Patents by Inventor Ethan Lawrence Wolf

Ethan Lawrence Wolf 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).

  • Patent number: 11900419
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for detecting and correlating content consumption, e.g., viewing of programs and/or accessing websites, across platforms of different types are described. Content consumption, e.g., requests and/or streaming is monitored and recorded on a per subscriber basis for a wide variety of platforms, e.g., set boxes, IP content playback devices such as cell phones or pad devices with IP streaming support, and/or other devices. Web site access and corresponding content consumption is determined based on DNS requests thereby avoiding the need for monitoring at web site servers and allowing centralized monitoring of web site access operations in the form of DNS requests to be detected by a Web service provider who, at least in some embodiments, is also a content provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TIME WARNER CABLE ENTERPRISES LLC
    Inventors: Chris Roosenraad, Ethan Lawrence Wolf, Craig Engel, Justin Tidwell
  • Publication number: 20200402113
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for detecting and correlating content consumption, e.g., viewing of programs and/or accessing websites, across platforms of different types are described. Content consumption, e.g., requests and/or streaming is monitored and recorded on a per subscriber basis for a wide variety of platforms, e.g., set boxes, IP content playback devices such as cell phones or pad devices with IP streaming support, and/or other devices. Web site access and corresponding content consumption is determined based on DNS requests thereby avoiding the need for monitoring at web site servers and allowing centralized monitoring of web site access operations in the form of DNS requests to be detected by a Web service provider who, at least in some embodiments, is also a content provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Chris Roosenraad, Ethan Lawrence Wolf, Craig Engel, Justin Tidwell
  • Patent number: 10769671
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for detecting and correlating content consumption, e.g., viewing of programs and/or accessing websites, across platforms of different types are described. Content consumption, e.g., requests and/or streaming is monitored and recorded on a per subscriber basis for a wide variety of platforms, e.g., set boxes, IP content playback devices such as cell phones or pad devices with IP streaming support, and/or other devices. Web site access and corresponding content consumption is determined based on DNS requests thereby avoiding the need for monitoring at web site servers and allowing centralized monitoring of web site access operations in the form of DNS requests to be detected by a Web service provider who, at least in some embodiments, is also a content provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Chris Roosenraad, Ethan Lawrence Wolf, Craig Engel, Justin Tidwell
  • Patent number: 9743132
    Abstract: A redirection device for remote streaming media reroutes media content sent to the receiving device, typically located in the home of the subscriber, to the subscriber's mobile device such as a laptop or smartphone. Remote media streaming provides media recipients with capabilities for out-of-home (OOH) viewing for remotely rendering media content from a subscriber based receiving device to a personal electronic device. The remote streaming redirects media that has already been received by the subscription based receiving device, such that the redirection device forwards a rendering signal including the requested content to the rendering device based on the reported location. The redirected media stream therefore emanates from the redirection device as an independent transmission of content already received by the receiving device, and not as a separate transmission of media content from the content provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Ranga Muvavarirwa, Noah Paci, John H. Ipson, IV, Ethan Lawrence Wolf
  • Publication number: 20160104203
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for detecting and correlating content consumption, e.g., viewing of programs and/or accessing websites, across platforms of different types are described. Content consumption, e.g., requests and/or streaming is monitored and recorded on a per subscriber basis for a wide variety of platforms, e.g., set boxes, IP content playback devices such as cell phones or pad devices with IP streaming support, and/or other devices. Web site access and corresponding content consumption is determined based on DNS requests thereby avoiding the need for monitoring at web site servers and allowing centralized monitoring of web site access operations in the form of DNS requests to be detected by a Web service provider who, at least in some embodiments, is also a content provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Chris Roosenraad, Ethan Lawrence Wolf, Craig Engel, Justin Tidwell
  • Publication number: 20150128196
    Abstract: A redirection device for remote streaming media reroutes media content sent to the receiving device, typically located in the home of the subscriber, to the subscriber's mobile device such as a laptop or smartphone. Remote media streaming provides media recipients with capabilities for out-of-home (OOH) viewing for remotely rendering media content from a subscriber based receiving device to a personal electronic device. The remote streaming redirects media that has already been received by the subscription based receiving device, such that the redirection device forwards a rendering signal including the requested content to the rendering device based on the reported location. The redirected media stream therefore emanates from the redirection device as an independent transmission of content already received by the receiving device, and not as a separate transmission of media content from the content provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Ranga Muvavarirwa, Noah Paci, John H. Ipson, IV, Ethan Lawrence Wolf
