Patents by Inventor Suri B. Medapati

Suri B. Medapati 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).

  • Patent number: 11252267
    Abstract: A system can include one or more content distribution sites to provide content to one or more content satellite offices for delivery toward a set of destination devices for display. A content distribution site, of the one or more content distribution sites, can include one or more streamer devices. The one or more streamer devices can be associated with a single spoofed Internet protocol (IP) address. The spoofed IP address can facilitate failover among the one or more streamer devices. The one or more streamer devices can be configured to provide the content toward the set of destination devices using multicast with forward error correction (FEC). A content satellite office, of the one or more content satellite offices, can be configured to subscribe to a multicast group associated with the one or more streamer devices. The multicast group can be associated with the spoofed IP address to facilitate the failover among the one or more streamer devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Shen, Suri B. Medapati, Walter John Schmidt, Sankar Subramanian, James F. Dimattia
  • Publication number: 20210211528
    Abstract: A system can include one or more content distribution sites to provide content to one or more content satellite offices for delivery toward a set of destination devices for display. A content distribution site, of the one or more content distribution sites, can include one or more streamer devices. The one or more streamer devices can be associated with a single spoofed Internet protocol (IP) address. The spoofed IP address can facilitate failover among the one or more streamer devices. The one or more streamer devices can be configured to provide the content toward the set of destination devices using multicast with forward error correction (FEC). A content satellite office, of the one or more content satellite offices, can be configured to subscribe to a multicast group associated with the one or more streamer devices. The multicast group can be associated with the spoofed IP address to facilitate the failover among the one or more streamer devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin SHEN, Suri B. MEDAPATI, Walter John SCHMIDT, Sankar SUBRAMANIAN, James F. DIMATTIA
  • Patent number: 11012488
    Abstract: A system can include multiple content ingress sites to process content into portions of content. A content ingress site, of the multiple content ingress sites, can include a first set of devices. The first set of devices can be configured to process the content in a synchronized manner. The first set of devices can be configured to have excess processing capacity to facilitate failover of a first segmenter device to a second segmenter device. The first set of devices can be configured to process content from multiple sources. The system can include multiple content distribution sites to encode the portions of content. A content distribution site can include a second set of devices. The system can include multiple content satellite offices to provide the portions of content to one or more destination devices. A content satellite office can include a third set of devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Shen, Suri B. Medapati, Caleb Chaney, George So, Yinqing Zhao
  • Patent number: 10965795
    Abstract: A system can include one or more content distribution sites to provide content to one or more content satellite offices for delivery toward a set of destination devices for display. A content distribution site, of the one or more content distribution sites, can include one or more streamer devices. The one or more streamer devices can be associated with a single spoofed Internet protocol (IP) address. The spoofed IP address can facilitate failover among the one or more streamer devices. The one or more streamer devices can be configured to provide the content toward the set of destination devices using multicast with forward error correction (FEC). A content satellite office, of the one or more content satellite offices, can be configured to subscribe to a multicast group associated with the one or more streamer devices. The multicast group can be associated with the spoofed IP address to facilitate the failover among the one or more streamer devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Shen, Suri B. Medapati, Walter John Schmidt, Sankar Subramanian, James F. Dimattia
  • Patent number: 10791380
    Abstract: Systems and methods present to a user a single option when multiple sources (such as recording, on-demand, live airing, etc.) of a video asset exist in aggregated universal program information. The systems and methods compare metadata from asset variants along with user profile data to identify which option will provide the best user experience for the selected video asset. The systems and methods simplify the user experience to avoid forcing the user to choose between multiple options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Devon G. Turner, Krishnaja Gutta, Suri B. Medapati, David McKeown
  • Publication number: 20200068053
