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).

  • Publication number: 20230300430
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: iStreamPlanet Co., LLC
    Inventors: Nachiketa MISHRA, Steven ROEDER, Stephen SLOTNICK
  • Patent number: 10574779
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 10516753
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 10389838
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: 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
  • Publication number: 20190182348
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    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
  • Patent number: 9729557
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: 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
  • Publication number: 20170142219
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    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
  • Patent number: 9544388
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: 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
  • Publication number: 20160381168
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    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
  • Patent number: 9444861
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 9344371
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: 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
  • Publication number: 20160080444
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    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
  • Patent number: 9215269
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 8863266
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: 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
  • Publication number: 20140059156
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: 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
  • Patent number: 8281382
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Soumya Sanyal, Ernest S. Powers, III, Mack Zhou, Matthew T. Tavis, Stephen A. Slotnick, John Wai Yam Hui, Porter Schermerhorn