BRIAN WILSON, OTR
Occupational Therapy at Nebo Hills Rd, Liberty, MO

2011014, Jun 16, 2011

Dec 12, 2009

12/636717

Brian Wilson - Liberty MO, US
Frank Coppa - Kansas City MO, US
Larry Kennedy - Lawrence KS, US

H04N 5/91, H04N 9/80, H04N 5/783

386250, 386E05003, 386345

A method is disclosed including but not limited to, receiving a video data stream at a multimedia processor end user device; storing the video data stream at a digital video recorder; monitoring a playback of the stored video data stream at the multimedia processor end user device; detecting an advertising trigger in the playback of the video data stream at the multimedia processor end user device; logging a time for the trigger detected in the video data stream in a trigger log at the multimedia processor end user device; sending the trigger log including data to an advertising server so that the advertising verification system can correlate the time the trigger occurred with an advertising schedule; receiving a replacement advertising data stream from the advertising server based on the advertising trigger; and receiving a replacement advertising data stream during the playback of the video data.

8370890, Feb 5, 2013

Jul 18, 2008

12/175922

Brian Wilson - Liberty MO, US
Douglas Medina - Grain Valley MO, US
Frank Coppa - North Kansas MO, US

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. - Atlanta GA

H04N 7/173, H04N 5/52

725127, 725119, 348683

Methods and apparatus for frequency agile band-pass filtering of broadcast signals are disclosed. An example method to receive a broadcast signal for distribution to a plurality of reception sites disclosed herein comprises processing the broadcast signal with a frequency agile band-pass filter to receive the broadcast signal at a headend site for distribution to the plurality of reception sites, monitoring reception quality of the broadcast signal at an operating center separate from the headend site and included in the plurality of reception sites, and sending commands to the frequency agile band-pass filter from the operating center based on the monitored reception quality of the broadcast signal, the commands controlling at least a tuned operating frequency of and an attenuation provided by the frequency agile band-pass filter.

7824206, Nov 2, 2010

Nov 20, 2009

12/622690

Brian Wilson - Liberty MO, US
Arvind Ramdas Mallya - Walnut Creek CA, US
William E. Rollins - Fremont CA, US

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. - Reno NV

H01R 13/627

439350, 439352

A system includes a digital multimedia connector of a digital multimedia cable. The digital multimedia connector includes a first housing enclosing a first plurality of electrical contacts, a retainer adjacent and external to the first housing, and a release. The system includes a digital multimedia receptacle. The digital multimedia receptacle includes a second housing to receive the first housing of the digital multimedia connector, a second plurality of electrical contacts to couple to the first plurality of electrical contacts, and a support to receive at least a portion of the retainer. The digital multimedia cable is inhibited from separating from the digital multimedia receptacle and an electrical connection between the first plurality of electrical contacts and the second plurality of electrical contacts is maintained when the retainer of the digital multimedia connector is received by the support of the digital multimedia receptacle.

8212883, Jul 3, 2012

Oct 15, 2008

12/251549

Brian B. Wilson - Liberty MO, US
Roger A. Cockrell - San Antonio TX, US
Steven M. Wollmershauser - San Antonio TX, US

AT&T IP I, LP - Atlanta GA

H04N 5/232

34821111, 3482118, 725 42, 725108

A system is disclosed for performing a method of distributing video data over an electrical power line. The system includes but is not limited to a processor in data communication with a computer readable medium and a computer program comprising instructions embedded in the computer readable medium, the computer program further comprising instructions to detect first event data at a first controllable device in an internet protocol television system; instructions to send second event data over the electrical power line to a second controllable device in the internet protocol television system from the first controllable device in response to the detecting the first event data at the first controllable device; and instructions to receive video data concurrently at a first internet protocol television client device over the electrical power line from the first and second controllable devices in response to the detecting the first event data at the first controllable device.

