Patents by Inventor John R. Shumate

John R. Shumate 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).

  • DELIVERY OF ENCRYPTED MULTIPLEXES VIA HYPER TEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL
    Publication number: 20240146982
    Abstract: A method and system provide the ability to deliver media content. A packager receives an original encrypted transport stream, and segments the stream into multiple fixed-duration transport stream files (chunks). The packager further generates a manifest file that describes the chunks and is consistent with a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) live streaming (HLS) protocol. The manifest file and chunks are delivered to a content delivery network (CDN). An enhanced HLS client is embed in an integrated receiver decoder (IRD). The enhanced HLS client retrieves the manifest file and the chunks from the CDN, and reconstructs the original encrypted transport stream for use by a service provider network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Erik J. Elstermann, Todd T. Kassman, Michael A. Casteloes, Mark L. Schaffer, John R. Shumate, Robert L. Seymour
  • DELIVERY OF ENCRYPTED MULTIPLEXES VIA HYPER TEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL
    Publication number: 20200322657
    Abstract: A method and system provide the ability to deliver media content. A packager receives an original encrypted transport stream, and segments the stream into multiple fixed-duration transport stream files (chunks). The packager further generates a manifest file that describes the chunks and is consistent with a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) live streaming (HLS) protocol. The manifest file and chunks are delivered to a content delivery network (CDN). An enhanced HLS client is embed in an integrated receiver decoder (IRD). The enhanced HLS client retrieves the manifest file and the chunks from the CDN, and reconstructs the original encrypted transport stream for use by a service provider network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Erik J. Elstermann, Todd T. Kassman, Michael A. Casteloes, Mark L. Schaffer, John R. Shumate, Robert L. Seymour
  • Encoder-aided segmentation for adaptive streaming
    Patent number: 8948249
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for encoding content includes receiving source content and encoding the source content into a plurality of content streams. The encoding includes aligning the plurality of content streams at Group of Pictures (GOP) boundaries. The encoding further includes embedding, in each content stream, metadata identifying segmentation points within the content stream, where the segmentation points correspond to one or more of the GOP boundaries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Wendell Sun, Jing Yang Chen, John R. Shumate
  • ENCODER-AIDED SEGMENTATION FOR ADAPTIVE STREAMING
    Publication number: 20130064283
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for encoding content includes receiving source content and encoding the source content into a plurality of content streams. The encoding includes aligning the plurality of content streams at Group of Pictures (GOP) boundaries. The encoding further includes embedding, in each content stream, metadata identifying segmentation points within the content stream, where the segmentation points correspond to one or more of the GOP boundaries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wendell Sun, Jing Yang Chen, John R. Shumate