Patents by Inventor Samuel Zellner
Samuel 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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Patent number: 8761803Abstract: One embodiment of the present is a method of implementing privacy control of location information. Such a method comprises defining a geographic zone for which pseudo-location information is to be reported as the current location of the user, wherein the pseudo-location information is not the current location of the user; receiving the current location of the user; determining that the current location is in the geographic zone; and reporting the pseudo-location information as the current location of the user when the current location is determined to be in the geographic zone. Other methods and systems are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2013Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Scott Frank, Robert Starr, John Ruckart, Steven Tischer, Samuel Zellner
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Patent number: 8699732Abstract: Multiple individual wireless earbuds provide audio from a common audio source. A user may thereby enjoy audio in both ears while also benefiting from an entirely wireless configuration. The individual wireless earbuds may each receive the audio signal from the common audio source and then produce audio accordingly. Each earbud may have a channel setting to define whether a given earbud will produce left channel or right channel audio for a multi-channel audio signal. The individual wireless earbuds may alternatively have a master-slave configuration where a master earbud receives a wireless audio signal from the common source, plays audio based on the audio signal, and transmits a wireless signal based on the wireless audio signal to the slave earbud. The slave earbud then plays audio based on the wireless signal from the master earbud.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2012Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Samuel Zellner
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Patent number: 8644506Abstract: Location based security rules are provided for preventing unauthorized access to a device, application, system, content, and/or network, etc. The location-based security rules enable a user, computing device, system, etc. to access the requested item or information when the user provides proper identification information. The proper identification information is based in part on the location of the user and/or the user's access request.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2007Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Samuel Zellner
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Publication number: 20130343264Abstract: Systems and methods for an integrated antenna and satellite dish. Exemplary embodiments include an apparatus, including a satellite dish, a wireless antenna coupled to the satellite dish and a coupling box communicatively coupled to the satellite dish and the wireless antenna. Additional exemplary embodiments include a content communication method, including receiving a satellite signal, receiving a first wireless signal, performing coupling box processing on the satellite signal and the wireless signal, transmitting the satellite signal and the wireless signal to a set top box and performing set top box processing on the satellite signal and wireless signal. Further exemplary embodiments include a content communication system, including a satellite dish for receiving content from a satellite, a wireless antenna for receiving content from a wireless network and a coupling box for processing the content from the satellite and the content from the wireless network.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Samuel Zellner, Neale Hightower, SR.
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Publication number: 20130303126Abstract: One embodiment of the present is a method of implementing privacy control of location information. Such a method comprises defining a geographic zone for which pseudo-location information is to be reported as the current location of the user, wherein the pseudo-location information is not the current location of the user; receiving the current location of the user; determining that the current location is in the geographic zone; and reporting the pseudo-location information as the current location of the user when the current location is determined to be in the geographic zone. Other methods and systems are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2013Publication date: November 14, 2013Inventors: Scott Frank, Robert Starr, John Ruckart, Steven Tischer, Samuel Zellner
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Patent number: 8559968Abstract: One embodiment of the present is a method of using location history to optimize communications with perspective customers. Such a method comprises analyzing a user's location history over a period of time; detecting an indication of user interest in sellable items based on at least the location history; and sending a message to the user about a sellable item that is determined to be of interest to the user. Other methods and systems are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2007Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Scott Frank, Robert Starr, John Ruckart, Steven Tischer, Samuel Zellner
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Patent number: 8514787Abstract: Systems and methods for an integrated antenna and satellite dish. Exemplary embodiments include an apparatus, including a satellite dish, a wireless antenna coupled to the satellite dish and a coupling box communicatively coupled to the satellite dish and the wireless antenna. Additional exemplary embodiments include a content communication method, including receiving a satellite signal, receiving a first wireless signal, performing coupling box processing on the satellite signal and the wireless signal, transmitting the satellite signal and the wireless signal to a set top box and performing set top box processing on the satellite signal and wireless signal. Further exemplary embodiments include a content communication system, including a satellite dish for receiving content from a satellite, a wireless antenna for receiving content from a wireless network and a coupling box for processing the content from the satellite and the content from the wireless network.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Samuel Zellner, Neale Hightower, Sr.
