公开(公告)号：US20050269127A1

公开(公告)日：2005-12-08

申请号：US11099187

申请日：2005-04-04

申请人： Joseph Mitchell ,  Spring Haby ,  Dennis Rushforth ,  Mark Van Dyke ,  Henry Oviatt ,  Andrew Philips ,  Ralph Hill ,  Mary Marshall

发明人： Joseph Mitchell ,  Spring Haby ,  Dennis Rushforth ,  Mark Van Dyke ,  Henry Oviatt ,  Andrew Philips ,  Ralph Hill ,  Mary Marshall

IPC分类号： H01B17/32 ,  H01B17/50 ,  H01B17/06

CPC分类号： H01B17/50 ,  H01B17/325 ,  Y10T428/31515

摘要： A composite insulator containing means for providing early warning of impending failure due to stress corrosion cracking, flashunder, or destruction of the rod by discharge activity conditions is described. A composite insulator comprising a fiberglass rod surrounded by a polymer housing and connected with metal end fittings on either end of the rod is doped with a dye-based chemical dopant. The dopant is located around the vicinity of the outer surface of the fiberglass rod. The dopant is formulated to possess migration and diffusion characteristics, and to be inert in dry conditions and compatible with the insulator components. The dopant is positioned within the insulator such that upon the penetration of moisture through the housing to the rod through a permeation pathway in the outer surface of the insulator, the dopant will become activated and will leach out of the same permeation pathway or diffuse through the housing. The activated dopant then creates a deposit or stain on the outer surface of the insulator housing. The dopant comprises an oil-soluble dye, an indicator, or a stain compound that can either be visually identified, or is sensitive to radiation at one or more specific wavelengths. The dopant could also be formulated by a nanoparticle enabled material. Deposits of activated dopant on the outer surface of the insulator can be detected upon imaging of the outer surface of the insulator by appropriate imaging instruments or the naked eye.

摘要翻译： 描述了一种用于通过放电活动条件提供由于应力腐蚀开裂，闪光或棒的破坏而引起的即将发生的故障的复合绝缘体。 复合绝缘体包括由聚合物壳体包围并与杆的任一端上的金属端配件连接的玻璃纤维棒，掺杂有基于染料的化学掺杂剂。 掺杂剂位于玻璃纤维棒的外表面附近。 掺杂剂配制成具有迁移和扩散特性，并且在干燥条件下是惰性的并且与绝缘体组分相容。 掺杂剂定位在绝缘体内，使得当绝缘体的外表面通过渗透通道将水分穿过壳体穿过壳体时，掺杂剂将被激活并将从相同的渗透通道中浸出或扩散通过 住房。 活化的掺杂剂然后在绝缘体外壳的外表面上产生沉积物或污渍。 该掺杂剂包括油溶性染料，指示剂或染色剂，其可以在视觉上被鉴定，或对一个或多个特定波长的辐射敏感。 掺杂剂也可以由具有纳米粒子的材料制成。 可以通过适当的成像仪器或肉眼对绝缘体的外表面进行成像后，检测绝缘体外表面上活化的掺杂剂的沉积。

公开(公告)号：US20050034892A1

公开(公告)日：2005-02-17

申请号：US10641511

申请日：2003-08-14

申请人： Andrew Philips ,  Ralph Hill ,  Mary Marshall ,  Joseph Mitchell ,  Stephen Hudak

发明人： Andrew Philips ,  Ralph Hill ,  Mary Marshall ,  Joseph Mitchell ,  Stephen Hudak

IPC分类号： H01B17/32 ,  H01B17/50 ,  H02G15/00 ,  H01B7/00

CPC分类号： H01B17/325 ,  H01B17/50 ,  Y10T428/31515

摘要： A composite insulator containing means for providing early warning of impending failure due to stress corrosion cracking, flashunder, or destruction of the rod by discharge activity conditions is described. A composite insulator comprising a fiberglass rod surrounded by a polymer housing and fitted with metal end fittings on either end of the rod is doped with a dye-based chemical dopant. The dopant is located around the vicinity of the outer surface of the fiberglass rod. The dopant is formulated to possess migration and diffusion characteristics correlating to those of water, and to be inert in dry conditions and compatible with the insulator components. The dopant is placed within the insulator such that upon the penetration of moisture through the housing to the rod through a permeation pathway in the outer surface of the insulator, the dopant will become activated and will leach out of the same permeation pathway. The activated dopant then creates a deposit or stain on the outer surface of the insulator housing. The dopant comprises a dye that is sensitive to radiation at one or more specific wavelengths or is visually identifiable. Deposits of activated dopant on the outer surface of the insulator can be detected upon imaging of the outer surface of the insulator by appropriate imaging instruments or the naked eye.

