Patents by Inventor Denny Lai

Denny Lai 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).

  • EDGE CACHE SEGMENT PREFETCHING
    Publication number: 20230421662
    Abstract: Devices, computer-readable media, and methods for pre-loading video chunks of a video program at an edge server are disclosed. For example, a processor may receive a manifest file for a video program, determine a bitrate for a first segment of the video program, request a video chunk of the first segment at the first bitrate from an edge server in accordance with the manifest file, and request a subset of a video chunk of a second segment of the video program from the edge server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Robert G. Arsenault, Denny Lai, Thai Lam, Michael A. Makhijani
  • Edge cache segment prefetching
    Patent number: 11792296
    Abstract: Devices, computer-readable media, and methods for pre-loading video chunks of a video program at an edge server are disclosed. For example, a processor may receive a manifest file for a video program, determine a bitrate for a first segment of the video program, request a video chunk of the first segment at the first bitrate from an edge server in accordance with the manifest file, and request a subset of a video chunk of a second segment of the video program from the edge server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: DIRECTV, LLC
    Inventors: Robert G. Arsenault, Denny Lai, Thai Lam, Michael A. Makhijani
  • EDGE CACHE SEGMENT PREFETCHING
    Publication number: 20220263922
    Abstract: Devices, computer-readable media, and methods for pre-loading video chunks of a video program at an edge server are disclosed. For example, a processor may receive a manifest file for a video program, determine a bitrate for a first segment of the video program, request a video chunk of the first segment at the first bitrate from an edge server in accordance with the manifest file, and request a subset of a video chunk of a second segment of the video program from the edge server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Robert G. Arsenault, Denny Lai, Thai Lam, Michael A. Makhijani
  • Edge cache segment prefetching
    Patent number: 11356529
    Abstract: Devices, computer-readable media, and methods for pre-loading video chunks of a video program at an edge server are disclosed. For example, a processor may receive a manifest file for a video program, determine a bitrate for a first segment of the video program, request a video chunk of the first segment at the first bitrate from an edge server in accordance with the manifest file, and request a subset of a video chunk of a second segment of the video program from the edge server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: DIRECTV, LLC
    Inventors: Robert G. Arsenault, Denny Lai, Thai Lam, Michael A. Makhijani
  • EDGE CACHE SEGMENT PREFETCHING
    Publication number: 20210289040
    Abstract: Devices, computer-readable media, and methods for pre-loading video chunks of a video program at an edge server are disclosed. For example, a processor may receive a manifest file for a video program, determine a bitrate for a first segment of the video program, request a video chunk of the first segment at the first bitrate from an edge server in accordance with the manifest file, and request a subset of a video chunk of a second segment of the video program from the edge server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Robert G. Arsenault, Denny Lai, Thai Lam, Michael A. Makhijani
  • Edge cache segment prefetching
    Patent number: 11025740
    Abstract: Devices, computer-readable media, and methods for pre-loading video chunks of a video program at an edge server are disclosed. For example, a processor may receive a manifest file for a video program, determine a bitrate for a first segment of the video program, request a video chunk of the first segment at the first bitrate from an edge server in accordance with the manifest file, and request a subset of a video chunk of a second segment of the video program from the edge server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Robert G. Arsenault, Denny Lai, Thai Lam, Michael A. Makhijani
  • EDGE CACHE SEGMENT PREFETCHING
    Publication number: 20200220944
    Abstract: Devices, computer-readable media, and methods for pre-loading video chunks of a video program at an edge server are disclosed. For example, a processor may receive a manifest file for a video program, determine a bitrate for a first segment of the video program, request a video chunk of the first segment at the first bitrate from an edge server in accordance with the manifest file, and request a subset of a video chunk of a second segment of the video program from the edge server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Robert G. Arsenault, Denny Lai, Thai Lam, Michael A. Makhijani
  • Edge cache segment prefetching
    Patent number: 10601946
    Abstract: Devices, computer-readable media, and methods for pre-loading video chunks of a video program at an edge server are disclosed. For example, a processor may receive a manifest file for a video program, determine a bitrate for a first segment of the video program, request a video chunk of the first segment at the first bitrate from an edge server in accordance with the manifest file, and request a subset of a video chunk of a second segment of the video program from the edge server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert G. Arsenault, Denny Lai, Thai Lam, Michael A Makhijani
  • EDGE CACHE SEGMENT PREFETCHING
    Publication number: 20180241836
    Abstract: Devices, computer-readable media, and methods for pre-loading video chunks of a video program at an edge server are disclosed. For example, a processor may receive a manifest file for a video program, determine a bitrate for a first segment of the video program, request a video chunk of the first segment at the first bitrate from an edge server in accordance with the manifest file, and request a subset of a video chunk of a second segment of the video program from the edge server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Robert G. Arsenault, Denny Lai, Thai Lam, Michael A. Makhijani