Inventor

Bernard S. Renger

Inventor

New Providence, NJ, US

Overview

1993–2021

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 218 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

H04Nprimary

H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television20%

G06FElectric digital data processing14%

H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication12%

G10LSpeech analysis techniques or speech synthesis9%

G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes8%

G11BInformation storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer6%

H04WWireless communication networks5%

G06KGraphical data reading4%

G06VImage or video recognition or understanding4%

H04MTelephonic communication4%

PatentTitleYear

11,134,288Methods, devices and systems for adjusting presentation of portions of video content on multiple displays based on viewer reaction2021 11,108,991Method and apparatus for contextual inclusion of objects in a conference2021 11,082,837Drop-in probe that facilitates management and configuration of internet of things network connected devices2021 11,074,697Selecting viewpoints for rendering in volumetric video presentations2021 11,069,367Speaker association with a visual representation of spoken content2021 11,064,136System and method for creating and manipulating synthetic environments2021 11,040,290Network-controllable physical resources for sensory service2021 11,039,210Automated content selection for groups2021 11,017,631Method to detect and counteract suspicious activity in an application environment2021 10,979,755Delivery of media content to a user device at a particular quality based on a personal quality profile2021 10,966,044System and method for playing media2021 10,965,987System and method for adaptive content rendition2021 10,963,822Mobile service platform2021 10,953,541Providing logistical support for robots2021 10,945,035Method and apparatus for augmenting media content2021 10,943,502Manipulation of media content to overcome user impairments2021 10,922,534Identifying and addressing offensive actions in visual communication sessions2021 10,922,580Image quality estimation using a reference image portion2021 10,885,942Video-log production system2021 10,885,785Network-controllable physical resources for vehicular transport system safety2021 10,860,886Method and apparatus for organizing media content2020 10,856,028Method and apparatus for content curation2020 10,841,652Audiovisual content screening for locked application programming interfaces2020 10,832,590Monitoring food intake2020 10,827,132Physical object-based visual workspace configuration system2020 10,812,875Method and apparatus for generating information associated with a lapsed presentation of media content2020 10,812,874System and method for temporally adaptive media playback2020 10,805,657Method and apparatus for providing media content2020 10,805,678Advertisement generation based on a user image2020 10,789,452Method and system for aggregating video content2020 10,728,363Method and apparatus for providing a recommended action for a venue via a network2020 10,719,777Optimization of multiple services via machine learning2020 10,715,959Generating a pre-caching schedule based on forecasted content requests2020 10,694,250Audiovisual content screening for locked application programming interfaces2020 10,659,527Opportunistic crowd-based service platform2020 10,650,239Context-based object location via augmented reality device2020 10,594,569Content quality assessment and prediction via flows2020 10,560,745Automated content selection for groups2020 10,554,931Method and apparatus for contextual inclusion of objects in a conference2020 10,503,809System and method of providing a context-aware personalized blogging agent2019 10,506,300Method and apparatus for managing advertisements using social media data2019 10,498,973Physical object-based visual workspace configuration system2019 10,490,099Manipulation of media content to overcome user impairments2019 10,462,510Method and apparatus for automatically converting source video into electronic mail messages2019 10,419,818Method and apparatus for augmenting media content2019 10,405,260Vehicle-based mobile node fleet for network service deployment2019 10,404,549Applying machine learning to heterogeneous data of existing services to generate a new service2019 10,397,665System and method for temporally adaptive media playback2019 10,375,320System and method for creating and manipulating synthetic environments2019 10,375,136Method for creating and providing layered syndicated data for multimedia content to users2019 10,371,532Method and apparatus for providing geospatial and temporal navigation2019 10,325,143Method