Patents by Inventor Stephen A. Slotnick
Stephen A. Slotnick 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).
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Publication number: 20230300430Abstract: A method to highlight video segments in a video stream, where the method includes receiving a video stream from a video source, identifying a highlight segment within the video stream based on a machine learning model, the highlight segment being deemed to be worthy of replay by the machine learning model, and starting and ending frames of the highlight segment being identified by applying the machine learning model to the video stream and corresponding audio data, and providing an availability indication of the highlight segment in the video stream once the starting and ending frames of the highlight segment are identified.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2022Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: iStreamPlanet Co., LLCInventors: Nachiketa MISHRA, Steven ROEDER, Stephen SLOTNICK
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Patent number: 10574779Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for predictive caching of content to facilitate instantaneous use of the content. If a user is likely to commence use of a content item through a client, and if the client has available resources to facilitate instantaneous use, the client is configured to predictively cache the content item before the user commences use. In doing so, the client may obtain metadata for the content item from a server. The client may then initialize various resources to facilitate instantaneous use of the content item by the client based at least in part on the metadata.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2016Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: James Marvin Freeman, II, Aaron M. Bromberg, Bryant F. Herron-Patmon, Nush Karmacharya, Joshua B. Barnard, Peter Wei-Chih Chen, Stephen A. Slotnick, Abhishek Dubey, Andrew J. Watts, Richard J. Winograd
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Patent number: 10516753Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for predictive caching of content to facilitate use of the content. If account is likely to commence use of a content item, the content item is cached before the use is commenced. The cache may be divided into multiple segments with different content selection criteria.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2019Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Lei Li, Andrew Jason Ma, Gurpreet Singh Ahluwalia, Abhishek Dubey, Sachin Shah, Vijay Sen, Gregory Scott Benjamin, Prateek Rameshchandra Shah, Cody Wayne Maxwell Powell, Meltem Celikel, Darryl Hudgin, James Marvin Freeman, II, Aaron M. Bromberg, Bryant F. Herron-Patmon, Nush Karmacharya, Joshua B. Barnard, Peter Wei-Chih Chen, Stephen A. Slotnick, Andrew J. Watts, Richard J. Winograd
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Patent number: 10389838Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for client-side predictive caching of content to facilitate use of the content. If account is likely to commence use of a content item through a client, the client is configured to predictively cache the content item before the use is commenced. In doing so, the client may obtain an initial portion of the content item from another computing device. The client may then initialize various resources to facilitate use of the content item by the client. The client-side cache may be divided into multiple segments with different content selection criteria.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Lei Li, Andrew Jason Ma, Gurpreet Singh Ahluwalia, Abhishek Dubey, Sachin Shah, Vijay Sen, Gregory Scott Benjamin, Prateek Rameshchandra Shah, Cody Wayne Maxwell Powell, Meltem Celikel, Darryl Hudgin, James Marvin Freeman, II, Aaron M. Bromberg, Bryant F. Herron-Patmon, Nush Karmacharya, Joshua B. Barnard, Peter Wei-Chih Chen, Stephen A. Slotnick, Andrew J. Watts, Richard J. Winograd
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Publication number: 20190182348Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for predictive caching of content to facilitate use of the content. If account is likely to commence use of a content item, the content item is cached before the use is commenced. The cache may be divided into multiple segments with different content selection criteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2019Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: LEI LI, ANDREW JASON MA, GURPREET SINGH AHLUWALIA, ABHISHEK DUBEY, SACHIN SHAH, VIJAY SEN, GREGORY SCOTT BENJAMIN, PRATEEK RAMESHCHANDRA SHAH, CODY WAYNE MAXWELL POWELL, MELTEM CELIKEL, DARRYL HUDGIN, JAMES MARVIN FREEMAN, II, AARON M. BROMBERG, BRYANT F. HERRON-PATMON, NUSH KARMACHARYA, JOSHUA B. BARNARD, PETER WEI-CHIH CHEN, STEPHEN A. SLOTNICK, ANDREW J. WATTS, RICHARD J. WINOGRAD
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Patent number: 9729557Abstract: A lightweight throttling mechanism allows for dynamic control of access to resources in a distributed environment. Each request received by a server of a server group is parsed to determine tokens in the request, which are compared with designated rules to determine whether to process or reject the request based on usage data associated with an aspect of the request, the token values, and the rule(s) specified for the request. The receiving of each request can be broadcast to throttling components for each server such that the global state of the system is known to each server. The system then can monitor usage and dynamically throttle requests based on real time data in a distributed environment.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2016Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Soumya Sanyal, Ernest S. Powers, III, Mack Zhou, Matthew T. Tavis, Stephen A. Slotnick, John Wai Yam Hui, Charles Porter Schermerhorn
