Patents by Inventor Tom Huber

Tom Huber 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: 11792459
    Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein provide for Content On Demand (COD) asset insertion. A COD asset insertion decision system (CODAID) is communicatively coupled to a content distributer to process information about COD content selections by Customer Premises Equipment (CPEs). An auction system is communicatively coupled to the CODAID and to a plurality of asset providers to process information about assets of the providers, to provide an auction for asset opportunities in the COD content selections, to receive bids for the asset opportunities, and to rank the auctioned assets according to bid. The CODAID further ranks the auctioned assets based in part on the COD content selection information and the asset information, identifies one or more of the further ranked assets for insertion into the COD content selection, and directs the content distributer to insert the identified one or more further ranked assets into the COD content selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: canoe Ventures, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Canney, Joel Hassell, Sid Gregory, Tom Huber, Chris Pizzurro, Steve Markel, Jonathan E Farb, Thomas M Moretto, Bruce C Dilger, Timothy R Whitton, Christopher M Rippe
  • Publication number: 20220256217
    Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein provide for Content On Demand (COD) asset insertion. A COD asset insertion decision system (CODAID) is communicatively coupled to a content distributer to process information about COD content selections by Customer Premises Equipment (CPEs). An auction system is communicatively coupled to the CODAID and to a plurality of asset providers to process information about assets of the providers, to provide an auction for asset opportunities in the COD content selections, to receive bids for the asset opportunities, and to rank the auctioned assets according to bid. The CODAID further ranks the auctioned assets based in part on the COD content selection information and the asset information, identifies one or more of the further ranked assets for insertion into the COD content selection, and directs the content distributer to insert the identified one or more further ranked assets into the COD content selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Jason Canney, Joel Hassell, Sid Gregory, Tom Huber, Chris Pizzurro, Steve Markel, Jonathan E. Farb, Thomas M. Moretto, Bruce C. Dilger, Timothy R. Whitton, Christopher M. Rippe
  • Patent number: 11395025
    Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein provide for the insertion of assets into COD content. In one embodiment, a COD asset decision system (ADS) identifies asset insertion opportunities within COD contents selected by a plurality user equipment (UEs) over a network, identifies assets for insertion into the asset insertion opportunities, ranks the assets, selects portions of the ranked assets for insertion to generate asset maps, and directs the insertion of the selected assets into the asset insertion opportunities based on the asset maps. The COD ADS is further operable to generate viewing statistics of the UEs, and to change the asset maps based on the viewing statistics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Inventors: Tom Huber, Sid Gregory, Chris Pizzurro
  • Patent number: 11265611
    Abstract: One embodiment herein includes a Content On Demand (COD) asset insertion system that is operable to process a plurality of asset campaigns from a plurality of asset managers, to process information from a remote COD content distributor about COD content selections by a plurality of Customer Premises Equipment (CPEs), to identify and qualify assets of the asset campaigns for insertion in the COD content selections, and to direct the remote COD content distributor to insert the qualified assets into the COD content selections. The embodiment also includes an analytics processor that is operable to collect information about the assets inserted in the COD content selections, to modify the asset campaigns based on the collected information, and to present the modified asset campaigns to the COD asset insertion decision system. The COD asset insertion decision system is further operable to re-qualify the assets based on the modified asset campaigns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Canoe Ventures, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Canney, Joel Hassell, Sid Gregory, Chris Pizzurro, Tom Huber, Steve Markel
  • Patent number: 11265588
    Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein provide for Content On Demand (COD) asset insertion. A COD asset insertion decision system (CODAID) is communicatively coupled to a content distributer to process information about COD content selections by Customer Premises Equipment (CPEs). An auction system is communicatively coupled to the CODAID and to a plurality of asset providers to process information about assets of the providers, to provide an auction for asset opportunities in the COD content selections, to receive bids for the asset opportunities, and to rank the auctioned assets according to bid. The CODAID further ranks the auctioned assets based in part on the COD content selection information and the asset information, identifies one or more of the further ranked assets for insertion into the COD content selection, and directs the content distributer to insert the identified one or more further ranked assets into the COD content selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Canoe Ventures, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Canney, Joel Hassell, Sid Gregory, Tom Huber, Chris Pizzurro, Steve Markel, Jonathan E Farb, Thomas M Moretto, Bruce C Dilger, Timothy R Whitton, Christopher M Rippe
