Patents by Inventor Robert Calangiu

Robert Calangiu 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).

  • Temporary viewer access to videos from programmers while multichannel video programming distributors are unavailable for authentication and authorization
    Patent number: 9900639
    Abstract: Methods and systems for granting temporary access to videos from a programmer to viewers based on the viewers having subscriptions with a separate MVPD. An exemplary technique involves receiving a request for the programmer to provide a video to a viewer and accessing the MVPD to authenticate that the viewer has a subscription with the MVPD and confirm that the viewer is authorized to receive the video. The technique determines that the MVPD is not able to timely authenticate the viewer subscription or confirm that the viewer is authorized to receive the video. While waiting for the MVPD to respond, the viewer is granted temporary access to the video. When a subsequent response from the MVPD is received, the technique continues to grant access to the viewer to the video from the programmer or cuts off access of the viewer to the video from the programmer based on the response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert Mares, Robert Calangiu, Ovidiu Eftimie, George Horia Galatanu, George Alexandru Barbu, Adrian George Silaghi
  • TEMPORARY VIEWER ACCESS TO VIDEOS FROM PROGRAMMERS WHILE MULTICHANNEL VIDEO PROGRAMMING DISTRIBUTORS ARE UNAVAILABLE FOR AUTHENTICATION AND AUTHORIZATION
    Publication number: 20170214953
    Abstract: Methods and systems for granting temporary access to videos from a programmer to viewers based on the viewers having subscriptions with a separate MVPD. An examplary technique involves receiving a request for the programmer to provide a video to a viewer and accessing the MVPD to authenticate that the viewer has a subscription with the MVPD and confirm that the viewer is authorized to receive the video. The technique determines that the MVPD is not able to timely authenticate the viewer subscription or confirm that the viewer is authorized to receive the video. While waiting for the MVPD to respond, the viewer is granted temporary access to the video. When a subsequent response from the MVPD is received, the technique continues to grant access to the viewer to the video from the programmer or cuts off access of the viewer to the video from the programmer based on the response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Robert Mares, Robert Calangiu, Ovidiu Eftimie, George Horia Galatanu, George Alexandru Barbu, Adrian George Silaghi