Patents
US 12167050 B2: Proximity and context based stream playback control
- Granted
- 2024-12-10
- Filed
- 2022-05-13 application 17744186
- Type
- Utility · 11 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A method, a system, and a computer program product for managing multimedia streams of user devices. A reproduction of one or more multimedia streams on a first computing device is determined. A location of a second computing device being positioned in an area enclosed by one or more boundaries in a plurality of boundaries is detected. Each boundary in the plurality of boundaries is associated with a predetermined type of a multimedia stream in one or more multimedia streams. At least one of a pausing and an unpausing of the reproduction of one or more multimedia streams on the first computing device based on the detected location of the second computing device is executed.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg241210.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citrix Systems, Inc. 2,209 patents | US company or organization | Fort Lauderdale, FL | CITRIX SYSTEMS INC SEC filer EXACT medium confidence: identical full name, one of each nationally | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manbinder Pal Singh | Coral Springs, FL | 68 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| H04L | Transmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication | H04L65/1089 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| H04N | Pictorial communication, e.g. television | H04N21/218 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-15 | Security interest Security interest Patent security agreement | CLOUD SOFTWARE GROUP, INC. signed 2025-08-14 CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. signed 2025-08-14 | WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT WILMINGTON, DE | 72488/172 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2024-05-24 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | CLOUD SOFTWARE GROUP, INC. (F/K/A TIBCO SOFTWARE INC.) signed 2024-05-22 CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. signed 2024-05-22 | WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT WILMINGTON, DE | 67662/568 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2022-05-13 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | SINGH, MANBINDER PAL signed 2022-05-13 | CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. FORT LAUDERDALE, FL | 59904/303 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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