  • Publication number: 20200366949
    Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein provide for Content On Demand (COD) asset insertion. A COD asset insertion decision system (CODAID) is communicatively coupled to a content distributer to process information about COD content selections by Customer Premises Equipment (CPEs). An auction system is communicatively coupled to the CODAID and to a plurality of asset providers to process information about assets of the providers, to provide an auction for asset opportunities in the COD content selections, to receive bids for the asset opportunities, and to rank the auctioned assets according to bid. The CODAID further ranks the auctioned assets based in part on the COD content selection information and the asset information, identifies one or more of the further ranked assets for insertion into the COD content selection, and directs the content distributer to insert the identified one or more further ranked assets into the COD content selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Jason Canney, Joel Hassell, Sid Gregory, Tom Huber, Chris Pizzurro, Steve Markel, Jonathan E. Farb, Thomas M. Moretto, Bruce C. Dilger, Timothy R. Whitton, Christopher M. Rippe
  • Patent number: 10735791
    Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein provide for Content On Demand (COD) asset insertion. A COD asset insertion decision system (CODAID) is communicatively coupled to a content distributer to process information about COD content selections by Customer Premises Equipment (CPEs). An auction system is communicatively coupled to the CODAID and to a plurality of asset providers to process information about assets of the providers, to provide an auction for asset opportunities in the COD content selections, to receive bids for the asset opportunities, and to rank the auctioned assets according to bid. The CODAID further ranks the auctioned assets based in part on the COD content selection information and the asset information, identifies one or more of the further ranked assets for insertion into the COD content selection, and directs the content distributer to insert the identified one or more further ranked assets into the COD content selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Canoe Ventures LLC
    Inventors: Jason Canney, Joel Hassell, Sid Gregory, Tom Huber, Chris Pizzurro, Steve Markel, Jonathan E Farb, Thomas M Moretto, Bruce C Dilger, Timothy R Whitton, Christopher M Rippe
  • Publication number: 20200236436
    Abstract: One embodiment herein includes a Content On Demand (COD) asset insertion system that is operable to process a plurality of asset campaigns from a plurality of asset managers, to process information from a remote COD content distributor about COD content selections by a plurality of Customer Premises Equipment (CPEs), to identify and qualify assets of the asset campaigns for insertion in the COD content selections, and to direct the remote COD content distributor to insert the qualified assets into the COD content selections. The embodiment also includes an analytics processor that is operable to collect information about the assets inserted in the COD content selections, to modify the asset campaigns based on the collected information, and to present the modified asset campaigns to the COD asset insertion decision system. The COD asset insertion decision system is further operable to re-qualify the assets based on the modified asset campaigns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: Canoe Ventures, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Canney, Joel Hassell, Sid Gregory, Chris Pizzurro, Tom Huber, Steve Markel
  • Publication number: 20200107061
    Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein provide for the insertion of assets into COD content. In one embodiment, a COD asset decision system (ADS) identifies asset insertion opportunities within COD contents selected by a plurality user equipment (UEs) over a network, identifies assets for insertion into the asset insertion opportunities, ranks the assets, selects portions of the ranked assets for insertion to generate asset maps, and directs the insertion of the selected assets into the asset insertion opportunities based on the asset maps. The COD ADS is further operable to generate viewing statistics of the UEs, and to change the asset maps based on the viewing statistics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Tom Huber, Sid Gregory, Chris Pizzurro
  • Publication number: 20190268642
    Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein provide for Content On Demand (COD) asset insertion. A COD asset insertion decision system (CODAID) is communicatively coupled to a content distributer to process information about COD content selections by Customer Premises Equipment (CPEs). An auction system is communicatively coupled to the CODAID and to a plurality of asset providers to process information about assets of the providers, to provide an auction for asset opportunities in the COD content selections, to receive bids for the asset opportunities, and to rank the auctioned assets according to bid. The CODAID further ranks the auctioned assets based in part on the COD content selection information and the asset information, identifies one or more of the further ranked assets for insertion into the COD content selection, and directs the content distributer to insert the identified one or more further ranked assets into the COD content selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Jason Canney, Joel Hassell, Sid Gregory, Tom Huber, Chris Pizzurro, Steve Markel, Jonathan E Farb, Thomas M Moretto, Bruce C Dilger, Timothy R Whitton, Christopher M Rippe
  • Publication number: 20190141400
    Abstract: One embodiment herein includes a Content On Demand (COD) asset insertion system that is operable to process a plurality of asset campaigns from a plurality of asset managers, to process information from a remote COD content distributer about COD content selections by a plurality of Customer Premises Equipment (CPEs), to identify and qualify assets of the asset campaigns for insertion in the COD content selections, and to direct the remote COD content distributor to insert the qualified assets into the COD content selections. The embodiment also includes an analytics processor that is operable to collect information about the assets inserted in the COD content selections, to modify the asset campaigns based on the collected information, and to present the modified asset campaigns to the COD asset insertion decision system. The COD asset insertion decision system is further operable to re-qualify the assets based on the modified asset campaigns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Jason Canney, Joel Hassell, Sid Gregory, Chris Pizzurro, Tom Huber, Steve Markel
  • Patent number: 9860577
    Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein provide for Content On Demand (COD) asset insertion. A COD asset insertion decision system (CODAID) is communicatively coupled to a content distributor to process information about a COD content selection by a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE). The CODAID also processes information about assets from asset providers. The CODAID ranks the assets based in part on the COD content selection information and the asset information, identifies one or more of the ranked assets for insertion into the COD content selection, and directs the content distributor to insert the identified one or more ranked assets into the COD content selection. The system also includes an auction system which identifies asset placement opportunities remaining in the COD content selection after the CODAID identifies the one or more ranked assets for insertion so as to provide an auction for the asset placement opportunities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Canoe Ventures, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Canney, Joel Hassell, Sid Gregory, Tom Huber, Chris Pizzurro, Steve Markel, Jonathan E Farb, Thomas M Moretto, Bruce C Dilger, Timothy R Whitton, Christopher M Rippe
  • Publication number: 20140310745
    Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein provide for Content On Demand (COD) asset insertion and to recommend changes to asset campaigns. One system includes a COD asset insertion decision system operable to process information from a remote COD content distributer about COD content selections by Customer Premises Equipment (CPEs) and to identify assets for insertion in the COD content selections. The system also includes a campaign manager communicatively coupled to COD asset insertion decision system and operable to provide asset campaigns to the COD asset insertion decision system. The campaign manager is also operable to collect information about the assets identified for insertion, to modify the asset campaigns based on the collected information, and to present the modified asset campaigns to asset managers through a communication portal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Jason Canney, Joel Hassell, Sid Gregory, Chris Pizzurro, Tom Huber, Steve Markel
  • Publication number: 20140310756
    Abstract: One embodiment herein includes a Content On Demand (COD) asset insertion system that is operable to process a plurality of asset campaigns from a plurality of asset managers, to process information from a remote COD content distributer about COD content selections by a plurality of Customer Premises Equipment (CPEs), to identify and qualify assets of the asset campaigns for insertion in the COD content selections, and to direct the remote COD content distributor to insert the qualified assets into the COD content selections. The embodiment also includes an analytics processor that is operable to collect information about the assets inserted in the COD content selections, to modify the asset campaigns based on the collected information, and to present the modified asset campaigns to the COD asset insertion decision system. The COD asset insertion decision system is further operable to re-qualify the assets based on the modified asset campaigns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Jason Canney, Joel Hassell, Sid Gregory, Chris Pizzurro, Tom Huber, Steve Markel
  • Publication number: 20140101695
    Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein provide for Content On Demand (COD) asset insertion. A COD asset insertion decision system (CODAID) is communicatively coupled to a content distributer to process information about COD content selections by Customer Premises Equipment (CPEs). An auction system is communicatively coupled to the CODAID and to a plurality of asset providers to process information about assets of the providers, to provide an auction for asset opportunities in the COD content selections, to receive bids for the asset opportunities, and to rank the auctioned assets according to bid. The CODAID further ranks the auctioned assets based in part on the COD content selection information and the asset information, identifies one or more of the further ranked assets for insertion into the COD content selection, and directs the content distributer to insert the identified one or more further ranked assets into the COD content selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Canoe Ventures, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Canney, Joel Hassell, Sid Gregory, Tom Huber, Chris Pizzurro, Steve Markel, Jonathan E Farb, Thomas M Moretto, Bruce C Dilger, Timothy R Whitton, Christopher M Rippe
  • Publication number: 20140101694
    Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein provide for Content On Demand (COD) asset insertion. A COD asset insertion decision system (CODAID) is communicatively coupled to a content distributer to process information about a COD content selection by a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE). The CODAID also processes information about assets from asset providers. The CODAID ranks the assets based in part on the COD content selection information and the asset information, identifies one or more of the ranked assets for insertion into the COD content selection, and directs the content distributer to insert the identified one or more ranked assets into the COD content selection. The system also includes an auction system which identifies asset placement opportunities remaining in the COD content selection after the CODAID identifies the one or more ranked assets for insertion so as to provide an auction for the asset placement opportunities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Canoe Ventures,LLC
    Inventors: Jason Canney, Joel Hassell, Sid Gregory, Tom Huber, Chris Pizzurro, Steve Markel, Jonathan E Farb, Thomas M Moretto, Bruce C Dilger, Timothy R Whitton, Christopher M Rippe
  • Patent number: 7757265
    Abstract: A data modification system and method for selective insertion of local meta data into an incoming data stream, the incoming data stream having a video data component and a meta data component. The data modification system comprises an incoming data terminal, a local data terminal, and a data modification unit coupled to the incoming data terminal and the local data terminal, wherein the data modification unit is adapted to selectively combine data from the incoming data terminal and the local data terminal. The method comprises receiving a data signal, the data signal comprising a first data component and a second data component, separating the first data component from the second data component, determining whether to modify the second data component, retrieving a third data component from a database, merging the third data component with the first data component, and outputting the third data component and the first data component to a distribution terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Intellocity USA Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Reynolds, Tom Lemmons, Ian Zenoni, Joel Hassell, Tom Huber
  • Patent number: 7100193
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method that provides rate controlled insertion of asynchronous data into a synchronous stream in a broadcast system. A calculation of the transmission time for an asynchronous data file is determined from the file size, available data transfer rate, redundancy transmission factor, bandwidth scale factor and connect time latency. Transmission time may be employed to schedule transmission of asynchronous data for use at a predetermined time. Transmission time for multiple files may be combined to determine a transmission start time for a first file such that a last asynchronous file is transmitted by a predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Intellocity USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Gerard Hassell, Steven Jon Reynolds, Thomas Lemmons, Ian Zenoni, Tom Huber
  • Publication number: 20010050920
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method that provides rate controlled insertion of asynchronous data into a synchronous stream in a broadcast system. A calculation of the transmission time for an asynchronous data file is determined from the file size, available data transfer rate, redundancy transmission factor, bandwidth scale factor and connect time latency. Transmission time may be employed to schedule transmission of asynchronous data for use at a predetermined time. Transmission time for multiple files may be combined to determine a transmission start time for a first file such that a last asynchronous file is transmitted by a predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Inventors: Joel Gerard Hassell, Steven Jon Reynolds, Thomas Lemmons, Ian Zenoni, Tom Huber
  • Patent number: D863914
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: EDGECRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bela Elek, Mike Endres, Tom Huber, George Jensen, Sam Weiner