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Patent number: 8489110Abstract: One embodiment of the present is a method of implementing privacy control of location information. Such a method comprises defining a geographic zone for which pseudo-location information is to be reported as the current location of the user, wherein the pseudo-location information is not the current location of the user; receiving the current location of the user; determining that the current location is in the geographic zone; and reporting the pseudo-location information as the current location of the user when the current location is determined to be in the geographic zone. Other methods and systems are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2007Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Scott Frank, Robert Starr, John Ruckart, Steven Tischer, Samuel Zellner
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Publication number: 20130019270Abstract: Systems and methods for an integrated antenna and satellite dish. Exemplary embodiments include an apparatus, including a satellite dish, a wireless antenna coupled to the satellite dish and a coupling box communicatively coupled to the satellite dish and the wireless antenna. Additional exemplary embodiments include a content communication method, including receiving a satellite signal, receiving a first wireless signal, performing coupling box processing on the satellite signal and the wireless signal, transmitting the satellite signal and the wireless signal to a set top box and performing set top box processing on the satellite signal and wireless signal. Further exemplary embodiments include a content communication system, including a satellite dish for receiving content from a satellite, a wireless antenna for receiving content from a wireless network and a coupling box for processing the content from the satellite and the content from the wireless network.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2012Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: AT&T DELAWARE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.Inventors: Samuel Zellner, Neale Hightower, SR.
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Patent number: 8289898Abstract: Systems and methods for an integrated antenna and satellite dish. Exemplary embodiments include an apparatus, including a satellite dish, a wireless antenna coupled to the satellite dish and a coupling box communicatively coupled to the satellite dish and the wireless antenna. Additional exemplary embodiments include a content communication method, including receiving a satellite signal, receiving a first wireless signal, performing coupling box processing on the satellite signal and the wireless signal, transmitting the satellite signal and the wireless signal to a set top box and performing set top box processing on the satellite signal and wireless signal. Further exemplary embodiments include a content communication system, including a satellite dish for receiving content from a satellite, a wireless antenna for receiving content from a wireless network and a coupling box for processing the content from the satellite and the content from the wireless network.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2008Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Samuel Zellner, Neale Hightower, Sr.
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Publication number: 20120224731Abstract: Multiple individual wireless earbuds provide audio from a common audio source. A user may thereby enjoy audio in both ears while also benefiting from an entirely wireless configuration. The individual wireless earbuds may each receive the audio signal from the common audio source and then produce audio accordingly. Each earbud may have a channel setting to define whether a given earbud will produce left channel or right channel audio for a multi-channel audio signal. The individual wireless earbuds may alternatively have a master-slave configuration where a master earbud receives a wireless audio signal from the common source, plays audio based on the audio signal, and transmits a wireless signal based on the wireless audio signal to the slave earbud. The slave earbud then plays audio based on the wireless signal from the master earbud.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2012Publication date: September 6, 2012Inventor: Samuel Zellner
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Patent number: 8195618Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for facilitating the disclosure of information from a disclosing party. Such a system may comprise a computing device including an operating system executing within the computing device; a software application operating in conjunction with the operating system, the software application prompting the disclosing party for at least two of audio/visual data, graphic data and textual data in response to the prompt; means for contemporaneously collecting the at least two of audio/visual data, graphic data and textual data from the disclosing party; and means for irrecoverably erasing the least two of the audio/visual data, graphic data and textual data from both the computing device and the means for contemporaneously collecting the at least two of audio/visual data, graphic data and textual data.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2008Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LPInventors: Barrett Kreiner, Jonathan Reeves, Samuel Zellner
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Patent number: 8180078Abstract: Multiple individual wireless earbuds provide audio from a common audio source. A user may thereby enjoy audio in both ears while also benefiting from an entirely wireless configuration. The individual wireless earbuds may each receive the audio signal from the common audio source and then produce audio accordingly. Each earbud may have a channel setting to define whether a given earbud will produce left channel or right channel audio for a multi-channel audio signal. The individual wireless earbuds may alternatively have a master-slave configuration where a master earbud receives a wireless audio signal from the common source, plays audio based on the audio signal, and transmits a wireless signal based on the wireless audio signal to the slave earbud. The slave earbud then plays audio based on the wireless signal from the master earbud.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2007Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LPInventor: Samuel Zellner
