Patents by Inventor Warren J. McNeel
Warren J. McNeel 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).
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Patent number: 11297118Abstract: A user device described herein suggests a change to a quality setting associated with the consumption of content from one or more content providers. The change is suggested based both on a user's data plan and on a service quality of content received by the user device. This user-selected quality setting is then provided to the telecommunication network, which reduces network resources available for transmission of the content based on the quality setting. Such reduced network resources cause the content providers to provide content at a service quality no greater than the quality setting. Also, the user may be presented with or defaulted to selecting an option for a program offering consumption of the video content free of charge when provided to the user at a limited service quality. When the user participates, consumption of video content is then conditionally excluded from a consumption metric of the data plan.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Lau, Warren J. McNeel, Cristian Asandului
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Publication number: 20200351318Abstract: A user device described herein suggests a change to a quality setting associated with the consumption of content from one or more content providers. The change is suggested based both on a user's data plan and on a service quality of content received by the user device. This user-selected quality setting is then provided to the telecommunication network, which reduces network resources available for transmission of the content based on the quality setting. Such reduced network resources cause the content providers to provide content at a service quality no greater than the quality setting. Also, the user may be presented with or defaulted to selecting an option for a program offering consumption of the video content free of charge when provided to the user at a limited service quality. When the user participates, consumption of video content is then conditionally excluded from a consumption metric of the data plan.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2020Publication date: November 5, 2020Inventors: Kevin Lau, Warren J. McNeel, Cristian Asandului
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Patent number: 10721283Abstract: A user device described herein suggests a change to a quality setting associated with the consumption of content from one or more content providers. The change is suggested based both on a user's data plan and on a service quality of content received by the user device. This user-selected quality setting is then provided to the telecommunication network, which reduces network resources available for transmission of the content based on the quality setting. Such reduced network resources cause the content providers to provide content at a service quality no greater than the quality setting. Also, the user may be presented with or defaulted to selecting an option for a program offering consumption of the video content free of charge when provided to the user at a limited service quality. When the user participates, consumption of video content is then conditionally excluded from a consumption metric of the data plan.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Lau, Warren J. McNeel, Cristian Asandului
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Publication number: 20190313267Abstract: A QoE (quality of experience) system utilizes QoS (quality of service) of a mobile network and specification of user device connected for providing a personalized metric (QoE) that represents an expected level of user experience at a geographic location. The personalized metric can be calculated based on the QoS of the mobile network at the geographic location and hardware/software characteristics of the user device to implement specific services at the user device using the mobile network. While QoS of the mobile network merely represents quality of network communication regardless of device characteristics, QoE can represent actual expectation of user experience at a user device using the mobile network.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2018Publication date: October 10, 2019Inventors: Christopher Harvey Joul, Kevin Lau, Warren J. McNeel, Jie Hui, Cristian Asandului
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Patent number: 10425849Abstract: A QoE (quality of experience) system utilizes QoS (quality of service) of a mobile network and specification of user device connected for providing a personalized metric (QoE) that represents an expected level of user experience at a geographic location. The personalized metric can be calculated based on the QoS of the mobile network at the geographic location and hardware/software characteristics of the user device to implement specific services at the user device using the mobile network. While QoS of the mobile network merely represents quality of network communication regardless of device characteristics, QoE can represent actual expectation of user experience at a user device using the mobile network.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2018Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Harvey Joul, Kevin Lau, Warren J. McNeel, Jie Hui, Cristian Asandului
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Patent number: 10305952Abstract: In some implementations, a telecommunications network can include a core network device communicatively connectable with user equipment (UE). The core network device can receive, via a network interface, an indication of a change to a user preference associated with the user device. The core network device can transmit a notification message including a pseudonymous identifier, the notification message based at least in part on the indication of the change. The UE can transmit, via a network interface, information of an account associated with the UE to a content provider. The information can include the pseudonymous identifier. The UE can then render content received from the content provider. The content provider can receive, via a network, the pseudonymous identifier and a request for content. The content provider can determine a quality setting associated with the pseudonymous identifier, and provide the content based at least in part on the quality setting.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2016Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Sandesh Shetty, Srinivas Meka, Kevin Lau, Warren J. McNeel, Cristian Asandului
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Publication number: 20190141103Abstract: A user device described herein suggests a change to a quality setting associated with the consumption of content from one or more content providers. The change is suggested based both on a user's data plan and on a service quality of content received by the user device. This user-selected quality setting is then provided to the telecommunication network, which reduces network resources available for transmission of the content based on the quality setting. Such reduced network resources cause the content providers to provide content at a service quality no greater than the quality setting. Also, the user may be presented with or defaulted to selecting an option for a program offering consumption of the video content free of charge when provided to the user at a limited service quality. When the user participates, consumption of video content is then conditionally excluded from a consumption metric of the data plan.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Kevin Lau, Warren J. McNeel, Cristian Asandului
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Patent number: 10193943Abstract: A user device described herein suggests a change to a quality setting associated with the consumption of content from one or more content providers. The change is suggested based both on a user's data plan and on a service quality of content received by the user device. This user-selected quality setting is then provided to the telecommunication network, which reduces network resources available for transmission of the content based on the quality setting. Such reduced network resources cause the content providers to provide content at a service quality no greater than the quality setting. Also, the user may be presented with or defaulted to selecting an option for a program offering consumption of the video content free of charge when provided to the user at a limited service quality. When the user participates, consumption of video content is then conditionally excluded from a consumption metric of the data plan.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2015Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Lau, Warren J. McNeel, Cristian Asandului
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Publication number: 20170134459Abstract: In some implementations, a telecommunications network can include a core network device communicatively connectable with user equipment (UE). The core network device can receive, via a network interface, an indication of a change to a user preference associated with the user device. The core network device can transmit a notification message including a pseudonymous identifier, the notification message based at least in part on the indication of the change. The UE can transmit, via a network interface, information of an account associated with the UE to a content provider. The information can include the pseudonymous identifier. The UE can then render content received from the content provider. The content provider can receive, via a network, the pseudonymous identifier and a request for content. The content provider can determine a quality setting associated with the pseudonymous identifier, and provide the content based at least in part on the quality setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Sandesh Shetty, Srinivas Meka, Kevin Lau, Warren J. McNeel, Cristian Asandului
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Publication number: 20170134458Abstract: A user device described herein suggests a change to a quality setting associated with the consumption of content from one or more content providers. The change is suggested based both on a user's data plan and on a service quality of content received by the user device. This user-selected quality setting is then provided to the telecommunication network, which reduces network resources available for transmission of the content based on the quality setting. Such reduced network resources cause the content providers to provide content at a service quality no greater than the quality setting. Also, the user may be presented with or defaulted to selecting an option for a program offering consumption of the video content free of charge when provided to the user at a limited service quality. When the user participates, consumption of video content is then conditionally excluded from a consumption metric of the data plan.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Kevin Lau, Warren J. McNeel, Cristian Asandului