Patents by Inventor Michael Anthony Napolitano, JR.

Michael Anthony Napolitano, JR. 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).

  • Reconciling ABR segments across redundant sites
    Patent number: 10820066
    Abstract: Reconciling Adaptive Bitrate (ABR) segments across redundant sites may be provided. First, a working manifest may be set to match a primary downstream manifest and the working manifest may be updated using an auxiliary downstream manifest. Next, first segments missing from the working manifest as identified during updating the working manifest using the auxiliary downstream manifest may be copied from the auxiliary downstream manifest to the primary downstream manifest. The working manifest may then be updated using a primary upstream manifest. And then second segments missing from the working manifest as identified during updating the working manifest using the primary upstream manifest may be copied from the primary upstream manifest to the primary downstream manifest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Francis Caulfield, Michael Anthony Napolitano, Jr.
  • RECONCILING ABR SEGMENTS ACROSS REDUNDANT SITES
    Publication number: 20190394538
    Abstract: Reconciling Adaptive Bitrate (ABR) segments across redundant sites may be provided. First, a working manifest may be set to match a primary downstream manifest and the working manifest may be updated using an auxiliary downstream manifest. Next, first segments missing from the working manifest as identified during updating the working manifest using the auxiliary downstream manifest may be copied from the auxiliary downstream manifest to the primary downstream manifest. The working manifest may then be updated using a primary upstream manifest. And then second segments missing from the working manifest as identified during updating the working manifest using the primary upstream manifest may be copied from the primary upstream manifest to the primary downstream manifest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Francis Caulfield, Michael Anthony Napolitano, JR.