Patents by Inventor George C. Necula

George C. Necula 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).

  • Dynamic client logging and reporting
    Patent number: 10911344
    Abstract: Controlling dynamic reporting of content distribution performance information from a client is disclosed. The content distribution performance information associated with the delivery of content is generated. The content distribution performance information is reported to a content distribution monitor at a first reporting level. In response to a triggering event, the first reporting level is changed to a second reporting level. Additional content distribution performance information is reported according to the second reporting level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Conviva Inc.
    Inventors: Aditya Ravikumar Ganjam, Ningning Hu, Asad K. Awan, George C. Necula, Ion Stoica
  • Monitoring the performance of a content player
    Patent number: 10009241
    Abstract: Monitoring performance data associated with a content player is disclosed. Information relating to the state of a content player is obtained on a time driven basis. At least a portion of the obtained information is reported, via a communications interface, to a content distribution monitoring server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Conviva Inc.
    Inventors: Aditya R. Ganjam, Ryan J. Huebsch, Karthik K. Lakshminarayanan, George C. Necula, Ion Stoica, Hui Zhang, Jibin Zhan
  • Augmenting the functionality of a content player
    Patent number: 10009242
    Abstract: Improving a content player is disclosed. A monitoring module is configured to obtain status information associated with a content player. The monitoring module is loaded. Status information associated with the content player is obtained. A report of at least a portion of the obtained status information is made to a monitoring service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Conviva Inc.
    Inventors: Aditya Ravikumar Ganjam, Ningning Hu, George C. Necula
  • Dynamic client logging and reporting
    Patent number: 9819566
    Abstract: Controlling dynamic reporting of content distribution performance information from a client is disclosed. The content distribution performance information associated with the delivery of content is generated. The content distribution performance information is reported to a content distribution monitor at a first reporting level. In response to a triggering event, the first reporting level is changed to a second reporting level. Additional content distribution performance information is reported according to the second reporting level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Conviva Inc.
    Inventors: Aditya R. Ganjam, Ningning Hu, Asad K. Awan, George C. Necula, Ion Stoica
  • Augmenting the functionality of a content player
    Patent number: 9100288
    Abstract: Improving a content player is disclosed. A monitoring module is configured to obtain status information associated with a content player. The monitoring module is loaded. Status information associated with the content player is obtained. A report of at least a portion of the obtained status information is made to a monitoring service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Conviva Inc.
    Inventors: Aditya R. Ganjam, Ningning Hu, George C. Necula
  • Monitoring the performance of a content player
    Patent number: 8874725
    Abstract: Monitoring performance data associated with a content player is disclosed. Information relating to the state of a content player is obtained on a time driven basis. At least a portion of the obtained information is reported, via a communications interface, to a content distribution monitoring server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Conviva Inc.
    Inventors: Aditya R. Ganjam, Ryan J. Huebsch, Karthik K. Lakshminarayanan, George C. Necula, Ion Stoica, Hui Zhang, Jibin Zhan
  • Safe to execute verification of software
    Patent number: 6128774
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of verifying that untrusted software supplied by a code producer is safe to execute by a code consumer. The method includes the step of defining a safety policy that specifies safe operating conditions of the untrusted software on the code consumer. The method also includes the steps of generating a safety predicate for the untrusted software that determines if execution by the code consumer of the untrusted software will violate said safety policy and generating a safety proof that proves that said safety predicate is valid. The method further includes the step of validating the untrusted software for execution based on said safety proof and said safety predicate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Inventors: George C. Necula, Peter Lee