Patents by Inventor Roy R. Toney, JR.

Roy R. Toney, 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).

  • Systems and methods for measuring audience participation over a distribution network
    Patent number: 9077462
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include systems and methods for measuring audience participation over a distribution network. An example method may include delivering media content to a viewer's CPE over a distribution network and delivering an audience measurement application associated with the media content over the distribution network. The audience measurement application can be configured for execution by the viewer's CPE, and can be programmed to generate at least one inquiry for display to the viewer in association with viewing the media content and to request at least one response by the viewer to be entered via the viewer's CPE. The method may further include receiving response information associated with the response to the inquiry from the viewer's CPE over the distribution network, and determining the viewer's participation level associated with the media content based at least in part on the response information received from the viewer's CPE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Cox Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Roy R. Toney, Jr.
  • Systems and Methods for Measuring Audience Participation Over a Distribution Network
    Publication number: 20120159528
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include systems and methods for measuring audience participation over a distribution network. An example method may include delivering media content to a viewer's CPE over a distribution network and delivering an audience measurement application associated with the media content over the distribution network. The audience measurement application can be configured for execution by the viewer's CPE, and can be programmed to generate at least one inquiry for display to the viewer in association with viewing the media content and to request at least one response by the viewer to be entered via the viewer's CPE. The method may further include receiving response information associated with the response to the inquiry from the viewer's CPE over the distribution network, and determining the viewer's participation level associated with the media content based at least in part on the response information received from the viewer's CPE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Roy R. Toney, JR.