Patents by Inventor Michael A. Makhijani
Michael A. Makhijani 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).
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Publication number: 20230421662Abstract: Devices, computer-readable media, and methods for pre-loading video chunks of a video program at an edge server are disclosed. For example, a processor may receive a manifest file for a video program, determine a bitrate for a first segment of the video program, request a video chunk of the first segment at the first bitrate from an edge server in accordance with the manifest file, and request a subset of a video chunk of a second segment of the video program from the edge server.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Robert G. Arsenault, Denny Lai, Thai Lam, Michael A. Makhijani
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Patent number: 11792296Abstract: Devices, computer-readable media, and methods for pre-loading video chunks of a video program at an edge server are disclosed. For example, a processor may receive a manifest file for a video program, determine a bitrate for a first segment of the video program, request a video chunk of the first segment at the first bitrate from an edge server in accordance with the manifest file, and request a subset of a video chunk of a second segment of the video program from the edge server.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: DIRECTV, LLCInventors: Robert G. Arsenault, Denny Lai, Thai Lam, Michael A. Makhijani
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Publication number: 20220263922Abstract: Devices, computer-readable media, and methods for pre-loading video chunks of a video program at an edge server are disclosed. For example, a processor may receive a manifest file for a video program, determine a bitrate for a first segment of the video program, request a video chunk of the first segment at the first bitrate from an edge server in accordance with the manifest file, and request a subset of a video chunk of a second segment of the video program from the edge server.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Robert G. Arsenault, Denny Lai, Thai Lam, Michael A. Makhijani
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Patent number: 11356529Abstract: Devices, computer-readable media, and methods for pre-loading video chunks of a video program at an edge server are disclosed. For example, a processor may receive a manifest file for a video program, determine a bitrate for a first segment of the video program, request a video chunk of the first segment at the first bitrate from an edge server in accordance with the manifest file, and request a subset of a video chunk of a second segment of the video program from the edge server.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: DIRECTV, LLCInventors: Robert G. Arsenault, Denny Lai, Thai Lam, Michael A. Makhijani
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Publication number: 20210289040Abstract: Devices, computer-readable media, and methods for pre-loading video chunks of a video program at an edge server are disclosed. For example, a processor may receive a manifest file for a video program, determine a bitrate for a first segment of the video program, request a video chunk of the first segment at the first bitrate from an edge server in accordance with the manifest file, and request a subset of a video chunk of a second segment of the video program from the edge server.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventors: Robert G. Arsenault, Denny Lai, Thai Lam, Michael A. Makhijani
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Patent number: 11025740Abstract: Devices, computer-readable media, and methods for pre-loading video chunks of a video program at an edge server are disclosed. For example, a processor may receive a manifest file for a video program, determine a bitrate for a first segment of the video program, request a video chunk of the first segment at the first bitrate from an edge server in accordance with the manifest file, and request a subset of a video chunk of a second segment of the video program from the edge server.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2020Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC.Inventors: Robert G. Arsenault, Denny Lai, Thai Lam, Michael A. Makhijani
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Publication number: 20200220944Abstract: Devices, computer-readable media, and methods for pre-loading video chunks of a video program at an edge server are disclosed. For example, a processor may receive a manifest file for a video program, determine a bitrate for a first segment of the video program, request a video chunk of the first segment at the first bitrate from an edge server in accordance with the manifest file, and request a subset of a video chunk of a second segment of the video program from the edge server.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2020Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Robert G. Arsenault, Denny Lai, Thai Lam, Michael A. Makhijani
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Patent number: 10601946Abstract: Devices, computer-readable media, and methods for pre-loading video chunks of a video program at an edge server are disclosed. For example, a processor may receive a manifest file for a video program, determine a bitrate for a first segment of the video program, request a video chunk of the first segment at the first bitrate from an edge server in accordance with the manifest file, and request a subset of a video chunk of a second segment of the video program from the edge server.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2017Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Robert G. Arsenault, Denny Lai, Thai Lam, Michael A Makhijani
