Patents by Inventor Matthew J. Stevens
Matthew J. Stevens 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).
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Publication number: 20240125816Abstract: A probe head with a cylindrical portion and an oblique truncated portion angled downward toward a high-powered electronic device under testing. The probe head has a proximal end comprising an oblique truncated cone portion angled relative to the longitudinal axis at an input angle and has an analog signal input. The probe head has a digital signal output provided on the distal end of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Michael J Mende, Mark Heimann, Richard Booman, Philipp Palffy-Daun-Seiler, Michael Engels, Nadja Laeaeperi, Benno Jacobs, Michael D Stevens, Nicolas Frabasile, Peter Hildenhagen, Kai Klein, Jurij Weber, Iris Zimmermann, Juergen Trueller, Thomas Podrebersek, Michael Eube, Frank Pannes, Matthew M Mende
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Patent number: 11792295Abstract: This patent document describes technology for providing real-time messaging and entity update services in a distributed proxy server network, such as a CDN. Uses include distributing real-time notifications about updates to data stored in and delivered by the network, with both high efficiency and locality of latency. The technology can be integrated into conventional caching proxy servers providing HTTP services, thereby leveraging their existing footprint in the Internet, their existing overlay network topologies and architectures, and their integration with existing traffic management components.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Akamai Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Matthew J. Stevens, Michael G. Merideth, Nil Alexandrov, Andrew F. Champagne, Brendan Coyle, Timothy Glynn, Mark A. Roman, Xin Xu
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Publication number: 20230079178Abstract: This patent document describes technology for providing real-time messaging and entity update services in a distributed proxy server network, such as a CDN. Uses include distributing real-time notifications about updates to data stored in and delivered by the network, with both high efficiency and locality of latency. The technology can be integrated into conventional caching proxy servers providing HTTP services, thereby leveraging their existing footprint in the Internet, their existing overlay network topologies and architectures, and their integration with existing traffic management components.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: Akamai Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Matthew J. Stevens, Michael G. Merideth, Nil Alexandrov, Andrew F. Champagne, Brendan Coyle, Timothy Glynn, Mark A. Roman, Xin Xu
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Patent number: 11343344Abstract: A proxy server is augmented with the capability of taking transient possession of a received entity for purposes of serving consuming devices. This capability supplements destination forwarding and/or origin server transactions performed by the proxy server. This capability enables several entity transfer modes, including a rendezvous service, in which the proxy server can (if invoked by a client) fulfill a client's request with an entity that the proxy server receives from a producing device contemporaneous with (or shortly after) the request for that entity. It also enables server-to-server transfers with synchronous or asynchronous destination forwarding behavior. It also enables a mode in which clients can request different representations of entities, e.g., from either the near-channel (e.g., the version stored at the proxy server) or a far-channel (e.g., at origin server).Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2021Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Akamai Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Matthew J. Stevens, Michael G. Merideth, Nil Alexandrov, Andrew F. Champagne, Brendan Coyle, Timothy Glynn, Mark A. Roman, Philip A. Lisiecki, Xin Xu
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Patent number: 11343348Abstract: This patent document describes technology for providing real-time messaging and entity update services in a distributed proxy server network, such as a CDN. Uses include distributing real-time notifications about updates to data stored in and delivered by the network, with both high efficiency and locality of latency. The technology can be integrated into conventional caching proxy servers providing HTTP services, thereby leveraging their existing footprint in the Internet, their existing overlay network topologies and architectures, and their integration with existing traffic management components.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2021Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Akamai Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Matthew J. Stevens, Michael G. Merideth, Nil Alexandrov, Andrew F. Champagne, Brendan Coyle, Timothy Glynn, Mark A. Roman, Xin Xu
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Patent number: 11146615Abstract: An Internet infrastructure delivery platform operated by a provider enables HTTP-based service to identified third parties at large scale. The platform provides this service to one or more cloud providers. The approach enables the CDN platform provider (the first party) to service third party traffic on behalf of the cloud provider (the second party). In operation, an edge server handling mechanism leverages DNS to determine if a request with an unknown host header should be serviced. Before serving a response, and assuming the host header includes an unrecognized name, the edge server resolves the host header and obtains an intermediate response, typically a list of aliases (e.g., DNS CNAMEs). The edge server checks the returned CNAME list to determine how to respond to the original request. Using just a single edge configuration, the CDN service provider can support instant provisioning of a cloud provider's identified third party traffic.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Akamai Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Stephen L. Ludin, Prasanna Laghate, Matthew J. Stevens, Frederick R. Shotton, Jozef Hatala
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Patent number: 10530900Abstract: Described herein are improved systems, methods, and devices for delivering and managing metadata in a distributed computing platform such as a content delivery network (CDN) so as to configure content servers to handle client requests. The teachings hereof provide, among other things, scalable and configurable solutions for delivering and managing metadata, preferably by leveraging dynamically obtained control information. For example, in one embodiment, a given content server may store metadata, e.g., in a configuration file, that references dynamic, late-bound control information for use in satisfying dependencies. This dynamic control information can be requested by the CDN content server, typically from a remote host, when needed to parse and execute the metadata.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Akamai Technologies Inc.Inventors: Matthew J. Stevens, Frederick R. Shotton, Tong Chen
