Patents by Inventor Mark Daniel VanAntwerp

Mark Daniel VanAntwerp 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).

  • Patent number: 10164853
    Abstract: A method for detect and mitigate anomaly in video streaming platforms is disclosed. In one embodiment, performance data from a set of workers is received at a central telemetry system (CTS), where the performance data is indicative of operational status of the set of workers. The CTS processes the performance data, including generating task-specific monitoring data based on the performance data, and it identifies whether the performance data or the task-specific monitoring data contains any anomaly. Upon an anomaly being identified, the CTS mitigates the anomaly by interacting with the set of workers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: iStreamPlanet Co., LLC
    Inventors: Mark Daniel VanAntwerp, Weimin Mark Wang
  • Patent number: 9686576
    Abstract: A method to coordinate video stream timing is disclosed. In one embodiment, a request is received at a streaming platform coordinator (SPC) to create a plurality of synchronized media workflows for video sources. Using the plurality of video sources as input, the SPC transmits a request from the SPC to at least one video streaming platform to create the plurality of media workflows, which are assigned to a plurality of workers. The SPC causes the plurality of videos to be routed to the plurality of workers upon receiving the request to route them. The SPC then determines a set of timing offsets to synchronize the plurality of media workflows, and makes the set of timing offsets available to the plurality of workers so that the workers publish synchronized media outputs. A system to perform the method and a storage medium storing instructions to perform the method are disclosed too.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: iStreamPlanet Co.
    Inventor: Mark Daniel VanAntwerp
  • Publication number: 20160352603
    Abstract: A method for detect and mitigate anomaly in video streaming platforms is disclosed. In one embodiment, performance data from a set of workers is received at a central telemetry system (CTS), where the performance data is indicative of operational status of the set of workers. The CTS processes the performance data, including generating task-specific monitoring data based on the performance data, and it identifies whether the performance data or the task-specific monitoring data contains any anomaly. Upon an anomaly being identified, the CTS mitigates the anomaly by interacting with the set of workers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Daniel VanAntwerp, Weimin Mark Wang
  • Publication number: 20160330497
    Abstract: A method to coordinate video stream timing is disclosed. In one embodiment, a request is received at a streaming platform coordinator (SPC) to create a plurality of synchronized media workflows for video sources. Using the plurality of video sources as input, the SPC transmits a request from the SPC to at least one video streaming platform to create the plurality of media workflows, which are assigned to a plurality of workers. The SPC causes the plurality of videos to be routed to the plurality of workers upon receiving the request to route them. The SPC then determines a set of timing offsets to synchronize the plurality of media workflows, and makes the set of timing offsets available to the plurality of workers so that the workers publish synchronized media outputs. A system to perform the method and a storage medium storing instructions to perform the method are disclosed too.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventor: Mark Daniel VanAntwerp
  • Patent number: 9407944
    Abstract: A method executed by an electronic device to optimize resource utilization while processing media workflows by a video streaming platform is disclosed. In one embodiment, a request to initiate a set of training sessions is received, and for each training session, a set of training workflows to be processed is initiated and a task graph for each training workflow is created. Then a worker of the video streaming platform is assigned to each training session. The raw performance data from each assigned worker is then collected, and a platform performance profile is generated based on the raw performance data from the each assigned worker. The platform performance profile is used to predict resource requirements of media workflows to be processed by the video streaming platform. A system to perform the method and a storage medium storing instructions to perform the method are disclosed too.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: iStreamPlanet Co.
    Inventors: Alessio Galdy, Eric Juteau, Jeffrey Alan Davis, Mark Daniel VanAntwerp
  • Patent number: 9344751
    Abstract: A method to coordinate redundant video processing in video streaming platforms is disclosed. In one embodiment, a request is received at a streaming platform coordinator (SPC) to create a redundant media workflow for a video source. The SPC transmits two requests to create the media workflow, one each to a first and a second video streaming platforms, each creating one instance of the media workflow. The SPC then receives requests to route the video source to a first and a second workers respectively and causes the video source to be routed so. The SPC then communicates with the first and the second workers so that only one worker out of the first and second workers publishes output of one instance of the media workflow to a CDN at a given moment. A system to perform the method and a storage medium storing instructions to perform the method are disclosed too.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: iStreamPlanet Co.
    Inventors: Robert William Ream, Mark Daniel VanAntwerp