Patents by Inventor Scott Alan

Scott Alan 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: 8863174
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for delivering targeted advertising data over an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) network including but not limited to displaying in a picture in picture queue display, a set of follow-on advertisements comprising less than all of the plurality of follow-on advertisements; rotating one of the set of follow-on advertisements off of the on-screen picture in picture queue display to an off-screen storage; and rotating another one of the follow-on advertisements from the off-screen storage to the on screen picture in picture queue display. A system and computer program are disclosed for practicing the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
    Inventors: Roland Neil, Jeffrey G Weber, Scott Alan, Mary Catherine McCarthy
  • Patent number: 6360991
    Abstract: A motorized paraglider including a wheeled frame with a steerable nose wheel and a pair of casters arranged in a tricycle configuration. Each of the casters has a trailing wheel and a support bracket rotatably carrying the trailing wheel. A swivel mechanism is positioned atop the support bracket for permitting the trailing wheel to swivel about a substantially vertical axis. A stop is coupled with the support bracket for preventing the trailing wheel from swiveling inwardly. A spring is also coupled with the support bracket for normally urging the support bracket against the stop yet, under the influence of a sufficient lateral force, permitting the trailing wheel to swivel outwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Inventor: Scott Alan