Patents by Inventor Sean T. Zukerman

Sean T. Zukerman 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).

  • METHOD AND APPARATUS RELATED TO VARIABLE DURATION MEDIA SEGMENTS
    Publication number: 20160112773
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for an adaptive bit rate system. The method may include streaming media content at a server, determining a discontinuity in the streaming media content based on boundaries corresponding to changes in the streaming media content, and dividing the streaming media content into a plurality of variable duration segments, wherein a duration of one of the plurality of variable duration segments is to be adjusted based on the determined discontinuity to cause the one of the plurality of variable duration segments to end at the determined discontinuity in the streaming media content. The method may further include transmitting the plurality of variable duration segments of the streaming media content from the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Sean T. Zukerman, Thomas L. Du Breuil, Gary Hughes, Mark R. Magee, Wendell Sun