Patents by Inventor Aran Sadja
Aran Sadja 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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Patent number: 10108515Abstract: Remotely testing a client device, the method including: implementing an interface of a messaging and presence protocol; starting a connection of the messaging and presence protocol between the client device and a server; initiating a test to execute steps of the test over the messaging and presence protocol connection; indicating information regarding results of the test to send over the messaging and presence protocol connection. Key words include remote testing and XMPP.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2013Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLCInventors: Charles McCoy, Aran Sadja, Ling Jun Wong, True Xiong
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Patent number: 9449324Abstract: A TV with various licensable components including, e.g., an ATSC demodulator requests a license for a component upon detection of a physical condition implicating use of the component, such as plugging a cable into a particular port, or upon receipt of a user-input command requiring use of the component, such as a request to autoscan channels.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2010Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Peter Shintani, Aran Sadja, Theodore R. Booth, Ludovic Douillet
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Patent number: 9215485Abstract: A device is enabled to display Internet TV by accessing a management server and receiving back from the server a user token and a service list of predefined content servers. A user can select a content server on the service list which causes the device to upload its user token to the management server, which in turn sends back the network path to the content server along with a content server-user-unique service token (SUIT) that the device uses to access the content on the content server, in some embodiments on per-title PPV access, per-content category PPV access, or per-service PPV access.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2014Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: True Xiong, Charles David McCoy, Viral Mehta, Leo Pedlow, Aran Sadja
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Patent number: 8984072Abstract: Method and systems are provided for initiating communication with a social networking server maintaining user information corresponding to a user, the user information for the user comprising media preferences for the user, one or more connections associated with the user, and media preferences for each of the one or more connections, retrieving at least a portion of the user information for the user from the social networking server and generating a viewing recommendation for the user at least in part based on at least one of the media preferences of the user, and the media preferences of the one or more connections, the viewing recommendation comprising one or more multi-media content.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2011Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Aran Sadja, Jeffrey Tang, Bryan Mihalov, Ludovic Douillet, Nobukazu Sugiyama
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Publication number: 20150012935Abstract: A device is enabled to display Internet TV by accessing a management server and receiving back from the server a use token and a service list of predefined content servers. A user can select a content server on the service list which causes the device to upload its user token to the management server, which in turn sends back the network path to the content server along with a content server-user-unique service token (SUIT) that the device uses to access the content on the content server, in some embodiments on per-title PPV access, per-content category PPV access, or per-service PPV access.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2014Publication date: January 8, 2015Inventors: True Xiong, Charles David McCoy, Viral Mehta, Leo Pedlow, Aran Sadja
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Patent number: 8909705Abstract: Systems and methods are provided in establishing interchanges between consumer electronic (CE) devices and networking services. Some of these embodiments establish an intermediate application programming interface (API) between a plurality of remote CE devices and one or more social networking APIs each corresponding to a social networking service; translate, through an interchange service, communications between the intermediate API and the one or more social networking APIs; identify modifications to a first social networking API; implement a first update to the interchange service such that translations provided by the updated interchange service between the intermediate API and the first social networking API are consistent with the modifications to the first social networking API; and avoid updating at each of the plurality of CE devices relative to the modifications to the first social networking API.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2011Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Ludovic Douillet, Bryan Mihalov, Aran Sadja
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Patent number: 8869190Abstract: A device is enabled to display Internet TV by accessing a management server and receiving back from the server a user token and a service list of predefined content servers. A user can select a content server on the service list which causes the device to upload its user token to the management server, which in turn sends back the network path to the content server along with a content server-user-unique service token (SUIT) that the device uses to access the content on the content server, in some embodiments on per-title PPV access, per-content category PPV access, or per-service PPV access.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2013Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: True Xiong, Charles David McCoy, Viral Mehta, Leo Pedlow, Aran Sadja
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Publication number: 20140250331Abstract: Remotely testing a client device, the method including: implementing an interface of a messaging and presence protocol; starting a connection of the messaging and presence protocol between the client device and a server; initiating a test to execute steps of the test over the messaging and presence protocol connection; indicating information regarding results of the test to send over the messaging and presence protocol connection. Key words include remote testing and XMPP.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2013Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicants: SONY NETWORK ENTERTAINMENT INTERNATIONAL LLC, SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Charles McCoy, Aran Sadja, Ling Jun Wong, True Xiong
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Patent number: 8782150Abstract: A method and device is provided for platform independent device communication by detecting a request at a processor-based device to perform a function, determining an external device corresponding to the request, retrieving a tag for the external device for performing a function corresponding to the request and generating a message implemented in XMPP, having embedded therein the tag, wherein the tag is essential at the external device for performing the function corresponding to the request. Receiving the message at a device, determining whether the message comprises a device message, retrieving a tag included in the message, wherein the tag corresponds to an executable command to perform a function and executing the tag to perform the function.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2011Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Nobukazu Sugiyama, Srivastava Nanduri, Andy Nguyen, Kai Liu, Lobrenzo Wingo, Jeffrey Tang, Aran Sadja, Ludovic Douillet, William Collins
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Patent number: 8694656Abstract: A system and method for detecting a user operating a first client device at an intermediary server communicatively coupled to one or more client devices including the first client device and further communicatively coupled to one or more other intermediary servers each communicatively coupled with one or more other client devices, establishing communication with at least one social networking server maintaining information corresponding to the user comprising one or more of user preferences, a plurality of user connections, and user connection preferences corresponding to each of the plurality of user connections, querying the at least one social networking server for the information, receiving the information and generating a local viewing social network for the user comprising generating a user profile according to the information, detecting one or more local connections and establishing direct communication between the user and at least one of the one or more local connections.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2011Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Ludovic Douillet, Bryan Mihalov, Aran Sadja, Nobukazu Sugiyama, Jeffrey Tang