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Publication number: 20170142219Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for client-side predictive caching of content to facilitate use of the content. If account is likely to commence use of a content item through a client, the client is configured to predictively cache the content item before the use is commenced. In doing so, the client may obtain an initial portion of the content item from another computing device. The client may then initialize various resources to facilitate use of the content item by the client. The client-side cache may be divided into multiple segments with different content selection criteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2017Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: LEI LI, ANDREW JASON MA, GURPREET SINGH AHLUWALIA, ABHISHEK DUBEY, SACHIN SHAH, VIJAY SEN, GREGORY SCOTT BENJAMIN, PRATEEK RAMESHCHANDRA SHAH, CODY WAYNE MAXWELL POWELL, MELTEM CELIKEL, DARRYL HUDGIN, JAMES MARVIN FREEMAN, II, AARON M. BROMBERG, BRYANT F. HERRON-PATMON, NUSH KARMACHARYA, JOSHUA B. BARNARD, PETER WEI-CHIH CHEN, STEPHEN A. SLOTNICK, ANDREW J. WATTS, RICHARD J. WINOGRAD
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Patent number: 9544388Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for client-side predictive caching of content to facilitate instantaneous use of the content. If a user is likely to commence use of a content item through a client, the client is configured to predictively cache the content item before the user commences use. In doing so, the client may obtain metadata for the content item and an initial portion of the content item from another computing device. The client may then initialize various resources to facilitate instantaneous use of the content item by the client based at least in part on the metadata and the initial portion. The client-side cache may be divided into multiple segments with different content selection criteria.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2014Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Lei Li, Andrew Jason Ma, Gurpreet Singh Ahluwalia, Abhishek Dubey, Sachin Shah, Vijay Sen, Gregory Scott Benjamin, Prateek RameshChandra Shah, Cody Wayne Maxwell Powell, Meltem Celikel, Darryl Hudgin, James Marvin Freeman, Aaron M. Bromberg, Bryant F. Herron-Patmon, Nush Karmacharya, Joshua B. Barnard, Peter Wei-Chih Chen, Stephen A. Slotnick, Andrew J. Watts, Richard J. Winograd
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Publication number: 20160381168Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for predictive caching of content to facilitate instantaneous use of the content. If a user is likely to commence use of a content item through a client, and if the client has available resources to facilitate instantaneous use, the client is configured to predictively cache the content item before the user commences use. In doing so, the client may obtain metadata for the content item from a server. The client may then initialize various resources to facilitate instantaneous use of the content item by the client based at least in part on the metadata.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2016Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: JAMES MARVIN FREEMAN, II, AARON M. BROMBERG, BRYANT F. HERRON-PATMON, NUSH KARMACHARYA, JOSHUA B. BARNARD, PETER WEI-CHIH CHEN, STEPHEN A. SLOTNICK, ABHISHEK DUBEY, ANDREW J. WATTS, RICHARD J. WINOGRAD
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Patent number: 9444861Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for predictive caching of content to facilitate instantaneous use of the content. If a user is likely to commence use of a content item through a client, and if the client has available resources to facilitate instantaneous use, the client is configured to predictively cache the content item before the user commences use. In doing so, the client may obtain metadata for the content item and an initial portion of the content item from a server. The client may then initialize various resources to facilitate instantaneous use of the content item by the client based at least in part on the metadata and the initial portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2015Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: James Marvin Freeman, II, Aaron M. Bromberg, Bryant F. Herron-Patmon, Nush Karmacharya, Joshua B. Barnard, Peter Wei-Chih Chen, Stephen A. Slotnick, Abhishek Dubey, Andrew J. Watts, Richard J. Winograd
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Patent number: 9344371Abstract: A lightweight throttling mechanism allows for dynamic control of access to resources in a distributed environment. Each request received by a server of a server group is parsed to determine tokens in the request, which are compared with designated rules to determine whether to process or reject the request based on usage data associated with an aspect of the request, the token values, and the rule(s) specified for the request. The receiving of each request can be broadcast to throttling components for each server such that the global state of the system is known to each server. The system then can monitor usage and dynamically throttle requests based on real time data in a distributed environment.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2014Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Soumya Sanyal, Ernest S. Powers, III, Mack Zhou, Matthew T. Tavis, Stephen A. Slotnick, John Wai Yam Hui, Charles Porter Schermerhorn
