Patents by Inventor Samuel Joseph Reisner

Samuel Joseph Reisner 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).

  • Publication number: 20210195181
    Abstract: A method including encoding a video program into a plurality of video streams, each of the plurality of video streams being encoded at a corresponding one of a plurality of bitrates; providing, to a plurality of viewing clients, an option to select one of the plurality of video streams; determining a streaming capacity of each of the viewing clients; and determining an improved plurality of bitrates based on streaming capacities of the plurality of viewing clients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Samuel Joseph REISNER, Michael KIDD
  • Patent number: 10893266
    Abstract: A method including encoding a video program into a plurality of video streams, each of the plurality of video streams being encoded at a corresponding one of a plurality of bitrates; providing, to a plurality of viewing clients, an option to select one of the plurality of video streams; determining a streaming capacity of each of the viewing clients; and determining an improved plurality of bitrates based on streaming capacities of the plurality of viewing clients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Joseph Reisner, Michael Kidd
  • Patent number: 10674195
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying a break in a broadcast including receiving a broadcast of an event, the broadcast comprising one of audio and video, receiving event data about the event, determining, during the event, a break threshold based on the event data and a type of the event and identifying a break based on the broadcast of the event and the break threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Samuel Joseph Reisner
  • Patent number: 9854258
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method, including: identifying a first type of media and a second type of media; determining a compression technique to be used to compress a combined media created from the first type of media and the second type of media; and aligning using a processor, based on the compression technique determined, the first type of media and the second type of media to create the combined media. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Samuel Joseph Reisner
  • Patent number: 9338480
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, systems, methods, apparatus and means are provided to determine an amount of a delay when transmitting a signal from a remote broadcast location to a studio location over a transmission link, operate a delay engine to insert the amount of the delay in a studio audio/video feed, and operate a switch to switch from the studio audio/video feed to a remote audio/video feed, the delay in the studio audio/video feed inserted prior to the switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: David Andrew Duennebier, Samuel Joseph Reisner
  • Publication number: 20160100162
    Abstract: A method including encoding a video program into a plurality of video streams, each of the plurality of video streams being encoded at a corresponding one of a plurality of bitrates; providing, to a plurality of viewing clients, an option to select one of the plurality of video streams; determining a streaming capacity of each of the viewing clients; and determining an improved plurality of bitrates based on streaming capacities of the plurality of viewing clients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Samuel Joseph REISNER, Michael KIDD
  • Publication number: 20150229980
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying a break in a broadcast including receiving a broadcast of an event, the broadcast comprising one of audio and video, receiving event data about the event, determining, during the event, a break threshold based on the event data and a type of the event and identifying a break based on the broadcast of the event and the break threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Samuel Joseph REISNER
  • Publication number: 20150195547
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method, including: identifying a first type of media and a second type of media; determining a compression technique to be used to compress a combined media created from the first type of media and the second type of media; and aligning using a processor, based on the compression technique determined, the first type of media and the second type of media to create the combined media. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Samuel Joseph Reisner
  • Patent number: 8943534
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program code are provided to process video source data to insert ad or other content into a video stream for distribution to client devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Joseph Reisner, Adam Meikle
  • Publication number: 20140344852
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program code are provided to process video source data to insert ad or other content into a video stream for distribution to client devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Samuel Joseph Reisner, Adam Meikle
  • Publication number: 20140250484
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, systems, methods, apparatus and means are provided to determine an amount of a delay when transmitting a signal from a remote broadcast location to a studio location over a transmission link, operate a delay engine to insert the amount of the delay in a studio audio/video feed, and operate a switch to switch from the studio audio/video feed to a remote audio/video feed, the delay in the studio audio/video feed inserted prior to the switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Inventors: David Andrew Duennebier, Samuel Joseph Reisner