Mary C Mccarthy

US Patent:

8102245, Jan 24, 2012

Filed:

Jul 14, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/457496

Inventors:

Mary McCarthy - San Antonio TX, US
Roland Noll - San Antonio TX, US

Assignee:

AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

G08B 9/00

US Classification:

34028605, 34028606, 340505

Abstract:

A system can have a storage element that stores contact information for one or more messaging devices of one or more parties associated with an end user, a detection element that detects an emergency call initiated by the end user, and a transmission element that transmits a notice associated with the detected emergency call to at least one among the one or more messaging devices. Additional embodiments are provided.

US Patent:

8104059, Jan 24, 2012

Filed:

Oct 8, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/868866

Inventors:

Roland Noll - San Antonio TX, US
Mary Catherine McCarthy - San Antonio TX, US

Assignee:

AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

H04N 7/10
H04N 7/025
H04N 5/445
G06F 3/00
G06F 13/00

US Classification:

725 35, 725 34, 725 36, 725 46

Abstract:

A system and method are disclosed including a computer program, the computer program comprising instructions to receive at an IPTV system node, advertising tokens data having advertising characteristics data and address data; instructions to filter at the IPTV system node the advertising tokens based on a correlation between the advertising characteristic data and filtering criteria data; instructions to extract from the filtered advertising tokens, address data representing at least two advertising addresses on the Internet World Wide Web; instructions to concatenate at the IPTV node the address data for the advertising addresses to form a uniform resource indicator (URI) for a resource on the Internet resource; and instructions to send advertising data from the Internet resource to an end user device through the IPTV node.

US Patent:

8143508, Mar 27, 2012

Filed:

Aug 29, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/201962

Inventors:

Daniel George Jean - Atlanta GA, US
Mary C. McCarthy - San Antonio TX, US
Ledley Lewis Yaussy - Smyrna GA, US

Assignee:

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

International Classification:

G10H 1/00

US Classification:

84600, 84601, 84610, 434307 A

Abstract:

Methods and systems are disclosed for providing lyrics with streaming music. A music stream is accessed that includes timing information for a song. Lyrics and other textual information such as song title, song artist, and album title are also accessed. A lyric file may be accessed that includes further timing information. The timing information is used to synchronize the song lyrics and music stream. A user may be permitted access to the synchronized lyrics and music stream by presentation on a display through a digital television set-top box.

US Patent:

8151314, Apr 3, 2012

Filed:

Jun 30, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/164727

Inventors:

Mary McCarthy - San Antonio TX, US
Robert Coldwell - San Antonio TX, US

Assignee:

AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

H04N 7/173
H04N 7/16
G08G 1/00
G06F 15/16
H04H 40/00
G01C 21/00

US Classification:

725131, 725 93, 725 91, 725 62, 725100, 725109, 701117, 701118, 701119, 701202, 709231, 455 306

Abstract:

A system comprises a server operable to deliver an Internet Protocol Television stream to a set-top box, and operable to retrieve an image from a first traffic camera. Upon receipt of a request from the set-top box, the image is sent to a wireless device.

US Patent:

8266663, Sep 11, 2012

Filed:

Aug 1, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/497508

Inventors:

Mary McCarthy - San Antonio TX, US
Scott Pettit - San Antonio TX, US
John McClenny - San Antonio TX, US
Roland Noll - San Antonio TX, US

Assignee:

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

International Classification:

H04N 7/173

US Classification:

725105, 725 37, 725109, 725112, 725114, 725136

Abstract:

The present disclosure is directed to a system and method of providing interactive content. The method can include receiving a video signal from a first source of a television system, where the video signal includes video content but does not include data relating to an interactive application. The method can also include retrieving an interactive application from a second source of the television system.

US Patent:

8267790, Sep 18, 2012

Filed:

Sep 29, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/541316

Inventors:

Tony Haeuser - Aurora IL, US
Mary McCarthy - San Antonio TX, US
Scott Pettit - San Antonio TX, US
Chris Alan Lee - Denver CO, US
Roland Noll - San Antonio TX, US

Assignee:

AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

463 42

Abstract:

Particular embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide methods and systems to support interactive games on a television via internet protocol. An example embodiment includes receiving a game selection from a remote user through a set-top box via a network, activating the selected game on a games server, and communicating game rendering information to the set-top box via the network thereby enabling remotely playing the selected game via a television monitor and a remote control device.

US Patent:

8327399, Dec 4, 2012

Filed:

Aug 31, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/514325

Inventors:

Roland Noll - San Antonio TX, US
Jeffrey G. Weber - San Antonio TX, US
Scott Alan Pettit - San Antonio TX, US
Mary Catherina McCarthy - San Antonio TX, US

Assignee:

AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

H04N 7/025

US Classification:

725 34, 725 32, 725 39, 725 46

Abstract:

A system and method for delivering targeted advertising data over an internet protocol television (IPTV) network are disclosed for multicasting from an IPTV server a group of targeted advertising data to a group of end user client devices; receiving at the IPTV server from an end user client device in the group of end user client devices selection data indicating selected targeted advertising data from the group data; and unicasting from the IPTV server to the end user client device follow-on advertising data related to the selected targeted advertising data. A client device is disclosed for receiving a multicast group of targeted advertising data, selecting one of the group of targeted advertising data and receiving follow-on advertising data related to the selected advertising data.

US Patent:

8365225, Jan 29, 2013

Filed:

Jan 18, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/016854

Inventors:

Mary C. McCarthy - San Antonio TX, US
Roland Noll - San Antonio TX, US

Assignee:

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

International Classification:

H04N 7/025

US Classification:

725 46, 725 34, 725 47, 725 86

Abstract:

A multimedia processing device (MPD) includes a relevance engine that is adapted to track a user's viewing preferences over time and to automatically determine which of the programs available in a given time slot is most probably preferred by that user. The relevance engine can then create a sequential play list, with each entry in the list corresponding to the program the user most likely wants to watch at that time. The user can thus be provided with a personalized multimedia channel (PMC) with the play list providing the program for each time slot. The user may be enabled to “tune” to the PMC like any other channel. When the user “tunes” to the PMC, the MPD will take the appropriate action to display the program selected by the PMC.