公开(公告)号：US08583820B2

公开(公告)日：2013-11-12

申请号：US12831488

申请日：2010-07-07

申请人： Jeffrey Paul Harrang ,  David B. Gibbons ,  John Michael Burnette

发明人： Jeffrey Paul Harrang ,  David B. Gibbons ,  John Michael Burnette

IPC分类号： G06F15/16 ,  G06F15/173

CPC分类号： H04L1/1671 ,  H04L1/0002 ,  H04L1/0038 ,  H04L47/10 ,  H04L47/19 ,  H04L63/0428 ,  H04L67/06 ,  H04L67/30 ,  H04L67/325 ,  H04W28/04 ,  H04W28/06 ,  H04W28/22

摘要： An adaptive file delivery system and method transmits a data file, such as an audio-video file, over a network or collection of networks in segments, each segment transmitted during a different time period. Each time period has a transmission portion to transmit its associated file segment and a wait portion in which no further interaction with the network occurs regarding the transmitted segment. In some implementations, the duration of the transmission portion of each time period is sufficient to reach a steady-state throughput condition, which allows the traffic load status of the network or networks to be determined from rate measurements of file segment transmissions. The duration of the wait portion of each time period is at least long enough to limit the average rate of file segment transmission to adapt to network traffic load variations and avoid network congestion. Various techniques for measuring congestion are described.

摘要翻译： 自适应文件传递系统和方法通过网络或网络集合中的数据文件（例如音频 - 视频文件）来传送每段在不同时间段期间传送的片段。 每个时间段具有发送其相关联的文件段的传输部分和其中不发生与网络的进一步交互的等待部分。 在一些实现中，每个时间段的传输部分的持续时间足以达到稳态吞吐量条件，这允许通过文件段传输的速率测量来确定网络或网络的业务负载状态。 每个时间段的等待部分的持续时间至少足够长以限制文件段传输的平均速率以适应网络业务负载变化并避免网络拥塞。 描述了用于测量拥塞的各种技术。

公开(公告)号：US20110047286A1

公开(公告)日：2011-02-24

申请号：US12763104

申请日：2010-04-19

申请人： Jeffrey Paul Harrang ,  David B. Gibbons

发明人： Jeffrey Paul Harrang ,  David B. Gibbons

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04L47/10 ,  H04L41/083 ,  H04L43/0888 ,  H04L45/00 ,  H04L45/123 ,  H04L45/124 ,  H04L47/11 ,  H04L47/14 ,  H04L47/24 ,  H04W4/18 ,  H04W28/22

摘要： A system for improving digital data content delivery based on real time analysis of one or more network communications states. The networked computing system may include a network service provider device, a user equipment, a network link monitor, a data transfer agent, and a data communications network facilitating data communications amongst all devices of the networked computing system. The networked computing system may be configured to: detect at least one network communications metric, determine a network communications state associated with diminished communications throughput based on the detected at least one network communications metric, and then select an optimal rate for a data content transfer based on the determined network communications state. The network communications state may relate to either a state of network congestion or a state of reduced regional radio communications quality.

摘要翻译： 一种基于一个或多个网络通信状态的实时分析来改进数字数据内容传送的系统。 网络计算系统可以包括网络服务提供者设备，用户设备，网络链路监视器，数据传输代理和数据通信网络，以促进网络计算系统的所有设备之间的数据通信。 网络计算系统可以被配置为：基于检测到的至少一个网络通信度量来检测至少一个网络通信度量，确定与减少的通信吞吐量相关联的网络通信状态，然后基于数据内容传输选择最佳速率 在确定的网络通信状态。 网络通信状态可以涉及网络拥塞的状态或降低的区域无线电通信质量的状态。

公开(公告)号：US20100027966A1

公开(公告)日：2010-02-04

申请号：US12535508

申请日：2009-08-04

申请人： Jeffrey Paul Harrang ,  David B. Gibbons

发明人： Jeffrey Paul Harrang ,  David B. Gibbons

IPC分类号： H04N5/91 ,  H04N7/173

CPC分类号： H04N7/17318 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N5/775 ,  H04N21/234336 ,  H04N21/4126 ,  H04N21/41407 ,  H04N21/44004 ,  H04N21/6587 ,  H04N21/8455

摘要： A video content distribution system includes a remote content server, a communications network, and multiple media playback devices. One of the media playback devices generates a place marker that indexes a location in a video content where to resume playback of the video content and then the media playback device stores the place marker locally in the communications network. Subsequently, the same media playback device connects to the remote content server and stores a copy of the place marker remotely in the communications network.

