Patents by Inventor Samuel James Van Pelt

Samuel James Van Pelt 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).

  • Manifest partitioning
    Patent number: 10432690
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for partitioning a manifest file to generate smaller manifest files for media content playback. A server partitions a manifest file prior to receipt of a request from a client or in response to a request from a client for a manifest for media content for a particular temporal range or subset of playback options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Lei Li, Yongjun Wu, Samuel James Van Pelt, Amarsingh Buckthasingh Winston, Kyle Bradley Koceski, Mairo Pedrini, Christopher Steven Mark Pringle, Mushegh Malkhasyan
  • Customized dash manifest
    Patent number: 10116719
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for generating manifest files for media content playback. A server can generate manifest files that include initialization metadata obtained from initialization fragments of media content files. Client devices can initiate playback of media content for playback using the manifest files without downloading or parsing the initialization fragments of the media content files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Lei Li, Mushegh Malkhasyan, Samuel James Van Pelt, Amarsingh Buckthasingh Winston
  • Manifest segmentation
    Patent number: 10104143
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for segmenting a manifest file to generate smaller manifest files for media content playback. A server can segment a manifest file prior to receipt of a request from a client or in response to a request from a client for a manifest for media content for a particular fragment range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Lei Li, Mushegh Malkhasyan, Samuel James Van Pelt, Amarsingh Buckthasingh Winston