Patents by Inventor Fabio Vallino

Fabio Vallino 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).

  • Methods for multicasting content
    Patent number: 7966414
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for tunneling content across a network in which the content has been configured into a digital format compatible with a player. Prior to starting a broadcast session, an announcement is transmitted across the network which contains control information concerning the broadcast session. The control information permits controlled reception of the configured content and includes a start-time. The configured content is encapsulated into a format that supports multicast distribution and controlled reception at particular machines. The configured content is multicast across the network in the encapsulated format to a multiplicity of machines in accordance with the start-time included in the announcement. The control information is used to selectively permit reception at particular ones of the multiplicity of machines, and the encapsulation is stripped from the multicast transmission at the particular machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Darby & Mohaine, LLC
    Inventors: Luchiana Cinghita, Ivan Stefanini, Fabio Vallino, Andreas Delmenico, Barbara Nardello
  • Methods for multicasting content
    Publication number: 20030093548
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for tunneling content across a network in which the content has been configured into a digital format compatible with a player. Prior to starting a broadcast session, an announcement is transmitted across the network which contains control information concerning the broadcast session. The control information permits controlled reception of the configured content and includes a start-time. The configured content is encapsulated into a format that supports multicast distribution and controlled reception at particular machines. The configured content is multicast across the network in the encapsulated format to a multiplicity of machines in accordance with the start-time included in the announcement. The control information is used to selectively permit reception at particular ones of the multiplicity of machines, and the encapsulation is stripped from the multicast transmission at the particular machines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Applicant: THE FANTASTIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Luchiana Cinghita, Ivan Stefanini, Fabio Vallino, Andreas Delmenico, Barbara Nardello