Patents by Inventor Robert Kaphan

Robert Kaphan 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: 10977699
    Abstract: A device may download a session configuration file from a server over a network, obtain one or more parameters from within the session configuration file, download a content package based on the one or more parameters, and store the content package in a temporary folder. The device may also uncompressing the content package into a content folder in the temporary folder. The content folder includes resources that correspond to widgets in a template, wherein the content folder further includes the template, and wherein the template specifies a layout of the widgets on a page to be output to a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Arvind Basra, John J Arky, Robert Kaphan, Antonio M Osorio
  • Patent number: 10721287
    Abstract: A device receives a packet, of multiple packets, relating to a file being delivered via multicast, and a file delivery table associated with the file. The file delivery table includes uniform resource identifiers corresponding to respective sources of the file. The device determines that one or more portions of the file, that are included in the packet, are in need of repair after receiving the packet. The device provides, to a respective source corresponding to a uniform resource identifier, a request for data relating to the one or more portions of the file based on determining that the one or more portions of the file are in need of repair, receives the data from the respective source based on the request, and processes the data to repair the one or more portions of the file while one or more other packets of the multiple packets are being received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Arvind Basra, Mansoor Ali Shah Mohammed, Robert Kaphan
  • Publication number: 20190297135
    Abstract: A device receives a packet, of multiple packets, relating to a file being delivered via multicast, and a file delivery table associated with the file. The file delivery table includes uniform resource identifiers corresponding to respective sources of the file. The device determines that one or more portions of the file, that are included in the packet, are in need of repair after receiving the packet. The device provides, to a respective source corresponding to a uniform resource identifier, a request for data relating to the one or more portions of the file based on determining that the one or more portions of the file are in need of repair, receives the data from the respective source based on the request, and processes the data to repair the one or more portions of the file while one or more other packets of the multiple packets are being received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Arvind BASRA, Mansoor Ali Shah MOHAMMED, Robert KAPHAN
  • Publication number: 20190034981
    Abstract: A device may download a session configuration file from a server over a network, obtain one or more parameters from within the session configuration file, download a content package based on the one or more parameters, and store the content package in a temporary folder. The device may also uncompressing the content package into a content folder in the temporary folder. The content folder includes resources that correspond to widgets in a template, wherein the content folder further includes the template, and wherein the template specifies a layout of the widgets on a page to be output to a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Arvind Basra, John J. Arky, Robert Kaphan, Antonio M. Osorio
  • Patent number: 10142913
    Abstract: A method for refining multicast service areas based on location may include receiving, at a mobile device, location-based definitions of service subareas located within a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) service area. Different MBMS content may be associated with two or more service subareas. The method includes storing the received location-based definitions of the service subareas within the mobile device, generating a current position of the mobile device, identifying a service subarea from the plurality of service subareas that circumscribes the current position of the mobile device, and permitting, in response to the identifying, user access to MBMS content associated with the identified service subarea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Lisewski, Robert Kaphan
  • Publication number: 20180295563
    Abstract: A method for refining multicast service areas based on location may include receiving, at a mobile device, location-based definitions of service subareas located within a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) service area. Different MBMS content may be associated with two or more service subareas. The method includes storing the received location-based definitions of the service subareas within the mobile device, generating a current position of the mobile device, identifying a service subarea from the plurality of service subareas that circumscribes the current position of the mobile device, and permitting, in response to the identifying, user access to MBMS content associated with the identified service subarea.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Kevin Lisewski, Robert Kaphan
  • Patent number: 9397848
    Abstract: A device provides, to another device, a start request for an evolved multimedia broadcast multicast services (eMBMS) session, and receives eMBMS session traffic from the other device based on the start request. The device determines track information from the eMBMS session traffic, and decodes the eMBMS session traffic into a format understood by the device. The device determines quality information associated with the eMBMS session traffic, and presents, for display, the decoded eMBMS session traffic, the track information, and the quality information associated with the eMBMS session traffic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Mauricio Pati Caldeira de Andrada, John Gu, Robert Kaphan, Danny C. Lui
  • Publication number: 20150270979
    Abstract: A device provides, to another device, a start request for an evolved multimedia broadcast multicast services (eMBMS) session, and receives eMBMS session traffic from the other device based on the start request. The device determines track information from the eMBMS session traffic, and decodes the eMBMS session traffic into a format understood by the device. The device determines quality information associated with the eMBMS session traffic, and presents, for display, the decoded eMBMS session traffic, the track information, and the quality information associated with the eMBMS session traffic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless
    Inventors: Mauricio Pati Caldeira de ANDRADA, John Gu, Robert Kaphan, Danny C. Lui