Patents by Inventor Lance Walter Lance

Lance Walter Lance 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 session management of streaming media
    Patent number: 8924998
    Abstract: A system and method for session management of streaming media are provided. The system and method authenticate and validate any request for live or streaming video and manage the streaming session in a manner that continues to verify the validity of existing video streams with respect to new requests. The system and method provide for receiving a first request for a first video stream from a client, generating a token based on the first request and at least one parameter associated with the client, validating the token based on at least one predetermined rule associated with the client, and upon validation, providing the first video stream to the client. Upon receiving a subsequent second request for a second video stream, the system and method validate a second token based on the first video stream, terminate the first video stream and provide the second video stream to the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Peter Tadeusz Matuchniak, Bryan Bledstein, Lance Walter Lance
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SESSION MANAGEMENT OF STREAMING MEDIA
    Publication number: 20110047566
    Abstract: A system and method for session management of streaming media are provided. The system and method authenticate and validate any request for live or streaming video and manage the streaming session in a manner that continues to verify the validity of existing video streams with respect to new requests. The system and method provide for receiving a first request for a first video stream from a client, generating a token based on the first request and at least one parameter associated with the client, validating the token based on at least one predetermined rule associated with the client, and upon validation, providing the first video stream to the client. Upon receiving a subsequent second request for a second video stream, the system and method validate a second token based on the first video stream, terminate the first video stream and provide the second video stream to the client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Peter Tadeusz Matuchniak, Bryan Bledstein, Lance Walter Lance