Patents by Inventor Jacques Franklin

Jacques Franklin 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).

  • Method and apparatus for injecting program markers in live media streams
    Patent number: 9955113
    Abstract: An approach is provided for injecting program markers in live media steams is presented. A first marker is injected into a live media stream to designate a start of a live program. A second marker is injected a into the live media stream to designate an end of the live program. The live stream with the injected markers is transcoded the for transmission to a set-top box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Narendra B. Babu, Kiran K. Patibandla, Syed Mohasin Zaki, Jacques Franklin
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING SYNCHRONIZED PLAYBACK OF MEDIA STREAMS AND CORRESPONDING CLOSED CAPTIONS
    Publication number: 20130242189
    Abstract: An approach for providing synchronized playback of media streams and corresponding closed captions is described. One or more portions of a media stream and corresponding closed caption data is received, at a virtual video server resident on a user device, from an external video server. The one or more portions of the media stream and the corresponding closed caption data is buffered by the virtual video server. The one or more portions of the media stream is delivered to a video player application and the corresponding closed caption data is delivered to a rendering application as to synchronize playback of the one or more portions of the media stream and the corresponding closed caption data by the respective applications, wherein the video player application and the rendering application are resident on the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Narendra B. Babu, Syed Mohasin Zaki, Venkata S. Adimatyam, Jacques Franklin
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INJECTING PROGRAM MARKERS IN LIVE MEDIA STREAMS
    Publication number: 20130239136
    Abstract: An approach is provided for injecting program markers in live media steams is presented. A first marker is injected into a live media stream to designate a start of a live program. A second marker is injected a into the live media stream to designate an end of the live program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Narendra B. Babu, Kiran K. Patibandla, Syed Mohasin Zaki, Jacques Franklin