Patents by Inventor Andrew Trevor Belk

Andrew Trevor Belk 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).

  • Throttling to reduce synchronizations of excessively changing data
    Patent number: 8930317
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention determine if a user preference or other piece of data is being synchronized too frequently. If the user preference is being synchronized too frequently, synchronization of the user preference is throttled to prevent it from synchronizing for some number of synchronization cycles. If the user preference rarely changes, the user preference is rewarded by throttling it less often.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Karl Martin Groethe, Andrew Trevor Belk
  • Throttling to reduce synchronizations of excessively changing data
    Patent number: 8380669
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention determine if a user preference or other piece of data is being synchronized too frequently. If the user preference is being synchronized too frequently, synchronization of the user preference is throttled to prevent it from synchronizing for some number of synchronization cycles. If the user preference rarely changes, the user preference is rewarded by throttling it less often.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Karl Martin Groethe, Andrew Trevor Belk
  • THROTTLING TO REDUCE SYNCHRONIZATIONS OF EXCESSIVELY CHANGING DATA
    Publication number: 20100312759
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention determine if a user preference or other piece of data is being synchronized too frequently. If the user preference is being synchronized too frequently, synchronization of the user preference is throttled to prevent it from synchronizing for some number of synchronization cycles. If the user preference rarely changes, the user preference is rewarded by throttling it less often.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: KARL MARTIN GROETHE, Andrew Trevor Belk