Patents by Inventor Peter Yastrebenetsky

Peter Yastrebenetsky 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).

  • Using temporary credentials in guest mode
    Patent number: 10135811
    Abstract: A method may receive, over a network and at a host's media player that is logged in to a host's media account, a play request from a guest's device. The play request may include a request to play a guest's media item from the guest's media account and may be compliant with a first protocol. In response to receiving the play request, the method may initiate a guest mode on the host's media player, log out the host's media account, and securely store the host's credentials. The method may log in the guest's media account with fewer permissions than the host's permissions. The method may play the guest's media item and establish a connection between the host's media player and the guest's device in accordance with a second protocol. Upon completion of playback, the method may log out the guest's media account and log in the host's media account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Peter Yastrebenetsky, Vishnu Sivaji, Patrick Chilton
  • USING TEMPORARY CREDENTIALS IN GUEST MODE
    Publication number: 20180278601
    Abstract: A method may receive, over a network and at a host's media player that is logged in to a host's media account, a play request from a guest's device. The play request may include a request to play a guest's media item from the guest's media account and may be compliant with a first protocol. In response to receiving the play request, the method may initiate a guest mode on the host's media player, log out the host's media account, and securely store the host's credentials. The method may log in the guest's media account with fewer permissions than the host's permissions. The method may play the guest's media item and establish a connection between the host's media player and the guest's device in accordance with a second protocol. Upon completion of playback, the method may log out the guest's media account and log in the host's media account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Peter Yastrebenetsky, Vishnu Sivaji, Patrick Chilton
  • Using temporary credentials in guest mode
    Patent number: 10057245
    Abstract: A method may receive, over a network and at a host's media player that is logged in to a host's media account, a play request from a guest's device. The play request may include a request to play a guest's media item from the guest's media account and may be compliant with a first protocol. In response to receiving the play request, the method may initiate a guest mode on the host's media player, log out the host's media account, and securely store the host's credentials. The method may log in the guest's media account with fewer permissions than the host's permissions. The method may play the guest's media item and establish a connection between the host's media player and the guest's device in accordance with a second protocol. Upon completion of playback, the method may log out the guest's media account and log in the host's media account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Peter Yastrebenetsky, Vishnu Sivaji, Patrick Chilton
  • Using Temporary Credentials in Guest Mode
    Publication number: 20170019394
    Abstract: A method may receive, over a network and at a host's media player that is logged in to a host's media account, a play request from a guest's device. The play request may include a request to play a guest's media item from the guest's media account and may be compliant with a first protocol. In response to receiving the play request, the method may initiate a guest mode on the host's media player, log out the host's media account, and securely store the host's credentials. The method may log in the guest's media account with fewer permissions than the host's permissions. The method may play the guest's media item and establish a connection between the host's media player and the guest's device in accordance with a second protocol. Upon completion of playback, the method may log out the guest's media account and log in the host's media account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Peter Yastrebenetsky, Vishnu Sivaji, Patrick Chilton