Patents by Inventor Ronnie So
Ronnie So 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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Patent number: 9654550Abstract: According to this disclosure, a proxy server is enhanced to be able to interpret instructions that specify how to modify an input object to create an output object to serve to a requesting client. Typically the instructions operate on binary data. For example, the instructions can be interpreted in a byte-based interpreter that directs the proxy as to what order, and from which source, to fill an output buffer that is served to the client. The instructions specify what changes to make to a generic input file. This functionality extends the capability of the proxy server in an open-ended fashion and enables it to efficiently create a wide variety of outputs for a given generic input file. The generic input file and/or the instructions may be cached at the proxy. The teachings hereof have applications in, among other things, the delivery of web content, streaming media, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Nicholas S. Brookins, Stephen L. Ludin, Akinwale O. Olugbile, Ronnie So
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Publication number: 20170111665Abstract: Delivering a content stream within a content delivery network (CDN) includes recording the stream using a recording tier, and playing the stream using a player tier. For a live stream, recording the stream begins when the stream is received at a CDN entry point in a source format. The stream is then converted into an intermediate format (IF), which comprises a stream manifest, a set of one or more fragment indexes (FI), and a set of IF fragments. A player process begins when a requesting client is associated with a CDN HTTP proxy. In response to receipt at the HTTP proxy of a request for the stream, the HTTP proxy retrieves the stream manifest and at least one fragment index. Using the fragment index, the IF fragments are retrieved to the HTTP proxy, converted to a target format, and then served in response to the client request. Preferably, fragments are accessed, cached and served by the HTTP proxy via HTTP.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2016Publication date: April 20, 2017Inventors: Babu Suryanarayanan, Ronnie So, Mihar Parikh, Ashok Jaiprakash Lalwani, Abdul Salam Faisal Padinjareveetil, James Egerton
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Patent number: 9549022Abstract: According to this disclosure, a proxy server is enhanced to be able to interpret instructions that specify how to modify an input object to create an output object to serve to a requesting client. Typically the instructions operate on binary data. For example, the instructions can be interpreted in a byte-based interpreter that directs the proxy as to what order, and from which source, to fill an output buffer that is served to the client. The instructions specify what changes to make to a generic input file. This functionality extends the capability of the proxy server in an open-ended fashion and enables it to efficiently create a wide variety of outputs for a given generic input file. The generic input file and/or the instructions may be cached at the proxy. The teachings hereof have applications in, among other things, the delivery of web content, streaming media, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2016Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: Akamai Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas S. Brookins, Stephen L. Ludin, Akinwale O. Olugbile, Ronnie So
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Patent number: 9532092Abstract: A method and apparatus for delivering a content stream is implemented within a content delivery network (CDN) and, in one embodiment, includes the high level functions of recording the stream using a recording tier, and playing the stream using a player tier. For a live stream, the step of recording the stream includes a set of sub-steps that begins when the stream is received at a CDN entry point in a source format. The stream is then converted into an intermediate format (IF), which is an internal format for delivering the stream within the CDN and comprises a stream manifest, a set of one or more fragment indexes (FI), and a set of IF fragments. The player process begins when a requesting client is associated with a CDN HTTP proxy. In response to receipt at the HTTP proxy of a request for the stream or a portion thereof, the HTTP proxy retrieves (either from the archive or the data store) the stream manifest and at least one fragment index.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2010Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Akamai Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Babu Suryanarayanan, Ronnie So, Mihir Parikh, Ashok Jaiprakash Lalwani, Abdul Salam Faisal Padinjareveetil, James Egerton
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Publication number: 20160241639Abstract: According to this disclosure, a proxy server is enhanced to be able to interpret instructions that specify how to modify an input object to create an output object to serve to a requesting client. Typically the instructions operate on binary data. For example, the instructions can be interpreted in a byte-based interpreter that directs the proxy as to what order, and from which source, to fill an output buffer that is served to the client. The instructions specify what changes to make to a generic input file. This functionality extends the capability of the proxy server in an open-ended fashion and enables it to efficiently create a wide variety of outputs for a given generic input file. The generic input file and/or the instructions may be cached at the proxy. The teachings hereof have applications in, among other things, the delivery of web content, streaming media, and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2016Publication date: August 18, 2016Applicant: Akamai Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas S. Brookins, Stephen L. Ludin, Akinwale O. Olugbile, Ronnie So
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Publication number: 20150019633Abstract: According to this disclosure, a proxy server is enhanced to be able to interpret instructions that specify how to modify an input object to create an output object to serve to a requesting client. Typically the instructions operate on binary data. For example, the instructions can be interpreted in a byte-based interpreter that directs the proxy as to what order, and from which source, to fill an output buffer that is served to the client. The instructions specify what changes to make to a generic input file. This functionality extends the capability of the proxy server in an open-ended fashion and enables it to efficiently create a wide variety of outputs for a given generic input file. The generic input file and/or the instructions may be cached at the proxy. The teachings hereof have applications in, among other things, the delivery of web content, streaming media, and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Applicant: AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Nicholas S. Brookins, Stephen L. Ludin, Akinwale O. Olugbile, Ronnie So
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Patent number: 8880633Abstract: According to this disclosure, a proxy server is enhanced to be able to interpret instructions that specify how to modify an input object to create an output object to serve to a requesting client. Typically the instructions operate on binary data. For example, the instructions can be interpreted in a byte-based interpreter that directs the proxy as to what order, and from which source, to fill an output buffer that is served to the client. The instructions specify what changes to make to a generic input file. This functionality extends the capability of the proxy server in an open-ended fashion and enables it to efficiently create a wide variety of outputs for a given generic input file. The generic input file and/or the instructions may be cached at the proxy. The teachings hereof have applications in, among other things, the delivery of web content, streaming media, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2011Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Akamai Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas S. Brookins, Akinwale O. Olugbile, Ronnie So, Stephen L. Ludin
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Publication number: 20120265853Abstract: This patent document describes, among other things, distributed computer platforms for online delivery of multimedia, including HD video, at broadcast audience scale to a variety of runtime environments and client devices in both fixed line and mobile environments. The teachings hereof can be applied to deliver live and on-demand content streams via computer networks. The teachings also relate to the ingestion of content streams in a given source format and the serving of the stream in a given target format. For example, a system might have machines in a content delivery network that ingest live streams in a source format, use an intermediate format to transport the stream within the system, and output the stream in a target format to clients that have requested (e.g., with an HTTP request) the stream. The streams may be archived for later playback.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2011Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Christopher R. Knox, Nicholas S. Brookins, Vaishnav Janardhan, William P. Korbe, III, Ashok Lalwani, Prasanna Laghate, Stephen L. Ludin, Akinwale O. Olugbile, Moses P. Pawar, Chandan H. Rao, Abdal Salam Faisal Padinjareveetil, Ronnie So, Babu Suryanarayanan
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Publication number: 20120259942Abstract: According to this disclosure, a proxy server is enhanced to be able to interpret instructions that specify how to modify an input object to create an output object to serve to a requesting client. Typically the instructions operate on binary data. For example, the instructions can be interpreted in a byte-based interpreter that directs the proxy as to what order, and from which source, to fill an output buffer that is served to the client. The instructions specify what changes to make to a generic input file. This functionality extends the capability of the proxy server in an open-ended fashion and enables it to efficiently create a wide variety of outputs for a given generic input file. The generic input file and/or the instructions may be cached at the proxy. The teachings hereof have applications in, among other things, the delivery of web content, streaming media, and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2011Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Nicholas S. Brookins, Akinwale O. Olugbile, Ronnie So, Stephen L. Ludin