and system for aggregating video content2019 10,314,489Wearable health monitoring system2019 10,311,893Speaker association with a visual representation of spoken content2019 10,298,987Delivery of media content to a user device at a particular quality based on a personal quality profile2019 10,243,912Apparatus and method for providing messages in a social network2019 10,225,369Method and apparatus for providing a recommended action for a venue via a network2019 10,199,039Library of existing spoken dialog data for use in generating new natural language spoken dialog systems2019 10,198,748System and method for adaptive media playback based on destination2019 10,154,295Method and system for analysis of sensory information to estimate audience reaction2018 10,146,868Automated detection and filtering of audio advertisements2018 10,142,185Content quality assessment and prediction via flows2018 10,135,920Opportunistic crowd-based service platform2018 10,117,058Generating a pre-caching schedule based on forecasted content requests2018 10,114,893Method and system for information querying2018 10,102,284System and method for generating media bookmarks2018 10,091,550Automated content selection for groups2018 10,079,712Multi-device complexity broker2018 10,031,651Dynamic access to external media content based on speaker content2018 10,031,649Automated content detection, analysis, visual synthesis and repurposing2018 10,034,050Advertisement generation based on a user image2018 10,034,065Method and apparatus for generating information associated with a lapsed presentation of media content2018 10,032,118Method and apparatus for associating micro-blogs with media programs2018 10,026,010Image quality estimation using a reference image portion2018 10,003,854Method and system for content recording and indexing2018 10,002,310Method and apparatus for organizing media content2018 9,942,616Multimodal portable communication interface for accessing video content2018 9,934,792Automatic disclosure detection2018 9,924,228'System and method for providing program recommendations through multimedia searching based on established viewer preferences'2018 9,916,493'Method and system for aggregating video content'2018 9,883,222'Method and apparatus for providing media content'2018 9,882,978'Opportunistic crowd-based service platform'2018 9,875,448Mobile service platform2018 9,860,206'Method and apparatus for distributing content'2018 9,854,288Method and system for analysis of sensory information to estimate audience reaction2017 9,826,329'System and method for playing media'2017 9,807,474'Method and apparatus for generating information associated with a lapsed presentation of media content'2017 9,769,545'System and method for automatically authoring interactive television content'2017 9,769,525'Method and apparatus for distributed display monitoring'2017 9,769,524'Method and apparatus for augmenting media content'2017 9,747,925'Speaker association with a visual representation of spoken content'2017 9,703,865'Automated detection and filtering of audio advertisements'2017 9,641,381'Multi-device complexity broker'2017 9,641,895'System and method for providing program recommendations through multimedia searching based on established viewer preferences'2017 9,619,437'System and method of providing a context-aware personalized blogging agent'2017 9,613,636'Speaker association with a visual representation of spoken content'2017 9,613,143'System and method for generating media bookmarks'2017 9,607,279'Automatic disclosure detection'2017 9,578,095'Opportunistic crowd-based service platform'2017 9,569,333'Method for retrieving information from presentations and meetings using a network'2017 9,558,397'Method and apparatus for automated analysis and identification of a person in image and video content'2017 9,549,225'Method and apparatus for managing advertisements using social media data'2017 9,516,358'Method and apparatus for providing media content'2016 9,509,738'Method for creating and providing layered syndicated data for multimedia content to users'2016 9,479,802'Applied automatic demographic analysis'2016 9,462,355'System and method for automatically authoring interactive television content'2016 9,462,349'Method and system for content recording and indexing'2016 9,451,335'Method and apparatus for augmenting media content'2016 9,438,647'Method and apparatus for distributing content'2016 9,392,345'System and method for temporally adaptive media playback'2016 9,390,757'System and method for adaptive media playback based on destination'2016 9,373,024'Method and apparatus for automated analysis and identification of a person in image and video content'2016 9,357,921'Wearable health