Patents by Inventor Sean M. Sheedy

Sean M. Sheedy 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).

  • Content validation techniques
    Patent number: 9241176
    Abstract: A video server inserts unique content identifiers into private packets of a digital program stream file as a result of loading the file onto a video server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean M. Sheedy, Carl H. Seaton
  • Digital program splice visual quality
    Patent number: 8824855
    Abstract: A digital splicing process includes calculating the length of data to be inserted into a transport stream between first and second video clips; and removing B-frames in the second clip that reference non-existent I-frames without replacing the removed B-frames with new B-frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: ARRIS Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean M. Sheedy, Guy Cherry
  • CONTENT VALIDATION TECHNIQUES
    Publication number: 20100185751
    Abstract: A content validation process involves inserting content identifiers into a digital content file, the content identifiers uniquely identifying the content from other digital content in a digital content storage and delivery system. As the content file is streamed, the unique content identifiers are either replaced or supplemented with unique stream session identifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: ARRIS Group Inc.
    Inventors: Sean M. Sheedy, Carl H. Seaton
  • DIGITAL PROGRAM SPLICE VISUAL QUALITY
    Publication number: 20090180750
    Abstract: A digital splicing process includes calculating the length of data to be inserted into a transport stream between first and second video clips, and removing B-frames in the second clip that reference non-existent I-frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: Broadband Royalty Corporation
    Inventors: Sean M. Sheedy, Guy Cherry