Patents by Inventor Thalha Y. Refaye

Thalha Y. Refaye 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).

  • Media content flicking systems and methods
    Patent number: 9374613
    Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a source media content processing device located at a customer premises 1) detects a user request to flick a media content instance from the source device to a destination media content processing device located at the customer premises and communicatively connected to the source device by way of a local area network (“LAN”), 2) in response to the detecting, hosts the media content instance at a resource address for access by way of the LAN and transmits the resource address to the destination device by way of the LAN, 3) receives, from the destination device by way of the LAN, a request to access the media content instance at the resource address, 4) and streams, to the destination device by way of the LAN in response to the request, data representative of the media content instance. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Balamuralidhar Maddali, T. Sahaya George, Madankanth Lanka, Abhishek Malhotra, Thalha Y. Refaye
  • MEDIA CONTENT FLICKING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20130151665
    Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a source media content processing device located at a customer premises 1) detects a user request to flick a media content instance from the source device to a destination media content processing device located at the customer premises and communicatively connected to the source device by way of a local area network (“LAN”), 2) in response to the detecting, hosts the media content instance at a resource address for access by way of the LAN and transmits the resource address to the destination device by way of the LAN, 3) receives, from the destination device by way of the LAN, a request to access the media content instance at the resource address, 4) and streams, to the destination device by way of the LAN in response to the request, data representative of the media content instance. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Balamuralidhar Maddali, T. Sahaya George, Madankanth Lanka, Abhishek Malhotra, Thalha Y. Refaye