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Patent number: 10257249Abstract: A content delivery network and method for operating the same includes a content delivery network (CDN) origin server and a content delivery network edge server receiving a request for a first content from a first client device and communicating the request for the first content to the content delivery network origin server. The CDN origin server communicates a pull signal to a publisher origin server when the request for the first content is a first request, receives the first content from the publisher origin server and stores the first content. The CDN origin server communicates the first content to the first client through the CDN edge server.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2013Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Thai Lam, Michael A. Makhijani, Michael S. Xie
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Publication number: 20180241836Abstract: Devices, computer-readable media, and methods for pre-loading video chunks of a video program at an edge server are disclosed. For example, a processor may receive a manifest file for a video program, determine a bitrate for a first segment of the video program, request a video chunk of the first segment at the first bitrate from an edge server in accordance with the manifest file, and request a subset of a video chunk of a second segment of the video program from the edge server.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2017Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Robert G. Arsenault, Denny Lai, Thai Lam, Michael A. Makhijani
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Method and system for prepositioning content and distributing content in a local distribution system
Patent number: 9363566Abstract: A system for viewing on-demand content includes a user receiving device and a local head end in communication with the receiving device that communicates metadata and material identifiers for on-demand content. Each on-demand content is associated with one of the material identifiers. The user receiving device stores the metadata and the material identifiers for the on-demand content. The local head end receives content. Each content is associated with one of the material identifiers. The user receiving device communicates a request for on-demand content data signal to the local head end. The local head end communicates a manifest comprising material identifiers for content stored at the head end. The user receiving device, after receiving the manifest, displays metadata from the memory of the user receiving device corresponding to the material identifiers.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2014Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Michael A. Makhijani, Vishal Arya, John L. Pang, Richard B. Tatem, Paul O. Viazcan, Ranny Q. Sue, Drew T. Chen -
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREPOSITIONING CONTENT AND DISTRIBUTING CONTENT IN A LOCAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
Publication number: 20160080821Abstract: A system for viewing on-demand content includes a user receiving device and a local head end in communication with the receiving device that communicates metadata and material identifiers for on-demand content. Each on-demand content is associated with one of the material identifiers. The user receiving device stores the metadata and the material identifiers for the on-demand content. The local head end receives content. Each content is associated with one of the material identifiers. The user receiving device communicates a request for on-demand content data signal to the local head end. The local head end communicates a manifest comprising material identifiers for content stored at the head end. The user receiving device, after receiving the manifest, displays metadata from the memory of the user receiving device corresponding to the material identifiers.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2014Publication date: March 17, 2016Applicant: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Michael A. Makhijani, Vishal Arya, Jon L. Pang, Richard B. Tatem, Paul O. Viazcan, Ranny Q. Sue, Drew T. Chen -
Patent number: 9191336Abstract: A method and apparatus for assigning processing requests is disclosed. The method is typically used in a processing system comprising a first processing center and one or more second processing centers remote from the first processing center, a. A method of assigning a processing request may comprise the steps of: determining at a traffic distribution controller a capacity of each of the processing centers to process the processing request, accepting a processing request in the first processing center, and assigning the processing request to at least one of the second processing centers according to the determined current capacity of each of the processing centers. The processing request is initially addressed to a first global address of the first processing center, then the processing request is readdressed to a second global address of one of the second processing centers.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2012Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Vishal Arya, Shahzad Ali, Christopher J. Cugno, Thai Lam, Michael A. Makhijani, Vaibhav Singh
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Patent number: 9137302Abstract: Systems and methods for content delivery are disclosed. A content delivery system in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention comprises a plurality of content delivery networks, and at least one network selector, wherein the at least one network selector analyzes a content delivery request, determines which content delivery networks in the plurality of content delivery networks are suitable for fulfilling the content delivery request, and selects one of the suitable content delivery networks to fulfill the content delivery request.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2009Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Michael A. Makhijani, Thai Lam, Vishal Arya, Sunil A. Jethwani