Patents by Inventor Robert Slotte

Robert Slotte 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).

  • Method and apparatus for just-in-time transcoding
    Patent number: 10419798
    Abstract: A computer implemented method and apparatus for just-in-time transcoding. The method comprises receiving at a media server, video content, wherein the video content comprises a plurality of key frames and delta frames; generating, in response to receiving the video content, metadata, wherein the metadata is a lookup table of the plurality of key frames; storing the video content and the metadata; receiving a first request to view video content; generating a playlist for the video content; receiving a second request to view a video segment of the video content; and transcoding the video segment; and transmitting the transcoded video segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Synchronoss Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Fuller, Robert Slotte, Kuan Eeik Tan, Rauli Ikonen
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR JUST-IN-TIME TRANSCODING
    Publication number: 20170188071
    Abstract: A computer implemented method and apparatus for just-in-time transcoding. The method comprises receiving at a media server, video content, wherein the video content comprises a plurality of key frames and delta frames; generating, in response to receiving the video content, metadata, wherein the metadata is a lookup table of the plurality of key frames; storing the video content and the metadata; receiving a first request to view video content; generating a playlist for the video content; receiving a second request to view a video segment of the video content; and transcoding the video segment; and transmitting the transcoded video segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Andrew Fuller, Robert Slotte, Kuan Eeik Tan, Rauli Ikonen