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Inventor profile of:

Mark WATSON

City:

San Francisco, California

Country:

United States

Published Applications:

84

Last publication date:

2026-04-30

Top Assignees for applications by Mark WATSON

The entities that hold a legal rights for patent applications filed by inventor WATSON Mark:

NETFLIX, INC. 39 Los Gatos, CA United States
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 21 San Diego, CA United States
DIGITAL FOUNTAIN, INC. 12 San Diego, CA United States
Digital Fountain, Inc. 9 Fremont, CA United States
Neustar, Inc. 3 Reston, VA United States
ALCATEL LUCENT 1 Paris, France

Recent patent applications by WATSON Mark

Mark WATSON from San Francisco, US has applied for patents for these inventions. The list has both pending applications and granted patents:

#1 | 2026-04-30

US20260122309A1

TECHNIQUES FOR JOINT AUDIO VIDEO STREAM SELECTION

#2 | 2026-03-05

US20260067542A1

TECHNIQUES FOR REPLACING EMBEDDED SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT IN PREVIOUSLY LIVE STREAMED MEDIA CONTENT

#3 | 2026-03-05

US20260067533A1

TECHNIQUES FOR CLIENT-SIDE SEGMENT SPLICING OF LIVE STREAM MEDIA CONTENT

#4 | 2026-03-05

US20260067511A1

TECHNIQUES FOR STREAMING LIVE MEDIA CONTENT WITH MEDIA EVENTS

#5 | 2026-03-05

US20260067099A1

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VERIFYING A ROUTE TAKEN BY A COMMUNICATION

#6 | 2026-02-05

US20260039595A1

TECHNIQUES FOR NETWORK CONGESTION CONTROL

#7 | 2025-02-13

US20250055796A1

TECHNIQUES FOR NETWORK CONGESTION CONTROL

#8 | 2025-01-16

US20250024098A1

Systems and methods for splicing targeted content into live broadcast streams with targeted content breaks of unknown placement and duration

#9 | 2024-07-25

US20240251116A1

STAGGERED KEY FRAME VIDEO ENCODING

#10 | 2024-05-02

US20240146538A1

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VERIFYING A ROUTE TAKEN BY A COMMUNICATION

#11 | 2024-03-14

US20240089530A1

TEMPORAL PLACEMENT OF A REBUFFERING EVENT

#12 | 2023-12-07

US20230396837A1

TECHNIQUES FOR REUSING PORTIONS OF ENCODED ORIGINAL VIDEOS WHEN ENCODING LOCALIZED VIDEOS

#13 | 2023-10-26

US20230345088A1

Dynamic topology generation for branching narratives

#14 | 2023-10-19

US20230336809A1

Audio transitions when streaming audiovisual media titles

#15 | 2023-06-29

US20230205852A1

Fast-expiring licenses used to speculatively authorize access to streaming media content

#16 | 2022-10-27

US20220345776A1

Temporal placement of a rebuffering event

#17 | 2022-09-01

US20220279232A1

Audio transitions when streaming audiovisual media titles

#18 | 2022-08-04

US20220247807A1

Enhanced block-request streaming system for handling low-latency streaming

#19 | 2022-07-21

US20220231859A1

Systems and methods for verifying a route taken by a communication

#20 | 2022-06-09

US20220182737A1

Techniques for advancing playback of interactive media titles in response to user selections

#21 | 2022-02-17

US20220053247A1

Dynamic topology generation for branching narratives

#22 | 2021-12-23

US20210400318A1

Global approach to buffering media content

#23 | 2021-09-16

US20210289258A1

Temporal placement of a rebuffering event

#24 | 2021-07-08

US20210211483A1

Enhanced block-request streaming using block partitioning or request controls for improved client-side handling

#25 | 2021-06-17

US20210185369A1

Global approach to buffering media content

#26 | 2021-04-15

US20210112291A1

Staggered key frame video encoding

#27 | 2021-03-18

US20210084358A1

Audio transitions when streaming audiovisual media titles

#28 | 2021-03-18

US20210084277A1

Techniques for modifying audiovisual media titles to improve audio transitions

#29 | 2021-02-18

US20210051190A1

Enhanced block-request streaming using block partitioning or request controls for improved client-side handling

#30 | 2020-12-24

US20200404398A1

Techniques for advancing playback of interactive media titles in response to user selections

#31 | 2020-08-13

US20200260160A1

Techniques for advancing playback of interactive media titles in response to user selections

#32 | 2020-01-30

US20200037048A1

Dynamic topology generation for branching narratives

#33 | 2020-01-30

US20200037047A1

DYNAMIC TOPOLOGY GENERATION FOR BRANCHING NARRATIVES

#34 | 2020-01-02

US20200007930A1

Temporal placement of a rebuffering event

#35 | 2019-02-21

US20190057195A1

Fast-expiring licenses used to speculatively authorize access to streaming media content

