Patents by Inventor Minar Makar

Minar Makar 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).

  • Distributed transcoding of video frames for transmission in a communication network
    Patent number: 9621930
    Abstract: A method is described for streaming video data within a network, wherein the video data includes a sequence of frames. The method includes encoding the sequence of frames and generating a plurality of substreams from the encoded frames in this embodiment. Each of the plurality of substreams is assigned an identifier, and each substream includes a common encoded frame and a non-overlapping portion of the encoded sequence. The non-overlapping portion of the encoded sequence of each substream is selected from the encoded frames based on the identifier of the respective substream. The method also includes transmitting the plurality of substreams to a receiver in an embodiment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignees: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jeonghun Noh, Minar Makar, Bernd Girod, Frank Hartung, Jatinder Pal Singh
  • APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED VIDEO TRANSCODING
    Publication number: 20110274155
    Abstract: A method is described for streaming video data within a network, wherein the video data includes a sequence of frames. The method includes encoding the sequence of frames and generating a plurality of substreams from the encoded frames in this embodiment. Each of the plurality of substreams is assigned an identifier, and each substream includes a common encoded frame and a non-overlapping portion of the encoded sequence. The non-overlapping portion of the encoded sequence of each substream is selected from the encoded frames based on the identifier of the respective substream. The method also includes transmitting the plurality of substreams to a receiver in an embodiment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicants: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Deutsche Telekom AG
    Inventors: Jeonghun Noh, Minar Makar, Bernd Girod, Frank Hartung, Jatinder Pal Singh