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Publication number: 20160080444Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for predictive caching of content to facilitate instantaneous use of the content. If a user is likely to commence use of a content item through a client, and if the client has available resources to facilitate instantaneous use, the client is configured to predictively cache the content item before the user commences use. In doing so, the client may obtain metadata for the content item and an initial portion of the content item from a server. The client may then initialize various resources to facilitate instantaneous use of the content item by the client based at least in part on the metadata and the initial portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Inventors: James Marvin Freeman, II, Aaron M. Bromberg, Bryant F. Herron-Patmon, Nush Karmacharya, Joshua B. Barnard, Peter Wei-Chih Chen, Stephen A. Slotnick, Abhishek Dubey, Andrew J. Watts, Richard J. Winograd
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Patent number: 9215269Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for predictive caching of content to facilitate instantaneous use of the content. If a user is likely to commence use of a content item through a client, and if the client has available resources to facilitate instantaneous use, the client is configured to predictively cache the content item before the user commences use. In doing so, the client may obtain metadata for the content item and an initial portion of the content item from a server. The client may then initialize various resources to facilitate instantaneous use of the content item by the client based at least in part on the metadata and the initial portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2012Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: James Marvin Freeman, II, Aaron M. Bromberg, Bryant F. Herron-Patmon, Nush Karmacharya, Joshua B. Barnard, Peter Wei-Chih Chen, Stephen A. Slotnick, Abhishek Dubey, Andrew J. Watts, Richard J. Winograd
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Patent number: 8863266Abstract: A lightweight throttling mechanism allows for dynamic control of access to resources in a distributed environment. Each request received by a server of a server group is parsed to determine tokens in the request, which are compared with designated rules to determine whether to process or reject the request based on usage data associated with an aspect of the request, the token values, and the rule(s) specified for the request. The receiving of each request can be broadcast to throttling components for each server such that the global state of the system is known to each server. The system then can monitor usage and dynamically throttle requests based on real time data in a distributed environment.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Soumya Sanyal, Ernest S. Powers, III, Mack Zhou, Matthew T. Tavis, Stephen A. Slotnick, John Wai Yam Hui, Charles Porter Schermerhorn
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Publication number: 20140059156Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for predictive caching of content to facilitate instantaneous use of the content. If a user is likely to commence use of a content item through a client, and if the client has available resources to facilitate instantaneous use, the client is configured to predictively cache the content item before the user commences use. In doing so, the client may obtain metadata for the content item and an initial portion of the content item from a server. The client may then initialize various resources to facilitate instantaneous use of the content item by the client based at least in part on the metadata and the initial portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2012Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: James Marvin Freeman, II, Aaron M. Bromberg, Bryant F. Herron-Patmon, Nush Karmacharya, Joshua B. Barnard, Peter Wei-Chih Chen, Stephen A. Slotnick, Abhishek Dubey, Andrew J. Watts, Richard J. Winograd
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Patent number: 8281382Abstract: A lightweight throttling mechanism allows for dynamic control of access to resources in a distributed environment. Each request received by a server of a server group is parsed to determine tokens in the request, which are compared with designated rules to determine whether to process or reject the request based on usage data associated with an aspect of the request, the token values, and the rule(s) specified for the request. The receiving of each request can be broadcast to throttling components for each server such that the global state of the system is known to each server. The system then can monitor usage and dynamically throttle requests based on real time data in a distributed environment.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2008Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Soumya Sanyal, Ernest S. Powers, III, Mack Zhou, Matthew T. Tavis, Stephen A. Slotnick, John Wai Yam Hui, Porter Schermerhorn