Patents by Inventor Arlen Kirchoff, JR.

Arlen Kirchoff, JR. 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).

  • Using distributed local QoS optimization to achieve global QoS optimization for video conferencing services
    Patent number: 9084012
    Abstract: A media gateway (MG) that services a plurality of client devices, may be handled at least a portion of video conferencing (VC) processing during a VC call between at least one of said plurality of client devices and at least one other VC client. The portion of the VC processing handled by the media gateway may be offloaded from a centralized VC multipoint control unit (MCU). The MG may handle one or more VC MCU functions, which may comprise video conferencing call control and/or management and/or audio/video (AV) transcoding. The MG may perform localized quality of service (QoS) management, to select, and adaptively control and/or configure resources and/or local links used in the MG and/or in VC clients or neighboring MGs connected to the MG, during VC operations, such as in generating, handling, and/or communicating data or content exchanged during VC calls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gordon Li, Xuemin Chen, Arlen Kirchoff, Jr.
  • USING DISTRIBUTED LOCAL QOS OPTIMIZATION TO ACHIEVE GLOBAL QOS OPTIMIZATION FOR VIDEO CONFERENCING SERVICES
    Publication number: 20140132703
    Abstract: A media gateway (MG) that services a plurality of client devices, may be handled at least a portion of video conferencing (VC) processing during a VC call between at least one of said plurality of client devices and at least one other VC client. The portion of the VC processing handled by the media gateway may be offloaded from a centralized VC multipoint control unit (MCU). The MG may handle one or more VC MCU functions, which may comprise video conferencing call control and/or management and/or audio/video (AV) transcoding. The MG may perform localized quality of service (QoS) management, to select, and adaptively control and/or configure resources and/or local links used in the MG and/or in VC clients or neighboring MGs connected to the MG, during VC operations, such as in generating, handling, and/or communicating data or content exchanged during VC calls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Gordon Li, Xuemin Chen, Arlen Kirchoff, JR.
  • Using distributed local QOS optimization to achieve global QOS optimization for video conferencing services
    Patent number: 8665313
    Abstract: A media gateway (MG) that services a plurality of client devices, may be handled at least a portion of video conferencing (VC) processing during a VC call between at least one of said plurality of client devices and at least one other VC client. The portion of the VC processing handled by the media gateway may be offloaded from a centralized VC multipoint control unit (MCU). The MG may handle one or more VC MCU functions, which may comprise video conferencing call control and/or management and/or audio/video (AV) transcoding. The MG may perform localized quality of service (QoS) management, to select, and adaptively control and/or configure resources and/or local links used in the MG and/or in VC clients or neighboring MGs connected to the MG, during VC operations, such as in generating, handling, and/or communicating data or content exchanged during VC calls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Gordon Yong Li, Xuemin Chen, Arlen Kirchoff, Jr.
  • USING DISTRIBUTED LOCAL QOS OPTIMIZATION TO ACHIEVE GLOBAL QOS OPTIMIZATION FOR VIDEO CONFERENCING SERVICES
    Publication number: 20120300018
    Abstract: A media gateway (MG) that services a plurality of client devices, may be handled at least a portion of video conferencing (VC) processing during a VC call between at least one of said plurality of client devices and at least one other VC client. The portion of the VC processing handled by the media gateway may be offloaded from a centralized VC multipoint control unit (MCU). The MG may handle one or more VC MCU functions, which may comprise video conferencing call control and/or management and/or audio/video (AV) transcoding. The MG may perform localized quality of service (QoS) management, to select, and adaptively control and/or configure resources and/or local links used in the MG and/or in VC clients or neighboring MGs connected to the MG, during VC operations, such as in generating, handling, and/or communicating data or content exchanged during VC calls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: Gordon Yong Li, Xuemin Chen, Arlen Kirchoff, JR.