摘要翻译： 描述了一种用于通过放电活动条件提供由于应力腐蚀开裂，闪光或棒的破坏而引起的即将发生的故障的复合绝缘体。 复合绝缘体包括由聚合物壳体包围的玻璃纤维棒，并且在杆的任一端上装配有金属端接头，掺杂有基于染料的化学掺杂剂。 掺杂剂位于玻璃纤维棒的外表面附近。 掺杂剂被配制为具有与水相关的迁移和扩散特性，并且在干燥条件下是惰性的并且与绝缘体组分相容。 掺杂剂放置在绝缘体内，使得当绝缘体的外表面通过渗透通道将水分穿过壳体穿过壳体到达杆时，掺杂剂将被激活并将从相同的渗透途径中浸出。 活化的掺杂剂然后在绝缘体外壳的外表面上产生沉积物或污渍。 掺杂剂包括对一种或多种特定波长的辐射敏感的染料，或者在视觉上可识别的染料。 可以通过适当的成像仪器或肉眼对绝缘体的外表面进行成像后，检测绝缘体外表面上活化的掺杂剂的沉积。

公开(公告)号：US20080013724A1

公开(公告)日：2008-01-17

申请号：US11827856

申请日：2007-07-13

申请人： Talal Shamoon ,  Ralph Hill ,  Chris Radcliffe ,  John Hwa

发明人： Talal Shamoon ,  Ralph Hill ,  Chris Radcliffe ,  John Hwa

IPC分类号： H04N7/167 ,  H04L9/00

CPC分类号： H04L63/0428 ,  H04L63/10 ,  H04L2463/101 ,  H04N7/1675 ,  H04N21/23476 ,  H04N21/2541 ,  H04N21/26613 ,  H04N21/4405 ,  H04N21/44055 ,  H04N21/44204 ,  H04N21/4627 ,  H04N21/812 ,  H04N21/8193 ,  H04N21/835 ,  H04N21/8355

摘要： A novel method and apparatus for protection of streamed media content is disclosed. In one aspect, the apparatus includes control means for governance of content streams or content objects, decryption means for decrypting content streams or content objects under control of the control means, and feedback means for tracking actual use of content streams or content objects. The control means may operate in accordance with rules received as part of the streamed content, or through a side-band channel. The rules may specify allowed uses of the content, including whether or not the content can be copied or transferred, and whether and under what circumstances received content may be “checked-out” of one device and used in a second device. The rules may also include or specify budgets, and a requirement that audit information be collected and/or transmitted to an external server. In a different aspect, the apparatus may include a media player designed to call plugins to assist in rendering content. A “trust plugin” is disclosed, along with a method of using the trust plugin so that a media player designed for use with unprotected content may render protected content without the necessity of requiring any changes to the media player. In one aspect, the streamed content may be in a number of different formats, including MPEG-4, MP3, and the RMFF format.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于保护流媒体内容的新颖方法和装置。 一方面，该装置包括用于控制内容流或内容对象的控制装置，用于在控制装置的控制下解密内容流或内容对象的解密装置，以及用于跟踪内容流或内容对象的实际使用的反馈装置。 控制装置可以根据作为流式内容的一部分接收的规则或者通过边带信道来操作。 规则可以指定内容的允许使用，包括是否可以复制或传输内容，以及是否在什么情况下接收到的内容可以被“检出”一个设备并且在第二设备中使用。 规则还可以包括或指定预算，以及将审计信息收集和/或传送到外部服务器的要求。 在不同的方面，设备可以包括被设计为调用插件来辅助呈现内容的媒体播放器。 公开了一种“信任插件”，以及使用信任插件的方法，使得设计用于不受保护的内容的媒体播放器可以呈现受保护的内容，而不需要对媒体播放器进行任何改变。 在一个方面，流传输的内容可​​以是多种不同的格式，包括MPEG-4，MP3和RMFF格式。

公开(公告)号：US20070211891A1

公开(公告)日：2007-09-13

申请号：US11747781

申请日：2007-05-11

申请人： Talal Shamoon ,  Ralph Hill ,  Chris Radcliffe ,  John Hwa

发明人： Talal Shamoon ,  Ralph Hill ,  Chris Radcliffe ,  John Hwa

IPC分类号： H04L9/18

CPC分类号： H04N21/43853 ,  H04L9/14 ,  H04L63/0428 ,  H04L63/10 ,  H04L2209/603 ,  H04L2209/605 ,  H04L2209/64 ,  H04L2463/101 ,  H04N7/167 ,  H04N7/1675 ,  H04N21/23476 ,  H04N21/23605 ,  H04N21/2541 ,  H04N21/26613 ,  H04N21/4343 ,  H04N21/4405 ,  H04N21/44055 ,  H04N21/44204 ,  H04N21/4627 ,  H04N21/812 ,  H04N21/8193 ,  H04N21/835 ,  H04N21/8352 ,  H04N21/8355 ,  H04N21/8358

