Patents by Inventor Bharani Gopinath

Bharani Gopinath 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).

  • Seek with thumbnail generation and display during placeshifting session
    Patent number: 11089373
    Abstract: Seek and other trick play functions can be improved in placeshifting and similarly live-encoded video streams. Thumbnail images are derived from I-frames (or similar key frames) of the source video stream rather than from the live-encoded stream. The thumbnail images are tagged to indicate a presentation time stamp (PTS) or similar identification of the source video frame that was used to create the thumbnail image. The tagged thumbnails are provided to the media player, which renders the images to indicate different portions of the video stream as the viewer scans or performs other functions. When the viewer selects to skip to a different part of the video stream, the PTS or similar identifier associated with the presented thumbnail image is sent to the placeshifting encoder to identify the appropriate starting point to resume live encoding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Sling Media PVT LTD
    Inventors: Kiran Chittella, Bharani Gopinath, Rueju Namath, Jayaprakash Ramaraj, Arunoday Thammineni, Varunkumar Tripathi
  • SEEK WITH THUMBNAIL GENERATION & DISPLAY DURING PLACESHIFTING SESSION
    Publication number: 20180255362
    Abstract: Seek and other trick play functions can be improved in placeshifting and similarly live-encoded video streams. Thumbnail images are derived from I-frames (or similar key frames) of the source video stream rather than from the live-encoded stream. The thumbnail images are tagged to indicate a presentation time stamp (PTS) or similar identification of the source video frame that was used to create the thumbnail image. The tagged thumbnails are provided to the media player, which renders the images to indicate different portions of the video stream as the viewer scans or performs other functions. When the viewer selects to skip to a different part of the video stream, the PTS or similar identifier associated with the presented thumbnail image is sent to the placeshifting encoder to identify the appropriate starting point to resume live encoding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: SLING MEDIA PVT LTD
    Inventors: Kiran Chittella, Bharani Gopinath, Rueju Namath, Jayaprakash Ramaraj, Arunoday Thammineni, Varunkumar Tripathi