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James T. Sofos — 37 Patents

ATAT&T: 37 patents #361 of 18,772Top 2%
Aurora, IL: #13 of 1,049 inventorsTop 2%
Illinois: #1,425 of 84,256 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #88,321 of 4,157,543Top 3%
37 Patents All Time
James T. Sofos has been granted 37 US patents while listed as an inventor at AT&T. The first was granted in 2012 and the most recent in January 2023. James T. Sofos ranks #88,321 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.1%). Patent records list James T. Sofos in Aurora, IL, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 37 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11570519 Streaming video David Piepenbrink, Lee M. Chow 2023-01-31 $44,527,000
11244030 Apparatus and method for protecting media content rights Lee M. Chow, David Piepenbrink 2022-02-08 $246,638,000
10951674 Public/private communications paths David Piepenbrink, Lee M. Chow 2021-03-16 $36,408,000
10887638 Processing and distribution of video-on-demand content items Lee M. Chow, David Piepenbrink, Stephen Rys 2021-01-05 $25,728,000
10769704 Content recommendations Lee M. Chow, David Piepenbrink 2020-09-08 $44,663,000
10740833 Method for controlling electronic storefronts in a multimedia content distribution network David Piepenbrink, Lee M. Chow 2020-08-11 $33,229,000
10681422 Video assets David Piepenbrink, Lee M. Chow 2020-06-09 $29,558,000
10412133 Public/private communications paths David Piepenbrink, Lee M. Chow 2019-09-10 $52,175,000
10290042 Content recommendations Lee M. Chow, David Piepenbrink 2019-05-14 $60,248,000
10235502 Apparatus and method for protecting media content rights Lee M. Chow, David Piepenbrink 2019-03-19 $65,432,000
10075752 Processing and distribution of video-on-demand content items Lee M. Chow, David Piepenbrink, Stephen Rys 2018-09-11 $53,198,000
10068269 Method for controlling electronic storefronts in a multimedia content distribution network David Piepenbrink, Lee M. Chow 2018-09-04 $55,790,000
9967608 Portable media player device management David Piepenbrink, Lee M. Chow 2018-05-08 $38,015,000
9922362 Content recommendations based on personal preferences Lee M. Chow, David Piepenbrink 2018-03-20 $63,888,000
9736537 Content recommendations based on communal preferences David Piepenbrink, Lee M. Chow 2017-08-15 $21,647,000
9706257 Viewing control management across multiple access points David Piepenbrink, Lee M. Chow 2017-07-11 $23,775,000
9516103 Managing linear multimedia content delivery David Piepenbrink, Lee M. Chow 2016-12-06 $40,720,000
9451096 Integrated service identity for different types of information exchange services David Piepenbrink, Lee M. Chow 2016-09-20 $23,878,000
9325502 Identity management for transactional content David Piepenbrink, Lee M. Chow 2016-04-26 $44,539,000
9300667 Apparatus and method for protecting media content rights Lee M. Chow, David Piepenbrink 2016-03-29 $39,355,000
9280543 Content recommendations based on communal preferences David Piepenbrink, Lee M. Chow 2016-03-08 $39,417,000
9172482 Content recommendations based on personal preferences Lee M. Chow, David Piepenbrink 2015-10-27 $21,492,000
9154331 Managing linear multimedia content delivery David Piepenbrink, Lee M. Chow 2015-10-06 $23,002,000
9137559 Apparatus and method for providing media programming Lee M. Chow, David Piepenbrink 2015-09-15 $20,513,000
9071875 Processing and distribution of video-on-demand content items Lee M. Chow, David Piepenbrink, Stephen Rys 2015-06-30 $20,830,000