摘要： A novel method and apparatus for protection of streamed media content is disclosed. In one aspect, the apparatus includes control means for governance of content streams or content objects, decryption means for decrypting content streams or content objects under control of the control means, and feedback means for tracking actual use of content streams or content objects. The control means may operate in accordance with rules received as part of the streamed content, or through a side-band channel. The rules may specify allowed uses of the content, including whether or not the content can be copied or transferred, and whether and under what circumstances received content may be “checked out” of one device and used in a second device. The rules may also include or specify budgets, and a requirement that audit information be collected and/or transmitted to an external server. In a different aspect, the apparatus may include a media player designed to call plugins to assist in rendering content. A “trust plugin” is disclosed, along with a method of using the trust plugin so that a media player designed for use with unprotected content may render protected content without the necessity of requiring any changes to the media player. In one aspect, the streamed content may be in a number of different formats, including MPEG-4, MP3, and the RMFF format.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于保护流媒体内容的新颖方法和装置。 一方面，该装置包括用于控制内容流或内容对象的控制装置，用于在控制装置的控制下解密内容流或内容对象的解密装置，以及用于跟踪内容流或内容对象的实际使用的反馈装置。 控制装置可以根据作为流式内容的一部分接收的规则或者通过边带信道来操作。 规则可以指定内容的允许使用，包括是否可以复制或传送内容，以及是否在什么情况下接收内容可能被“检出”一个设备并在第二设备中使用。 规则还可以包括或指定预算，以及将审计信息收集和/或传送到外部服务器的要求。 在不同的方面，设备可以包括被设计为调用插件来辅助呈现内容的媒体播放器。 公开了一种“信任插件”，以及使用信任插件的方法，使得设计用于不受保护的内容的媒体播放器可以呈现受保护的内容，而不需要对媒体播放器进行任何改变。 在一个方面，流传输的内容可​​以是多种不同的格式，包括MPEG-4，MP3和RMFF格式。

公开(公告)号：US20070011680A1

公开(公告)日：2007-01-11

申请号：US11473340

申请日：2006-06-21

申请人： Ralph Hill

发明人： Ralph Hill

IPC分类号： G06F9/46

CPC分类号： G06F8/4452

摘要： A process for scheduling operations using a cost function is provided. A number of scheduling options are determined for an operation and a cost is computed for each scheduling option. The process then schedules the operation based on a computed cost.

摘要翻译： 提供了使用成本函数调度操作的过程。 为操作确定多个调度选项，并为每个调度选项计算成本。 然后，该过程基于计算的成本来调度操作。

公开(公告)号：US06792468B1

公开(公告)日：2004-09-14

申请号：US09441722

申请日：1999-11-16

申请人： Eric David Bloch ,  Jeffrey Evan Beall ,  Gordon Anson Durand ,  Ralph Hill

发明人： Eric David Bloch ,  Jeffrey Evan Beall ,  Gordon Anson Durand ,  Ralph Hill

IPC分类号： G06F1516

CPC分类号： H04N21/23406 ,  H04N21/44004

摘要： A software architecture and control protocol that provides applications with control over the transport that is frame-accurate, random-access, real-time and stream-based. Conventional server-based data network where media data resides on the server does not provide a frame accurate control of media data playback on a client workstation. The present invention provides control on the client with the implementation of a “client pull” data transport model. According to the present invention, requests for media data are sent from the client to the server one request at a time. The server, upon receiving the requests, retrieves the corresponding frames of media data and transmits the media data back to the client one frame at a time. In this way, the present invention allows a user-interface to provide frame accurate controls on the client workstation, while allowing for real-time playback of media data that resides on the server.

摘要翻译： 一种软件架构和控制协议，为应用程序提供对帧精确，随机访问，实时和基于流的传输的控制。 媒体数据驻留在服务器上的传统的基于服务器的数据网络不能在客户端工作站上提供对媒体数据播放的帧精确控制。 本发明提供对客户端对“客户端拉”数据传输模型的实现的控制。 根据本发明，媒体数据的请求一次从客户端发送到服务器一个请求。 服务器在接收到请求后，检索相应的媒体数据帧，并将媒体数据一次发送回客户端一帧。 以这种方式，本发明允许用户界面在客户端工作站上提供帧精确控制，同时允许实时地回放驻留在服务器上的媒体数据。

