Thomson Licensing

Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.

Sony Corporation

Thomson Licensing S.a.

Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.p.

Intelity, Inc.

Project Cloudkey, Inc.

Time Warner Entertainment Co. L.p. Time Warner Cable

Nizar Allibhoy

Stephen M Johnson

L Dane Elliott

Joaquin Fernandez-Silva

Justin Leung

Nicholas Cross Wodtke

Mark Richard Anderson

Joe Edmonds

Roman Mazur

John Anthony Bruckner

Sabir Sadruddin Jaffer

Kristofer David Shinn

Joel Fabrice Chlodnik

Joseph G Buehl

Michael L LaJoie

Joseph B Edmonds

Anjan K Ray

Theodore F Shaker, Jr

A guest management system configured to facilitate the provision of services to guest. A guest's personal computing device, and provided computing devices, are used to request and receive products and services. The services provided may be tacked and scored based on either feedback from guests and/or objective measurements of the performance of service providers. Services are optionally dependent on an automatically determined location of a guest and may include access to third party accounts of the guests.

Guest management system

Systems of the present invention allow individuals to make and change reservations, check into accommodations, and gain access to their accommodations using their own mobile devices as well as mobile devices provided with the rooms. Room access can be through an entry control system comprising two modules that are mounted to a door and to a proximate wall, or similar fixed surface. One module communicates with an electronically controlled locking mechanism of the door lock, the other module wirelessly receives a room code from the user's mobile device. When the room code is correct, the second module communicates a signal to the first module which unlocks the lock.

Entry control device

Systems and methods for entry control

An improved interactive network system is provided that allows the Network Operator to control the transfer of information to and from the network end users, the system preferably using triggers or markers embedded within the programming broadcast to users via the network. As a consequence of this system, the Network Operator is able to efficiently garner revenues from third parties transacting business over the network and to control the look and feel of programming offered to network users. Additionally the system can be used as a means of limiting network access, filtering programming, providing on-screen graphics or audible signals for particular programming types or providers, bookmarking programming, profiling network users, targeting advertising, and simplifying network transactions.

Method and system for controlling and auditing content/service systems

In a system and method for providing a television broadcast that displays different content for different viewers, a pool of content items, or particular items from a pool of content items, is integrated with a signal for a television program. The combined signal is transmitted or broadcast in any suitable way, such as by satellite, antenna, cable, or the like. Once the combined signal has been transmitted, or while the signal is being transmitted, different items from the pool of content items are displayed to different viewers. The items may be displayed to viewers during a broadcast of a pre-recorded television program. Rules may be integrated into the combined signal governing how and when items from the pool of content items are displayed. The rules may also govern which items from the pool of content items are displayed. A return channel may be provided so that a viewer may communicate to a content provider.

Interactive broadcast system and method with different content displayed to different viewers

A system and method for managing interactive program and commercial content is disclosed. The system includes an interactive enabling device for receiving a broadcast stream containing interactive program and commercial triggers for retrieving interactive program and commercial content. An interactive content server communicates with a control application in the interactive enabling device. The interactive enabling device executes the control application to manage retrieval of interactive program and commercial content from the content server in response to the interactive program and commercial triggers. The interactive control application includes a gatekeeper function for selectively retrieving interactive program and commercial content in response to recognized interactive program and commercial triggers.

System and method for monitoring and recovering the state of user participation in interactive broadcasts

In a system and method for providing a television broadcast that displays different content for different viewers, a pool of content items, or particular items from a pool of content items is/are integrated with a signal for a television program. The combined signal is transmitted or broadcast in any suitable way, such as by satellite, antenna, cable, or the like. Once the combined signal has been transmitted, or while the signal is being transmitted, different items from the pool of content items are displayed to different viewers. The items may be displayed to viewers during a broadcast of a pre-recorded television program. Rules may be integrated into the combined signal governing how and when items from the pool of content items are displayed. The rules may also govern which items from the pool of content items are displayed. A return channel may be provided so that a viewer may communicate to a content provider.

Method and system for controlling and auditing content/services systems

A system and method for managing interactive program and commercial content includes an interactive enabling device which is coupled for receiving a broadcast stream containing interactive program triggers and interactive commercial triggers for retrieving the interactive program and commercial content. At least one interactive content server is coupled to the interactive enabling device for communicating with an interactive control application in the interactive enabling device. The interactive enabling device executes the interactive control application to manage the retrieval of the interactive program and commercial content from the at least one interactive content server in response to the interactive program and commercial triggers. In addition, the interactive control application includes a gatekeeper function for selectively retrieving interactive program and commercial content in response to recognized interactive program and commercial triggers.

System and method for managing interactive programming and advertisements in interactive broadcast systems

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Northridge, CA, United States of America

Nizar Allibhoy