Patents by Inventor John F. LITTLEFIELD

John F. LITTLEFIELD 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 integrating various network elements and providing media processing services
    Patent number: 9888050
    Abstract: An approach for integrating network elements and providing media processing services, which includes generating at least one integration interface for integrating at least one network element into a media processing platform. The approach also includes determining access information associated with the at least one network element, generating a master parameters list for the at least one network element for use in a processing of a media content item, and communicating the master parameters list via the at least one integration interface to the at least one network element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Ashraf Yussouff, Fang Liu, John F. Littlefield, Sean Kane, Jason Jen, Sutap Chatterjee, Vijaykumar Pennirselvam, Anirudha Joshi
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATING VARIOUS NETWORK ELEMENTS AND PROVIDING MEDIA PROCESSING SERIVICES
    Publication number: 20150089035
    Abstract: An approach for integrating network elements and providing media processing services, which includes generating at least one integration interface for integrating at least one network element into a media processing platform. The approach also includes determining access information associated with the at least one network element, generating a master parameters list for the at least one network element for use in a processing of a media content item, and communicating the master parameters list via the at least one integration interface to the at least one network element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Ashraf YUSSOUFF, Fang LIU, John F. LITTLEFIELD, Sean KANE, Jason JEN, Sutap CHATTERJEE, Vijaykumar PENNIRSELVAM, Anirudha JOSHI