Patents by Inventor Jonathan J. Black

Jonathan J. Black has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CACHING IN A NETWORKED ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20150172409
    Abstract: In general, methods and apparatus according to the invention mitigate these and other issues by implementing caching techniques described herein. So when one device in a home network downloads and plays a particular content (e.g., a video, song) from a given site, the content is cached within the network such that the same content is available to be re-played on another device without re-downloading the same content from the Internet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Jonathan J. BLACK, Pramod B. KALUSKAR
  • Method and apparatus for maintaining and migrating a distributed cache in a networked environment
    Patent number: 8972517
    Abstract: In general, methods and apparatus according to the invention mitigate these and other issues by implementing caching techniques described herein. So when one device in a home network downloads and plays a particular content (e.g., a video, song) from a given site, the content is cached within the network such that the same content is available to be re-played on another device without re-downloading the same content from the Internet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Ikanos Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan J. Black, Pramod B. Kaluskar
  • Method and Apparatus for Caching in a Networked Environment
    Publication number: 20120271904
    Abstract: In general, methods and apparatus according to the invention mitigate these and other issues by implementing caching techniques described herein. So when one device in a home network downloads and plays a particular content (e.g., a video, song) from a given site, the content is cached within the network such that the same content is available to be re-played on another device without re-downloading the same content from the Internet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: Ikanos Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan J. Black, Pramod B. Kaluskar