Ronald G Howe

US Patent:

6769127, Jul 27, 2004

Filed:

Jun 16, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/595848

Inventors:

Mauro Bonomi - Palo Alto CA
Jean-Georges Fritsch - Los Altos CA
Patrick James Sweeney - Palo Alto CA
Randolph Osborne - San Jose CA
Reed Majors - Palo Alto CA
Francis Michel Degrange - Palo Alto CA
Ian Locke - Mountain View CA
Yousheng Cao - Mountain View CA
Li Liu - Sunnyvale CA
Nam Phu Thanh Do - Milpitas CA
Ronald D. Howe - Sunnyvale CA

Assignee:

Minerva Networks, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

H04N 5445

US Classification:

725 39, 725 94, 7173, 5445

Abstract:

A media system that centrally manages and stores media contents and also controls the delivery of media content to subscribers is disclosed. According to one aspect, an administrator can control program scheduling, rates, service packages and system configuration for a media delivery system. Additionally, the administrator may also control billing, transaction monitoring, and customer relations. According to another aspect, the media delivery system provides subscribers with centrally managed storage for paused or recorded media. Still another aspect is that the media delivery system can restrict various administrators to different modules of the media delivery system.

US Patent:

20130254820, Sep 26, 2013

Filed:

May 9, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/891140

Inventors:

Mauro Bonomi - Palo Alto CA, US
Jean-Georges Fritsch - Los Altos CA, US
Patrick James Sweeney - Palo Alto CA, US
Randolph Osborne - San Jose CA, US
Charles Francis Morris - San Jose CA, US
Reed Majors - Palo Alto CA, US
Francis Michael Degrange - San Jose CA, US
Ian Locke - Mountain View CA, US
Johnny C.Y. Ng - San Jose CA, US
Yousheng Cao - Mountain View CA, US
Li Liu - Sunnyvale CA, US
Nam Phu Thanh Do - Milpitas CA, US
Ronald D. Howe - Sunnyvale CA, US

Assignee:

Minerva Networks, Inc. - Alviso CA

International Classification:

H04N 21/462

US Classification:

725110

Abstract:

Systems and methods for delivering media over a network are provided. Multiple media assets are stored on a server, as well as a representation for at least one media asset. The representation of a media asset is delivered to a client. A client user request based on selection of a representation is received, and the represented media asset is delivered from the server in response to the client user request.