monitoring system'2016 9,356,983'System and method for adaptive content rendition'2016 9,348,908'Multimodal portable communication interface for accessing video content'2016 9,342,596'System and method for generating media bookmarks'2016 9,336,773'System and method for standardized speech recognition infrastructure'2016 9,307,275'Method and apparatus for associating micro-blogs with media programs'2016 9,263,047'Apparatus and method for providing messages in a social network'2016 9,253,519'Method and apparatus for automatically converting source video into electronic mail messages'2016 9,240,197'Library of existing spoken dialog data for use in generating new natural language spoken dialog systems'2016 9,232,273'System and method for providing program recommendations through multimedia searching based on established viewer preferences'2016 9,183,177'Automated detection and filtering of audio advertisements'2015 9,167,189'Automated content detection, analysis, visual synthesis and repurposing'2015 9,167,017'Multi-device complexity broker'2015 9,146,996'Embedded business metadata'2015 9,137,558'Method and system for analysis of sensory information to estimate audience reaction'2015 9,129,151'Method and apparatus for automated analysis and identification of a person in image and video content'2015 9,124,660'Dynamic access to external media content based on speaker content'2015 9,106,968'Method and system for content recording and indexing'2015 9,100,669'Method and apparatus for associating micro-blogs with media programs'2015 9,071,728'System and method for notification of event of interest during a video conference'2015 9,066,143'Method and apparatus for distributed display monitoring'2015 9,058,386'System and method for generating media bookmarks'2015 9,058,565'Opportunistic crowd-based service platform'2015 9,053,704'System and method for standardized speech recognition infrastructure'2015 9,053,750'Speaker association with a visual representation of spoken content'2015 9,036,802'System and method for avoiding hold times on a telephone call'2015 9,037,465'Automatic disclosure detection'2015 9,032,443'System and method for automatically authoring interactive television content'2015 9,026,555'System and method for adaptive playback based on destination'2015 8,990,848'System and method for temporally adaptive media playback'2015 8,988,513'Method and system for time-multiplexed shared display'2015 8,984,548'Applied automatic demographic analysis'2015 8,924,383'Broadcast video monitoring and alerting system'2014 8,914,295'Apparatus and method for providing messages in a social network'2014 8,914,294'System and method of providing an automated data-collection in spoken dialog systems'2014 8,909,473'Method and apparatus for providing geospatial and temporal navigation'2014 8,904,442'Method and system for information querying'2014 8,898,257'Multi-device complexity broker'2014 8,887,197'Method and apparatus for managing advertisements using social media data'2014 8,868,684'Telepresence simulation with multiple interconnected devices'2014 8,819,554'System and method for playing media'2014 8,792,684'Method and apparatus for automated analysis and identification of a person in image and video content'2014 8,779,266'System and method for adaptive content rendition'2014 8,781,831'System and method for standardized speech recognition infrastructure'2014 8,774,387'System and method for avoiding hold times on a telephone call'2014 8,774,394'System and method for eliminating hold time in a telecommunications network'2014 8,762,409'Embedded business metadata'2014 8,756,065'Correlated call analysis for identified patterns in call transcriptions'2014 8,744,860'Apparatus and method for providing messages in a social network'2014 8,719,031'Dynamic access to external media content based on speaker content'2014 8,712,218'System and method for providing program recommendations through multimedia searching based on established viewer preferences'2014 8,698,872'System and method for notification of events of interest during a video conference'2014 8,694,324'System and method of providing an automated data-collection in spoken dialog systems'2014 8,689,257'Method and system for content recording and indexing'2014 8,655,879'System and method for generating media bookmarks'2014 8,646,006'System and method for automatically authoring interactive television content'2014 8,645,055'Method and apparatus for providing geospatial and temporal navigation'2014 8,621,045'Portable communication interface for accessing media content'2013 8,566,421'Method for creating and providing layered syndicated data for multimedia content to users'2013 8,561,103'Method and apparatus for providing a