Patents by Inventor Sam Armani

Sam Armani 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).

  • System and method for managing streaming services
    Patent number: 11259087
    Abstract: A gateway for location at a user premises is provided. Bother users and user devices are registered with the gateway which is provided by a service provider. Users access services, such as video streaming, on their user devices via the gateway. The gateway allows users to share content. The gateway collects information about the user's patterns of behaviour for the system provider, and can be used to directly obtain feedback from the users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: MIMIK TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Seyed M. Sharif-Ahmadi, Sam Armani
  • System and method for managing streaming services
    Patent number: 11252475
    Abstract: A gateway for location at a user premises is provided. Bother users and user devices are registered with the gateway which is provided by a service provider. Users access services, such as video streaming, on their user devices via the gateway. The gateway allows users to share content. The gateway collects information about the user's patterns of behaviour for the system provider, and can be used to directly obtain feedback from the users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: MIMIK TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Seyed M. Sharif-Ahmadi, Sam Armani
  • System and method for managing streaming services
    Patent number: 11252474
    Abstract: A gateway for location at a user premises is provided. Bother users and user devices are registered with the gateway which is provided by a service provider. Users access services, such as video streaming, on their user devices via the gateway. The gateway allows users to share content. The gateway collects information about the user's patterns of behaviour for the system provider, and can be used to directly obtain feedback from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: MIMIK TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Seyed M. Sharif-Ahmadi, Sam Armani
  • Transcoding system and method
    Patent number: 10958864
    Abstract: A method of providing streaming content to a user device is provided, including: providing a gateway having a transcoder, having a single encoder and a single decoder, the transcoder configured to adapt the streaming content to a plurality of bit rates; the user device requesting the content at a bit rate from said gateway; the gateway instructing the transcoder to provide the content at the bit rate; the user device requesting the content at a second bit rate from said gateway; the gateway instructing the transcoder to provide the content at the second bit rate; and the transcoder transcoding the content at the second bit rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: MIMIK TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Seyed M. Sharif-Ahmadi, Sam Armani, Hofa Chiang, Jonathan Chao
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING STREAMING SERVICES
    Publication number: 20200014877
    Abstract: A gateway for location at a user premises is provided. Bother users and user devices are registered with the gateway which is provided by a service provider. Users access services, such as video streaming, on their user devices via the gateway. The gateway allows users to share content. The gateway collects information about the user's patterns of behaviour for the system provider, and can be used to directly obtain feedback from the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: MIMIK TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Seyed M. SHARIF-AHMADI, Sam ARMANI
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING STREAMING SERVICES
    Publication number: 20190387191
    Abstract: A gateway for location at a user premises is provided. Bother users and user devices are registered with the gateway which is provided by a service provider. Users access services, such as video streaming, on their user devices via the gateway. The gateway allows users to share content. The gateway collects information about the user's patterns of behaviour for the system provider, and can be used to directly obtain feedback from the users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: MIMIK TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Seyed M. SHARIF-AHMADI, Sam ARMANI
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING STREAMING SERVICES
    Publication number: 20190335133
    Abstract: A gateway for location at a user premises is provided. Bother users and user devices are registered with the gateway which is provided by a service provider. Users access services, such as video streaming, on their user devices via the gateway. The gateway allows users to share content. The gateway collects information about the user's patterns of behaviour for the system provider, and can be used to directly obtain feedback from the users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: MIMIK TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Seyed M. SHARIF-AHMADI, Sam ARMANI
  • System and method for managing streaming services
    Patent number: 10375343
    Abstract: A gateway for location at a user premises is provided. Bother users and user devices are registered with the gateway which is provided by a service provider. Users access services, such as video streaming, on their user devices via the gateway. The gateway allows users to share content. The gateway collects information about the user's patterns of behavior for the system provider, and can be used to directly obtain feedback from the users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: MIMIK TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Seyed M. Sharif-Ahmadi, Sam Armani
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING STREAMING SERVICES
    Publication number: 20150070585
    Abstract: A gateway for location at a user premises is provided. Bother users and user devices are registered with the gateway which is provided by a service provider. Users access services, such as video streaming, on their user devices via the gateway. The gateway allows users to share content. The gateway collects information about the user's patterns of behaviour for the system provider, and can be used to directly obtain feedback from the users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Seyed M. Sharif-Ahmadi, Sam Armani
  • TRANSCODING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20150058494
    Abstract: A method of providing streaming content to a user device is provided, including: providing a gateway having a transcoder, having a single encoder and a single decoder, the transcoder configured to adapt the streaming content to a plurality of bit rates; the user device requesting the content at a bit rate from said gateway; the gateway instructing the transcoder to provide the content at the bit rate; the user device requesting the content at a second bit rate from said gateway; the gateway instructing the transcoder to provide the content at the second bit rate; and the transcoder transcoding the content at the second bit rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: MIMIK TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Seyed M. Sharif-Ahmadi, Sam Armani, Hofa Chiang, Jonathan Chao