Audacy Operations Assigned Patent

Audacy Operations, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, has been assigned a patent (11743308) developed by Shoykhet, Vitaly, Broomfield, CO, Bosworth, Brian Scott, Edgewater, MD, Jones, Jeremiah Matthew, Jacksonville, FL, Filion, Justin Byron, and Morris, IV, John William, Washougal, WA, for an “efficient media storage for use in media streaming.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “The method for storing streaming media includes receiving, from a user device, a request to navigate to a requested time of a media stream. The method also includes determining whether a block of media segments that have a time interval that overlaps with the requested time is stored at the server. The method also includes retrieving the block of media segments from long-term memory in accordance with a determination that the block of media segments is not stored at the server. The method also includes traversing the block of media segments that have a time interval that overlaps with the requested time of the media stream to seek and identify a media segment corresponding to the requested time of the media stream. The method also includes streaming a media stream to the user device that begins at the media segment corresponding to the requested time of the media stream.”

The patent application was filed on 2022-07-18 (17/867521).