Patents by Inventor Steven M. Soloff

Steven M. Soloff 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 persistent storage of common user information for interactive television using a centrally located repository
    Patent number: 8666941
    Abstract: For interactive television subscribers, a system (10) and method for persistent storage of common information relating to a user (25) required by multiple disparate iTV applications to be shared among said applications to ease the burden of data entry off the user. Subscribers do not have to repeatedly enter the same common user information required by multiple applications. The registration information inputted by a user (25) is logged, temporarily stored in the STB (35), and its contents transmitted to a remote central repository (100) at predetermined intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven M. Soloff, Carlos Gonzalez, Edward P. Jurado
  • TELEVISION INTERACTIVE GAMING HAVING A LOCAL STORAGE OF GAME PORTAL
    Publication number: 20120077595
    Abstract: A system and method for interactive gaming includes a central broadcast center transmitting signals over a first communications network, a gaming system residing within the central broadcast center, and users who access the gaming system via the first communication network. The gaming system provides a plurality of games that incorporate a scoring protocol that provides real time scoring data transmitting from the plurality of users back to the gaming system via a second communication network. The plurality of users may review the real time scoring data via the first communications network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Shahla C. Cisneros, Peter Klimczak, Steven M. Soloff, Jesus F. Mata
  • Television interactive gaming having local storage of game portal
    Patent number: 8025571
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for interactive gaming comprising: a central broadcast center (10) transmitting signals over a first communications network; a gaming system (25) residing within the central broadcast center (10); a plurality of users who access the gaming system (25) via the first communication network. The gaming system (25) provides a plurality of games that incorporate a scoring protocol that provides real time scoring data transmitting from the plurality of users back to the gaming system via a second communication network. The plurality of users may review the real time scoring data via the first communications network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Shahla C. Cisneros, Peter Klimczak, Steven M. Soloff, Jesus F. Mata
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERSISTENT STORAGE OF COMMON USER INFORMATION FOR INTERACTIVE TELEVISION USING A CENTRALLY LOCATED REPOSITORY
    Publication number: 20110055159
    Abstract: For interactive television subscribers, a system (10) and method for persistent storage of common information relating to a user (25) required by multiple disparate iTV applications to be shared among said applications to ease the burden of data entry off the user. Subscribers do not have to repeatedly enter the same common user information required by multiple applications. The registration information inputted by a user (25) is logged, temporarily stored in the STB (35), and its contents transmitted to a remote central repository (100) at predetermined intervals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven M. Soloff, Carlos Gonzalez, Edward P. Jurado
  • System and method for persistent storage of common user information for interactive television using a centrally located repository
    Patent number: 7844994
    Abstract: For interactive television subscribers, a system (10) and method for persistent storage of common information relating to a user (25) required by multiple disparate iTV applications to be shared among said applications to ease the burden of data entry off the user. Subscribers do not have to repeatedly enter the same common user information required by multiple applications. The registration information inputted by a user (25) is logged, temporarily stored in the STB (35), and its contents transmitted to a remote central repository (100) at predetermined intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven M. Soloff, Carlos Gonzalez, Edward P. Jurado
  • Method for real-time insertion of auxiliary data packets into DSS bitstream in the presence of one or more service channels
    Patent number: 7154916
    Abstract: An apparatus and method that allows for the automatic, real-time insertion of auxiliary data packets into a single or multi-channel bitstream in a satellite television broadcast system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: The DirecTV Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven M. Soloff
  • Television interactive gaming
    Publication number: 20040198495
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for interactive gaming comprising: a central broadcast center (10) transmitting signals over a first communications network; a gaming system (25) residing within the central broadcast center (10); a plurality of users who access the gaming system (25) via the first communication network. The gaming system (25) provides a plurality of games that incorporate a scoring protocol that provides real time scoring data transmitting from the plurality of users back to the gaming system via a second communication network. The plurality of users may review the real time scoring data via the first communications network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Shahla C. Cisneros, Peter Klimczak, Steven M. Soloff, Jesus F. Mata
  • System and method for persistent storage of common user information for interactive television using a centrally located repository
    Publication number: 20030192059
    Abstract: For interactive television subscribers, a system (10) and method for persistent storage of common information relating to a user (25) required by multiple disparate iTV applications to be shared among said applications to ease the burden of data entry off the user. Subscribers do not have to repeatedly enter the same common user information required by multiple applications. The registration information inputted by a user (25) is logged, temporarily stored in the STB (35), and its contents transmitted to a remote central repository (100) at predetermined intervals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: Hughes Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Steven M. Soloff, Carlos Gonzalez, Edward P. Jurado
  • Method for real-time insertion of auxiliary data packets into DSS bitstream in the presence of one or more service channels
    Publication number: 20030021166
    Abstract: An apparatus and method that allows for the automatic, real-time insertion of auxiliary data packets into a single or multi-channel bitstream in a satellite television broadcast system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2001
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventor: Steven M. Soloff