Inventor
FRANKS WILLIAM P
US21 patents
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ARRIS ENTPR LLC
13 patentsUS11838451B2Dec 5, 2023
Reduction of startup time in remote HLS
ARRIS ENTPR LLC2 citations73
US11388463B2Jul 12, 2022
Reduction of startup time in remote HLS
ARRIS ENTPR LLC3 citations73
US12231710B2Feb 18, 2025
Reduction of startup time in remote HLS
ARRIS ENTPR LLC0 citations62
US11595734B2Feb 28, 2023
Technologies for providing stream metadata to clients
ARRIS ENTPR LLC0 citations61
US11616997B2Mar 28, 2023
Methods and systems for trick play using partial video file chunks
ARRIS ENTPR LLC0 citations54
US11496727B2Nov 8, 2022
Streaming to display array
ARRIS ENTPR LLC0 citations51
US11985379B2May 14, 2024
System and method for seamless content transition
ARRIS ENTPR LLC0 citations46
US12022158B2Jun 25, 2024
Technologies for controlling the flow of subscriber media content outside of a home media content delivery network
ARRIS ENTPR LLC0 citations44
US12010377B2Jun 11, 2024
System and method for adaptive storage of video data
ARRIS ENTPR LLC0 citations44
US11595457B2Feb 28, 2023
System and method for dynamic adjustment of content streaming rates
ARRIS ENTPR LLC0 citations44
US11647063B2May 9, 2023
Method and apparatus for presentation of video content
ARRIS ENTPR LLC0 citations42
US10728599B2Jul 28, 2020
Gateway server conditioned media streaming
ARRIS ENTPR LLC0 citations41
US10652296B2May 12, 2020
Method and apparatus to efficiently smooth adaptive content playback in HTTP live streaming
ARRIS ENTPR LLC0 citations36
GEN INSTRUMENT CORP
6 patentsUS9584557B2Feb 28, 2017
Proxy for facilitating streaming of media from server to client
GEN INSTRUMENT CORP53 citations97
US9549000B2Jan 17, 2017
Streaming media from a server delivering individualized content streams to clients
GEN INSTRUMENT CORP6 citations83
US8826346B1Sep 2, 2014
Methods of implementing trickplay
GEN INSTRUMENT CORP9 citations83
US9681197B2Jun 13, 2017
Methods of implementing multi mode trickplay
GEN INSTRUMENT CORP5 citations72
US9497514B2Nov 15, 2016
DTCP converter for HLS
GEN INSTRUMENT CORP1 citations51
US10015542B2Jul 3, 2018
Method and apparatus for secure storage and retrieval of live off disk media programs
GEN INSTRUMENT CORP0 citations41