Patents by Inventor Nathan Vick

Nathan Vick 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: 10178171
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request from a client device, the request including one or more device dimensions associated with the client device. The method further includes identifying a set of one or more content profiles, where each identified content profile is associated with one or more content-profile dimensions that are compatible with the received device dimensions. The method also includes determining whether a previously created content manifest corresponds to the identified set of content profiles. The method also includes, in response to a determination that a previously created content manifest corresponds to the identified set of content profiles, sending to the client device a uniform resource identifier (URI) identifying a resource that includes the previously created content manifest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Dennis Knothe, Nathan Vick
  • Publication number: 20170310753
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request from a client device, the request including one or more device dimensions associated with the client device. The method further includes identifying a set of one or more content profiles, where each identified content profile is associated with one or more content-profile dimensions that are compatible with the received device dimensions. The method also includes determining whether a previously created content manifest corresponds to the identified set of content profiles. The method also includes, in response to a determination that a previously created content manifest corresponds to the identified set of content profiles, sending to the client device a uniform resource identifier (URI) identifying a resource that includes the previously created content manifest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Dennis Knothe, Nathan Vick