Patents by Inventor THOMAS JEFFERSON BROTHERS, II

THOMAS JEFFERSON BROTHERS, II 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).

  • Publication number: 20170070782
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a computing device of a content provider, content to be provided to a media device of a customer of the content provider. The method includes sending an indicator from the computing device over a first network to the media device. The indicator provides to the media device an indication of an availability of alternate content based on the content. The method further includes, in response to receiving a signal indicating selection of the indicator at the media device, sending the alternate content to the media device. The alternate content is sent at a different time than the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: JAMES HAROLD GRAY, THOMAS JEFFERSON BROTHERS, II, WILLIAM RANDOLPH MATZ