Patents by Inventor John L. Pang

John L. Pang 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 system for prepositioning content and distributing content in a local distribution system
    Patent number: 9363566
    Abstract: A system for viewing on-demand content includes a user receiving device and a local head end in communication with the receiving device that communicates metadata and material identifiers for on-demand content. Each on-demand content is associated with one of the material identifiers. The user receiving device stores the metadata and the material identifiers for the on-demand content. The local head end receives content. Each content is associated with one of the material identifiers. The user receiving device communicates a request for on-demand content data signal to the local head end. The local head end communicates a manifest comprising material identifiers for content stored at the head end. The user receiving device, after receiving the manifest, displays metadata from the memory of the user receiving device corresponding to the material identifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Makhijani, Vishal Arya, John L. Pang, Richard B. Tatem, Paul O. Viazcan, Ranny Q. Sue, Drew T. Chen