Patents by Inventor Benjamin Avery CHAMBERS
Benjamin Avery CHAMBERS has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11962835Abstract: Techniques are described for synchronizing internet (“over the top”) video streams for simultaneous playback. In particular, techniques are described to improve the performance and accuracy of stream synchronization among participant media player applications playing a same video content item, for example, as part of a “watch party.” The techniques can be further augmented to allow interaction between the users watching the presentation, e.g., by sending messages to other users or by annotating the video presentation with comments, and can be further used to enable “cross device control,” a feature that enables multiple users, or a single user with multiple devices, to control a shared video playback session on another device. For example, two users watching a streaming video on a set-top box connected to a TV in their living room could each use an app on their respective smart phones to pause/play/seek the playback session, providing a more collaborative experience.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Philo, Inc.Inventors: Seth Madison, Ginger Wong, Benjamin Paul Clemens, Benjamin Avery Chambers
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Patent number: 11537562Abstract: A client electronic device to provide custom functionality for video content playback. The client electronic device includes one or more processors and a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored therein instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, causes the client electronic device to receive a streaming manifest file and a first auxiliary manifest file, where the streaming manifest file includes references to video segments of a video content, where the first auxiliary manifest file includes timed metadata associated with the video content, where the streaming manifest file and the first auxiliary manifest file refer to a same timeline, provide the streaming manifest file to a core playback module to play the video content according to the streaming manifest file, and provide custom functionality using the timed metadata included in the first auxiliary manifest file that replaces or augments functionality provided by the core playback module.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Philo, Inc.Inventors: Satheesh Velmurugan, Thane Frivold, Seth Madison, Aleksey Pesterev, David Michael Thompson, Benjamin Avery Chambers
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Publication number: 20220353569Abstract: Techniques are described for synchronizing internet (“over the top”) video streams for simultaneous playback. In particular, techniques are described to improve the performance and accuracy of stream synchronization among participant media player applications playing a same video content item, for example, as part of a “watch party.” The techniques can be further augmented to allow interaction between the users watching the presentation, e.g., by sending messages to other users or by annotating the video presentation with comments, and can be further used to enable “cross device control,” a feature that enables multiple users, or a single user with multiple devices, to control a shared video playback session on another device. For example, two users watching a streaming video on a set-top box connected to a TV in their living room could each use an app on their respective smart phones to pause/play/seek the playback session, providing a more collaborative experience.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Applicant: Philo, Inc.Inventors: Seth MADISON, Ginger WONG, Benjamin Paul CLEMENS, Benjamin Avery CHAMBERS
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Patent number: 11418834Abstract: Techniques are described for synchronizing internet (“over the top”) video streams for simultaneous playback. In particular, techniques are described to improve the performance and accuracy of stream synchronization among participant media player applications playing a same video content item, for example, as part of a “watch party.” The techniques can be further augmented to allow interaction between the users watching the presentation, e.g., by sending messages to other users or by annotating the video presentation with comments, and can be further used to enable “cross device control,” a feature that enables multiple users, or a single user with multiple devices, to control a shared video playback session on another device. For example, two users watching a streaming video on a set-top box connected to a TV in their living room could each use an app on their respective smart phones to pause/play/seek the playback session, providing a more collaborative experience.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2021Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Philo, Inc.Inventors: Seth Madison, Ginger Wong, Benjamin Paul Clemens, Benjamin Avery Chambers
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Publication number: 20210235149Abstract: Techniques are described for synchronizing internet (“over the top”) video streams for simultaneous playback. In particular, techniques are described to improve the performance and accuracy of stream synchronization among participant media player applications playing a same video content item, for example, as part of a “watch party.” The techniques can be further augmented to allow interaction between the users watching the presentation, e.g., by sending messages to other users or by annotating the video presentation with comments, and can be further used to enable “cross device control,” a feature that enables multiple users, or a single user with multiple devices, to control a shared video playback session on another device. For example, two users watching a streaming video on a set-top box connected to a TV in their living room could each use an app on their respective smart phones to pause/play/seek the playback session, providing a more collaborative experience.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: Philo, Inc.Inventors: Seth MADISON, Ginger WONG, Benjamin Paul CLEMENS, Benjamin Avery CHAMBERS
