Patents by Inventor Lorenz C. Minder

Lorenz C. Minder 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).

  • Method and apparatus for altering bandwidth consumption
    Patent number: 10110647
    Abstract: A method for altering bandwidth consumption when receiving content in a user device includes determining a first user device status where the first user device status indicates whether content, which is being accessed by a content-rendering application, is viewable on a display of the user device, based on the first user device status, selecting one of a plurality of available alternative content segments, and receiving the selected content segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Chandrasekar Srinivasan, Umesh Pandey, Chandra Mouli Polisetty, Deepti Mani, Lorenz C. Minder, Deviprasad Putchala, Arvind Subramanian Krishna
  • Switching between adaptation sets during media streaming
    Patent number: 9270721
    Abstract: A device for retrieving media data includes one or more processors configured to retrieve media data from a first adaptation set including media data of a first type, present media data from the first adaptation set, in response to a request to switch to a second adaptation set including media data of the first type: retrieve media data from the second adaptation set including a switch point of the second adaptation set, and present media data from the second adaptation set after an actual playout time has met or exceeded a playout time for the switch point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Arvind S. Krishna, Lorenz C. Minder, Deviprasad Putchala, Fatih Ulupinar
  • SWITCHING BETWEEN ADAPTATION SETS DURING MEDIA STREAMING
    Publication number: 20150100702
    Abstract: A device for retrieving media data includes one or more processors configured to retrieve media data from a first adaptation set including media data of a first type, present media data from the first adaptation set, in response to a request to switch to a second adaptation set including media data of the first type: retrieve media data from the second adaptation set including a switch point of the second adaptation set, and present media data from the second adaptation set after an actual playout time has met or exceeded a playout time for the switch point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Arvind S. Krishna, Lorenz C. Minder, Deviprasad Putchala, Fatih Ulupinar
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALTERING BANDWIDTH CONSUMPTION
    Publication number: 20140297883
    Abstract: A method for altering bandwidth consumption when receiving content in a user device includes determining a first user device status where the first user device status indicates whether content, which is being accessed by a content-rendering application, is viewable on a display of the user device, based on the first user device status, selecting one of a plurality of available alternative content segments, and receiving the selected content segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Chandrasekar Srinivasan, Umesh Pandey, Chandra Mouli Polisetty, Deepti Mani, Lorenz C. Minder, Deviprasad Putchala, Arvind Subramanian Krishna