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Patent number: 8180903Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the invention relate to a method, system, and storage medium for validating users of communications services. The method includes generating records for communications service users by at least one service provider. The records store information relating to the communications service users including legal liability information, an originator type code, and a validation code assigned to selected originator type codes. The validation code facilitates validation of the communications service users. The method also includes storing the records in a subscriber classification database. The originator type code classifies the communications service users according to nature of use, communications type, business type, geography, and age.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2011Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Samuel Zellner
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Publication number: 20120061478Abstract: Methods, systems, and products create credit cards, debit cards, and other transactional cards. An image is received and provided on a transactional card. Account information is retrieved and associated with the transactional card. A machine-readable element is also provided on the transactional card and includes the account information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Samuel Zellner, Elizabeth Wagner, Steven N. Tischer
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Patent number: 8126978Abstract: Methods, computer programs, and apparatus for performing format conversion of a file attached to an electronic message. A message entered by a user is accepted. The user's selection of a file is also accepted, and the file is copied for accompanying the message as a file attachment. The file attachment is in a first file format of a file category. The file attachment is converted from the first file format to a second file format of the file category. The message entered by the user is transmitted, and the transmitted message is accompanied by the converted file attachment in the second file format of the file category.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2009Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Samuel Zellner, Wendy Eason, Jerry Liu
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Patent number: 8111811Abstract: Directing customer service calls based upon remote diagnosis of customer premises equipment (CPE). CPE information is received remotely from the CPE. Network status information is received from a communications network indicative of a current operational status for the network. An issue is detected with the CPE based upon the received CPE information. A recommended customer service center is selected from a plurality of customer service centers based upon at least one of the CPE information and the network status information.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2006Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: James Chilton, Samuel Zellner, Robert Starr
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Patent number: 8112100Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods of location-based status checking. Such a method comprises scheduling an event to occur at a scheduled time at a defined location; inviting an individual to attend the event; querying the individual as to whether the individual will attend the event; and tracking a physical location of the individual to determine whether the individual is on schedule to appear at the event by the scheduled time. Other methods and systems are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2007Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Scott Frank, Robert Starr, Samuel Zellner, Steven Tischer, John Ruckart
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Patent number: 8079513Abstract: Customized transactional cards are created in one of various ways. The card holder may obtain a blank transactional card already having an encoded account number, create a customized design, and then apply the customized design to the blank transaction card such as by printing the design onto a label to be applied to the blank transactional card or directly onto the card. The card holder may obtain a blank transactional card which has not yet been authorized with an account number, create a customized design, apply the customized design to the transactional card, and at some point send the transactional card to the card issuer where it can be authorized by having an account number applied to it and then returned to the card holder. The card holder may access a web site to create a customized design and then the card issuer creates the transactional card according to the customized design and sends the transactional card having an encoded account number to the card holder.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2010Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Samuel Zellner, Elizabeth Wagner, Steven Tischer
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Publication number: 20110196938Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the invention relate to a method, system, and storage medium for validating users of communications services. The method includes generating records for communications service users by at least one service provider. The records store information relating to the communications service users including legal liability information, an originator type code, and a validation code assigned to selected originator type codes. The validation code facilitates validation of the communications service users. The method also includes storing the records in a subscriber classification database. The originator type code classifies the communications service users according to nature of use, communications type, business type, geography, and age.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2011Publication date: August 11, 2011Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventor: Samuel Zellner