Patents by Inventor John F.X. Gaquin

John F.X. Gaquin 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).

  • Computer-implemented methods for quality of service optimization using a content adaptive slate image
    Patent number: 11849173
    Abstract: Techniques for a quality of service optimization using a content adaptive slate image in a media player application are described. According to some embodiments, a computer-implemented method includes sending a request for a video from a client device to a content delivery service that is separate from the client device; receiving, by the client device from the content delivery service, a manifest of the video and an intro slate separate from the manifest and separate from the video; displaying the intro slate on the client device; loading an initial frame of the video identified by the manifest onto the client device concurrently with the displaying of the intro slate; and displaying the video on the client device after the displaying of the intro slate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yongjun Wu, John F. X. Gaquin, Andrew Joseph Whittaker, Harshil Vikram Katira, Mairo Pedrini
  • Dynamic congestion control through real-time QOS monitoring in video streaming
    Patent number: 11765217
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for providing thinned manifests during a live event. As network usage of a regional internet service provider (ISP) or content delivery network (CDN) becomes unsustainable, new streaming sessions for a live event are provided a thinned manifest that does not have playback options for bitrates above a bitrate limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yongjun Wu, Ravindra Ganti, Charles M. Cordova, Nicholas Sidwell, John F. X. Gaquin
  • Just after broadcast media content
    Patent number: 11553218
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for making broadcast content available as an on-demand asset soon after all of the video fragments of the broadcast content have been made available. As the video fragments of the broadcast content are made available, they are requested and archived. When all of the fragments for the duration of the broadcast content are available (e.g., a live event ends), a VOD-style manifest is generated and the archived fragments are made available for downloading or streaming using the VOD-style manifest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ravindra Ganti, Parminder Singh, John F. X. Gaquin, Michael James Montgomery, Charles M. Cordova, Yongjun Wu
  • Dynamic congestion control through real-time QOS monitoring in video streaming
    Patent number: 11102260
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for providing thinned manifests during a live event. As network usage of a regional internet service provider (ISP) or content delivery network (CDN) becomes unsustainable, new streaming sessions for a live event are provided a thinned manifest that does not have playback options for bitrates above a bitrate limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yongjun Wu, Ravindra Ganti, Charles M. Cordova, Nicholas Sidwell, John F. X. Gaquin
  • JUST AFTER BROADCAST MEDIA CONTENT
    Publication number: 20200186848
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for making broadcast content available as an on-demand asset soon after all of the video fragments of the broadcast content have been made available. As the video fragments of the broadcast content are made available, they are requested and archived. When all of the fragments for the duration of the broadcast content are available (e.g., a live event ends), a VOD-style manifest is generated and the archived fragments are made available for downloading or streaming using the VOD-style manifest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Ravindra Ganti, . Parminder Singh, John F.X. Gaquin, Michael James Montgomery, Charles M. Cordova, Yongjun Wu