Patents by Inventor Ethan Aaron Benowitz

Ethan Aaron Benowitz 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).

  • Systems and methods for preserving media streams
    Patent number: 11888905
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for preserving media streams may include (i) identifying a media stream transmitted by a client device to a server that hosts the media stream for access by additional devices, (ii) detecting that the server is expected to go offline, (iii) sending, in response to detecting that the server is expected to go offline, a message to the client device indicating that the server is expected to go offline, (iv) receiving, at an additional server, a request from the client device to host the media stream, and (v) in response to receiving the request, hosting the media stream at the additional server while ceasing to host the media stream at the server that is expected to go offline. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Jake Weissman, Maxwell Sergio Gomez, Jorge Cenzano Ferret, Ethan Aaron Benowitz
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESERVING MEDIA STREAMS
    Publication number: 20230040592
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for preserving media streams may include (i) identifying a media stream transmitted by a client device to a server that hosts the media stream for access by additional devices, (ii) detecting that the server is expected to go offline, (iii) sending, in response to detecting that the server is expected to go offline, a message to the client device indicating that the server is expected to go offline, (iv) receiving, at an additional server, a request from the client device to host the media stream, and (v) in response to receiving the request, hosting the media stream at the additional server while ceasing to host the media stream at the server that is expected to go offline. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Jake Weissman, Maxwell Sergio Gomez, Jorge Cenzano Ferret, Ethan Aaron Benowitz