Patents by Inventor Ryan Lynch Whitman
Ryan Lynch Whitman 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: 8812716Abstract: A method and system for switching media streams of a video in a client system. The media streams are made available to the client system by a content providing system. A first media stream received from the content providing system is played in a SHOW mode in the client system. An environmental change in an environment within or adjacent to the client system is detected, resulting in executing a procedure for deciding whether to switch from playing the first media stream to playing a second media stream differing from the first media stream. The executed procedure decides to make the switch. The switch is made to playing the second media stream in the SHOW mode as the second media stream is being received from the content providing system in response having been requested from the content providing system. The switching preserves content continuity of the video.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2012Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jeffrey David Amsterdam, Christopher Eythan Holladay, Ryan Lynch Whitman
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Patent number: 8782272Abstract: A method and system for switching media streams of a video in a client system. The media streams are made available to the client system by a content providing system. A first media stream received from the content providing system is played in a SHOW mode in the client system. An environmental change in an environment within or adjacent to the client system is detected, resulting in executing a procedure for deciding whether to switch from playing the first media stream to playing a second media stream differing from the first media stream. The executed procedure decides to make the switch. The switch is made to playing the second media stream in the SHOW mode as the second media stream is being received from the content providing system in response having been requested from the content providing system. The switching preserves content continuity of the video.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jeffrey David Amsterdam, Christopher Eythan Holladay, Ryan Lynch Whitman
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Publication number: 20120265894Abstract: A method and system for switching media streams of a video in a client system. The media streams are made available to the client system by a content providing system. A first media stream received from the content providing system is played in a SHOW mode in the client system. An environmental change in an environment within or adjacent to the client system is detected, resulting in executing a procedure for deciding whether to switch from playing the first media stream to playing a second media stream differing from the first media stream. The executed procedure decides to make the switch. The switch is made to playing the second media stream in the SHOW mode as the second media stream is being received from the content providing system in response having been requested from the content providing system. The switching preserves content continuity of the video.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2012Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jeffrey David Amsterdam, Christopher Eythan Holladay, Ryan Lynch Whitman
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Publication number: 20120259995Abstract: A method and system for switching media streams of a video in a client system. The media streams are made available to the client system by a content providing system. A first media stream received from the content providing system is played in a SHOW mode in the client system. An environmental change in an environment within or adjacent to the client system is detected, resulting in executing a procedure for deciding whether to switch from playing the first media stream to playing a second media stream differing from the first media stream. The executed procedure decides to make the switch. The switch is made to playing the second media stream in the SHOW mode as the second media stream is being received from the content providing system in response having been requested from the content providing system. The switching preserves content continuity of the video.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2012Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Jeffrey David Amsterdam, Christopher Eythan Holladay, Ryan Lynch Whitman
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Patent number: 8234396Abstract: A process for switching media streams of a video in a client system. The media streams are made available to the client system by a content providing system. A first media stream received from the content providing system is played in a SHOW mode in the client system. An environmental change in an environment within or adjacent to the client system is detected, resulting in executing a procedure for deciding whether to switch from playing the first media stream to playing a second media stream differing from the first media stream. The executed procedure decides to make the switch. The switch is made to playing the second media stream in the SHOW mode as the second media stream is being received from the content providing system in response having been requested from the content providing system. The switching preserves content continuity of the video.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2010Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jeffrey David Amsterdam, Christopher Eythan Holladay, Ryan Lynch Whitman
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Publication number: 20100299445Abstract: A process for switching media streams of a video in a client system. The media streams are made available to the client system by a content providing system. A first media stream received from the content providing system is played in a SHOW mode in the client system. An environmental change in an environment within or adjacent to the client system is detected, resulting in executing a procedure for deciding whether to switch from playing the first media stream to playing a second media stream differing from the first media stream. The executed procedure decides to make the switch. The switch is made to playing the second media stream in the SHOW mode as the second media stream is being received from the content providing system in response having been requested from the content providing system. The switching preserves content continuity of the video.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2010Publication date: November 25, 2010Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Jeffrey David Amsterdam, Christopher Eythan Holladay, Ryan Lynch Whitman
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Patent number: 7779140Abstract: A method and system for switching media streams of a video in a client system. The media streams are made available to the client system by a content providing system. A first media stream received from the content providing system is played in a SHOW mode in the client system. A command is received from a control system to execute a procedure for deciding whether to switch from playing the first media stream to playing a second media stream which has a different media stream bandwidth than the first media stream. The executed procedure decides to make the switch. The switch is made to playing the second media stream in the SHOW mode as the second media stream is being received from the content providing system in response having been requested from the content providing system. The switching preserves content continuity of the video.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2008Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jeffrey David Amsterdam, Christopher Eythan Holladay, Ryan Lynch Whitman
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Patent number: 7774488Abstract: A method and system for switching media streams of a video in a client system. The media streams are made available to the client system by a content providing system. A first media stream received from the content providing system is played in a SHOW mode in the client system. An environmental change in an environment within or adjacent to the client system is detected, resulting in executing a procedure for deciding whether to switch from playing the first media stream to playing a second media stream differing from the first media stream. The executed procedure decides to make the switch. The switch is made to playing the second media stream in the SHOW mode as the second media stream is being received from the content providing system in response having been requested from the content providing system. The switching preserves content continuity of the video.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2008Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jeffrey David Amsterdam, Christopher Eythan Holladay, Ryan Lynch Whitman
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Publication number: 20090234938Abstract: A method and system for switching media streams of a video in a client system. The media streams are made available to the client system by a content providing system. A first media stream received from the content providing system is played in a SHOW mode in the client system. An environmental change in an environment within or adjacent to the client system is detected, resulting in executing a procedure for deciding whether to switch from playing the first media stream to playing a second media stream differing from the first media stream. The executed procedure decides to make the switch. The switch is made to playing the second media stream in the SHOW mode as the second media stream is being received from the content providing system in response having been requested from the content providing system. The switching preserves content continuity of the video.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2008Publication date: September 17, 2009Inventors: Jeffrey David Amsterdam, Christopher Eythan Holladay, Ryan Lynch Whitman
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Publication number: 20090235318Abstract: A method and system for switching media streams of a video in a client system. The media streams are made available to the client system by a content providing system. A first media stream received from the content providing system is played in a SHOW mode in the client system. A command is received from a control system to execute a procedure for deciding whether to switch from playing the first media stream to playing a second media stream which has a different media stream bandwidth than the first media stream. The executed procedure decides to make the switch. The switch is made to playing the second media stream in the SHOW mode as the second media stream is being received from the content providing system in response having been requested from the content providing system. The switching preserves content continuity of the video.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2008Publication date: September 17, 2009Inventors: Jeffrey David Amsterdam, Christopher Eythan Holladay, Ryan Lynch Whitman