Patents by Inventor Kevin Joseph Thornberry

Kevin Joseph Thornberry 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: 11861262
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for facilitating simultaneous execution of applications so that associated audio playback corresponds to user expectation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: David Michael Hornsby, Georgiy Kassabli, Kevin Joseph Thornberry
  • Patent number: 11765178
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide for control of an external display by a client device. In one aspect, a system includes at least one electronic hardware processor and an electronic hardware memory, operably connected to the at least one electronic hardware processor, and storing instructions that configure the at least one electronic hardware processor to transmit a barcode to a first client device, establish an authenticated session with a second client device, receive an indication of the barcode from the second client device via the authenticated session, receive input from the second client device indicating a selection of content, access the selected content via the authenticated session, and transmit the selected content to the first client device based on the barcode received from the second client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Djan Belli, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Michael Joseph DiBenedetto, David Michael Hornsby, Peter Lapin, Richard Andrew Leatham, Daniel M. Silva, Kevin Joseph Thornberry
  • Publication number: 20230269440
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for presenting subtitles in association with a composite video. The systems and methods include a facility for uploading a subtitle file having the full subtitles information for the entire composite video. The uploaded subtitle file is then split to generate video content item subtitles files that correspond to video content items in the composite video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: David Michael Hornsby, David Paliwoda, Georgiy Kassabli, Kevin Joseph Thornberry
  • Patent number: 11653069
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for presenting subtitles in association with a composite video. The systems and methods include a facility for uploading a subtitle file having the full subtitles information for the entire composite video. The uploaded subtitle file is then split to generate video content item subtitles files that correspond to video content items in the composite video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: David Michael Hornsby, David Paliwoda, Georgiy Kassabli, Kevin Joseph Thornberry
  • Publication number: 20230056060
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for presenting subtitles in association with a composite video. The systems and methods include a facility for uploading a subtitle file having the full subtitles information for the entire composite video. The uploaded subtitle file is then split to generate video content item subtitles files that correspond to video content items in the composite video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: David Michael Hornsby, David Paliwoda, Georgiy Kassabli, Kevin Joseph Thornberry
  • Patent number: 11432049
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for presenting subtitles in association with a composite video. The systems and methods include a facility for uploading a subtitle file having the full subtitles information for the entire composite video. The uploaded subtitle file is then split to generate video content item subtitles files that correspond to video content items in the composite video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: David Michael Hornsby, David Paliwoda, Georgiy Kassabli, Kevin Joseph Thornberry
  • Patent number: 11336928
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for predictive caching of identical starting sequences in content. A content item library is scanned to identify an initial portion shared by multiple content items. The initial portion is extracted from a first content item. It is determined that a second content item is to be predictively cached by a client. The initial portion of the first content item is sent to the client in place of the initial portion of the second content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Joseph Thornberry, Piers George Cowburn, Olivier Georget
  • Publication number: 20220150255
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide for control of an external display by a client device. In one aspect, a system includes at least one electronic hardware processor and an electronic hardware memory, operably connected to the at least one electronic hardware processor, and storing instructions that configure the at least one electronic hardware processor to transmit a barcode to a first client device, establish an authenticated session with a second client device, receive an indication of the barcode from the second client device via the authenticated session, receive input from the second client device indicating a selection of content, access the selected content via the authenticated session, and transmit the selected content to the first client device based on the barcode received from the second client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Djan Belli, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Michael Joseph DiBenedetto, David Michael Hornsby, Peter Lapin, Richard Andrew Leatham, Daniel M. Silva, Kevin Joseph Thornberry
  • Patent number: 11271940
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide for control of an external display by a client device. In one aspect, a system includes at least one electronic hardware processor and an electronic hardware memory, operably connected to the at least one electronic hardware processor, and storing instructions that configure the at least one electronic hardware processor to transmit a barcode to a first client device, establish an authenticated session with a second client device, receive an indication of the barcode from the second client device via the authenticated session, receive input from the second client device indicating a selection of content, access the selected content via the authenticated session, and transmit the selected content to the first client device based on the barcode received from the second client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Djan Belli, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Michael Joseph DiBenedetto, David Michael Hornsby, Peter Lapin, Richard Andrew Leatham, Daniel M. Silva, Kevin Joseph Thornberry
  • Publication number: 20210373843
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for facilitating simultaneous execution of applications so that associated audio playback corresponds to user expectation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: David Michael Hornsby, Georgiy Kassabli, Kevin Joseph Thornberry