Patents by Inventor Geoffrey Dale Benson

Geoffrey Dale Benson 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).

  • Assisted hybrid mobile browser
    Patent number: 8713005
    Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for identifying video files on a webpage and streaming video files to a client device. A server receives browsing data including uniform resource locator for a webpage and identifies missing videos on the webpage. The server identifies a source file for the missing videos including identifying a location for each missing video. The server retrieves a thumbnail for each missing video and provides it to a client device. Additionally, the server transcodes the video file responsive to a user input provided by a user. The transcoded video is streamed to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Skyfire Labs, Inc.
    Inventor: Geoffrey Dale Benson
  • ASSISTED HYBRID MOBILE BROWSER
    Publication number: 20130262481
    Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for identifying video files on a webpage and streaming video files to a client device. A server receives browsing data including uniform resource locator for a webpage and identifies missing videos on the webpage. The server identifies a source file for the missing videos including identifying a location for each missing video. The server retrieves a thumbnail for each missing video and provides it to a client device. Additionally, the server transcodes the video file responsive to a user input provided by a user. The transcoded video is streamed to the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Skyfire Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Nitin Bhandari, Erik R. Swenson, Geoffrey Dale Benson, Ishika Paul, James Marzano, Jaime Heilpern, Robert Oberhofer, Michael Guzewicz, Vijay Kumar
  • Assisted hybrid mobile browser
    Patent number: 8468130
    Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for identifying video files on a webpage and streaming video files to a client device. A server receives browsing data including uniform resource locator for a webpage and identifies missing videos on the webpage. The server identifies a source file for the missing videos including identifying a location for each missing video. The server retrieves a thumbnail for each missing video and provides it to a client device. Additionally, the server transcodes the video file responsive to a user input provided by a user. The transcoded video is streamed to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Skyfire Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Nitin Bhandari, Erik R. Swenson, Geoffrey Dale Benson, Ishika Paul, James Marzano, Jaime Heilpern, Robert Oberhofer, Michael Guzewicz, Vijay Kumar
  • Assisted Hybrid Mobile Browser
    Publication number: 20110289108
    Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for identifying video files on a webpage and streaming video files to a client device. A server receives browsing data including uniform resource locator for a webpage and identifies missing videos on the webpage. The server identifies a source file for the missing videos including identifying a location for each missing video. The server retrieves a thumbnail for each missing video and provides it to a client device. Additionally, the server transcodes the video file responsive to a user input provided by a user. The transcoded video is streamed to the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: SKYFIRE LABS, INC.
    Inventors: Nitin Bhandari, Erik R. Swenson, Geoffrey Dale Benson, Ishika Paul, James Marzano, Jaime Heilpern, Robert Oberhofer, Michael Guzewicz, Vijay Kumar