Martin G Gibson

US Patent:

20210144204, May 13, 2021

Filed:

Nov 20, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/953860

Inventors:

- San Francisco CA, US
Ludovic Pierre - Palo Alto CA, US
Martin Gibson - San Francisco CA, US
Nandini Iyer - Fremont CA, US
Jean-Rene Menand - Los Altos CA, US
Sebastian Rapport - Grass Valley CA, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/08
H04N 21/8547
G06F 16/95
H04L 29/06
H04N 21/2362
H04N 21/41
H04N 21/858
H04L 12/28
H04N 21/436
H04N 21/235
H04N 21/43
G06F 9/00
H04W 8/00
H04N 21/242
H04N 21/8545

Abstract:

A media server machine may be configured to provide media content within a datastream. This datastream may be provided to a media device that is configured to present the media content on a display. Also, this datastream may contemporaneously contain an “app-sync indicator” for the media content. The app-sync indicator is a data structure that signals the media device to launch an application on a companion device. By providing the app-sync indicator contemporaneously with the media content in the datastream, the launching of the application on the companion device may be synchronized with the media content. The app-sync indicator may specify the application to be launched. Also, the app-sync indicator may specify supplemental content to be presented by the launched application on the companion device.

US Patent:

20200267423, Aug 20, 2020

Filed:

May 4, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/866085

Inventors:

- Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, CH
Frederic THOMAS - Onex, CH
Martin GIBSON - Saratoga CA, US

Assignee:

NAGRAVISION S.A. - Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne

International Classification:

H04N 21/2343
H04N 21/845
H04L 29/06
H04N 21/236

Abstract:

A method for initiating a transmission of a program stream for delivery from a local access point to a client device, said program stream being structured as a plurality of regular segments relating to a single event. This method comprises the steps of: (a) processing at least one of the regular segments into a set of particular segments, where the at least one regular segment carries a payload of a first playback duration and the payload of said set represents a second playback duration that is greater than that of the first playback duration, and where the second playback duration is sufficient to comply with a client device requirement for initiating a rendering of the event, and (b) transmitting, during an initial period, from the local access point said set of particular segments.

US Patent:

20200162548, May 21, 2020

Filed:

Sep 24, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/580368

Inventors:

- San Francisco CA, US
Ludovic Pierre - Palo Alto CA, US
Martin Gibson - San Francisco CA, US
Nandini Iyer - Fremont CA, US
Jean-Rene Menand - Los Altos CA, US
Sebastian Rapport - Grass Valley CA, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/08
H04N 21/8545
H04N 21/242
H04W 8/00
H04L 29/06
H04L 12/28
G06F 9/00
H04N 21/43
H04N 21/235
H04N 21/436
H04N 21/858
H04N 21/41
H04N 21/2362
G06F 16/95
H04N 21/8547

Abstract:

A media server machine may be configured to provide media content within a datastream. This datastream may be provided to a media device that is configured to present the media content on a display. Also, this datastream may contemporaneously contain an “app-sync indicator” for the media content. The app-sync indicator is a data structure that signals the media device to launch an application on a companion device. By providing the app-sync indicator contemporaneously with the media content in the datastream, the launching of the application on the companion device may be synchronized with the media content. The app-sync indicator may specify the application to be launched. Also, the app-sync indicator may specify supplemental content to be presented by the launched application on the companion device.

US Patent:

20180343479, Nov 29, 2018

Filed:

May 26, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/607126

Inventors:

- San Francisco CA, US
Martin Gibson - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

H04N 21/25
H04N 21/462

Abstract:

Example embodiments provide a system and method for optimizing content changes (e.g., channel changes). A digital receiver monitors, in real-time, user interactions with a content access page presented on a viewing device. Based on the real-time user interactions, the digital receiver determines a plurality of content of interest, and triggers acquisition of metadata for the plurality of content of interest determined based on the real-time user interactions. The metadata comprise preconditions for the display of a selected piece of content. The digital receiver fetches the metadata for one or more of the plurality of content of interest. The metadata for the one or more of the plurality of content of interest is then cached and is immediately available in response to a selection, for viewing, of a piece of content associated with the metadata in the cache.

