Patents by Inventor Hilmar Birger ÓLAFSSON

Hilmar Birger ÓLAFSSON 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).

  • Command buffering
    Patent number: 11991232
    Abstract: A method of processing playback content control commands generated at a client device and communicated by a backend server to the client device and a controlled device to control media content playback at the controlled device is provided. The method includes the following steps: sending, by the client device, a playback content control command to the backend server, wherein the backend server is configured to communicated the playback content control command to the client device and to the controlled device; initiating a buffer time period; and refraining from processing, at the client device, one or more subsequent playback content control commands from the backend server during the buffer time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Hilmar Birger Ólafsson, Jérôme Ceccato
  • COMMAND BUFFERING
    Publication number: 20220385709
    Abstract: A method of processing playback content control commands generated at a client device and communicated by a backend server to the client device and a controlled device to control media content playback at the controlled device is provided. The method includes the following steps: sending, by the client device, a playback content control command to the backend server, wherein the backend server is configured to communicated the playback content control command to the client device and to the controlled device; initiating a buffer time period; and refraining from processing, at the client device, one or more subsequent playback content control commands from the backend server during the buffer time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Hilmar Birger ÓLAFSSON, Jérôme CECCATO