Patents by Inventor Raghuveer Tarra
Raghuveer Tarra 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).
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Patent number: 10250664Abstract: Systems, methods and devices are described to encode, deliver and playback a placeshifted media stream via the Internet or another network. The media stream is appropriately encoded at a quality level (e.g., at a bit rate, frame rate, resolution, etc.) that allows content to be delivered faster than it is played back. This sort of “faster than real time” encoding allows the placeshifted media stream to be buffered at the remote device for more effective performance.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2017Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: SLING MEDIA LLCInventors: David Randolph Eyler, Padmanabha R. Rao, Raghuveer Tarra, Ilya Asnis
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Publication number: 20170272496Abstract: Systems, methods and devices are described to encode, deliver and playback a placeshifted media stream via the Internet or another network. The media stream is appropriately encoded at a quality level (e.g., at a bit rate, frame rate, resolution, etc.) that allows content to be delivered faster than it is played back. This sort of “faster than real time” encoding allows the placeshifted media stream to be buffered at the remote device for more effective performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Applicant: SLING MEDIA INC.Inventors: David Randolph Eyler, Padmanabha R. Rao, Raghuveer Tarra, Ilya Asnis
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Patent number: 9674257Abstract: Systems, methods and devices are described to encode, deliver and playback a placeshifted media stream via the Internet or another network. The media stream is appropriately encoded at a quality level (e.g., at a bit rate, frame rate, resolution, etc.) that allows content to be delivered faster than it is played back. This sort of “faster than real time” encoding allows the placeshifted media stream to be buffered at the remote device for more effective performance.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2014Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.Inventors: David Randolph Eyler, Padmanabha R. Rao, Raghuveer Tarra, Ilya Asnis
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Patent number: 9253241Abstract: A personal media broadcasting system enables video distribution over a computer network and allows a user to view and control media sources over a computer network from a remote location. A personal broadcaster receives an input from one or more types of media sources, digitizes and compresses the content, and streams the compressed media over a computer network to a media player running on any of a wide range of client devices for viewing the media. The system may allow the user to issue control commands (e.g., “channel up”) from the media player to the broadcaster, causing the source device to execute the commands. The broadcaster and the media player may employ several techniques for buffering, transmitting, and viewing the content to improve the user's experience.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2014Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: Sling Media Inc.Inventors: Jason Gary Krikorian, Blake Gary Krikorian, Bhupendra Natwerlal Shah, Raghuveer Tarra, Parimal Bajpai, Vijayachandran Velliyan Mariappan
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Publication number: 20150188966Abstract: Systems, methods and devices are described to encode, deliver and playback a placeshifted media stream via the Internet or another network. The media stream is appropriately encoded at a quality level (e.g., at a bit rate, frame rate, resolution, etc.) that allows content to be delivered faster than it is played back. This sort of “faster than real time” encoding allows the placeshifted media stream to be buffered at the remote device for more effective performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2014Publication date: July 2, 2015Inventors: David Randolph Eyler, Padmanabha R. Rao, Raghuveer Tarra, Ilya Asnis
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Publication number: 20150006753Abstract: A personal media broadcasting system enables video distribution over a computer network and allows a user to view and control media sources over a computer network from a remote location. A personal broadcaster receives an input from one or more types of media sources, digitizes and compresses the content, and streams the compressed media over a computer network to a media player running on any of a wide range of client devices for viewing the media. The system may allow the user to issue control commands (e.g., “channel up”) from the media player to the broadcaster, causing the source device to execute the commands. The broadcaster and the media player may employ several techniques for buffering, transmitting, and viewing the content to improve the user's experience.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2014Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventors: Jason Gary Krikorian, Blake Gary Krikorian, Bhupendra Natwerlal Shah, Raghuveer Tarra, Parimal Bajpai, Vijayachandran Velliyan Mariappan
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Patent number: 8819750Abstract: A personal media broadcasting system enables video distribution over a computer network and allows a user to view and control media sources over a computer network from a remote location. A personal broadcaster receives an input from one or more types of media sources, digitizes and compresses the content, and streams the compressed media over a computer network to a media player running on any of a wide range of client devices for viewing the media. The system may allow the user to issue control commands (e.g., “channel up”) from the media player to the broadcaster, causing the source device to execute the commands. The broadcaster and the media player may employ several techniques for buffering, transmitting, and viewing the content to improve the user's experience.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Sling Media, Inc.Inventors: Jason Gary Krikorian, Blake Gary Krikorian, Bhupendra Natwerlal Shah, Raghuveer Tarra, Parimal Bajpai, Vijayachandran Velliyan Mariappan
