Patents Assigned to DAZN LIMITED
  • Patent number: 12579227
    Abstract: A method for content delivery to a user device, that helps to reduce bandwidth requirements and increases security of the content. The method includes receiving a download request from the user device, the download request including request data corresponding to characteristics of the user device, analyzing the request data to select a bootstrap module; transmitting the bootstrap module to the user device for download; analyzing an authentication characteristic to determine that the user device is authenticated for content viewing; transmitting a content catalogue to the user device; and upon receiving a user selection of a content item from the content catalogue, transmitting the user selected content item to the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: DAZN LIMITED
    Inventor: Luca Mezzalira
  • Patent number: 12081606
    Abstract: A method for monitoring and correcting playback performance for content player. The method includes detecting a content player request from a media player on a user device, the content player request corresponding to a content item request from a server, generating a playback identifier including data corresponding to the content item, detecting one or more playback events occurring during playback of the content by the content player, generating one or more playback packets including the playback identifier, a packet identifier, and the one or more playback events, and transmitting the one or more playback packets to a server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: DAZN LIMITED
    Inventors: James E. Knowler, Rafal Kobylko, Jakub Gert, Amir Arshadnejad, Mark Hewis, Patrick Kunka, Luca Mezzalira
  • Patent number: 11586708
    Abstract: A method for content delivery to a user device, that helps to reduce bandwidth requirements and increases security of the content. The method includes receiving a download request from the user device, the download request including request data corresponding to characteristics of the user device, analyzing the request data to select a bootstrap module; transmitting the bootstrap module to the user device for download; analyzing an authentication characteristic to determine that the user device is authenticated for content viewing; transmitting a content catalogue to the user device; and upon receiving a user selection of a content item from the content catalogue, transmitting the user selected content item to the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: DAZN LIMITED
    Inventor: Luca Mezzalira
  • Patent number: 11582278
    Abstract: A method for monitoring and correcting playback performance for content player. The method includes detecting a content player request from a media player on a user device, the content player request corresponding to a content item request from a server, generating a playback identifier including data corresponding to the content item, detecting one or more playback events occurring during playback of the content by the content player, generating one or more playback packets including the playback identifier, a packet identifier, and the one or more playback events, and transmitting the one or more playback packets to a server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: DAZN LIMITED
    Inventors: James E. Knowler, Rafal Kobylko, Jakub Gert, Amir Arshadnejad, Mark Hewis, Patrick Kunka, Luca Mezzalira
  • Patent number: 11070607
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a method for dynamically selecting quality levels for content downloads. The method includes receiving by a media player a content download request; determining a state of a quality module, where the state depends at least in part on a bandwidth available to the media player and a buffer value for the content; providing to the media player from the quality module a quality value corresponding to the state, wherein the quality value is used by the media player to request one or more content fragments from a server; receiving by the media player the one or more content fragments; and displaying by the medial player the one or more content fragments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: DAZN LIMITED
    Inventor: James E. Knowler