Patents by Inventor Michael Minakami

Michael Minakami 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).

  • WIRELESS MEDIA STREAMING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220124136
    Abstract: While a stream device is streaming a media program from a multimedia device to a client device, the streaming device may be configured to send a first portion of the media program to the client device, where the first portion is transcoded from a first format into a second different format and adapted for a first playing mode of the client device. The streaming device may be configured to receive an indication of a user command from the client device specifying a second different playing mode of the client device. The streaming device may be configured to send a second different portion of the media program to the client device, where the second portion is transcoded from the first format to the second format and adapted for the second playing mode of the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Watts, Michael Minakami, Bhavya Bambhania
  • WIRELESS MEDIA STREAMING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190306218
    Abstract: While a stream device is streaming a media program from a multimedia device to a client device, the streaming device may be configured to send a first portion of the media program to the client device, where the first portion is transcoded from a first format into a second different format and adapted for a first playing mode of the client device. The streaming device may be configured to receive an indication of a user command from the client device specifying a second different playing mode of the client device. The streaming device may be configured to send a second different portion of the media program to the client device, where the second portion is transcoded from the first format to the second format and adapted for the second playing mode of the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Robert Watts, Michael Minakami, Bhavya Bambhania
  • WIRELESS MEDIA STREAMING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160344789
    Abstract: While a stream device is streaming a media program from a multimedia device to a client device, the streaming device may be configured to send a first portion of the media program to the client device, where the first portion is transcoded from a first format into a second different format and adapted for a first playing mode of the client device. The streaming device may be configured to receive an indication of a user command from the client device specifying a second different playing mode of the client device. The streaming device may be configured to send a second different portion of the media program to the client device, where the second portion is transcoded from the first format to the second format and adapted for the second playing mode of the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Robert Watts, Michael Minakami, Bhavya Bambhania
  • Wireless media streaming system
    Patent number: 9414231
    Abstract: While a stream device is streaming a media program from a multimedia device to a client device, the streaming device may be configured to send a first portion of the media program to the client device, where the first portion is transcoded from a first format into a second different format and adapted for a first playing mode of the client device. The streaming device may be configured to receive an indication of a user command from the client device specifying a second different playing mode of the client device. The streaming device may be configured to send a second different portion of the media program to the client device, where the second portion is transcoded from the first format to the second format and adapted for the second playing mode of the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: TiVo Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Watts, Michael Minakami, Bhavya Bambhania
  • Gesture-Based Wireless Media Streaming System
    Publication number: 20140281988
    Abstract: While a client device is playing a media program, the client device may be configured to detect a gesture with a gesture input interface of the client device. In response to detecting the gesture, the client device may identify, on the client device, a time point at which the client device stops playing the media program, and send a streaming request to a media streaming device to stream at least a portion of the media program to a second client device. The portion of the media program includes media content starting from the time point at which the client device stops playing the media program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Robert Watts, Michael Minakami, Bhavya Bambhania
  • Wireless Media Streaming System
    Publication number: 20140068789
    Abstract: While a stream device is streaming a media program from a multimedia device to a client device, the streaming device may be configured to send a first portion of the media program to the client device, where the first portion is transcoded from a first format into a second different format and adapted for a first playing mode of the client device. The streaming device may be configured to receive an indication of a user command from the client device specifying a second different playing mode of the client device. The streaming device may be configured to send a second different portion of the media program to the client device, where the second portion is transcoded from the first format to the second format and adapted for the second playing mode of the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: TiVo Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Watts, Michael Minakami, Bhavya Bambhania