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Publication number: 20140047469Abstract: A device is enabled to display Internet TV by accessing a management server and receiving back from the server a user token and a service list of predefined content servers. A user can select a content server on the service list which causes the device to upload its user token to the management server, which in turn sends back the network path to the content server along with a content server-user-unique service token (SUIT) that the device uses to access the content on the content server, in some embodiments on per-title PPV access, per-content category PPV access, or per-service PPV access.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: TRUE XIONG, Charles David McCoy, Viral Mehta, Leo Pedlow, Aran Sadja
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Patent number: 8607263Abstract: A device is enabled to display Internet TV by accessing a management server and receiving back from the server a user token and a service list of predefined content servers. A user can select a content server on the service list which causes the device to upload its user token to the management server, which in turn sends back the network path to the content server along with a content server-user-unique service token (SUIT) that the device uses to access the content on the content server, in some embodiments on per-title PPV access, per-content category PPV access, or per-service PPV access.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2010Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: True Xiong, Charles David McCoy, Viral Mehta, Leo Pedlow, Aran Sadja
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Patent number: 8572165Abstract: Embodiments generally relate to aggregating mentions. In one embodiment, a method includes retrieving a plurality of mentions from a social networking service, where each mention is associated with one or more users of the social networking service. The method also includes aggregating the mentions, and displaying the mentions based on one or more formats.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2011Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Jeffrey Tang, Aran Sadja
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Publication number: 20130232374Abstract: Remotely servicing and diagnosing a client device, including: establishing a persistent two-way connection between a server and the client device using a messaging and presence protocol; reading and analyzing statistics and settings of the client device when the persistent two-way connection has been established; detecting any problem with the client device from reading and analyzing statistics and setting of the client device; addressing and fixing the problem with the client device. Keywords include persistent connection, and remote servicing and diagnosing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2012Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicants: SONY NETWORK ENTERTAINMENT INTERNATIONAL LLC, SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Charles McCoy, Aran Sadja, Ling Jun Wong, True Xiong
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Patent number: 8458740Abstract: A device is enabled to display Internet TV by accessing a management server and receiving back from the server a user token and a service list of predefined content servers. A user can select a content server on the service list which causes the device to upload its user token to the management server, which in turn sends back the network path to the content server along with a content server-user-unique service token (SUIT) that the device uses to access the content on the content server, in some embodiments on per-title PPV access, per-content category PPV access, or per-service PPV access.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2010Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: True Xiong, Charles David McCoy, Viral Mehta, Leo Pedlow, Aran Sadja
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Publication number: 20130018948Abstract: Systems and methods are provided in establishing interchanges between consumer electronic (CE) devices and networking services. Some of these embodiments establish an intermediate application programming interface (API) between a plurality of remote CE devices and one or more social networking APIs each corresponding to a social networking service; translate, through an interchange service, communications between the intermediate API and the one or more social networking APIs; identify modifications to a first social networking API; implement a first update to the interchange service such that translations provided by the updated interchange service between the intermediate API and the first social networking API are consistent with the modifications to the first social networking API; and avoid updating at each of the plurality of CE devices relative to the modifications to the first social networking API.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2011Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Ludovic Douillet, Bryan Mihalov, Aran Sadja
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Publication number: 20130013681Abstract: Embodiments generally relate to aggregating mentions. In one embodiment, a method includes retrieving a plurality of mentions from a social networking service, where each mention is associated with one or more users of the social networking service. The method also includes aggregating the mentions, and displaying the mentions based on one or more formats.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2011Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Jeffrey Tang, Aran Sadja
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Patent number: 8209678Abstract: A method and apparatus for obtaining and installing software updates on consumer electronics devices is described. In one embodiment, the method may include obtaining a software update for a consumer electronics (CE) device and a communications protocol for installing the software update on the CE device. The method may also include a portable device installing the software update on the CE device utilizing the communications protocol, in response to the portable device detecting a communications link between the portable device and the CE device.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2007Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.Inventors: Aran Sadja, Eric Holcomb
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Publication number: 20120159549Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for combining electronic program guide data and metadata input from multiple service providers to a common gateway server that connects to consumer electronics devices. A unified interface enables users of a wide variety of consumer electronics devices to easily manage broadcast contents and network services, typically in real-time. In addition to traditional TV EPG applications such as on-screen menus and program descriptions, channel/program searching, and timer and DVR functions, the embodiments provide enhanced metadata features through an Internet connection, including media explorers, streaming content, recommendations and customized advertisements and related searches, and social networking applications. The server manages metadata format translation, and merges content to transparently switch between content providers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2011Publication date: June 21, 2012Inventors: Ludovic Douillet, Klaus Hofrichter, Jenke Wu Kuo, Aran Sadja, William Schupp
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Publication number: 20120120250Abstract: A TV with various licensable components including, e.g., an ATSC demodulator requests a license for a component upon detection of a physical condition implicating use of the component, such as plugging a cable into a particular port, or upon receipt of a user-input command requiring use of the component, such as a request to autoscan channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2010Publication date: May 17, 2012Inventors: Peter Shintani, Aran Sadja, Theodore R. Booth, Ludovic Douillet