Patents by Inventor Joseph Thomas Ross

Joseph Thomas Ross 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).

  • CONTENT DELIVERY USING LOCATION AWARENESS
    Publication number: 20190037273
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for a content delivery network client to provide location- and user-based data to a content delivery network in order to receive location- and user-based content from the content delivery network. In some embodiments, the location- and user-based content is used to modify a content stream provided to the content delivery network client by the content delivery network. In some embodiments, a content delivery network client manipulates a manifest file in order to provide the location- and user-based data to the content delivery network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventor: Joseph Thomas ROSS
  • Video on demand access by multiple devices
    Patent number: 9973799
    Abstract: A system and method for streaming a Video on Demand (VOD) asset includes receiving, at a host, a VOD asset request from a client over an internal network, and sending the VOD asset request from the host over an external network using a client/host address that includes a host address and a client address. The VOD asset targeted for the client including the client/host address is received at the host over the external network, and the VOD asset is streamed from the host to the client over the internal network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Mediacom Communications Corporation
    Inventor: Joseph Thomas Ross
  • VIDEO ON DEMAND ACCESS BY MULTIPLE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20160080787
    Abstract: A system and method for streaming a Video on Demand (VOD) asset includes receiving, at a host, a VOD asset request from a client over an internal network, and sending the VOD asset request from the host over an external network using a client/host address that includes a host address and a client address. The VOD asset targeted for the client including the client/host address is received at the host over the external network, and the VOD asset is streamed from the host to the client over the internal network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventor: Joseph Thomas Ross
  • Video on demand using combined host and client addressing
    Patent number: 9197919
    Abstract: A system and method for streaming a Video on Demand (VOD) asset includes receiving, at a host, a VOD asset request from a client over an internal network, and sending the VOD asset request from the host over an external network using a client/host address that includes a host address and a client address. The VOD asset targeted for the client including the client/host address is received at the host over the external network, and the VOD asset is streamed from the host to the client over the internal network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: MEDIACOM COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Joseph Thomas Ross
  • VIDEO ON DEMAND USING COMBINED HOST AND CLIENT ADDRESSING
    Publication number: 20140373078
    Abstract: A system and method for streaming a Video on Demand (VOD) asset includes receiving, at a host, a VOD asset request from a client over an internal network, and sending the VOD asset request from the host over an external network using a client/host address that includes a host address and a client address. The VOD asset targeted for the client including the client/host address is received at the host over the external network, and the VOD asset is streamed from the host to the client over the internal network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventor: Joseph Thomas Ross