Patents by Inventor Bradley Spenla

Bradley Spenla 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).

  • Selecting and Sharing Content
    Publication number: 20220245195
    Abstract: A user may select, edit, and share a portion of content. An interface may be used to select, edit, or comment on the portion of the content. One or more playlists may be generated for the selected portion of content and may be used to access the selected portion of content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Sean Brown, Ali A. Khorram, Bradley Spenla, Dominique Izbicki, Lori Hylan-Cho
  • Selecting and sharing content
    Patent number: 11321391
    Abstract: A user may select, edit, and share a portion of content. An interface may be used to select, edit, or comment on the portion of the content. One or more playlists may be generated for the selected portion of content and may be used to access the selected portion of content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Sean Brown, Ali A. Khorram, Bradley Spenla, Dominque Izbicki, Lori Hylan-Cho
  • Hypermedia Apparatus and Method
    Publication number: 20210211482
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer-readable medium are provided for sending content from a source to a user device. The content is obtained from the source by an intermediate device as a plurality of fragments and a manifest, converted into larger chunks of data, encapsulated into a single file, and then sent over a network connection to the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Bevilacqua-Linn, Sean Brown, Paul Cleary, Kristofer Tomasette, José Ibañez, Bradley Spenla
  • Selecting and Sharing Content
    Publication number: 20200175067
    Abstract: A user may select, edit, and share a portion of content. An interface may be used to select, edit, or comment on the portion of the content. One or more playlists may be generated for the selected portion of content and may be used to access the selected portion of content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Sean Brown, Ali A. Khorram, Bradley Spenla, Dominque Izbicki, Lori Hylan-Cho
  • Selecting and sharing content
    Patent number: 10565258
    Abstract: Systems and methods for selecting, editing, and sharing content are described. A user watching content on a display device may use a device, such as a mobile device, to select a portion of the content to share. An interface on the display device or the mobile device may be used to select the portion of the content to share, to edit the selected portion, and to comment on the selected portion, among other editing features. The mobile device may send information identifying the selected portion to a server, and the server may generate one or more playlists for the selected portion. The one or more playlists may be generated based on the information received from the mobile device and based on one or more playlists for the content provided by a network, such as a content delivery network. The one or more playlists may be sent to the device of another user and may be used to access the shared content portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Sean Brown, Ali A. Khorram, Bradley Spenla, Dominque Izbicki, Lori Hylan-Cho
  • Hypermedia Apparatus and Method
    Publication number: 20190356714
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer-readable medium are provided for sending content from a source to a user device. The content is obtained from the source by an intermediate device as a plurality of fragments and a manifest, converted into larger chunks of data, encapsulated into a single file, and then sent over a network connection to the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Bevilacqua-Linn, Sean Brown, Paul Cleary, Kristofer Tomasette, José Ibañez, Bradley Spenla
  • Apparatus and method for sending content as chunks of data to a user device via a network
    Patent number: 10264044
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer-readable medium are provided for sending content from a source to a user device. The content is obtained from the source by an intermediate device as a plurality of fragments and a manifest, converted into larger chunks of data, encapsulated into a single file, and then sent over a network connection to the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Bevilacqua-Linn, Sean Brown, Paul Cleary, Kristofer Tomasette, José Ibañez, Bradley Spenla
  • Hypermedia Apparatus and Method
    Publication number: 20180063213
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer-readable medium are provided for sending content from a source to a user device. The content is obtained from the source by an intermediate device as a plurality of fragments and a manifest, converted into larger chunks of data, encapsulated into a single file, and then sent over a network connection to the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Bevilacqua-Linn, Sean Brown, Paul Cleary, Kristofer Tomasette, José Ibañez, Bradley Spenla
  • SELECTING AND SHARING CONTENT
    Publication number: 20170169039
    Abstract: Systems and methods for selecting, editing, and sharing content are described. A user watching content on a display device may use a device, such as a mobile device, to select a portion of the content to share. An interface on the display device or the mobile device may be used to select the portion of the content to share, to edit the selected portion, and to comment on the selected portion, among other editing features. The mobile device may send information identifying the selected portion to a server, and the server may generate one or more playlists for the selected portion. The one or more playlists may be generated based on the information received from the mobile device and based on one or more playlists for the content provided by a network, such as a content delivery network. The one or more playlists may be sent to the device of another user and may be used to access the shared content portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Sean Brown, Ali A. Khorram, Bradley Spenla, Dominque Izbicki, Lori Hylan-Cho