Patents by Inventor Eugene Suharev

Eugene Suharev 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).

  • Method and system for sharing playlists for content stored within a network
    Patent number: 9258175
    Abstract: A system and method for sharing playlists within a network includes a first storage device having a first playlist comprising first playlist data corresponding to stored content and a second storage device having a second playlist comprising second playlist data corresponding to stored content. The system also includes an aggregation server in communication with the first storage device and the second storage device that receives the first playlist and the second playlist. The aggregation server aggregates the first playlist data and the second playlist data to form an aggregated playlist having aggregated playlist data and forms an index list corresponding to the aggregated playlist. A first aggregation client is in communication with the aggregation server and receives the index list from the aggregation server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Vladislav Kolegayev, Romulo Pontual, Robert G. Arsenault, Eugene Suharev
  • Emulation tool and method of using the same for a content distribution system
    Patent number: 8688776
    Abstract: An emulator tool and method of operating the same includes a client engine for generating server command signals for emulating a server device and a server engine for generating client command signals for emulating a client device. The emulator also includes a command engine for validating a server device or client device based on a response signal and a server command signal or the client command signal. A display associated with the emulator tool is in communication with the server engine and the client engine for displaying a graphical user interface comprising a validation indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Vladislav Kolegayev, Eugene Suharev, John D. Choi, Gregory Vagnati, Yuriy Kuchynskyy
  • Method and apparatus for remotely inserting watermark into encrypted compressed video bitstream
    Patent number: 8611531
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for remote watermarking of a media program is disclosed. The method inserts a pattern of substituted second versions of media program portions that are invisible to the viewer, into reproduced copies of the media program. The method permits the watermarking of encrypted media programs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Kuriacose Joseph, Raynold M. Kahn, Hanno Basse, Eugene Suharev
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTELY INSERTING WATERMARK INTO ENCRYPTED COMPRESSED VIDEO BITSTREAM
    Publication number: 20110261959
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for remote watermarking of a media program is disclosed. The method inserts a pattern of substituted second versions of media program portions that are invisible to the viewer, into reproduced copies of the media program. The method permits the watermarking of encrypted media programs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Kuriacose Joseph, Raynold M. Kahn, Hanno Basse, Eugene Suharev