Brian U Roberts

7418090, Aug 26, 2008

Nov 24, 2003

10/720859

Craig L. Reding - Midland Park NJ, US
John R. Reformato - East Meadow NY, US
Ziauddin R. Majid - Irving TX, US
Christopher L. Helbling - Stamford CT, US
Brian F. Roberts - Lewisville TX, US
Loren C. Swingle - Norwalk CT, US

Telesector Resources Group Inc. - New York NY

H04M 3/42

37920201, 379 85

Methods and systems for conference call buffering are disclosed. Methods and systems consistent with the present invention record a conference call between a plurality of users. A service center in conjunction with a conference bridge and conference server establishes a conference call between a plurality of users. The service center may also ascertain the identities of a plurality of destination devices for an audio stream corresponding to the conference call, where the destination devices corresponding to the plurality of users. An audio streaming server provides the audio stream to the plurality of destination devices. Memory located centrally and/or local to the destination devices stores the audio stream. A user of one of the destination devices may choose to replay a selected portion of the audio stream.

8503650, Aug 6, 2013

Nov 24, 2003

10/720661

Craig L. Reding - Midland Park NJ, US
John R. Reformato - East Meadow NJ, US
Mahesh Rajagopalan - Irving TX, US
Brian F. Roberts - Lewisville TX, US
Chris L. Helbling - Stamford CT, US
Manvinder S. Chopra - Carrollton TX, US
Ken J. Hum - Arlington TX, US
Apurva Pathak - Irving TX, US

Verizon Data Services LLC - Temple Terrace FL
Telesector Resources Group, Inc. - New York NY

H04M 3/42

37920201, 370260, 370261, 709204, 709227

Methods and systems for automatically providing conference calls are disclosed. In one aspect of the invention, methods and systems detect a conference call event that was previously configured by a subscriber user and identify participant users associated with the conference call event. Once identified, each participant user is contacted and a response is received from each of the users. Based on the received responses, a conference call is established between the participant users and the subscriber user. In one aspect of the invention, at least one of the detecting and identifying steps are performed without user intervention.

8645842, Feb 4, 2014

Nov 5, 2007

11/935183

James Mark Kondziela - Stamford CT, US
Heath Stallings - Colleyville TX, US
Don Relyea - Dallas TX, US
Brian Roberts - Frisco TX, US

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. - Basking Ridge NJ

G06F 3/00

715751

In an exemplary system, a content hub subsystem is selectively and communicatively coupled to a plurality of access devices. At least a subset of the access devices is associated with a predefined group of users. The content hub subsystem is configured to receive data representative of content from at least one of the access devices associated with the predefined group of users, map the content to the predefined group of users, and provide data representative of the content to the access devices associated with the predefined group of users. Each of the access devices associated with the predefined group of users is configured to generate at least one interactive graphical object representative of the content, and generate and present a graphical user interface including the interactive graphical object.

20100169025, Jul 1, 2010

Dec 18, 2009

12/641486

William T. Arthur - Perkasie PA, US
Brian Roberts - Brookline MA, US
Rachel Needham - Seattle WA, US
Hongyue Dai - Chestnut Hill MA, US

G06F 19/00
C12Q 1/68
G06N 5/02

702 19, 435 6, 706 54

Methods, biomarkers, and expression signatures are disclosed for assessing the regulation status of Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in a cell sample or subject. More specifically, several aspects of the invention provide a set of genes which can be used as biomarkers and gene signatures for evaluating Wnt/β-catenin pathway deregulation status in a sample; classifying a cell sample as having a deregulated or regulated Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway; determining whether an agent modulates the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in sample; predicting response of a subject to an agent that modulates the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway; assigning treatment to a subject; and evaluating the pharmacodynamic effects of therapies designed to regulate Wnt/β-catenin pathway signaling.

20130086474, Apr 4, 2013

Sep 30, 2011

13/251183

Michael R. Oliver - Hoboken NJ, US
Brian F. Roberts - Dallas TX, US

VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC. - Basking Ridge NJ

G06F 3/01
G06F 17/30

715716, 707752, 707E17005, 707E17058

Exemplary media content management and presentation systems and methods are described herein. An exemplary method includes a media content presentation system linking together multiple media content instances, playing back or managing a playlist that includes the linked media content instances, and processing the linked media content instances as a block of linked media content instances within the playing back or managing of the playlist. Another exemplary method includes a media content presentation system playing back a media content instance for experiencing by a user, presenting a playback user interface in conjunction with the playing back of the media content instance, and providing, within the playback user interface, one or more media management tools configured for use by the user to manage the media content instance during the playing back of the media content instance. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed.

20130191454, Jul 25, 2013

Jan 24, 2012

13/356834

Michael R. Oliver - Hoboken NJ, US
Brian F. Roberts - Dallas TX, US

VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC. - Basking Ridge NJ

G06F 15/16

709204

Exemplary collaborative event playlist systems and methods are disclosed herein. An exemplary system includes a moderator device located at an event premises, connected to a local area network at the event premises, and hosting a collaborative event playlist for playback at an event at the event premises. The system further includes a participant device located at the event premises, connected to the local area network at the event premises, and configured to communicate with the moderator device by way of the local area network to participate in populating the collaborative event playlist with a song to which the participant device has access rights. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

20150016800, Jan 15, 2015

Dec 27, 2013

14/141928

- Basking Ridge NJ, US
Joseph F. Ambeault - New York NY, US
Brian F. Roberts - Dallas TX, US

G11B 27/28
G11B 27/02
H04N 9/79

386241, 386278

An exemplary method includes a computer-implemented media service system 1) dividing a unitary media program into a plurality of contiguous segments, 2) forming, from the plurality of contiguous segments, a plurality of discrete installments of the unitary media program, and 3) providing an end user of a media service with installment-by-installment access to the plurality of discrete installments of the unitary media program. In certain examples, the method may further include the system providing an option for selection by the end user to access the unitary media program by way of a normal-access mode or an installment-access mode. The normal-access mode may be configured to facilitate a start-to-finish consumption of the unitary media program in a single playback session, and the installment-access mode may be configured to facilitate installment-by-installment consumption of the discrete installments of the unitary media program in multiple, discrete playback sessions.