Patents by Inventor Edward H. Barker

Edward H. Barker 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STREAMLINING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT ACQUISITION
    Publication number: 20230419941
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include receiving, from a client device, a request for multimedia content, where the request includes both a manifest request that includes client identification data and a license request that includes a license challenge. The method may further include validating the received request for multimedia content using the client identification data in the manifest request and generating a manifest response that includes an identification of a specified multimedia content stream that is to be provided to the client device. The method may also include acquiring at least one license in response to the license request, where the license includes a response to the license challenge having various content keys, and then providing the specified multimedia content stream, including the generated manifest response and the acquired license, to the client device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Shyam Gala, Katheryn Shi, Christopher Gray, Suudhan Rangarajan, Manuel Correa, Pablo Pissanetzky, Bertrand Mollinier Toublet, Niranjan P. Ghate, Raymond Walsh, Edward H. Barker
  • Systems and methods for streamlining multimedia content acquisition
    Patent number: 11741930
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include receiving, from a client device, a request for multimedia content, where the request includes both a manifest request that includes client identification data and a license request that includes a license challenge. The method may further include validating the received request for multimedia content using the client identification data in the manifest request and generating a manifest response that includes an identification of a specified multimedia content stream that is to be provided to the client device. The method may also include acquiring at least one license in response to the license request, where the license includes a response to the license challenge having various content keys, and then providing the specified multimedia content stream, including the generated manifest response and the acquired license, to the client device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Netflix, Inc.
    Inventors: Shyam Gala, Katheryn Shi, Christopher Gray, Suudhan Rangarajan, Manuel Correa, Pablo Pissanetzky, Bertrand Mollinier Toublet, Niranjan P. Ghate, Raymond Walsh, Edward H. Barker
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STREAMLINING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT ACQUISITION
    Publication number: 20210044850
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include receiving, from a client device, a request for multimedia content, where the request includes both a manifest request that includes client identification data and a license request that includes a license challenge. The method may further include validating the received request for multimedia content using the client identification data in the manifest request and generating a manifest response that includes an identification of a specified multimedia content stream that is to be provided to the client device. The method may also include acquiring at least one license in response to the license request, where the license includes a response to the license challenge having various content keys, and then providing the specified multimedia content stream, including the generated manifest response and the acquired license, to the client device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Shyam Gala, Katheryn Shi, Christopher Gray, Suudhan Rangarajan, Manuel Correa, Pablo Pissanetzky, Bertrand Mollinier Toublet, Niranjan P. Ghate, Raymond Walsh, Edward H. Barker