2013000, Jan 3, 2013

Jun 29, 2012

13/539022

Brian Wilson - Liberty MO, US
Roger A. Cockrell - San Antonio TX, US
Steven M. Wollmershauser - San Antonio TX, US

H04N 5/445

725 39

A non-transitory tangible computer readable medium is disclosed, containing a computer program for distributing video data over an electrical power line, the computer program including but not limited to instructions to receive first video data and second video data concurrently at a first internet protocol television client device over an electrical power line from a second and third controllable devices in response to the detecting the first event data in the first location at the first controllable device; instructions to create at a first client end user device, a client created internet protocol television channel and insert the client created channel into an existing electronic program guide for the first and second video data; and instructions to send the electronic program guide to a second client end user device for selection and display of the first and second video concurrently at a display for the second client end user device.

2009015, Jun 11, 2009

Dec 6, 2007

11/952012

James Huffman - Kansas City MO, US
Todd W. Jones - Kansas City MO, US
Brian Wilson - Liberty MO, US

AT&T Knowledge Ventures, L.P. - Reno NV

H04H 60/33

725 9

A system measures viewership of multimedia programs such as television programs, pay-per-view sporting events, and video-on-demand movies. Viewership data from a plurality of multimedia programs may be compared to determine ratings for the multimedia programs. Multimedia streams en route to set top boxes may be monitored using packet inspection to identify the multimedia program or programs included in the multimedia streams. An electronic table or array may be stored and updated with viewership statistics of monitored multimedia programs. Some embodiments track the total number of households or televisions that are powered on in a viewing area. Ratings are available substantially in real time by accessing a stored table with viewership information or by frequently polling a plurality of stored values to determine which multimedia program is being viewed by all or substantially all viewers in an area.

2010002, Jan 28, 2010

Jul 24, 2008

12/179232

Todd Fryer - Liberty MO, US
Brian Wilson - Liberty MO, US
Nicholas Nicas - Blue Springs MO, US

AT & T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. - RENO NV

H04N 7/173

725131, 725114

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set top box having a controller to monitor for a triggering event that is associated with viewing of media content, retrieve a screen saver from a remote server when the triggering event is detected, and apply the screen saver to a display device connected with the set top box. Other embodiments are disclosed.

8108901, Jan 31, 2012

Aug 29, 2008

12/201924

Nicholas A. Nicas - Blue Springs MO, US
Douglas R. Medina - Grain Valley MO, US
Brian Wilson - Liberty MO, US

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. - Atlanta GA

H04N 5/545, H04N 7/173

725100, 725 55, 725 58, 725 91, 725 98

A system and method for managing access to high definition (HD) content includes a master customer premises equipment (CPE) device enabled for prioritizing conflicting requests for HD content based on predefined priority settings associated with a plurality of client CPE devices. Access to HD content by the client CPE devices may be associated with a token and conflicting requests may be resolved in favor of the client CPE device that holds the token. Disclosed systems permit administrators to control the use of limited resources within a location by limiting access to the limited resources by secondary users.

2010014, Jun 10, 2010

Dec 5, 2008

12/328968

Jon D. Heath - Lees Summit MO, US
James Huffman - Kansas City MO, US
Brian Wilson - Liberty MO, US

AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. - Reno NV

H04H 60/32

725 14, 725 9

A method and system for reporting incidents on a multimedia content distribution network (MCDN) includes generating user service alerts when a disruption to a channel of the multimedia content is observed. The user service alert may be generated at a client of the MCDN and recorded along with a timestamp and a channel indicator. A remote control device may be equipped to generate the user service alert. A support event may be generated in response to receiving the user service alert. The support event may cause the disruption to be investigated and a status report to be sent back to the client.

2009010, Apr 16, 2009

Oct 16, 2007

11/873260

Todd W. Jones - Kansas City MO, US
Brian Wilson - Liberty MO, US
James Huffman - Kansas City MO, US

AT&T Knowledge Ventures, LP. - Reno NV

H04N 7/173

725131

A set top box (STB) device receives a data stream comprising video content data and meta data. The data stream can include, for example, an H.264-compliant data stream transmitted to the STB device via a packet-switched network, such as an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) network. The meta data comprises an indicator of a display format for the video content data. The STB device accesses the indicator from the data stream and processes the video content data to generate a first display data having the first display format. The STB device can include a preset static display format configuration that is overridden by the STB device in response to accessing the indicator.