Patents by Inventor Steven Rand

Steven Rand 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).

  • System and method for adjusting bit rate and cost of delivery of digital data
    Publication number: 20020131496
    Abstract: This invention provides an adaptive transcoder that modifies a data stream for transmission over variable bandwidth networks and to devices having varying processing capabilities in accordance with client desired bit rates. In order to modify the bit rate of a data stream, in a preferred embodiment, certain frames of the data stream are replaced with Pseudo-P frames according with the results of frame ranking techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2001
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventors: Vinod Vasudevan, Steven Rand