personalized television channel'2013 8,560,955'System and method for bridging communication services between virtual worlds and the real world'2013 8,554,554'Automated demographic analysis by analyzing voice activity'2013 8,532,992'System and method for standardized speech recognition infrastructure'2013 8,533,210'Index of locally recorded content'2013 8,514,197'Multimodal portable communication interface for accessing video content'2013 8,478,589'Library of existing spoken dialog data for use in generating new natural language spoken dialog systems'2013 8,457,771'Automated detection and filtering of audio advertisements'2013 8,446,462'Method and system for time-multiplexed shared display'2013 8,412,527'Automatic disclosure detection'2013 8,407,202'Embedded business metadata'2013 8,374,867'System and method for standardized speech recognition infrastructure'2013 8,370,451'System and method of providing a context-aware personalized blogging agent'2013 8,301,444'Automated demographic analysis by analyzing voice activity'2012 8,296,811'Method and apparatus for automatically converting source video into electronic mail messages'2012 8,259,082'Multimodal portable communication interface for accessing video content'2012 8,259,178'System and method for creating and manipulating synthetic environments'2012 8,255,408'System and method for categorizing long documents'2012 8,239,410'System and method for adaptive media playback based on destination'2012 8,200,779'Method for creating and providing layered syndicated data for multimedia content to users'2012 8,185,399'System and method of providing an automated data-collection in spoken dialog systems'2012 8,170,880'Systems and methods for monitoring speech data labelers'2012 8,161,137'Environment delivery network'2012 8,151,298'Method and system for embedding information into streaming media'2012 8,090,694'Index of locally recorded content'2012 8,060,373'System and method of identifying contact information'2011 8,060,906'Method and apparatus for interactively retrieving content related to previous query results'2011 8,051,081'System and method for generating media bookmarks'2011 8,037,496'System and method for automatically authoring interactive television content'2011 7,996,422'System and method for adaptive media playback based on destination'2011 7,933,774'System and method for automatic generation of a natural language understanding model'2011 7,929,686'System and method for managing request priority in a telecommunications network'2011 7,796,190'System and method for adaptive content rendition'2010 7,720,932'Method for creating and providing layered syndicated data for multimedia content to users'2010 7,711,566'Systems and methods for monitoring speech data labelers'2010 7,653,744'Method and apparatus for sharing wireless content'2010 7,581,166'System and method of collecting, correlating, and aggregating structured edited content and non-edited content'2009 7,567,906'Systems and methods for generating an annotation guide'2009 7,280,965'Systems and methods for monitoring speech data labelers'2007 7,219,054'Systems and methods for generating an annotation guide'2007 6,526,272'Reducing calling costs for wireless phones using multiple mobile identification numbers'2003 6,501,946'Multiple uniquely distinguishable wireless handsets using a single mobile identification number'2002 6,208,726'System and method for automated emergency call breakthrough'2001 6,192,403'Method and apparatus for adaptive monitor and support system'2001 5,964,839'System and method for monitoring information flow and performing data collection'1999 5,878,384'System and method for monitoring information flow and performing data collection'1999 5,222,125'System for providing personalized telephone calling features'1993

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1993Based in Chatham, NJ, US· patent location history

1999–2021Based in New Providence, NJ, US· patent location history

2009–2019Patents assigned to AT & T IP II LP (39)· patent assignee history

2011–2021Patents assigned to AT & T IP I LP (163)· patent assignee history

2011–2019Patents assigned to RENGER BERNARD S (54)· patent assignee history

2011–2019Patents assigned to LIU ZHU (40)· patent assignee history

2011–2019Patents assigned to SHAHRARAY BEHZAD (40)· patent assignee history

2011–2014Based in Union, NJ, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
AT & T IP I LP	163	2011–2021
RENGER BERNARD Sself	54	2011–2019
LIU ZHU	40	2011–2019
SHAHRARAY BEHZAD	40	2011–2019
AT & T IP II LP	39	2009–2019

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
New Providence, New Jersey, US	214	1999–2021
Union, New Jersey, US	3	2011–2014
Chatham, New Jersey, US	1	1993