Patents by Inventor Ian Eckart

Ian Eckart 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).

  • Patent number: 12273577
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for monitoring data transmitted and/or received via multicast transmission and, based on latency, segment loss, and/or other occurrence, modifying sources and/or other characteristics of additional data transmission. The data may be video segments of media content items. Sources of video segments can be changed based on comparisons of rates of arrival of video segments, failure to receive segments, etc. Selection of an encoded version of content for multicast and/or unicast transmission may be based on indications of delay and/or non-receipt, and/or based on predictions of increased load on a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Guy J. Grigsby, Carl Veazey, Ian Eckart
  • Publication number: 20240080510
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for monitoring data transmitted and/or received via multicast transmission and, based on latency, segment loss, and/or other occurrence, modifying sources and/or other characteristics of additional data transmission. The data may be video segments of media content items. Sources of video segments can be changed based on comparisons of rates of arrival of video segments, failure to receive segments, etc. Selection of an encoded version of content for multicast and/or unicast transmission may be based on indications of delay and/or non-receipt, and/or based on predictions of increased load on a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Guy J. Grigsby, Carl Veazey, Ian Eckart
  • Patent number: 11659222
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for monitoring data transmitted and/or received via multicast transmission and, based on latency, segment loss, and/or other occurrence, modifying sources and/or other characteristics of additional data transmission. The data may be video segments of media content items. Sources of video segments can be changed based on comparisons of rates of arrival of video segments, failure to receive segments, etc. Selection of an encoded version of content for multicast and/or unicast transmission may be based on indications of delay and/or non-receipt, and/or based on predictions of increased load on a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Guy J. Grigsby, Carl Veazey, Ian Eckart
  • Publication number: 20200059683
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for monitoring data transmitted and/or received via multicast transmission and, based on latency, segment loss, and/or other occurrence, modifying sources and/or other characteristics of additional data transmission. The data may be video segments of media content items. Sources of video segments can be changed based on comparisons of rates of arrival of video segments, failure to receive segments, etc. Selection of an encoded version of content for multicast and/or unicast transmission may be based on indications of delay and/or non-receipt, and/or based on predictions of increased load on a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Guy J. Grigsby, Carl Veazey, Ian Eckart