Patents by Inventor Robert L. Seymour

Robert L. Seymour 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: 11992929
    Abstract: A hollow rod developable actuator tool including a first link comprising an outer cylinder, a deployment ring including second link comprising a first portion pivotably connected to the first link at a first joint mounted in a first cavity in the wall of the outer cylinder and a third link comprising a second tool portion pivotably connected to the first portion at a second link, and a fourth link comprising an inner cylinder to which the second portion of the deployment ring is also pivotably connected at a third link mounted in a second cavity in the wall of the inner cylinder. When the inner cylinder of the fourth link is rotated in relation to the outer cylinder of the first link the actuator tool transitions from a first state where the deployment ring is stowed within the tool to a second state where the deployment ring is deployed externally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Brigham Young University
    Inventors: Jacob Sheffield, Kendall Hal Seymour, Lance Hyatt, Scott Cunnington, Spencer Magleby, Larry L. Howell, Robert Lang
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11949929
    Abstract: Systems and methods for allowing different presentations of a multimedia program, the different presentation delayed relative to each other, by using a delay manifest that includes a sliding window of links to subordinate manifests, and where the subordinate manifests in turn contain links to sequential segments of the multimedia program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Erik J. Elstermann, Todd T. Kassman, Robert L Seymour
  • Publication number: 20220239961
    Abstract: Systems and methods for allowing different presentations of a multimedia program, the different presentation delayed relative to each other, by using a delay manifest that includes a sliding window of links to subordinate manifests, and where the subordinate manifests in turn contain links to sequential segments of the multimedia program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Erik J. ELSTERMANN, Todd T. KASSMAN, Robert L. SEYMOUR
  • 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
  • Patent number: 9932564
    Abstract: Certain embodiments are directed to recombinant vesiculovirus encoding a heterologous polynucleotide and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignees: THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, PROFECTUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Demetrius Matassov, Rodion V. Gorchakov, Stefan Hamm, Rebecca Nowak, Robert L. Seymour, John H. Eldridge, Robert B. Tesh, David K. Clarke, Theresa E. Latham, Scott Weaver, Farooq Nasar
  • Publication number: 20170067027
    Abstract: Certain embodiments are directed to recombinant vesiculovirus encoding a heterologous polynucleotide and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Demetrius Matassov, Rodion V. Gorchakov, Stefan Hamm, Rebecca Nowak, Robert L. Seymour, John H. Eldridge, Robert B. Tesh, David K. Clarke, Theresa E. Latham, Scott Weaver