摘要翻译： 视频内容分发系统包括远程内容服务器，通信网络和多媒体播放设备。 其中一个媒体播放设备产生一个地点标记，该位置标记对视频内容中的位置进行索引，以恢复播放视频内容，然后媒体播放设备将地点标记本地存储在通信网络中。 随后，相同的媒体播放设备连接到远程内容服务器，并将地点标记的副本远程存储在通信网络中。

公开(公告)号：US20120106383A1

公开(公告)日：2012-05-03

申请号：US13287643

申请日：2011-11-02

申请人： Eammon Gormley ,  Jeffrey Paul Harrang ,  David B. Gibbons

发明人： Eammon Gormley ,  Jeffrey Paul Harrang ,  David B. Gibbons

IPC分类号： H04W24/00

CPC分类号： H04L1/20 ,  H04L1/0026 ,  H04L5/0023 ,  H04L5/0033 ,  H04W28/02 ,  H04W28/0236 ,  H04W28/0284

摘要： A wireless device includes a data structure that relates peak channel capacity to the quality of the wireless communication link. The wireless communication link quality forms an index to indicate the expected peak channel capacity for that particular quality value of the wireless communication link. The wireless device uses the data storage structure to determine an expected data transfer throughput based on the quality of the wireless communication link. A transfer rate lower than expected may indicate congestion in the core network or the RAN. In this case, the network may slow the data delivery from the data source or temporarily suspend delivery. Conversely, low data throughput may be the result of a poor quality wireless communication link. If the data structure indicates that the data throughput corresponds to the expected throughput for the quality value of the wireless communication link, the system need not take any steps to reduce congestion.

摘要翻译： 无线设备包括将峰值信道容量与无线通信链路的质量相关联的数据结构。 无线通信链路质量形成指示用于无线通信链路的该特定质量值的预期峰值信道容量的索引。 无线设备使用数据存储结构来基于无线通信链路的质量来确定期望的数据传输吞吐量。 低于预期的传输速率可能表示核心网或RAN中的拥塞。 在这种情况下，网络可能会减慢数据源的数据传输或暂时中止传送。 相反，低数据吞吐量可能是质量差的无线通信链路的结果。 如果数据结构指示数据吞吐量对应于无线通信链路的质量值的预期吞吐量，则系统不需要采取任何步骤来减少拥塞。

公开(公告)号：US20110270692A1

公开(公告)日：2011-11-03

申请号：US13179380

申请日：2011-07-08

申请人： Jeffrey Paul Harrang ,  David B. Gibbons ,  John M. Burnette

发明人： Jeffrey Paul Harrang ,  David B. Gibbons ,  John M. Burnette

IPC分类号： G06Q30/00

CPC分类号： G06Q30/00 ,  G06Q30/0277 ,  G06Q30/0601 ,  G06Q30/0631

摘要： A networked computing system capable of distributing commercial digital media content utilizing existing interpersonal resources of a social network service (SNS). The networked computing system includes a media content provider (MCP), multiple personal computing devices (PCDs), a SNS and a data communications network that facilitates data communications amongst the MCP, the PCDs, and the SNS. A registered user of the SNS at a first PCD is able to access media content emanating from a MCP based on a media content referral from a registered user of the same SNS at a second PCD. The SNS may operate as an agent for the MCP so that the MCP can use the SNS as a viral media content marketing utility.

摘要翻译： 一种能够利用社交网络服务（SNS）的现有人际资源分配商业数字媒体内容的网络计算系统。 联网计算系统包括媒体内容提供商（MCP），多个个人计算设备（PCD），SNS和数据通信网络，其有助于MCP，PCD和SNS之间的数据通信。 第一PCD处的SNS的注册用户能够基于来自第二PCD的同一SNS的注册用户的媒体内容转介来访问从MCP发出的媒体内容。 SNS可以作为MCP的代理人运行，以便MCP可以使用SNS作为病毒媒体内容营销实用程序。

