Patents by Inventor Bryan David Santangelo

Bryan David Santangelo 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: 10038925
    Abstract: A server receives metadata associated with an advertisement in a transport signal stream from an encoder, the metadata identifying a specified frame of the transport signal stream corresponding to a point in time of the advertisement. The server instructs an encoder, by a server, to insert a marker into the specified frame of the transport signal stream, the marker identifying the point in time of the advertisement. The server receives data from a smart appliance. The server detects the marker in the data. The server identifies the marker as the specified frame of the transport signal stream played by the smart appliance. The server maps the marker to the identified point in time of the advertisement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC
    Inventors: John Raymond Mick, Jr., Jeffrey Sherwin, Bryan David Santangelo
  • Publication number: 20180027271
    Abstract: A server receives metadata associated with an advertisement in a transport signal stream from an encoder, the metadata identifying a specified frame of the transport signal stream corresponding to a point in time of the advertisement. The server instructs an encoder, by a server, to insert a marker into the specified frame of the transport signal stream, the marker identifying the point in time of the advertisement. The server receives data from a smart appliance. The server detects the marker in the data. The server identifies the marker as the specified frame of the transport signal stream played by the smart appliance. The server maps the marker to the identified point in time of the advertisement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: John Raymond Mick, JR., Jeffrey Sherwin, Bryan David Santangelo
  • Patent number: 9615115
    Abstract: A server receives metadata associated with an advertisement in a transport signal stream from an encoder, the metadata identifying a specified frame of the transport signal stream corresponding to a point in time of the advertisement. The server instructs an encoder, by a server, to insert a marker into the specified frame of the transport signal stream, the marker identifying the point in time of the advertisement. The server receives data from a smart appliance. The server detects the marker in the data. The server identifies the marker as the specified frame of the transport signal stream played by the smart appliance. The server maps the marker to the identified point in time of the advertisement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: This Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: John Raymond Mick, Jr., Jeffrey Sherwin, Bryan David Santangelo
  • Publication number: 20160249082
    Abstract: A server receives metadata associated with an advertisement in a transport signal stream from an encoder, the metadata identifying a specified frame of the transport signal stream corresponding to a point in time of the advertisement. The server instructs an encoder, by a server, to insert a marker into the specified frame of the transport signal stream, the marker identifying the point in time of the advertisement. The server receives data from a smart appliance. The server detects the marker in the data. The server identifies the marker as the specified frame of the transport signal stream played by the smart appliance. The server maps the marker to the identified point in time of the advertisement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: John Raymond Mick, JR., Jeffrey Sherwin, Bryan David Santangelo
  • Patent number: 9277253
    Abstract: A server receives metadata associated with an advertisement in a transport signal stream from an encoder, the metadata identifying a specified frame of the transport signal stream corresponding to a point in time of the advertisement. The server instructs an encoder, by a server, to insert a marker into the specified frame of the transport signal stream, the marker identifying the point in time of the advertisement. The server receives data from a smart appliance. The server detects the marker in the data. The server identifies the marker as the specified frame of the transport signal stream played by the smart appliance. The server maps the marker to the identified point in time of the advertisement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: This Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: John Raymond Mick, Jr., Jeffrey Sherwin, Bryan David Santangelo
  • Publication number: 20140380357
    Abstract: A server receives metadata associated with an advertisement in a transport signal stream from an encoder, the metadata identifying a specified frame of the transport signal stream corresponding to a point in time of the advertisement. The server instructs an encoder, by a server, to insert a marker into the specified frame of the transport signal stream, the marker identifying the point in time of the advertisement. The server receives data from a smart appliance. The server detects the marker in the data. The server identifies the marker as the specified frame of the transport signal stream played by the smart appliance. The server maps the marker to the identified point in time of the advertisement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: John Raymond Mick, JR., Jeffrey Sherwin, Bryan David Santangelo
  • Publication number: 20140331247
    Abstract: A method and system for reporting a percentage of an advertisement played by a smart appliance is disclosed. The server receives data from a smart appliance. The server detects a marker in the data corresponding to a segment of an advertisement of a session played by the smart appliance. The server maps the marker to a percentage played of the advertisement in the session by the smart appliance. The server reports the percentage played of the advertisement in the session by the smart appliance to at least one tracking element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: This Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: John Raymond Mick, JR., Jeffrey Sherwin, Bryan David Santangelo
  • Patent number: 8863164
    Abstract: A method and system for reporting a percentage of an advertisement played by a smart appliance is disclosed. The server receives data from a smart appliance. The server detects a marker in the data corresponding to a segment of an advertisement of a session played by the smart appliance. The server maps the marker to a percentage played of the advertisement in the session by the smart appliance. The server reports the percentage played of the advertisement in the session by the smart appliance to at least one tracking element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: This Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: John Raymond Mick, Jr., Jeffrey Sherwin, Bryan David Santangelo
  • Patent number: 8856825
    Abstract: A method and system for reporting a percentage of an advertisement playable by a smart appliance is disclosed. A server receives metadata associated with an advertisement in a transport signal stream from an encoder. The server determines a length of the advertisement and a frame rate of the transport signal stream based on the received metadata. The server divides the advertisement into at least one segment based on the length and the frame rate. The server instructs the encoder to insert at least one marker into at least one frame of the advertisement corresponding to the at least one segment of the transport signal stream to create at least one marked segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: This Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: John Raymond Mick, Jr., Jeffrey Sherwin, Bryan David Santangelo
  • Patent number: 8799943
    Abstract: A method and system for manipulating a manifest is disclosed. A server receives a smart appliance a request for a manifest corresponding to a session identifier. The server retrieves from a session server a session manifest based on the session identifier. The server adjusts a session offset based on a difference in a session length represented by the session manifest from a session length represented by a previous session manifest corresponding to the session. When the session manifest comprises an address of an ad break, the server identifies in a cache at least one advertisement to be inserted into the session and replaces at least one address corresponding to at least one segment of the at least one advertisement in the session manifest based on the difference. The server transmits the session manifest to the smart appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: This Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Sherwin, Bryan David Santangelo