    Abstract: A system can include one or more content distribution sites to provide content to one or more content satellite offices for delivery toward a set of destination devices for display. A content distribution site, of the one or more content distribution sites, can include one or more streamer devices. The one or more streamer devices can be associated with a single spoofed Internet protocol (IP) address. The spoofed IP address can facilitate failover among the one or more streamer devices. The one or more streamer devices can be configured to provide the content toward the set of destination devices using multicast with forward error correction (FEC). A content satellite office, of the one or more content satellite offices, can be configured to subscribe to a multicast group associated with the one or more streamer devices. The multicast group can be associated with the spoofed IP address to facilitate the failover among the one or more streamer devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Kevin SHEN, Suri B. MEDAPATI, Walter John SCHMIDT, Sankar SUBRAMANIAN, James F. DIMATTIA
  • Publication number: 20200007952
    Abstract: Systems and methods present to a user a single option when multiple sources (such as recording, on-demand, live airing, etc.) of a video asset exist in aggregated universal program information. The systems and methods compare metadata from asset variants along with user profile data to identify which option will provide the best user experience for the selected video asset. The systems and methods simplify the user experience to avoid forcing the user to choose between multiple options.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Devon G. Turner, Krishnaja Gutta, Suri B. Medapati, David McKeown
  • Patent number: 10491723
    Abstract: A system can include one or more content distribution sites to provide content to one or more content satellite offices for delivery toward a set of destination devices for display. A content distribution site, of the one or more content distribution sites, can include one or more streamer devices. The one or more streamer devices can be associated with a single spoofed Internet protocol (IP) address. The spoofed IP address can facilitate failover among the one or more streamer devices. The one or more streamer devices can be configured to provide the content toward the set of destination devices using multicast with forward error correction (FEC). A content satellite office, of the one or more content satellite offices, can be configured to subscribe to a multicast group associated with the one or more streamer devices. The multicast group can be associated with the spoofed IP address to facilitate the failover among the one or more streamer devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Shen, Suri B. Medapati, Walter John Schmidt, Sankar Subramanian, James F. Dimattia
  • Patent number: 10440405
    Abstract: A device can receive, from a user device, a request for content in a target format for playback. The device can determine information identifying the content in a source format based on the request for content associated with the target format. The device can request the content in the source format using the information identifying the content in the source format. The device can receive the content from a content source in the source format based on requesting the content in the source format. The device can convert the content in the source format to generate a set of files associated with the target format. The device can provide the set of files in the target format to a content delivery network associated with the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Shen, Suri B Medapati, Leslie H. Francis
  • Publication number: 20190188095
    Abstract: A system can include one or more content distribution sites to provide content to one or more content satellite offices for delivery toward a set of destination devices for display. A content distribution site, of the one or more content distribution sites, can include one or more streamer devices. The one or more streamer devices can be associated with a single spoofed Internet protocol (IP) address. The spoofed IP address can facilitate failover among the one or more streamer devices. The one or more streamer devices can be configured to provide the content toward the set of destination devices using multicast with forward error correction (FEC). A content satellite office, of the one or more content satellite offices, can be configured to subscribe to a multicast group associated with the one or more streamer devices. The multicast group can be associated with the spoofed IP address to facilitate the failover among the one or more streamer devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Kevin SHEN, Suri B. MEDAPATI, Walter John SCHMIDT, Sankar SUBRAMANIAN, James F. DIMATTIA
  • Publication number: 20190191189
    Abstract: A device can receive, from a user device, a request for content in a target format for playback. The device can determine information identifying the content in a source format based on the request for content associated with the target format. The device can request the content in the source format using the information identifying the content in the source format. The device can receive the content from a content source in the source format based on requesting the content in the source format. The device can convert the content in the source format to generate a set of files associated with the target format. The device can provide the set of files in the target format to a content delivery network associated with the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Kevin SHEN, Suri B. MEDAPATI, Leslie H. FRANCIS
  • Patent number: 10290320
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes an automatic media summary creation system analyzing presentation data of a media program that includes at least one of an audio component and a video component, generating, based on the analyzing of the presentation data of the media program, a set of text data, selecting, based on an attribute of the media program, a predefined media summary template from a group of predefined media summary templates, and automatically generating a summary of the media program by using the generated set of text data to populate the selected predefined media summary template. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Si Ying D. Hu, Suri B. Medapati, Russell S. Horton