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Patent number: 11006168Abstract: Techniques are described for synchronizing internet (“over the top”) video streams for simultaneous playback. In particular, techniques are described to improve the performance and accuracy of stream synchronization among participant media player applications playing a same video content item, for example, as part of a “watch party.” The techniques can be further augmented to allow interaction between the users watching the presentation, e.g., by sending messages to other users or by annotating the video presentation with comments, and can be further used to enable “cross device control,” a feature that enables multiple users, or a single user with multiple devices, to control a shared video playback session on another device. For example, two users watching a streaming video on a set-top box connected to a TV in their living room could each use an app on their respective smart phones to pause/play/seek the playback session, providing a more collaborative experience.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: PHILO, INC.Inventors: Seth Madison, Ginger Wong, Benjamin Paul Clemens, Benjamin Avery Chambers
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Publication number: 20200285615Abstract: A client electronic device to provide custom functionality for video content playback. The client electronic device includes one or more processors and a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored therein instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, causes the client electronic device to receive a streaming manifest file and a first auxiliary manifest file, where the streaming manifest file includes references to video segments of a video content, where the first auxiliary manifest file includes timed metadata associated with the video content, where the streaming manifest file and the first auxiliary manifest file refer to a same timeline, provide the streaming manifest file to a core playback module to play the video content according to the streaming manifest file, and provide custom functionality using the timed metadata included in the first auxiliary manifest file that replaces or augments functionality provided by the core playback module.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Applicant: Philo, Inc.Inventors: Satheesh VELMURUGAN, Thane FRIVOLD, Seth MADISON, Aleksey PESTEREV, David Michael THOMPSON, Benjamin Avery CHAMBERS
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Patent number: 10698864Abstract: A method by a media delivery system. The method includes generating a streaming manifest file and an auxiliary manifest file, where the streaming manifest file includes references to video segments of a video content, where the auxiliary manifest file includes timed metadata associated with the video content, and where the streaming manifest file and the auxiliary manifest file refer to a same timeline. The method further includes making the streaming manifest file and the auxiliary manifest file accessible to a client device.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: PHILO, INC.Inventors: Satheesh Velmurugan, Thane Frivold, Seth Madison, Aleksey Pesterev, David Michael Thompson, Benjamin Avery Chambers
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Publication number: 20200162784Abstract: Techniques are described for synchronizing internet (“over the top”) video streams for simultaneous playback. In particular, techniques are described to improve the performance and accuracy of stream synchronization among participant media player applications playing a same video content item, for example, as part of a “watch party.” The techniques can be further augmented to allow interaction between the users watching the presentation, e.g., by sending messages to other users or by annotating the video presentation with comments, and can be further used to enable “cross device control,” a feature that enables multiple users, or a single user with multiple devices, to control a shared video playback session on another device. For example, two users watching a streaming video on a set-top box connected to a TV in their living room could each use an app on their respective smart phones to pause/play/seek the playback session, providing a more collaborative experience.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: PHILO, INC.Inventors: Seth MADISON, Ginger WONG, Benjamin Paul CLEMENS, Benjamin Avery CHAMBERS
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Patent number: 10536741Abstract: Techniques are described for synchronizing internet (“over the top”) video streams for simultaneous playback. In particular, techniques are described to improve the performance and accuracy of stream synchronization among participant media player applications playing a same video content item, for example, as part of a “watch party.” The techniques can be further augmented to allow interaction between the users watching the presentation, e.g., by sending messages to other users or by annotating the video presentation with comments, and can be further used to enable “cross device control,” a feature that enables multiple users, or a single user with multiple devices, to control a shared video playback session on another device. For example, two users watching a streaming video on a set-top box connected to a TV in their living room could each use an app on their respective smart phones to pause/play/seek the playback session, providing a more collaborative experience.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: PHILO, INC.Inventors: Seth Madison, Ginger Wong, Benjamin Paul Clemens, Benjamin Avery Chambers