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Publication number: 20190230194Abstract: Described herein are improved systems, methods, and devices for delivering and managing metadata in a distributed computing platform such as a content delivery network (CDN) so as to configure content servers to handle client requests. The teachings hereof provide, among other things, scalable and configurable solutions for delivering and managing metadata, preferably by leveraging dynamically obtained control information. For example, in one embodiment, a given content server may store metadata, e.g., in a configuration file, that references dynamic, late-bound control information for use in satisfying dependencies. This dynamic control information can be requested by the CDN content server, typically from a remote host, when needed to parse and execute the metadata.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2019Publication date: July 25, 2019Applicant: Akamai Technologies Inc.Inventors: Matthew J. Stevens, Frederick R. Shotton, Tong Chen
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Publication number: 20190230143Abstract: An Internet infrastructure delivery platform operated by a provider enables HTTP-based service to identified third parties at large scale. The platform provides this service to one or more cloud providers. The approach enables the CDN platform provider (the first party) to service third party traffic on behalf of the cloud provider (the second party). In operation, an edge server handling mechanism leverages DNS to determine if a request with an unknown host header should be serviced. Before serving a response, and assuming the host header includes an unrecognized name, the edge server resolves the host header and obtains an intermediate response, typically a list of aliases (e.g., DNS CNAMEs). The edge server checks the returned CNAME list to determine how to respond to the original request. Using just a single edge configuration, the CDN service provider can support instant provisioning of a cloud provider's identified third party traffic.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2019Publication date: July 25, 2019Inventors: Stephen L. Ludin, Prasanna Laghate, Matthew J. Stevens, Frederick R. Shotton, Jozef Hatala
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Patent number: 10257318Abstract: Described herein are improved systems, methods, and devices for delivering and managing metadata in a distributed computing platform such as a content delivery network (CDN) so as to configure content servers to handle client requests. The teachings hereof provide, among other things, scalable and configurable solutions for delivering and managing metadata, preferably by leveraging dynamically obtained control information. For example, in one embodiment, a given content server may store metadata, e.g., in a configuration file, that references dynamic, late-bound control information for use in satisfying dependencies. This dynamic control information can be requested by the CDN content server, typically from a remote host, when needed to parse and execute the metadata.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2017Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Akamai Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Matthew J. Stevens, Frederick R. Shotton
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Patent number: 10250667Abstract: An Internet infrastructure delivery platform operated by a provider enables HTTP-based service to identified third parties at large scale. The platform provides this service to one or more cloud providers. The approach enables the CDN platform provider (the first party) to service third party traffic on behalf of the cloud provider (the second party). In operation, an edge server handling mechanism leverages DNS to determine if a request with an unknown host header should be serviced. Before serving a response, and assuming the host header includes an unrecognized name, the edge server resolves the host header and obtains an intermediate response, typically a list of aliases (e.g., DNS CNAMEs). The edge server checks the returned CNAME list to determine how to respond to the original request. Using just a single edge configuration, the CDN service provider can support instant provisioning of a cloud provider's identified third party traffic.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2017Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: Akamai Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Stephen L. Ludin, Prasanna Laghate, Matthew J. Stevens, Frederick R. Shotton, Jozef Hatala
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Patent number: 10237374Abstract: Described herein are improved systems, methods, and devices for delivering and managing metadata in a distributed computing platform such as a content delivery network (CDN) so as to configure content servers to handle client requests. The teachings hereof provide, among other things, scalable and configurable solutions for delivering and managing metadata, preferably by leveraging dynamically obtained control information. For example, in one embodiment, a given content server may store metadata, e.g., in a configuration file, that references dynamic, late-bound control information for use in satisfying dependencies. This dynamic control information can be requested by the CDN content server, typically from a remote host, when needed to parse and execute the metadata.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2018Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Akamai Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Matthew J. Stevens, Frederick R. Shotton, Tong Chen
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Patent number: 10237363Abstract: Described herein are improved systems, methods, and devices for delivering and managing metadata in a distributed computing platform such as a content delivery network (CDN) so as to configure content servers to handle client requests. The teachings hereof provide, among other things, scalable and configurable solutions for delivering and managing metadata, preferably by leveraging dynamically obtained control information. For example, in one embodiment, a given content server may store metadata, e.g., in a configuration file, that references dynamic, late-bound control information for use in satisfying dependencies. This dynamic control information can be requested by the CDN content server, typically from a remote host, when needed to parse and execute the metadata.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2017Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Akamai Technologies Inc.Inventors: Matthew J. Stevens, Frederick R. Shotton
