Patents by Inventor Johnathon Benton

Johnathon Benton 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).

  • Publication number: 20260081963
    Abstract: Client devices in a content delivery network may send requests for content to upstream devices along with one or more parameters that indicate, as an example, client-device-related conditions or constraints, such as available buffer space or buffer starvation time. These parameters may be used by the upstream devices to prioritize content requests according to a prioritization schedule to ensure requested content is timely delivered to the appropriate client device(s) at the appropriate time to prevent playback failure, stalls, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2025
    Publication date: March 19, 2026
    Inventors: Alexander Giladi, Alexander Balk, Ali C. Begen, Johnathon Benton
  • Patent number: 12457259
    Abstract: Client devices in a content delivery network may send requests for content to upstream devices along with one or more parameters that indicate, as an example, client-device-related conditions or constraints, such as available buffer space or buffer starvation time. These parameters may be used by the upstream devices to prioritize content requests according to a prioritization schedule to ensure requested content is timely delivered to the appropriate client device(s) at the appropriate time to prevent playback failure, stalls, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2025
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Giladi, Alexander Balk, Ali C. Begen, Johnathon Benton
  • Publication number: 20250286921
    Abstract: Client devices in a content delivery network may send requests for content to upstream devices along with one or more parameters that indicate, as an example, client-device-related conditions or constraints, such as available buffer space or buffer starvation time. These parameters may be used by the upstream devices to prioritize content requests according to a prioritization schedule to ensure requested content is timely delivered to the appropriate client device(s) at the appropriate time to prevent playback failure, stalls, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Publication date: September 11, 2025
    Inventors: Alexander Giladi, Alexander Balk, Ali C. Begen, Johnathon Benton