Patents by Inventor Phillip Conover

Phillip Conover 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).

  • Session-specific streaming content replacement
    Patent number: 10397291
    Abstract: First streaming video content may be received from a provider. The provider may issue a request to replace part of the first streaming video content with replacement content, such as advertisements. Second streaming video content may be selected as a replacement for a first video player, while third streaming video content may be selected as a replacement for a second video player. Instructions may be sent to the first and the second video player to play a first portion of the first streaming video content, followed by their respective selected replacement content, followed by a third portion of the first streaming video content, with the respective selected replacement content replacing a second portion of the first streaming video content. Replacement of the second portion of the first streaming video content may sometimes introduce latency, which may be reduced using various techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Twitch Interactive, Inc.
    Inventors: Cyrus Hall, Daniel Lin, Maciej Laszcz, Luke Curley, Matthew Louis Szatmary, Abhinav Kapoor, Daniel Arthur McClain, Diana Lu, Scott Wang, Spencer Nelson, Phillip Conover, Scott Rabin, Jorge Arturo Villatoro
  • Provider-requested streaming content replacement
    Patent number: 10326814
    Abstract: First streaming video content may be received from a provider. The provider may issue a request to replace part of the first streaming video content with replacement content, such as advertisements. Second streaming video content may be selected as a replacement for a first video player, while third streaming video content may be selected as a replacement for a second video player. Instructions may be sent to the first and the second video player to play a first portion of the first streaming video content, followed by their respective selected replacement content, followed by a third portion of the first streaming video content, with the respective selected replacement content replacing a second portion of the first streaming video content. Replacement of the second portion of the first streaming video content may sometimes introduce latency, which may be reduced using various techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Twitch Interactive, Inc.
    Inventors: Cyrus Hall, Daniel Lin, Maciej Laszcz, Luke Curley, Matthew Louis Szatmary, Abhinav Kapoor, Daniel Arthur McClain, Diana Lu, Scott Wang, Spencer Nelson, Phillip Conover, Scott Rabin, Jorge Arturo Villatoro
  • Latency reduction for streaming content replacement
    Patent number: 10313412
    Abstract: First streaming video content may be received from a provider. The provider may issue a request to replace part of the first streaming video content with replacement content, such as advertisements. Second streaming video content may be selected as a replacement for a first video player, while third streaming video content may be selected as a replacement for a second video player. Instructions may be sent to the first and the second video player to play a first portion of the first streaming video content, followed by their respective selected replacement content, followed by a third portion of the first streaming video content, with the respective selected replacement content replacing a second portion of the first streaming video content. Replacement of the second portion of the first streaming video content may sometimes introduce latency, which may be reduced using various techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Twitch Interactive, Inc.
    Inventors: Cyrus Hall, Daniel Lin, Maciej Laszcz, Luke Curley, Matthew Louis Szatmary, Abhinav Kapoor, Daniel Arthur McClain, Diana Lu, Scott Wang, Spencer Nelson, Phillip Conover, Scott Rabin, Jorge Arturo Villatoro