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Patent number: 10423320Abstract: A method performed by an electronic device to allow a user to navigate a video. The method includes causing a display of a currently selected thumbnail in a first rectangular area overlaying a bidirectionally scrollable strip of thumbnails in a second rectangular area having the plurality of thumbnails logically arranged in order according to their associated time positions and responsive to data reflecting a swipe gesture in a direction, causing an update to the display of the bidirectionally scrollable strip of thumbnails to reflect inertial scrolling in the direction, where the currently selected thumbnail in the first rectangular area is updated each time the bidirectionally scrollable strip of thumbnails has scrolled past a threshold such that the currently selected thumbnail in the bidirectionally scrollable strip of thumbnails is no longer closest to the center of the first rectangular area.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2017Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: PHILO, INC.Inventors: Devon Ray Williams, Gabriel Edward Kangas, Andrew McCollum, Ginger Wong, Benjamin Avery Chambers
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Publication number: 20190149885Abstract: A method performed by an electronic device for displaying a transition from a seek request within a video to playing the video. The method includes causing a display of a thumbnail from a plurality of thumbnails, where the thumbnail is associated with a time position in the video, and where the display of the thumbnail is sized to fill less than all of a display area. The method further includes performing the following responsive to a user input reflecting a seek request: causing a display of a transition from the thumbnail to an expanded version of the thumbnail sized to fill the entire display area and causing playback of the video in the display area starting from the time position in the video associated with the thumbnail responsive to a determination that a threshold amount of the video has been buffered.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Seth MADISON, Benjamin Paul CLEMENS, Benjamin Avery CHAMBERS, Devon Ray WILLIAMS
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Publication number: 20190146951Abstract: A method by a media delivery system. The method includes generating a streaming manifest file and an auxiliary manifest file, where the streaming manifest file includes references to video segments of a video content, where the auxiliary manifest file includes timed metadata associated with the video content, and where the streaming manifest file and the auxiliary manifest file refer to a same timeline. The method further includes making the streaming manifest file and the auxiliary manifest file accessible to a client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Satheesh VELMURUGAN, Thane FRIVOLD, Seth MADISON, Aleksey PESTEREV, David Michael THOMPSON, Benjamin Avery CHAMBERS
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Publication number: 20190149887Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms are disclosed for generating and causing display of graphical interfaces which include a new interface element used to intuitively display status information related to video content items across many different types of interfaces and across many different types of client electronic devices and associated display screens. The described interface element comprises a circular status icon including a status ring that can be used to display, among other possible information, an airing progress of a video content item and a user's playback progress of a video content item. The circular status icon described herein provides a compact and consistent way to represent multiple types of status information, thereby enabling the same interface element to be used across many different interfaces and display devices in a consistent manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Devon Ray WILLIAMS, Andrew MCCOLLUM, Daniel RINEHART, Benjamin Avery CHAMBERS
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Publication number: 20190146651Abstract: A method performed by an electronic device to allow a user to navigate a video. The method includes causing a display of a currently selected thumbnail in a first rectangular area overlaying a bidirectionally scrollable strip of thumbnails in a second rectangular area having the plurality of thumbnails logically arranged in order according to their associated time positions and responsive to data reflecting a swipe gesture in a direction, causing an update to the display of the bidirectionally scrollable strip of thumbnails to reflect inertial scrolling in the direction, where the currently selected thumbnail in the first rectangular area is updated each time the bidirectionally scrollable strip of thumbnails has scrolled past a threshold such that the currently selected thumbnail in the bidirectionally scrollable strip of thumbnails is no longer closest to the center of the first rectangular area.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Devon Ray WILLIAMS, Gabriel Edward KANGAS, Andrew MCCOLLUM, Ginger WONG, Benjamin Avery CHAMBERS