Patents by Inventor Sam Zellner
Sam Zellner 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).
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Publication number: 20220108369Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, monitoring a user in a showroom to generate shopping parameters of the user, determining that the user is seeking to purchase a product in the showroom according to the shopping parameters, obtaining user data of the user in response to the determining that the user is seeking to purchase the product, analyzing the user data, selecting interaction data from among a group of interaction data according to the analyzing of the user data, and providing the interaction data to a computing device of a sales agent to enable the sales agent to transact with the user for the purchase of the product. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLCInventors: Sam Zellner, Jeffrey Mikan, Jeff Pedro
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Patent number: 11238509Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, monitoring a user in a showroom to generate shopping parameters of the user, determining that the user is seeking to purchase a product in the showroom according to the shopping parameters, obtaining user data of the user in response to the determining that the user is seeking to purchase the product, analyzing the user data, selecting interaction data from among a group of interaction data according to the analyzing of the user data, and providing the interaction data to a computing device of a sales agent to enable the sales agent to transact with the user for the purchase of the product. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLCInventors: Sam Zellner, Jeffrey Mikan, Jeff Pedro
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Publication number: 20190303988Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, monitoring a user in a showroom to generate shopping parameters of the user, determining that the user is seeking to purchase a product in the showroom according to the shopping parameters, obtaining user data of the user in response to the determining that the user is seeking to purchase the product, analyzing the user data, selecting interaction data from among a group of interaction data according to the analyzing of the user data, and providing the interaction data to a computing device of a sales agent to enable the sales agent to transact with the user for the purchase of the product. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLCInventors: Sam Zellner, Jeffrey Mikan, Jeff Pedro
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Patent number: 10373225Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, monitoring a user in a showroom to generate shopping parameters of the user, determining that the user is seeking to purchase a product in the showroom according to the shopping parameters, obtaining user data of the user in response to the determining that the user is seeking to purchase the product, analyzing the user data, selecting interaction data from among a group of interaction data according to the analyzing of the user data, and providing the interaction data to a computing device of a sales agent to enable the sales agent to transact with the user for the purchase of the product. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2014Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLCInventors: Sam Zellner, Jeffrey Mikan, Jeff Pedro
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Patent number: 9875312Abstract: A device includes a memory for storing digital media, a transfer module, and a processor. The media includes first data that associates the media with the device, second data authorizing the device to play back the media, and third data authorizing the device to transfer a copy of the media. A transfer includes transfer data identifying the copy uniquely relative to the device. The processor implements instructions to receive a request to transfer a copy of the media to a peer device, create a copy of the media that includes the first data and the transfer data, and direct the transfer module to transfer the copy to the peer device and send a transaction record including the first data and the transfer data to a server.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2015Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventor: Sam Zellner
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Publication number: 20160125491Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, monitoring a user in a showroom to generate shopping parameters of the user, determining that the user is seeking to purchase a product in the showroom according to the shopping parameters, obtaining user data of the user in response to the determining that the user is seeking to purchase the product, analyzing the user data, selecting interaction data from among a group of interaction data according to the analyzing of the user data, and providing the interaction data to a computing device of a sales agent to enable the sales agent to transact with the user for the purchase of the product. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2014Publication date: May 5, 2016Inventors: Sam Zellner, Jeffrey Mikan, Jeff Pedro
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Publication number: 20160125460Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining user data of a user, receiving a group of offers for products, analyzing the user data to generate purchase criteria, selecting an offer for a product from among the group of offers for the products according to the purchase criteria, negotiating a purchase of the product according to the purchase criteria, determining a recommendation associated with the purchase of the product based on the negotiating, presenting the recommendation, obtaining an authorization for the purchase of the product in response to the recommendation, and communicating with a server to complete a purchase transaction for the product in response to the authorization. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2014Publication date: May 5, 2016Inventors: Sam Zellner, Jeffrey Mikan, Jeff Pedro
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Publication number: 20150220653Abstract: A device includes a memory for storing digital media, a transfer module, and a processor. The media includes first data that associates the media with the device, second data authorizing the device to play back the media, and third data authorizing the device to transfer a copy of the media. A transfer includes transfer data identifying the copy uniquely relative to the device. The processor implements instructions to receive a request to transfer a copy of the media to a peer device, create a copy of the media that includes the first data and the transfer data, and direct the transfer module to transfer the copy to the peer device and send a transaction record including the first data and the transfer data to a server.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2015Publication date: August 6, 2015Inventor: Sam Zellner
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Patent number: 8908610Abstract: Associated systems and methods for providing data services using idle cell capacity in a communications system. The systems and methods assign priorities to each remote user device in the communications system. In response to a request for service for a remote user device, the switch determines whether an idle channel is available for the remote user device. If no idle channel is available, the switch determines whether a remote user device with a lower priority than the requesting remote user device is using a channel. If a lower priority remote user device is using a channel, its call is terminated and the channel is assigned to the requesting remote user device. If no lower priority remote user device is using a channel, the request for service is put into an ordered queue to wait for the next available idle channel.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2008Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Sam Zellner
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Patent number: 8204184Abstract: One embodiment of a representative system for web integrated interactive voice response includes an interactive voice response system adapted to provide a plurality of voice menus to a user over a telephone and a graphical user interface system adapted to provide a plurality of menus in a graphical format to the user over a network connection. Information provided in the voice menus corresponds to information provided in the menus in the graphical format and is responsive to commands received by the graphical user interface system from the user. Other systems and methods are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2007Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Xiaofeng Gao, David Scott, Sam Zellner
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Patent number: 8077840Abstract: One embodiment of a representative system for web integrated interactive voice response includes an interactive voice response system adapted to provide a plurality of voice menus to a user over a telephone and a graphical user interface system adapted to provide a plurality of menus in a graphical format to the user over a network connection. Information provided in the voice menus corresponds to information provided in the menus in the graphical format and is responsive to commands received by the graphical user interface system from the user. Other systems and methods are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2007Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Xiaofeng Gao, David Scott, Sam Zellner
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Patent number: 7349333Abstract: Associated systems and methods for providing data services using idle cell capacity in a communications system. The systems and methods assign priorities to each remote user device in the communications system. In response to a request for service for a remote user device, the switch determines whether an idle channel is available for the remote user device. If no idle channel is available, the switch determines whether a remote user device with a lower priority than the requesting remote user device is using a channel. If a lower priority remote user device is using a channel, its call is terminated and the channel is assigned to the requesting remote user device. If no lower priority remote user device is using a channel, the request for service is put into an ordered queue to wait for the next available idle channel.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2003Date of Patent: March 25, 2008Assignee: AT&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc.Inventor: Sam Zellner
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Publication number: 20040125800Abstract: Associated systems and methods for providing data services using idle cell capacity in a communications system. The systems and methods assign priorities to each remote user device in the communications system. In response to a request for service for a remote user device, the switch determines whether an idle channel is available for the remote user device. If no idle channel is available, the switch determines whether a remote user device with a lower priority than the requesting remote user device is using a channel. If a lower priority remote user device is using a channel, its call is terminated and the channel is assigned to the requesting remote user device. If no lower priority remote user device is using a channel, the request for service is put into an ordered queue to wait for the next available idle channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2003Publication date: July 1, 2004Inventor: Sam Zellner