US Patent:

20180103276, Apr 12, 2018

Filed:

May 24, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/573618

Inventors:

- Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, CH
Frederic THOMAS - Onex, CH
Martin GIBSON - Saratoga CA, US

Assignee:

NAGRAVISION S.A. - Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne

International Classification:

H04N 21/2343
H04L 29/06
H04N 21/236

Abstract:

A method for initiating a transmission of a program stream for delivery from a local access point to a client device, said program stream being structured as a plurality of regular segments relating to a single event. This method comprises the steps of: processing at least one of the regular segments into a set of particular segments, where the at least one regular segment carries a payload of a first playback duration and the payload of said set represents a second playback duration that is greater than that of the first playback duration, and where the second playback duration is sufficient to comply with a client device requirement for initiating a rendering of the event, and transmitting, during an initial period, from the local access point said set of particular segments.

US Patent:

20170339226, Nov 23, 2017

Filed:

Jun 28, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/635455

Inventors:

- San Francisco CA, US
Ludovic Pierre - Palo Alto CA, US
Martin Gibson - Saratoga CA, US
Nandini Iyer - Fremont CA, US
Jean-Rene Menand - Los Altos CA, US
Sebastian Rapport - Grass Valley CA, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/08
G06F 9/00
H04N 21/8547
H04N 21/8545
H04N 21/436
H04N 21/43
H04N 21/41
H04N 21/242
H04N 21/2362
H04N 21/235
H04N 21/858
H04L 29/06
H04L 12/28
G06F 17/30
H04W 8/00

Abstract:

A media server machine may be configured to provide media content within a datastream. This datastream may be provided to a media device that is configured to present the media content on a display. Also, this datastream may contemporaneously contain an “app-sync indicator” for the media content. The app-sync indicator is a data structure that signals the media device to launch an application on a companion device. By providing the app-sync indicator contemporaneously with the media content in the datastream, the launching of the application on the companion device may be synchronized with the media content. The app-sync indicator may specify the application to be launched. Also, the app-sync indicator may specify supplemental content to be presented by the launched application on the companion device.

US Patent:

20160044104, Feb 11, 2016

Filed:

Aug 21, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/832986

Inventors:

- San Francisco CA, US
Ludovic Pierre - Paris, FR
Martin Gibson - Saratoga CA, US
Nandini Iyer - Fremont CA, US
Jean-Rene Menand - Los Altos CA, US
Sebastian Rapport - Sunnyvale CA, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/08

Abstract:

A media server machine may be configured to provide media content within a datastream. This datastream may be provided to a media device that is configured to present the media content on a display. Also, this datastream may contemporaneously contain an “app-sync indicator” for the media content. The app-sync indicator is a data structure that signals the media device to launch an application on a companion device. By providing the app-sync indicator contemporaneously with the media content in the datastream, the launching of the application on the companion device may be synchronized with the media content. The app-sync indicator may specify the application to be launched. Also, the app-sync indicator may specify supplemental content to be presented by the launched application on the companion device.

US Patent:

20140359057, Dec 4, 2014

Filed:

May 30, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/905779

Inventors:

- San Francisco CA, US
Ludovic Pierre - San Francisco CA, US
Martin Gibson - San Francisco CA, US
Nandini Lyer - San Francisco CA, US
Jean-Rene Menand - San Francisco CA, US
Sebastian Rapport - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/08

US Classification:

709217

Abstract:

A media server machine may be configured to provide media content within a datastream. This datastream may be provided to a media device that is configured to present the media content on a display. Also, this datastream may contemporaneously contain an “app-sync indicator” for the media content. The app-sync indicator is a data structure that signals the media device to launch an application on a companion device. By providing the app-sync indicator contemporaneously with the media content in the datastream, the launching of the application on the companion device may be synchronized with the media content. The app-sync indicator may specify the application to be launched. Also, the app-sync indicator may specify supplemental content to be presented by the launched application on the companion device.