Patents by Inventor Donald Dean Dischner

Donald Dean Dischner 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).

  • INFORMATION STREAM MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20240064087
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to management of information streams. The information streams can be delivered according to adaptive streaming mechanisms. In one aspect, a method of data stream management can comprise receiving a plurality of data streams having a specific bit rate and a segmentation signaling structure, comprising at least one segmentation signaling marker. The method may also comprise monitoring the segmentation signaling structure of at least one data stream and supplying, based on the monitoring, a metric indicative of compliance with a predetermined segmentation signaling structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Yasser F. Syed, Paul David Egenhofer, Shawn Andrew Kercher, Donald Dean Dischner
  • Information stream management
    Patent number: 11792103
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to management of information streams. The information streams can be delivered according to adaptive streaming mechanisms. In one aspect, a method of data stream management can comprise receiving a plurality of data streams having a specific bit rate and a segmentation signaling structure, comprising at least one segmentation signaling marker. The method may also comprise monitoring the segmentation signaling structure of at least one data stream and supplying, based on the monitoring, a metric indicative of compliance with a predetermined segmentation signaling structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Yasser F. Syed, Paul David Egenhofer, Shawn Andrew Kercher, Donald Dean Dischner
  • Information Stream Management
    Publication number: 20180167305
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to management of information streams. The information streams can be delivered according to adaptive streaming mechanisms. In one aspect, a method of data stream management can comprise receiving a plurality of data streams having a specific bit rate and a segmentation signaling structure, comprising at least one segmentation signaling marker. The method may also comprise monitoring the segmentation signaling structure of at least one data stream and supplying, based on the monitoring, a metric indicative of compliance with a predetermined segmentation signaling structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Yasser F. Syed, Paul David Egenhofer, Shawn Andrew Kercher, Donald Dean Dischner
  • Information stream management
    Patent number: 9813325
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to management of information streams. The information streams can be delivered according to adaptive streaming mechanisms. In one aspect, a method of data stream management can comprise receiving a plurality of data streams having a specific bit rate and a segmentation signaling structure, comprising at least one segmentation signaling marker. The method may also comprise monitoring the segmentation signaling structure of at least one data stream and supplying, based on the monitoring, a metric indicative of compliance with a predetermined segmentation signaling structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Yasser F. Syed, Paul David Egenhofer, Shawn Andrew Kercher, Donald Dean Dischner
  • Information Stream Management
    Publication number: 20140185466
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to management of information streams. The information streams can be delivered according to adaptive streaming mechanisms. In one aspect, a method of data stream management can comprise receiving a plurality of data streams having a specific bit rate and a segmentation signaling structure, comprising at least one segmentation signaling marker. The method may also comprise monitoring the segmentation signaling structure of at least one data stream and supplying, based on the monitoring, a metric indicative of compliance with a predetermined segmentation signaling structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Yasser F. Syed, Paul David Egenhofer, Shawn Andrew Kercher, Donald Dean Dischner