  • Patent number: 8949923
    Abstract: A redirection device for remote streaming media reroutes media content sent to the receiving device, typically located in the home of the subscriber, to the subscriber's mobile device such as a laptop or smartphone. Remote media streaming provides media recipients with capabilities for out-of-home (OOH) viewing for remotely rendering media content from a subscriber based receiving device to a personal electronic device. The remote streaming redirects media that has already been received by the subscription based receiving device, such that the redirection device forwards a rendering signal including the requested content to the rendering device based on the reported location. The redirected media stream therefore emanates from the redirection device as an independent transmission of content already received by the receiving device, and not as a separate transmission of media content from the content provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Ranga Muvavarirwa, Noah Paci, John H. Ipson, IV, Ethan Lawrence Wolf
  • Publication number: 20140351841
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for collecting program viewership information are described. A viewership monitoring module is provided access to decrypted program content allowing program information to be recovered without having to capture output program content using a microphone or camera. The monitoring module is loaded onto a secure device, e.g., a home network device, such as a router used to deliver content to a secure playback device. Alternatively the secure device which performs the monitoring maybe the secure playback device. Since a user of the secure device or a company implementing the viewership monitoring process loads the monitoring module onto the secure device, the network used to deliver the secure content need not be informed of which network customers are contributing to the viewership information which is being collected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Matthew Zelesko, Ranga Muvavarirwa, Ethan Lawrence Wolf
  • Patent number: 8819718
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for collecting program viewership information are described. A viewership monitoring module is provided access to decrypted program content allowing program information to be recovered without having to capture output program content using a microphone or camera. The monitoring module is loaded onto a secure device, e.g., a home network device, such as a router used to deliver content to a secure playback device. Alternatively the secure device which performs the monitoring maybe the secure playback device. Since a user of the secure device or a company implementing the viewership monitoring process loads the monitoring module onto the secure device, the network used to deliver the secure content need not be informed of which network customers are contributing to the viewership information which is being collected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Zelesko, Ranga Muvavarirwa, Ethan Lawrence Wolf
  • Publication number: 20140040934
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for collecting program viewership information are described. A viewership monitoring module is provided access to decrypted program content allowing program information to be recovered without having to capture output program content using a microphone or camera. The monitoring module is loaded onto a secure device, e.g., a home network device, such as a router used to deliver content to a secure playback device. Alternatively the secure device which performs the monitoring maybe the secure playback device. Since a user of the secure device or a company implementing the viewership monitoring process loads the monitoring module onto the secure device, the network used to deliver the secure content need not be informed of which network customers are contributing to the viewership information which is being collected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Matthew Zelesko, Ranga Muvavarirwa, Ethan Lawrence Wolf
  • Publication number: 20130219449
    Abstract: A redirection device for remote streaming media reroutes media content sent to the receiving device, typically located in the home of the subscriber, to the subscriber's mobile device such as a laptop or smartphone. Remote media streaming provides media recipients with capabilities for out-of-home (OOH) viewing for remotely rendering media content from a subscriber based receiving device to a personal electronic device. The remote streaming redirects media that has already been received by the subscription based receiving device, such that the redirection device forwards a rendering signal including the requested content to the rendering device based on the reported location. The redirected media stream therefore emanates from the redirection device as an independent transmission of content already received by the receiving device, and not as a separate transmission of media content from the content provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Inventors: Ranga Muvavarirwa, Noah Paci, John H. Ipson, IV, Ethan Lawrence Wolf