Patents by Inventor Brett F. Phillips

Brett F. Phillips 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).

  • Lossless data streaming to multiple clients
    Patent number: 9106474
    Abstract: System and method for streaming data. A host device that includes a server may acquire data from a data source. The server may receive a request for data from at least one client device over a network via a lossless transmission protocol, wherein the request may specify a range of data to stream to the at least one client device. The server may stream the data over the network to the at least one client device via the lossless transmission protocol in accordance with the request. The at least one client device may receive and process the streamed data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: National Instruments Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph M. Friedrichsen, Brett F. Phillips, Johann G. Scholtz
  • Lossless Data Streaming to Multiple Clients
    Publication number: 20130262695
    Abstract: System and method for streaming data. A host device that includes a server may acquire data from a data source. The server may receive a request for data from at least one client device over a network via a lossless transmission protocol, wherein the request may specify a range of data to stream to the at least one client device. The server may stream the data over the network to the at least one client device via the lossless transmission protocol in accordance with the request. The at least one client device may receive and process the streamed data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph M. Friedrichsen, Brett F. Phillips, Johann G. Scholtz
  • Automatically suggesting graphical program elements for inclusion in a graphical program
    Patent number: 8429548
    Abstract: System and method for editing a graphical program. One or more nodes are included in a graphical program in response to user input selecting the one or more nodes, where each node has a respective one or more terminals for receiving input to or providing output from the node. User input is received indicating a terminal on a first node of the one or more nodes to which a node is to be connected. One or more suggested graphical program elements to include in the graphical program are automatically presented based on the indicated terminal, where the one or more suggested graphical program elements are selectable by the user for inclusion in the graphical program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: National Instruments Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Mendez, Brett F. Phillips
  • Automatically Suggesting Graphical Program Elements for Inclusion in a Graphical Program
    Publication number: 20110202887
    Abstract: System and method for editing a graphical program. One or more nodes are included in a graphical program in response to user input selecting the one or more nodes, where each node has a respective one or more terminals for receiving input to or providing output from the node. User input is received indicating a terminal on a first node of the one or more nodes to which a node is to be connected. One or more suggested graphical program elements to include in the graphical program are automatically presented based on the indicated terminal, where the one or more suggested graphical program elements are selectable by the user for inclusion in the graphical program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Jonathan Mendez, Brett F. Phillips