Patents by Inventor Tim DeVreese

Tim DeVreese 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).

  • Predictive media distribution system
    Patent number: 10034033
    Abstract: A disclosed method is performed at a system configured to distribute segment instances corresponding to segments of a media item. The method includes receiving, from a client device, a first segment request including data indicative of a first set of segments of the media item and data indicative of a first bitrate. The method further includes transmitting, to the client device in response to the first segment request, a first set of segment instances, each of the first set of segment instances including data encoding a respective one of the first set of segments at the first bitrate. The method includes generating, in response to the first segment request, a first prediction indicative of a first predicted set of segment instances, each of the first predicted set of segment instances including data encoding a segment of the media item subsequent to the first set of segments at one of a plurality of predicted bitrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Tim DeVreese, Qi Wang
  • Predictive Media Distribution System
    Publication number: 20180035147
    Abstract: A disclosed method is performed at a system configured to distribute segment instances corresponding to segments of a media item. The method includes receiving, from a client device, a first segment request including data indicative of a first set of segments of the media item and data indicative of a first bitrate. The method further includes transmitting, to the client device in response to the first segment request, a first set of segment instances, each of the first set of segment instances including data encoding a respective one of the first set of segments at the first bitrate. The method includes generating, in response to the first segment request, a first prediction indicative of a first predicted set of segment instances, each of the first predicted set of segment instances including data encoding a segment of the media item subsequent to the first set of segments at one of a plurality of predicted bitrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Tim DeVreese, Qi Wang