Patents Assigned to Flash Networks, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 7007113
    Abstract: The transmission of image data through a network or other transmission medium is bandwidth intensive. To help reduce the amount of bandwidth utilized for the transmission of image data, compression algorithms are used. However, even once compressed, if a large amount of image data is being transferred, such as in a multimode network that shares graphic intensive information (i.e., the world wide web) bandwidth can be at a premium. The present invention provides a technique for receiving multiple image files from multiple sources and applying further compression, or recompression to help alleviate the bandwidth constraints. The present invention operates to further compress image files on-the-fly so that processing delays for the retransmission of the image files are limited. To effectuate the on-the-fly re-compression, image structures to indicate the status of re-compressing the various image files are maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Flash Networks LTD
    Inventor: Sharon Aviran
  • Patent number: 6273622
    Abstract: The present invention provides a protocol and associated method for enhancing the throughput and response time performance of Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) applications and services in Internet and Intranet environments that use the TCP/IP protocol suite, e.g., HTTP Internet browsers, HTTP servers, FTP servers, etc. The protocol of the present invention, termed Communication Enhancement Protocol (CEP), comprises a flow control method that functions to maximize the performance of IP communication links. The CEP is positioned in either Transport Layer 4 or Session Layer 5 of the OSI communications protocol stack. The CEP of the present invention optimizes the interactions between transport protocols and applications by utilizing novel flow control algorithms so as to reduce overhead and the use of the server's resources. Using the CEP of the present invention, data throughput and response time up to 2.5 times as fast as compared with conventional communication protocols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: Flash Networks, Ltd.
    Inventor: Ido Ben-David