#36 | 2018-12-13

US20180359499A1

Staggered key frame video encoding

#37 | 2018-12-06

US20180352292A1

Temporal placement of a rebuffering event

#38 | 2018-05-31

US20180152498A1

Enhanced block-request streaming using block partitioning or request controls for improved client-side handling

#39 | 2017-02-16

US20170048297A1

Measuring user quality of experience for a streaming media service

#40 | 2016-11-03

US20160323342A1

Enhanced block-request streaming system using signaling or block creation

#41 | 2016-08-11

US20160234339A1

Web server constraint support

#42 | 2016-08-11

US20160234279A1

Site-based server selection

#43 | 2016-07-07

US20160197985A1

Multi-CDN digital content streaming

#44 | 2016-03-10

US20160072870A1

Multi-CDN digital content streaming

#45 | 2016-03-03

US20160065640A1

Enhanced block-request streaming using cooperative parallel HTTP and forward error correction

#46 | 2015-03-12

US20150074818A1

Fast-expiring licenses used to speculatively authorize access to streaming media content

#47 | 2014-12-25

US20140380113A1

Enhanced block-request streaming using cooperative parallel HTTP and forward error correction

#48 | 2014-07-10

US20140195646A1

Site-based server selection

#49 | 2014-05-22

US20140143431A1

Multi-CDN digital content streaming

#50 | 2014-05-22

US20140143301A1

Multi-CDN digital content streaming

#51 | 2014-04-17

US20140108671A1

Partitioning streaming media files on multiple content distribution networks

#52 | 2014-02-20

US20140052873A1

Speculative pre-authorization of encrypted data streams

#53 | 2013-10-03

US20130262625A1

Pipelining for parallel network connections to transmit a digital content stream

#54 | 2013-06-20

US20130159498A1

Measuring user quality of experience for a streaming media service

#55 | 2013-06-20

US20130159384A1

Web server constraint support

#56 | 2013-03-14

US20130067295A1

File download and streaming system

#57 | 2013-01-03

US20130007223A1

Enhanced block-request streaming system for handling low-latency streaming

#58 | 2012-10-18

US20120265897A1

Methods and apparatus for enhancing device performance through flow control

#59 | 2012-08-16

US20120210190A1

Encoding and decoding using elastic codes with flexible source block mapping

#60 | 2012-08-16

US20120208580A1

FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION SCHEDULING FOR AN IMPROVED RADIO LINK PROTOCOL

#61 | 2012-08-16

US20120207068A1

Framing for an improved radio link protocol including FEC

#62 | 2012-05-24

US20120131223A1

Object-based transport protocol

#63 | 2012-02-16

US20120042227A1

FEC streaming with aggregation of concurrent streams for FEC computation

#64 | 2012-02-16

US20120042090A1

Manifest file updates for network streaming of coded multimedia data

#65 | 2012-02-16

US20120042089A1

Trick modes for network streaming of coded multimedia data

#66 | 2012-02-16

US20120042050A1

Representation groups for network streaming of coded multimedia data

#67 | 2012-02-09

US20120036409A1

Efficient encoding and decoding methods for representing schedules and processing forward error correction codes

#68 | 2011-10-20

US20110258510A1

Code generator and decoder for communications systems operating using hybrid codes to allow for multiple efficient uses of the communications systems

#69 | 2011-09-29

US20110239078A1

Enhanced block-request streaming using cooperative parallel HTTP and forward error correction

#70 | 2011-09-29

US20110238789A1

Enhanced block-request streaming system using signaling or block creation

#71 | 2011-09-22

US20110231569A1

Enhanced block-request streaming using block partitioning or request controls for improved client-side handling

#72 | 2011-09-22

US20110231519A1

Enhanced block-request streaming using URL templates and construction rules

#73 | 2011-09-15

US20110222404A1

HTTP optimization, multi-homing, mobility and priority

#74 | 2011-06-23

US20110153807A1

Systems and Methods for Preemptive DNS Resolution

#75 | 2009-01-29

US20090031199A1

File download and streaming system

#76 | 2008-12-04

US20080298300A1

Communication Control Method and System for Carrying Out Said Method

#77 | 2008-10-16

US20080256418A1

Dynamic stream interleaving and sub-stream based delivery

#78 | 2008-01-31

US20080028275A1

Efficient encoding and decoding methods for representing schedules and processing forward error correction codes

#79 | 2007-12-27

US20070300127A1

Code generator and decoder for communications systems operating using hybrid codes to allow for multiple efficient users of the communications systems

#80 | 2007-08-30

US20070204196A1

Streaming and buffering using variable FEC overhead and protection periods

#81 | 2007-08-23

US20070195894A1

Multiple-field based code generator and decoder for communications systems

#82 | 2007-08-16

US20070189401A1

FEC streaming with aggregation of concurrent streams for FEC computation

#83 | 2006-12-14

US20060279437A1

Forward error-correcting (FEC) coding and streaming

#84 | 2005-11-17

US20050257106A1

File download and streaming system

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