Patents by Inventor Timothy J. Ewald

Timothy J. Ewald 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).

  • Patent number: 8656438
    Abstract: A queue management module receives a message to queue location information for multimedia content. The queue management module stores the location information in a queue corresponding to a subscriber. The queue management module receives a message for location information from a video distribution module. The queue management module transmits a message for retrieval of multimedia content to the video distribution module. In other examples, a queue agent module transmits a message for location information for multimedia content to a queue management module. The queue agent module receives a message for retrieval of content from the queue management module. The queue agent module retrieves the multimedia content from the remote content server using the location information received in the message for retrieval of content. A data storage module identifies available storage in limited storage provided for the subscriber and stores the retrieved multimedia content in the limited storage for the subscriber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: SeaChange International, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian E. Kahn, Timothy J. Ewald
  • Publication number: 20110219410
    Abstract: A queue management module receives a message to queue location information for multimedia content. The queue management module stores the location information in a queue corresponding to a subscriber. The queue management module receives a message for location information from a video distribution module. The queue management module transmits a message for retrieval of multimedia content to the video distribution module. In other examples, a queue agent module transmits a message for location information for multimedia content to a queue management module. The queue agent module receives a message for retrieval of content from the queue management module. The queue agent module retrieves the multimedia content from the remote content server using the location information received in the message for retrieval of content. A data storage module identifies available storage in limited storage provided for the subscriber and stores the retrieved multimedia content in the limited storage for the subscriber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: SeaChange International, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian E. Kahn, Timothy J. Ewald
  • Patent number: 7971223
    Abstract: A queue management module receives a message to queue location information for multimedia content. The queue management module stores the location information in a queue corresponding to a subscriber. The queue management module receives a message for location information from a video distribution module. The queue management module transmits a message for retrieval of multimedia content to the video distribution module. In other examples, a queue agent module transmits a message for location information for multimedia content to a queue management module. The queue agent module receives a message for retrieval of content from the queue management module. The queue agent module retrieves the multimedia content from the remote content server using the location information received in the message for retrieval of content. A data storage module identifies available storage in limited storage provided for the subscriber and stores the retrieved multimedia content in the limited storage for the subscriber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Seachange International, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian E. Kahn, Timothy J. Ewald
  • Publication number: 20090249419
    Abstract: Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for a method and system of queued management of multimedia storage. In some examples, a queue management module receives a message to queue location information for multimedia content. The queue management module stores the location information in a queue corresponding to a subscriber. The queue management module receives a message for location information from a video distribution module. The queue management module transmits a message for retrieval of multimedia content to the video distribution module. In other examples, a queue agent module transmits a message for location information for multimedia content to a queue management module. The queue agent module receives a message for retrieval of content from the queue management module. The queue agent module retrieves the multimedia content from the remote content server using the location information received in the message for retrieval of content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Brian E. Kahn, Timothy J. Ewald
  • Publication number: 20040239674
    Abstract: Systems and methods for modeling graphs as XML information sets and describing them with XML schema. An edge labeled directed graph is converted to an edge labeled directed tree representing some of the edges directly and some of the edges indirectly. A graph is completely traversed such that all nodes are visited and all edges are traversed. Nodes are included by value initially and then by reference. A schema is provided that describes the structure of an XML tree than contains graph data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy J. Ewald, Donald F. Box, Keith W. Ballinger, Stefan H. Pharies, Martin Gudgin