Patents by Inventor Ron Munoz

Ron Munoz 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).

  • Content delivery in a network
    Patent number: 9426244
    Abstract: An embodiment of a method includes receiving a request for the content from a requester, retrieving the content from a media access server, and while retrieving the content from the media access server, simultaneously streaming the content to the requester. An embodiment of a system includes an edge server having a media streaming server configured to receive the request and stream the specified content to a requester from a local memory, and a stream caching server configured to retrieve the requested content from a media access server while the media streaming server is streaming at least a specified portion of the content, and wherein the stream caching server is further configured to store the retrieved content in a local cache and notify the media streaming server that content is stored in local cache.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Jin-Gen Wang, Qing Li, Ron Munoz, Jeremy Spencer
  • Content delivery in a network
    Patent number: 9185158
    Abstract: An embodiment of a method includes receiving a request for the content from a requester, retrieving the content from a media access server, and while retrieving the content from the media access server, simultaneously streaming the content to the requester. An embodiment of a system includes an edge server having a media streaming server configured to receive the request and stream the specified content to a requester from a local memory, and a stream caching server configured to retrieve the requested content from a media access server while the media streaming server is streaming at least a specified portion of the content, and wherein the stream caching server is further configured to store the retrieved content in a local cache and notify the media streaming server that content is stored in local cache.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Jin-Gen Wang, Qing Li, Ron Munoz
  • CONTENT DELIVERY IN A NETWORK
    Publication number: 20100325303
    Abstract: An embodiment of a method includes receiving a request for the content from a requester, retrieving the content from a media access server, and while retrieving the content from the media access server, simultaneously streaming the content to the requester. An embodiment of a system includes an edge server having a media streaming server configured to receive the request and stream the specified content to a requester from a local memory, and a stream caching server configured to retrieve the requested content from a media access server while the media streaming server is streaming at least a specified portion of the content, and wherein the stream caching server is further configured to store the retrieved content in a local cache and notify the media streaming server that content is stored in local cache.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Jin-Gen Wang, Qing Li, Ron Munoz, Jeremy Spencer
  • CONTENT DELIVERY IN A NETWORK
    Publication number: 20090282159
    Abstract: An embodiment of a method includes receiving a request for the content from a requester, retrieving the content from a media access server, and while retrieving the content from the media access server, simultaneously streaming the content to the requester. An embodiment of a system includes an edge server having a media streaming server configured to receive the request and stream the specified content to a requester from a local memory, and a stream caching server configured to retrieve the requested content from a media access server while the media streaming server is streaming at least a specified portion of the content, and wherein the stream caching server is further configured to store the retrieved content in a local cache and notify the media streaming server that content is stored in local cache.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Jin-Gen Wang, Qing Li, Ron Munoz