  • Patent number: 10182269
    Abstract: A system receives one or more content streams for a program including a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Live Streaming (HLS) master manifest file for the program, HLS media segments having different bitrate variants, and HLS media manifest files for each of the different bitrate variants. The system encapsulates the HLS master manifest file, the HLS media segments, and the HLS media manifest files into Internet Protocol/User Datagram Protocol (IP/UDP) packets and sends the IP/UDP packets via multicast to video serving offices. Network devices in the video serving offices extract from the IP/UDP packets the HLS master manifest file, the HLS media segments, and the HLS media manifest files. The network devices send to a cache device the HLS media segments and the HLS media manifest files; and forward the IP/UDP packets via multicast to devices in customer premises.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Niranjan R. Samant, Suri B. Medapati, James F. Di Mattia, Kishore Tallapaneni
  • Publication number: 20180032710
    Abstract: In embodiments, apparatuses, methods and storage media are described that are associated with performing identity-based access control for content. A content consumption device may be configured to control access to presented content based on identities of one or more content consumers that are physically proximate to the device. The content consumption device may be configured to perform facial and/or voice recognition on one or more content consumers to determine an identity for the one or more content consumers. The content consumption device may be configured to determine access permissions for the identified content consumers. At various times, access to a piece of content may change based on who is physically proximate to the content consumption device. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: James A. Baldwin, Suri B. Medapati, Yoko Sannomiya, Oleg S. Varshavsky
  • Publication number: 20170169853
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes an automatic media summary creation system analyzing presentation data of a media program that includes at least one of an audio component and a video component, generating, based on the analyzing of the presentation data of the media program, a set of text data, selecting, based on an attribute of the media program, a predefined media summary template from a group of predefined media summary templates, and automatically generating a summary of the media program by using the generated set of text data to populate the selected predefined media summary template. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Si Ying D. Hu, Suri B. Medapati, Russell S. Horton
  • Patent number: 9628873
    Abstract: An exemplary method of identifying a media program clip associated with a trending topic includes receiving a plurality of media content streams representative of a plurality of media programs, detecting, while the media content streams are being received, caption data included in the media content streams and associated with the media programs, identifying, based on the detected caption data, a trending topic associated with the plurality of media programs, and identifying a media program clip associated with the trending topic. Corresponding systems and methods are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Si Ying Diana Hu, Suri B. Medapati
  • Patent number: 9594890
    Abstract: In embodiments, apparatuses, methods and storage media are described that are associated with performing identity-based access control for content. A content consumption device may be configured to control access to presented content based on identities of one or more content consumers that are physically proximate to the device. The content consumption device may be configured to perform facial and/or voice recognition on one or more content consumers to determine an identity for the one or more content consumers. The content consumption device may be configured to determine access permissions for the identified content consumers. At various times, access to a piece of content may change based on who is physically proximate to the content consumption device. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: James A. Baldwin, Suri B. Medapati, Yoko Sannomiya, Oleg S. Varshavsky
  • Patent number: 9547823
    Abstract: In an exemplary method, a media content recommendation system interfaces with a knowledge graph system to access knowledge graph data that represents a knowledge graph relationship between a subject and a media program in a knowledge graph, generates, based on the knowledge graph data, a media content recommendation that includes recommendation content indicating the media program and the knowledge graph relationship between the subject and the media program, and outputs the media content recommendation for presentation to a user by a user computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Si Ying Diana Hu, Suri B. Medapati
  • Patent number: D780705
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Waterfall, Suri B. Medapati, Gregory A. James, Brian G. Heintz, Ricardo Penate, Gadi Amit, Susan Mckinney, Jinwoo Kim, Byron Ben-Ming Hsieh
  • Patent number: D781795
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Waterfall, Suri B. Medapati, Gregory A. James, Brian G. Heintz, Kelvin Leung, Gadi Amit, Susan Mckinney, Jinwoo Kim, Byron B. Hsieh, Denise Myers