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Publication number: 20180295214Abstract: Described herein are improved systems, methods, and devices for delivering and managing metadata in a distributed computing platform such as a content delivery network (CDN) so as to configure content servers to handle client requests. The teachings hereof provide, among other things, scalable and configurable solutions for delivering and managing metadata, preferably by leveraging dynamically obtained control information. For example, in one embodiment, a given content server may store metadata, e.g., in a configuration file, that references dynamic, late-bound control information for use in satisfying dependencies. This dynamic control information can be requested by the CDN content server, typically from a remote host, when needed to parse and execute the metadata.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicant: Akamai Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Matthew J. Stevens, Frederick R. Shotton, Tong Chen
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Patent number: 9942363Abstract: Described herein are improved systems, methods, and devices for delivering and managing metadata in a distributed computing platform such as a content delivery network (CDN) so as to configure content servers to handle client requests. The teachings hereof provide, among other things, scalable and configurable solutions for delivering and managing metadata, preferably by leveraging dynamically obtained control information. For example, in one embodiment, a given content server may store metadata, e.g., in a configuration file, that references dynamic, late-bound control information for use in satisfying dependencies. This dynamic control information can be requested by the CDN content server, typically from a remote host, when needed to parse and execute the metadata.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2016Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: Akamai Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Matthew J. Stevens, Frederick R. Shotton, Tong Chen
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Publication number: 20180034930Abstract: Described herein are improved systems, methods, and devices for delivering and managing metadata in a distributed computing platform such as a content delivery network (CDN) so as to configure content servers to handle client requests. The teachings hereof provide, among other things, scalable and configurable solutions for delivering and managing metadata, preferably by leveraging dynamically obtained control information. For example, in one embodiment, a given content server may store metadata, e.g., in a configuration file, that references dynamic, late-bound control information for use in satisfying dependencies. This dynamic control information can be requested by the CDN content server, typically from a remote host, when needed to parse and execute the metadata.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2017Publication date: February 1, 2018Applicant: Akamai Technologies Inc.Inventors: Matthew J. Stevens, Frederick R. Shotton
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Publication number: 20180020082Abstract: Described herein are improved systems, methods, and devices for delivering and managing metadata in a distributed computing platform such as a content delivery network (CDN) so as to configure content servers to handle client requests. The teachings hereof provide, among other things, scalable and configurable solutions for delivering and managing metadata, preferably by leveraging dynamically obtained control information. For example, in one embodiment, a given content server may store metadata, e.g., in a configuration file, that references dynamic, late-bound control information for use in satisfying dependencies. This dynamic control information can be requested by the CDN content server, typically from a remote host, when needed to parse and execute the metadata.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2017Publication date: January 18, 2018Applicant: Akamai Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Matthew J. Stevens, Frederick R. Shotton
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Publication number: 20180007117Abstract: An Internet infrastructure delivery platform operated by a provider enables HTTP-based service to identified third parties at large scale. The platform provides this service to one or more cloud providers. The approach enables the CDN platform provider (the first party) to service third party traffic on behalf of the cloud provider (the second party). In operation, an edge server handling mechanism leverages DNS to determine if a request with an unknown host header should be serviced. Before serving a response, and assuming the host header includes an unrecognized name, the edge server resolves the host header and obtains an intermediate response, typically a list of aliases (e.g., DNS CNAMEs). The edge server checks the returned CNAME list to determine how to respond to the original request. Using just a single edge configuration, the CDN service provider can support instant provisioning of a cloud provider's identified third party traffic.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: Stephen L. Ludin, Prasanna Laghate, Matthew J. Stevens, Frederick R. Shotton, Jozef Hatala
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Patent number: 9769238Abstract: An Internet infrastructure delivery platform operated by a provider enables HTTP-based service to identified third parties at large scale. The platform provides this service to one or more cloud providers. The approach enables the CDN platform provider (the first party) to service third party traffic on behalf of the cloud provider (the second party). In operation, an edge server handling mechanism leverages DNS to determine if a request with an unknown host header should be serviced. Before serving a response, and assuming the host header includes an unrecognized name, the edge server resolves the host header and obtains an intermediate response, typically a list of aliases (e.g., DNS CNAMEs). The edge server checks the returned CNAME list to determine how to respond to the original request. Using just a single edge configuration, the CDN service provider can support instant provisioning of a cloud provider's identified third party traffic.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2012Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Akamai Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Stephen L. Ludin, Prasanna Laghate, Matthew J. Stevens, Frederick R. Shotton, Jozef Hatala
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Patent number: 9736271Abstract: Described herein are improved systems, methods, and devices for delivering and managing metadata in a distributed computing platform such as a content delivery network (CDN) so as to configure content servers to handle client requests. The teachings hereof provide, among other things, scalable and configurable solutions for delivering and managing metadata, preferably by leveraging dynamically obtained control information. For example, in one embodiment, a given content server may store metadata, e.g., in a configuration file, that references dynamic, late-bound control information for use in satisfying dependencies. This dynamic control information can be requested by the CDN content server, typically from a remote host, when needed to parse and execute the metadata.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2013Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Matthew J. Stevens, Frederick R. Shotton, Vaishnav Janardhan