Patents by Inventor Laxmi Ashish Arte

Laxmi Ashish Arte 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).

  • Delivery of streaming media content
    Patent number: 9271021
    Abstract: A device includes a communication interface and one or more processors. The communication interface may receive media guide data, from a media guide server via a network, including information relating to a number of available media items and playlist information relating to at least one available playlist file associated with a particular media item. The one or more processors may receive a user selection of the particular media item and may request the playlist file from a playlist server via the network based on the playlist information via the interface. The interface may receive the playlist file from the playlist server, the playlist file including locations of stream segments corresponding to the selected playlist. The one or more processors may request the stream segments from a content server via the network based on the received playlist file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Venkata S. Adimatyam, Sameer Vasant Gavade, Laxmi Ashish Arte
  • Token-based entitlement verification for streaming media decryption
    Patent number: 9026782
    Abstract: A device sends an authentication request from the device to a session management server, and receives a token from the session management server if the device authenticates successfully. The device obtains a streaming media playlist file from a content delivery server, and sends the token to a key server for token validation. The device receives a decryption key from the key server if the token validates successfully, and requests a first streaming media segment file from the content delivery server based on the playlist file. The device receives the first streaming media segment file from the content delivery server; and decrypts the first streaming media segment file using the decryption key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Sanjay Thakurdas Ahuja, Enrique Ruiz-Velasco, Laxmi Ashish Arte
  • TOKEN-BASED ENTITLEMENT VERIFICATION FOR STREAMING MEDIA DECRYPTION
    Publication number: 20130283033
    Abstract: A device sends an authentication request from the device to a session management server, and receives a token from the session management server if the device authenticates successfully. The device obtains a streaming media playlist file from a content delivery server, and sends the token to a key server for token validation. The device receives a decryption key from the key server if the token validates successfully, and requests a first streaming media segment file from the content delivery server based on the playlist file. The device receives the first streaming media segment file from the content delivery server; and decrypts the first streaming media segment file using the decryption key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Sanjay Thakurdas Ahuja, Enrique Ruiz-Velasco, Laxmi Ashish Arte
  • DELIVERY OF STREAMING MEDIA CONTENT
    Publication number: 20120254365
    Abstract: A device includes a communication interface and one or more processors. The communication interface may receive media guide data, from a media guide server via a network, including information relating to a number of available media items and playlist information relating to at least one available playlist file associated with a particular media item. The one or more processors may receive a user selection of the particular media item and may request the playlist file from a playlist server via the network based on the playlist information via the interface. The interface may receive the playlist file from the playlist server, the playlist file including locations of stream segments corresponding to the selected playlist. The one or more processors may request the stream segments from a content server via the network based on the received playlist file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC.
    Inventors: Venkata S. Adimatyam, Sameer Vasant Gavade, Laxmi Ashish Arte