Patents by Inventor Christopher Ptacek

Christopher Ptacek 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).

  • Publication number: 20210029416
    Abstract: A method receives a manifest for video requested by a client device. The manifest including links for different versions of the video for the client device to use to request segments of the different versions of the video based on conditions detected by the client device. A placeholder in the manifest is selected based on a configuration specifying the placeholder as a trigger to insert alternate content into the manifest. The method then selects a metadata payload based on the configuration specifying the placeholder and a source of the metadata payload and dynamically inserts the metadata payload into the manifest at a position based on the placeholder. The metadata payload is added with an identifier from the configuration that identifies the metadata payload to the client device. The manifest is outputted with the metadata payload for use by the client device while playing the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Jaspreet Sachdev, Christopher Ptacek, Zhan Hong Liau, Bhavesh Patel, Parasuram Ranganathan, Sean Michael Sheedy
  • Patent number: 10820063
    Abstract: A method receives a manifest for video requested by a client device. The manifest including links for different versions of the video for the client device to use to request segments of the different versions of the video based on conditions detected by the client device. A placeholder in the manifest is selected based on a configuration specifying the placeholder as a trigger to insert alternate content into the manifest. The method then selects a metadata payload based on the configuration specifying the placeholder and a source of the metadata payload and dynamically inserts the metadata payload into the manifest at a position based on the placeholder. The metadata payload is added with an identifier from the configuration that identifies the metadata payload to the client device. The manifest is outputted with the metadata payload for use by the client device while playing the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Jaspreet Sachdev, Christopher Ptacek, Zhan Hong Liau, Bhavesh Patel, Parasuram Ranganathan, Sean Michael Sheedy
  • Publication number: 20170359628
    Abstract: A method receives a manifest for video requested by a client device. The manifest including links for different versions of the video for the client device to use to request segments of the different versions of the video based on conditions detected by the client device. A placeholder in the manifest is selected based on a configuration specifying the placeholder as a trigger to insert alternate content into the manifest. The method then selects a metadata payload based on the configuration specifying the placeholder and a source of the metadata payload and dynamically inserts the metadata payload into the manifest at a position based on the placeholder. The metadata payload is added with an identifier from the configuration that identifies the metadata payload to the client device. The manifest is outputted with the metadata payload for use by the client device while playing the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Jaspreet Sachdev, Christopher Ptacek, Zhan Hong Liau, Bhavesh Patel, Parasuram Ranganathan, Sean Michael Sheedy
  • Publication number: 20070242675
    Abstract: Data traffic is scheduled by, in a first scheduler, selecting a source of traffic from a plurality of sources of traffic, each source being associated with a second scheduler, in a second scheduler associated with the selected source of traffic, selecting a type of traffic from a plurality of types of traffic within the source selected by the first scheduler, and transmitting data of the selected type and source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: David Romrell, Christopher Ptacek