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Patent number: 8477793Abstract: Various methods and devices provide place shifting of a media stream to a remote device while also providing network functionality for a local area network (LAN) and/or a wide area network (WAN). The gateway includes a media interface for receiving audio/visual (A/V) signals from the media source, as well as interfaces to the LAN and/or the WAN. A media streaming module receives the A/V signals from the media interface and processes the received A/V signals to thereby create the media stream. A modem module receives the media stream from the media streaming module via a dedicated connection, network switch and/or other connection, and transmits the media stream to the remote device via at least one of the first and second network interfaces.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2008Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Sling Media, Inc.Inventors: Raghuveer Tarra, Parimal Bajpai, Sharath Hariharpur Satheesh
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Patent number: 8365236Abstract: A personal media broadcasting system enables video distribution over a computer network and allows a user to view and control media sources over a computer network from a remote location. A personal broadcaster receives an input from one or more types of media sources, digitizes and compresses the content, and streams the compressed media over a computer network to a media player running on any of a wide range of client devices for viewing the media. The system may allow the user to issue control commands (e.g., “channel up”) from the media player to the broadcaster, causing the source device to execute the commands. The broadcaster and the media player may employ several techniques for buffering, transmitting, and viewing the content to improve the user's experience.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2011Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Sling Media, Inc.Inventors: Jason Gary Krikorian, Blake Gary Krikorian, Bhupendra Natwerlal Shah, Raghuveer Tarra, Parimal Bajpai, Vijayachandran Velliyan Mariappan
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Publication number: 20130007816Abstract: A personal media broadcasting system enables video distribution over a computer network and allows a user to view and control media sources over a computer network from a remote location. A personal broadcaster receives an input from one or more types of media sources, digitizes and compresses the content, and streams the compressed media over a computer network to a media player running on any of a wide range of client devices for viewing the media. The system may allow the user to issue control commands (e.g., “channel up”) from the media player to the broadcaster, causing the source device to execute the commands. The broadcaster and the media player may employ several techniques for buffering, transmitting, and viewing the content to improve the user's experience.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: SLING MEDIA INC.Inventors: Jason Krikorian, Blake Krikorian, Bhupendra Shah, Raghuveer Tarra, Parimal Bajpai, Vijayachandran Velliyan Mariappan
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Publication number: 20120011269Abstract: A personal media broadcasting system enables video distribution over a computer network and allows a user to view and control media sources over a computer network from a remote location. A personal broadcaster receives an input from one or more types of media sources, digitizes and compresses the content, and streams the compressed media over a computer network to a media player running on any of a wide range of client devices for viewing the media. The system may allow the user to issue control commands (e.g., “channel up”) from the media player to the broadcaster, causing the source device to execute the commands. The broadcaster and the media player may employ several techniques for buffering, transmitting, and viewing the content to improve the user's experience.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2011Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: SLING MEDIA INC.Inventors: Jason Krikorian, Blake Krikorian, Bhupendra Shah, Raghuveer Tarra, Parimal Bajpai, Vijayachandran Velliyan Mariappan
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Patent number: 8051454Abstract: A personal media broadcasting system enables video distribution over a computer network and allows a user to view and control media sources over a computer network from a remote location. A personal broadcaster receives an input from one or more types of media sources, digitizes and compresses the content, and streams the compressed media over a computer network to a media player running on any of a wide range of client devices for viewing the media. The system may allow the user to issue control commands (e.g., “channel up”) from the media player to the broadcaster, causing the source device to execute the commands. The broadcaster and the media player may employ several techniques for buffering, transmitting, and viewing the content to improve the user's experience.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2010Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Sling Media, Inc.Inventors: Jason Gary Krikorian, Blake Gary Krikorian, Bhupendra Natwerial Shah, Raghuveer Tarra, Parimal Bajpai, Vijayachandran Velliyan Mariappan
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Patent number: 8041988Abstract: To update firmware on a consumer device intelligently, two or more application images are stored as firmware on the consumer device. If the primary application image is corrupt, the back-up application image is executed on the consumer device. The back-up application image can be updated based on the primary application image. User configuration files can be preserved during the update of an application image, or they can be overwritten. This firmware updating scheme can be advantageously implemented in a personal media broadcasting system.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2010Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: Sling Media Inc.Inventors: Raghuveer Tarra, Harsha Saagi
