Patents by Inventor Brent Vannier

Brent Vannier 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).

  • Distributed Content Delivery For Moving Devices
    Publication number: 20240205790
    Abstract: Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for providing distributed content to a mobile device (e.g., in a mobile vehicle) through multiple content access points along a particular route are presented. In some embodiments, a computing device may receive a selection of media content and a selection of a particular route from a plurality of routes to enable navigation of a mobile vehicle from a start point to an end point calculated based on at least a number of content access points along each route. A computing device may divide the media content into a plurality of segments and send each segment to a respective planned content access point of a plurality of planned content access points along the particular route. In some embodiments, a mobile computing device within a mobile vehicle may receive a segment from each planned content access point to enable continuous uninterrupted playback of the media content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: David O'Hare, Kenneth Grantham, Irma Torero, Robert John, Lisa Wright, Jeffrey Stoller, Michael Toole, Kristine Beach, Brent Vannier, Terry Mahnke, Sandra Driscoll
  • Distributed content delivery for moving devices
    Patent number: 11805467
    Abstract: Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for providing distributed content to a mobile device (e.g., in a mobile vehicle) through multiple content access points along a particular route are presented. In some embodiments, a computing device may receive a selection of media content and a selection of a particular route from a plurality of routes to enable navigation of a mobile vehicle from a start point to an end point calculated based on at least a number of content access points along each route. A computing device may divide the media content into a plurality of segments and send each segment to a respective planned content access point of a plurality of planned content access points along the particular route. In some embodiments, a mobile computing device within a mobile vehicle may receive a segment from each planned content access point to enable continuous uninterrupted playback of the media content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: David O'hare, Kenneth Grantham, Irma Torero, Robert John, Lisa Wright, Jeffrey Stoller, Michael Toole, Kristine Beach, Brent Vannier, Terry Mahnke, Sandra Driscoll
  • DISTRIBUTED CONTENT DELIVERY FOR MOVING DEVICES
    Publication number: 20160286457
    Abstract: Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for providing distributed content to a mobile device (e.g., in a mobile vehicle) through multiple content access points along a particular route are presented. In some embodiments, a computing device may receive a selection of media content and a selection of a particular route from a plurality of routes to enable navigation of a mobile vehicle from a start point to an end point calculated based on at least a number of content access points along each route. A computing device may divide the media content into a plurality of segments and send each segment to a respective planned content access point of a plurality of planned content access points along the particular route. In some embodiments, a mobile computing device within a mobile vehicle may receive a segment from each planned content access point to enable continuous uninterrupted playback of the media content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: David O'hare, Kenneth Grantham, Irma Torero, Robert John, Lisa Wright, Jeffrey Stoller, Michael Toole, Kristine Beach, Brent Vannier, Terry Mahnke, Sandra Driscoll