公开(公告)号：US08019886B2

公开(公告)日：2011-09-13

申请号：US12763104

申请日：2010-04-19

申请人： Jeffrey Paul Harrang ,  David B Gibbons

发明人： Jeffrey Paul Harrang ,  David B Gibbons

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04L47/10 ,  H04L41/083 ,  H04L43/0888 ,  H04L45/00 ,  H04L45/123 ,  H04L45/124 ,  H04L47/11 ,  H04L47/14 ,  H04L47/24 ,  H04W4/18 ,  H04W28/22

摘要： A system for improving digital data content delivery based on real time analysis of one or more network communications states. The networked computing system may include a network service provider device, a user equipment, a network link monitor, a data transfer agent, and a data communications network facilitating data communications amongst all devices of the networked computing system. The networked computing system may be configured to: detect at least one network communications metric, determine a network communications state associated with diminished communications throughput based on the detected at least one network communications metric, and then select an optimal rate for a data content transfer based on the determined network communications state. The network communications state may relate to either a state of network congestion or a state of reduced regional radio communications quality.

摘要翻译： 一种基于一个或多个网络通信状态的实时分析来改进数字数据内容传送的系统。 网络计算系统可以包括网络服务提供者设备，用户设备，网络链路监视器，数据传输代理和数据通信网络，以促进网络计算系统的所有设备之间的数据通信。 网络计算系统可以被配置为：基于检测到的至少一个网络通信度量来检测至少一个网络通信度量，确定与减少的通信吞吐量相关联的网络通信状态，然后基于数据内容传输选择最佳速率 在确定的网络通信状态。 网络通信状态可以涉及网络拥塞的状态或降低的区域无线电通信质量的状态。

公开(公告)号：US20110044227A1

公开(公告)日：2011-02-24

申请号：US12763023

申请日：2010-04-19

申请人： Jeffrey Paul Harrang ,  Chaz H. Immendorf ,  David B. Gibbons

发明人： Jeffrey Paul Harrang ,  Chaz H. Immendorf ,  David B. Gibbons

IPC分类号： H04H20/71 ,  H04L12/56

CPC分类号： H04H60/06 ,  H04H20/30 ,  H04H20/42 ,  H04W16/14 ,  H04W72/005 ,  H04W72/1215

摘要： A system and method are described for broadcasting/multicasting content using surplus network capacity. The systems and methods are directed to solving the problem of how to simultaneously broadcast/multicast large content files to a plurality of users for later retrieval by using existing network capacity as opposed to being forced to add new capacity to handle peak demand. Generally, the methods comprise receiving data to be distributed, determining surplus network capacity, and distributing the data within the surplus network capacity to a plurality of subscriber devices.

摘要翻译： 描述了使用剩余网络容量来广播/组播内容的系统和方法。 这些系统和方法旨在解决如何通过使用现有网络容量来同时广播/多播大量内容文件以供稍后检索的问题，而不是被迫添加新的容量来处理峰值需求。 通常，所述方法包括接收要分发的数据，确定剩余网络容量，以及将剩余网络容量内的数据分配给多个用户设备。

公开(公告)号：US20100031299A1

公开(公告)日：2010-02-04

申请号：US12534781

申请日：2009-08-03

申请人： Jeffrey Paul Harrang ,  David B. Gibbons

发明人： Jeffrey Paul Harrang ,  David B. Gibbons

IPC分类号： H04N7/18

CPC分类号： H04N21/454 ,  H04N21/4104 ,  H04N21/4126 ,  H04N21/43615 ,  H04N21/4363 ,  H04N21/440263 ,  H04N21/44029 ,  H04N21/4516

摘要： A media distribution system that includes a media content provider, a relay device, a data communications network, and multiple media playback devices that each have distinct device-dependent media playback capabilities. The relay device receives a media content from the media content provider over a remote portion of the data communications network, and in response to a received instruction from either the media content provider or a local media playback device, the relay device determines whether or not to reformat the received media content to be compatible with one or more media playback devices. After the reformatting determination and instruction processing, the relay device transfers the media content to designated media playback devices over a local portion of the data communications network.

