Martin S Doehring

US Patent:

20120109545, May 3, 2012

Filed:

Oct 29, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/915998

Inventors:

Alessandro M. MEYNARDI - Macungie PA, US
Jean F. DUBOIS - Boothbay Harbor ME, US
Martin DOEHRING - Northborough MA, US
C. P. CHENG - Lexington MA, US

Assignee:

VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC. - Basking Ridge NJ

International Classification:

G06F 1/30
G01R 31/00

US Classification:

702 58, 700291

Abstract:

Power outages and restorations at customer premises can be automatically detected and reported. A method may include receiving, from a network terminal, a first notification associated with a power outage; retrieving location information associated with the network terminal; sending a second notification indicating that the outage has occurred and that includes the location information associated with the network terminal; retrieving prior outage information that corresponds to a set of network terminals associated with a group of set top boxes; determining that an outage event is triggered, when a quantity of outages is greater than a threshold, where the quantity of outages is based on the outage and other outages obtained from the prior outage information; and sending a third notification based on the determination that the outage event is triggered, where the third notification includes information associated with the quantity of outages that enables a server to remedy the outage event in a manner that does involve users of the group of set top boxes.

US Patent:

20130138367, May 30, 2013

Filed:

Dec 31, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/731749

Inventors:

Verizon Patent and Licensing, Inc. - Basking Ridge NJ, US
Jay J. Cappy - Louisville KY, US
Brian A. Fleck - McKees Rocks PA, US
Jean F. Dubois - Boothbay Harbor ME, US
Alessandro M. Meynardi - Macungie PA, US
Chung Ping Cheng - Lexington MA, US
Martin Doehring - Northborough MA, US

Assignee:

VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC. - Basking Ridge NJ

International Classification:

G01R 31/08
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

702 59

Abstract:

Power outages and restorations at telecommunications subscribers' premises can be automatically detected and reported in a manner that is sensitive to subscriber privacy concerns. A server device receives, from a network terminal device installed at a subscriber premise, an alert that the network terminal device has lost primary power from a power grid. The server device determines a physical address of a location for the network terminal and associates the physical address of the network terminal location with particular power grid equipment. The server device determines whether a power outage of the power grid has occurred and outputs a notification of the power outage associated with the particular power grid equipment when the power outage is determined to occur.

US Patent:

6763523, Jul 13, 2004

Filed:

Apr 3, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/054868

Inventors:

Martin S. Doehring - Bolton MA

Assignee:

Avid Technology, Inc. - Tewksbury MA

International Classification:

H04N 710

US Classification:

725 91, 725 32, 725 36, 725134, 725138, 345723, 707206

Abstract:

A method and system is provided to avoid the duplicate storage and transfer of multimedia data in a playback device, thereby increasing system bandwidth and available playback memory. A multimedia composition describes an edited piece of audio and video multimedia data. The composition is created and transferred to a playback device. The composition is examined to determine whether the multimedia data referred to in the composition is already stored in the playback device. If the data is stored in the playback device, or in transit to the playback device, it is not transferred to the playback device.

US Patent:

20190363574, Nov 28, 2019

Filed:

Aug 12, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/537737

Inventors:

- Arlington VA, US
Jean F. DUBOIS - Boothbay Harbor ME, US
Martin DOEHRING - Northborough MA, US
C. P. CHENG - Lexington MA, US

International Classification:

H02J 13/00
G01R 31/08

Abstract:

Power outages and restorations at customer premises can be automatically detected and reported. A method may include receiving, from a network terminal, a first notification associated with a power outage; retrieving location information associated with the network terminal; sending a second notification indicating that the outage has occurred and that includes the location information associated with the network terminal; retrieving prior outage information that corresponds to a set of network terminals associated with a group of set top boxes; determining that an outage event is triggered, when a quantity of outages is greater than a threshold, where the quantity of outages is based on the outage and other outages obtained from the prior outage information; and sending a third notification based on the determination that the outage event is triggered, where the third notification includes information associated with the quantity of outages that enables a server to remedy the outage event in a manner that does involve users of the group of set top boxes.