Patents by Inventor Bryan Ethan Fleming

Bryan Ethan Fleming 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).

  • Automatic bit rate detection and throttling
    Patent number: 8438301
    Abstract: A computer system receives a request from a client computer system for data that is to be presented to a user, accesses a portion of the requested data and determines the encoded bit rate from the accessed portion of requested data. Based on the encoded bit rate for the requested data, the computer system determines an initial amount of data that is to be transferred to the client computer system to enable prompt access to that portion of data and determines the transfer rate for transferring the remaining data to the client computer system. The transfer rate for the remaining data is lower than the transfer rate for the initial amount. The computer system transfers the initial amount of data to the client computer system and transfers the remainder of the requested data to the client computer system at the determined lower transfer rate, subsequent to transferring the initial amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher G. Knowlton, William James Staples, Michael D. Volodarsky, Bryan Ethan Fleming, Geqiang Zhang
  • AUTOMATIC BIT RATE DETECTION AND THROTTLING
    Publication number: 20100011119
    Abstract: A computer system receives a request from a client computer system for data that is to be presented to a user, accesses a portion of the requested data and determines the encoded bit rate from the accessed portion of requested data. Based on the encoded bit rate for the requested data, the computer system determines an initial amount of data that is to be transferred to the client computer system to enable prompt access to that portion of data and determines the transfer rate for transferring the remaining data to the client computer system. The transfer rate for the remaining data is lower than the transfer rate for the initial amount. The computer system transfers the initial amount of data to the client computer system and transfers the remainder of the requested data to the client computer system at the determined lower transfer rate, subsequent to transferring the initial amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher G. Knowlton, Wiliam James Staples, Michael D. Volodarsky, Bryan Ethan Fleming, Geqiang Zhang