Patents by Inventor Florin Dobrian

Florin Dobrian 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).

  • Source assignment based on network partitioning
    Patent number: 10873615
    Abstract: Directing a content player to a content source is disclosed. A first manifest request from a client requesting content is received at a server. The manifest request includes information generated as a result of the client contacting a content management system and in response, receiving from the content management system information associated with the client and a direction to the server. Based at least in part on the received information, at least one of a bitrate and a content source is determined. Instructions are sent to the client based at least in part on the determination. The client is configured to obtain the requested content according to the instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Conviva Inc.
    Inventors: Ion Stoica, Hui Zhang, Xi Liu, Florin Dobrian, Henry Milner
  • Source assignment based on network partitioning
    Patent number: 9246965
    Abstract: Directing a video player to a video source is disclosed. An indication that a client requires video streaming instructions is received. A past download performance for a plurality of clients that or correlated to the client requiring video streaming instructions is determined. At least one of: a content source, and a bitrate, is selected, based at least in part on the determined past download performance of the plurality of correlated clients. The client is provided with instructions based at least in part on the selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Conviva Inc.
    Inventors: Ion Stoica, Hui Zhang, Xi Liu, Florin Dobrian, Henry Milner