Patents by Inventor Keir Nikolai SPILKA

Keir Nikolai SPILKA 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).

  • System and method for determining quality of a media stream
    Patent number: 10841358
    Abstract: A method for determining the quality of a media stream of a computer network including: receiving a packet from a traffic flow; determining whether the packet relates to a media stream; if the packet is related to the media stream, simulating a content player buffer related to the media stream; reviewing further data chunks associated with the media stream to determine quality events affecting the media stream; analyzing the effect of the quality event on a subscriber viewing the quality event; and determining a Quality of Experience score related to the media stream; otherwise allowing the packet to continue to the subscriber without further analysis. A system for determining the quality of a media stream, the system including modules configured to carry out the method for determining the quality of the media stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Sandvine Corporation
    Inventors: Keir Nikolai Spilka, Darrell Reginald May
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING QUALITY OF A MEDIA STREAM
    Publication number: 20200076869
    Abstract: A method for determining the quality of a media stream of a computer network including: receiving a packet from a traffic flow; determining whether the packet relates to a media stream; if the packet is related to the media stream, simulating a content player buffer related to the media stream; reviewing further data chunks associated with the media stream to determine quality events affecting the media stream; analyzing the effect of the quality event on a subscriber viewing the quality event; and determining a Quality of Experience score related to the media stream; otherwise allowing the packet to continue to the subscriber without further analysis. A system for determining the quality of a media stream, the system including modules configured to carry out the method for determining the quality of the media stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Keir Nikolai SPILKA, Darrell Reginald MAY
  • System and method for determining quality of a media stream
    Patent number: 10506014
    Abstract: A method for determining the quality of a media stream of a computer network including: receiving a packet from a traffic flow; determining whether the packet relates to a media stream; if the packet is related to the media stream, simulating a content player buffer related to the media stream; reviewing further data chunks associated with the media stream to determine quality events affecting the media stream; analyzing the effect of the quality event on a subscriber viewing the quality event; and determining a Quality of Experience score related to the media stream; otherwise allowing the packet to continue to the subscriber without further analysis. A system for determining the quality of a media stream, the system including modules configured to carry out the method for determining the quality of the media stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: SANDVINE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keir Nikolai Spilka, Darrell Reginald May
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING QUALITY OF A MEDIA STREAM
    Publication number: 20180109587
    Abstract: A method for determining the quality of a media stream of a computer network including: receiving a packet from a traffic flow; determining whether the packet relates to a media stream; if the packet is related to the media stream, simulating a content player buffer related to the media stream; reviewing further data chunks associated with the media stream to determine quality events affecting the media stream; analyzing the effect of the quality event on a subscriber viewing the quality event; and determining a Quality of Experience score related to the media stream; otherwise allowing the packet to continue to the subscriber without further analysis. A system for determining the quality of a media stream, the system including modules configured to carry out the method for determining the quality of the media stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Keir Nikolai SPILKA, Darrell Reginald MAY