公开(公告)号：US07448062B1

公开(公告)日：2008-11-04

申请号：US09441729

申请日：1999-11-16

申请人： Eric David Bloch ,  Jeffrey Evan Beall ,  Gordon Anson Durand ,  Ralph Hill

发明人： Eric David Bloch ,  Jeffrey Evan Beall ,  Gordon Anson Durand ,  Ralph Hill

IPC分类号： H04N7/173 ,  G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04N21/6587 ,  H04N21/26258 ,  H04N21/4143 ,  H04N21/4622 ,  H04N21/4825 ,  H04N21/6547 ,  H04N21/6581

摘要： A software architecture and control protocol that provides seamless playback of multiple clips of media data across a data network. Conventional server-based data network architecture where playback logic resides on the servers does not provide the capability of seamless playback of multiple clips stored in different servers. The present invention allows users to specify a playlist and provides control on the client with the implementation of a “client pull” data transport model. According to the present invention, the playlist is translated into a plurality of frame accurate requests, which are sent from the client to the servers one request at a time. The servers, upon receiving the requests, retrieve the corresponding frames of media data and transmit the media data back to the client. In this way, the present invention allows a user-interface to provide seamless playback of multiple clips that reside on different servers on the client workstation.

摘要翻译： 软件架构和控制协议，可跨数据网络无缝播放多个媒体数据片段。 回放逻辑驻留在服务器上的传统的基于服务器的数据网络架构不能提供存储在不同服务器中的多个剪辑的无缝回放功能。 本发明允许用户指定播放列表并且向客户端提供对“客户端拉”数据传输模型的实现的控制。 根据本发明，将播放列表转换成多个帧准确请求，这些请求一次从客户端发送到服务器一个请求。 服务器在接收到请求后，检索相应的媒体数据帧并将媒体数据发送回客户端。 以这种方式，本发明允许用户界面提供驻留在客户端工作站上的不同服务器上的多个剪辑的无缝回放。

公开(公告)号：US20060159266A1

公开(公告)日：2006-07-20

申请号：US11376501

申请日：2006-03-14

申请人： Pierre Chavanne ,  John Hwa ,  Lakshmana Pamarthy ,  Carl Quinn ,  Ralph Hill ,  Eric Swenson ,  Motomasa Futagami ,  Atsushi Mituszawa

发明人： Pierre Chavanne ,  John Hwa ,  Lakshmana Pamarthy ,  Carl Quinn ,  Ralph Hill ,  Eric Swenson ,  Motomasa Futagami ,  Atsushi Mituszawa

IPC分类号： H04L9/00

CPC分类号： H04L9/0637 ,  H04L2209/60

摘要： Protection of digital content using a specific application of block cipher cryptography is described. The digital content is encrypted using an encryption key and a calculated initialization vector. The digital content includes a plurality of strides of data and each stride includes a string of data to be encrypted and a block of data to be encrypted. The calculated initialization vector to be used to encrypt the block of data is derived from the string of data in the stride to be encrypted. Furthermore, the initialization vector is calculated by performing an exclusive disjunction function on a seed value and the string of data for each stride.

公开(公告)号：US07055039B2

公开(公告)日：2006-05-30

申请号：US10675430

申请日：2003-09-29

申请人： Pierre Chavanne ,  John Hwa ,  Lakshmana Pamarthy ,  Carl Quinn ,  Ralph Hill ,  Eric Swenson ,  Motomasa Futagami ,  Atsushi Mituszawa

发明人： Pierre Chavanne ,  John Hwa ,  Lakshmana Pamarthy ,  Carl Quinn ,  Ralph Hill ,  Eric Swenson ,  Motomasa Futagami ,  Atsushi Mituszawa

IPC分类号： H04L9/00 ,  G06F11/30

CPC分类号： H04L9/0637 ,  H04L2209/60

摘要： Protection of digital content using a specific application of block cipher cryptography is described. The digital content is encrypted using an encryption key and a calculated initialization vector. The digital content includes a plurality of strides of data and each stride includes a string of data to be encrypted and a block of data to be encrypted. The calculated initialization vector to be used to encrypt the block of data is derived from the string of data in the stride to be encrypted. Furthermore, the initialization vector is calculated by performing an exclusive disjunction function on a seed value and the string of data for each stride.

摘要翻译： 描述使用块密码加密的特定应用保护数字内容。 数字内容使用加密密钥和计算的初始化向量进行加密。 数字内容包括多个数据段，并且每个步幅包括要加密的数据串和要加密的数据块。 用于加密数据块的计算的初始化向量是从要加密的步幅中的数据串导出的。 此外，通过对种子值进行排他性分离函数和每个步幅的数据串来计算初始化向量。

公开(公告)号：USD979008S1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-21

申请号：US29772453

申请日：2021-03-02

申请人： Onega Ulanova ,  Konstantin Dolgan ,  Ralph Hill

设计人： Onega Ulanova ,  Konstantin Dolgan ,  Ralph Hill