Patents by Inventor Tom Lemmons

Tom Lemmons 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 local meta data insertion
    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
  • System method for local meta data insertion
    Publication number: 20010037500
    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 tenninal 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: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Inventors: Steve Reynolds, Tom Lemmons, Ian Zenoni, Joel Hassell, Tom Huber