摘要翻译： 一种媒体分发系统，其包括媒体内容提供商，中继设备，数据通信网络以及各自具有不同的设备相关媒体回放能力的多媒体回放设备。 中继设备通过数据通信网络的远程部分从媒体内容提供商接收媒体内容，并且响应于来自媒体内容提供商或本地媒体回放设备的接收到的指令，中继设备确定是否 重新格式化所接收的媒体内容以与一个或多个媒体回放设备兼容。 在重新格式化确定和指令处理之后，中继设备通过数据通信网络的本地部分将媒体内容传送到指定的媒体播放设备。

公开(公告)号：US09143341B2

公开(公告)日：2015-09-22

申请号：US12614426

申请日：2009-11-08

申请人： Jeffrey Paul Harrang ,  David B. Gibbons ,  John M. Burnette

发明人： Jeffrey Paul Harrang ,  David B. Gibbons ,  John M. Burnette

IPC分类号： G06F15/16 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H04L12/00 ,  G06F15/173 ,  H04L29/08

CPC分类号： H04L12/2812 ,  H04L12/00 ,  H04L12/4625 ,  H04L67/12 ,  H04L67/14 ,  H04L67/141 ,  H04L67/16 ,  H04L67/34 ,  H04L2012/2841

摘要： A computing system including a media content provider (MCP), a host device, a portable media content storage device (PMCSD), and a data communications network. In response to data communications being initiated between the PMCSD the host device, a data transfer application resident on the PMCSD is automatically executed to determine if any media content transfer instructions exist on the PMCSD or a MCP. The data transfer application resident on the PMCSD may be a portable application not requiring the installation of any configuration or support files to the host device or it may be an application having a boot process that installs configuration or support files to the host device prior to application execution. When one or more media content transfer instructions exists on the PMCSD or a MCP, the media content transfer instruction(s) is processed by the host device, to facilitate media content transfer between the PMCSD and the MCP.

摘要翻译： 包括媒体内容提供商（MCP），主机设备，便携式媒体内容存储设备（PMCSD）和数据通信网络的计算系统。 响应于在主机设备PMCSD之间发起的数据通信，驻留在PMCSD上的数据传送应用程序被自动执行，以确定是否有任何媒体内容传输指令存在于PMCSD或MCP上。 驻留在PMCSD上的数据传输应用可以是不需要向主机设备安装任何配置或支持文件的便携式应用，也可以是具有在应用之前向主机设备安装配置或支持文件的引导过程的应用 执行。 当在PMCSD或MCP上存在一个或多个媒体内容传送指令时，由主机设备处理媒体内容传送指令，以促进PMCSD和MCP之间的媒体内容传送。

公开(公告)号：US09065595B2

公开(公告)日：2015-06-23

申请号：US12904003

申请日：2010-10-13

申请人： Jeffrey Paul Harrang ,  John M. Burnette ,  David B. Gibbons

发明人： Jeffrey Paul Harrang ,  John M. Burnette ,  David B. Gibbons

IPC分类号： H04L1/00 ,  H04L1/16 ,  H04L12/801 ,  H04L12/825 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W28/06

CPC分类号： H04L1/0002 ,  H04L1/0038 ,  H04L1/1671 ,  H04L47/12 ,  H04L47/19 ,  H04L47/25 ,  H04L63/0428 ,  H04L65/4084 ,  H04L67/06 ,  H04L69/22 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W28/065

摘要： An adaptive file delivery system and method transmits a data file, such as an audio-video file, over a network or collection of networks in segments, each segment transmitted during a different time period. Each time period has a transmission portion to transmit its associated file segment and a wait portion in which no further interaction with the network occurs regarding the transmitted segment. In some implementations, the duration of the transmission portion of each time period is sufficient to reach a steady-state throughput condition, which allows the traffic load status of the network or networks to be determined from rate measurements of file segment transmissions. A peak flow determination is made to assure that the delivery of file segments does not cause network congestion. The system has spurious peak rejection to avoid the false detection of network congestion.

摘要翻译： 自适应文件传递系统和方法通过网络或网络集合中的数据文件（例如音频 - 视频文件）来传送每段在不同时间段期间传送的片段。 每个时间段具有发送其相关联的文件段的传输部分和其中不发生与网络的进一步交互的等待部分。 在一些实现中，每个时间段的传输部分的持续时间足以达到稳态吞吐量条件，这允许从文件段传输的速率测量确定网络或网络的业务负载状态。 进行峰值流量确定以确保文件段的传递不会导致网络拥塞。 该系统具有虚假的峰值抑制，以避免网络拥塞的错误检测。