Patents by Inventor Arthur C. CLAXTON

Arthur C. CLAXTON 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: 8695054
    Abstract: A system may receive a video asset from a content provider. The system may process the video asset to allow a video provisioning system to distribute the video asset to a set top box and another device that is a different type of device than the set top box. Processing the video asset may include verifying that the video asset conforms to one or more predetermined formats, decrypting the video asset, verifying that the video asset complies with a particular standard of quality, or transcoding the video asset in a manner that is supported by the set top box and the other device. The system may store the transcoded video asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignees: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Verizon Virginia LLC
    Inventors: John K. Trimper, Arthur C. Claxton
  • Patent number: 8612353
    Abstract: A system may receive an instruction to publish a video asset to a video provisioning system; retrieve profiles associated with the video asset, where a first profile may correspond to a set top box (STB) and a second profile may correspond to another device of a different type than the STB; process the video asset to create a first asset that can be published to a first device, associated with the system, based on the first profile; and process the video asset to create a second asset can be published to a second device, associated with the system, based on the second profile. The system may also publish the first asset to the first device that enables the STB to obtain the first asset from the first device; and publish the second asset to the second device that enables the other device to obtain the second asset from the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignees: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Verizon Virginia LLC
    Inventors: John K. Trimper, Arthur C. Claxton
  • Publication number: 20120079528
    Abstract: A system may receive an instruction to publish a video asset to a video provisioning system; retrieve profiles associated with the video asset, where a first profile may correspond to a set top box (STB) and a second profile may correspond to another device of a different type than the STB; process the video asset to create a first asset that can be published to a first device, associated with the system, based on the first profile; and process the video asset to create a second asset can be published to a second device, associated with the system, based on the second profile. The system may also publish the first asset to the first device that enables the STB to obtain the first asset from the first device; and publish the second asset to the second device that enables the other device to obtain the second asset from the second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicants: VERIZON VIRGINIA INC., VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC.
    Inventors: John K. TRIMPER, Arthur C. CLAXTON
  • Publication number: 20120079527
    Abstract: A system may receive a video asset from a content provider. The system may process the video asset to allow a video provisioning system to distribute the video asset to a set top box and another device that is a different type of device than the set top box. Processing the video asset may include verifying that the video asset conforms to one or more predetermined formats, decrypting the video asset, verifying that the video asset complies with a particular standard of quality, or transcoding the video asset in a manner that is supported by the set top box and the other device. The system may store the transcoded video asset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicants: VERIZON VIRGINIA INC., VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC.
    Inventors: John K. TRIMPER, Arthur C. CLAXTON