Patents by Inventor Steven J. Solomon

Steven J. Solomon 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).

  • System and method for providing information to users of a communication network
    Patent number: 8850053
    Abstract: A plurality of multimedia data streams that are being provided via an internet protocol (IP) network is received, wherein each multimedia data stream carries multimedia content. Real-time metadata relating to the plurality of multimedia data streams is generated based on the multimedia content. The metadata is provided in real-time in a metadata stream to a plurality of user devices, via the IP network. The plurality of multimedia data streams may be multicast within the IP network. The metadata may be multicast in real-time in a metadata stream to a plurality of user devices, via the IP network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Andrea Basso, David C. Gibbon, Behzad Shahraray, Herani S. Brotman, Han Q. Nguyen, Douglas Nortz, Steven J. Solomon, David A. Parisi, Sunil Maloo, Mark W. Altom
  • System and Method for Providing Information to Users of a Communication Network
    Publication number: 20110252156
    Abstract: A plurality of multimedia data streams that are being provided via an internet protocol (IP) network is received, wherein each multimedia data stream carries multimedia content. Real-time metadata relating to the plurality of multimedia data streams is generated based on the multimedia content. The metadata is provided in real-time in a metadata stream to a plurality of user devices, via the IP network. The plurality of multimedia data streams may be multicast within the IP network. The metadata may be multicast in real-time in a metadata stream to a plurality of user devices, via the IP network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Andrea Basso, David C. Gibbon, Behzad Shahraray, Herani S. Brotman, Han Q. Nguyen, Douglas Nortz, Steven J. Solomon, David A. Parisi, Sunil Maloo, Mark W. Altom