapter. In some embodiments, a request for digital content may be received from a customer device. A plurality of segments associated with the digital content may be received. A content stream may be generated based at least in part on the plurality of segments associated with the digital content. The content stream may be transmitted. Additionally, load balancing may be implemented to optimally select a source of digital content. Additional load balancing may further be performed at a customer premises between multiple communicative connections to provide requested content to the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Keith Alan Rothschild, Robert Lee Ames, JR., Ronald Larry Hardzog, JR., Muhammad Asif Raza
  • Patent number: 8739215
    Abstract: Systems and methods for associating applications with an electronic program guide are provided. An electronic program guide that includes television schedule information organized in a grid by time and channel may be generated. The electronic program guide may be configured for presentation to a user by an electronic program guide application executed by a programming processing component associated with the user. A second application different from the electronic program guide application may be associated with an entry in the grid of the electronic program guide. The second application may be configured for execution by the programming processing component based at least in part upon the user selecting the entry. Once generated, the electronic program guide may be output for receipt by the programming processing component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Cox Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Alan Rothschild, Julius Bert Bagley, Robert Lee Ames, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20120180082
    Abstract: A system includes a session and resource manager and a video pump. The session and resource manager negotiates encryption keys from a headend controller and provides the encryption keys to a video pump. The video pump uses the encryption keys form the session and resource manager to encrypt content. Thus, the video pump uses encryption keys to encrypt the content so that it is encrypted right from the video pump prior to transmission over the entire transport system. A generic modulation device may thus be used to modulate the encrypted content over the delivery network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Keith Alan ROTHSCHILD, Robert Lee AMES, JR., Julius Bert BAGLEY
  • Publication number: 20120023525
    Abstract: Systems and methods for associating applications with an electronic program guide are provided. An electronic program guide that includes television schedule information organized in a grid by time and channel may be generated. The electronic program guide may be configured for presentation to a user by an electronic program guide application executed by a programming processing component associated with the user. A second application different from the electronic program guide application may be associated with an entry in the grid of the electronic program guide. The second application may be configured for execution by the programming processing component based at least in part upon the user selecting the entry. Once generated, the electronic program guide may be output for receipt by the programming processing component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Keith Alan Rothschild, Julius Bert Bagley, Robert Lee Ames, JR.