Patents by Inventor John Barbieri

John Barbieri 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: 12621521
    Abstract: It may occur that various addressable ads are used to help fill an entire addressable break which have little or no monetary value for being played (often referred to as “evergreen or “filler” ads). Such ads and other types of candidate ads for replacement are replaced in real time with programmatically delivered Internet Protocol (IP) based ads (IP ads).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: DISH Network L.L.C.
    Inventors: Paul R. Marshall, Dipal Patel, Robert Percival, Robert W. Estus, John Barbieri
  • Publication number: 20250211829
    Abstract: System, methods, and non-transitory, machine-readable media may facilitate continuation of content services in an event of signal loss. Electronic communications received via interfaces may be detected. An indication of a potential signal loss at a content receiver at a future time may be detected from the electronic communications. Consequent to the detecting the indication of the potential signal loss, the content receiver may be caused to configure to respond to a signal loss when the signal loss disrupts causing presentation of content by the content receiver. The content receiver may be configured to respond to the signal loss by causing presentation of user-selectable interface elements corresponding to content alternatives. Consequent to a selection of at least one user-selectable interface element, the content receiver may obtain at least one of the content alternatives, and the content receiver may output for presentation the at least one of the content alternatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: Yunfeng Yang, John Barbieri
  • Publication number: 20250097525
    Abstract: It may occur that various addressable ads are used to help fill an entire addressable break which have little or no monetary value for being played (often referred to as “evergreen or “filler” ads). Such ads and other types of candidate ads for replacement are replaced in real time with programmatically delivered Internet Protocol (IP) based ads (IP ads).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: John Barbieri, Yunfeng Yang
  • Publication number: 20250097500
    Abstract: It may occur that various addressable ads are used to help fill an entire addressable break which have little or no monetary value for being played (often referred to as “evergreen or “filler” ads). Such ads and other types of candidate ads for replacement are replaced in real time with programmatically delivered Internet Protocol (IP) based ads (IP ads).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Paul R. Marshall, Dipal Patel, Robert Percival, Robert W. Estus, John Barbieri
  • Publication number: 20240236263
    Abstract: Various embodiments of apparatus, systems and/or methods are described for independently controlling an audio stream relative to a video stream in audio trick mode. In one example, an audio stream and a video stream is received, where the audio stream comprises frames that correspond to corresponding frames of the video stream. The audio and video streams are played from a first time to a second time at a first speed. An input to time shift the audio stream independent of the video stream is received, and after receiving such, the audio stream is time shifted to the first time. Then, the audio stream may be replayed from the first time to the second time at a second speed different from the first speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Yunfeng YANG, John BARBIERI
  • Patent number: 11889225
    Abstract: Various embodiments of apparatus, systems and/or methods are described for independently controlling an audio stream relative to a video stream in audio trick mode. In one example, an audio stream and a video stream is received, where the audio stream comprises frames that correspond to corresponding frames of the video stream. The audio and video streams are played from a first time to a second time at a first speed. An input to time shift the audio stream independent of the video stream is received, and after receiving such, the audio stream is time shifted to the first time. Then, the audio stream may be re-played from the first time to the second time at a second speed different from the first speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: DISH Network L.L.C.
    Inventors: Yunfeng Yang, John Barbieri
  • Publication number: 20230179735
    Abstract: Various embodiments of apparatus, systems and/or methods are described for independently controlling an audio stream relative to a video stream in audio trick mode. In one example, an audio stream and a video stream is received, where the audio stream comprises frames that correspond to corresponding frames of the video stream. The audio and video streams are played from a first time to a second time at a first speed. An input to time shift the audio stream independent of the video stream is received, and after receiving such, the audio stream is time shifted to the first time. Then, the audio stream may be replayed from the first time to the second time at a second speed different from the first speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: DISH NETWORK L.L.C.
    Inventors: Yunfeng YANG, John BARBIERI
  • Patent number: 11570396
    Abstract: Various embodiments of apparatus, systems and/or methods are described for independently controlling an audio stream relative to a video stream in audio trick mode. In one example, an audio stream and a video stream is received, where the audio stream comprises frames that correspond to corresponding frames of the video stream. The audio and video streams are played from a first time to a second time at a first speed. An input to time shift the audio stream independent of the video stream is received, and after receiving such, the audio stream is time shifted to the first time. Then, the audio stream may be re-played from the first time to the second time at a second speed different from the first speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: DISH NETWORK L.L.C.
    Inventors: Yunfeng Yang, John Barbieri