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Publication number: 20100191860Abstract: A personal media broadcasting system enables video distribution over a computer network and allows a user to view and control media sources over a computer network from a remote location. A personal broadcaster receives an input from one or more types of media sources, digitizes and compresses the content, and streams the compressed media over a computer network to a media player running on any of a wide range of client devices for viewing the media. The system may allow the user to issue control commands (e.g., “channel up”) from the media player to the broadcaster, causing the source device to execute the commands. The broadcaster and the media player may employ several techniques for buffering, transmitting, and viewing the content to improve the user's experience.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2010Publication date: July 29, 2010Applicant: SLING MEDIA INC.Inventors: Jason Krikorian, Blake Krikorian, Bhupendra Shah, Raghuveer Tarra, Parimal Bajpai, Vijayachandran Velliyan Mariappan
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Publication number: 20100192007Abstract: To update firmware on a consumer device intelligently, two or more application images are stored as firmware on the consumer device. If the primary application image is corrupt, the back-up application image is executed on the consumer device. The back-up application image can be updated based on the primary application image. User configuration files can be preserved during the update of an application image, or they can be overwritten. This firmware updating scheme can be advantageously implemented in a personal media broadcasting system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2010Publication date: July 29, 2010Applicant: SLING MEDIA INC.Inventors: Raghuveer Tarra, Harsha Saagi
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Patent number: 7707614Abstract: A personal media broadcasting system enables video distribution over a computer network and allows a user to view and control media sources over a computer network from a remote location. A personal broadcaster receives an input from one or more types of media sources, digitizes and compresses the content, and streams the compressed media over a computer network to a media player running on any of a wide range of client devices for viewing the media. The system may allow the user to issue control commands (e.g., “channel up”) from the media player to the broadcaster, causing the source device to execute the commands. The broadcaster and the media player may employ several techniques for buffering, transmitting, and viewing the content to improve the user's experience.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2005Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: Sling Media, Inc.Inventors: Jason Krikorian, Blake Krikorian, Bhupendra Shah, Raghuveer Tarra, Parimal Bajpai, Vijayachandran Velliyan Mariappan
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Patent number: 7702952Abstract: To update firmware on a consumer device intelligently, two or more application images are stored as firmware on the consumer device. If the primary application image is corrupt, the back-up application image is executed on the consumer device. The back-up application image can be updated based on the primary application image. User configuration files can be preserved during the update of an application image, or they can be overwritten. This firmware updating scheme can be advantageously implemented in a personal media broadcasting system.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2006Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: Sling Media, Inc.Inventors: Raghuveer Tarra, Harsha Saagi
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Publication number: 20090080448Abstract: Various methods and devices provide place shifting of a media stream to a remote device while also providing network functionality for a local area network (LAN) and/or a wide area network (WAN). The gateway includes a media interface for receiving audio/visual (A/V) signals from the media source, as well as interfaces to the LAN and/or the WAN. A media streaming module receives the A/V signals from the media interface and processes the received A/V signals to thereby create the media stream. A modem module receives the media stream from the media streaming module via a dedicated connection, network switch and/or other connection, and transmits the media stream to the remote device via at least one of the first and second network interfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2008Publication date: March 26, 2009Applicant: SLING MEDIA INC.Inventors: Raghuveer TARRA, Parimal BAJPAI, Sharath Hariharpur SATHEESH
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Publication number: 20070022328Abstract: To update firmware on a consumer device intelligently, two or more application images are stored as firmware on the consumer device. If the primary application image is corrupt, the back-up application image is executed on the consumer device. The back-up application image can be updated based on the primary application image. User configuration files can be preserved during the update of an application image, or they can be overwritten. This firmware updating scheme can be advantageously implemented in a personal media broadcasting system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2006Publication date: January 25, 2007Inventors: Raghuveer Tarra, Harsha Saagi
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Publication number: 20060095401Abstract: A personal media broadcasting system enables video distribution over a computer network and allows a user to view and control media sources over a computer network from a remote location. A personal broadcaster receives an input from one or more types of media sources, digitizes and compresses the content, and streams the compressed media over a computer network to a media player running on any of a wide range of client devices for viewing the media. The system may allow the user to issue control commands (e.g., “channel up”) from the media player to the broadcaster, causing the source device to execute the commands. The broadcaster and the media player may employ several techniques for buffering, transmitting, and viewing the content to improve the user's experience.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2005Publication date: May 4, 2006Inventors: Jason Krikorian, Blake Krikorian, Bhupendra Shah, Raghuveer Tarra, Parimal Bajpai, Vijayachandran Mariappan