Patents by Inventor Chris Chalkitis

Chris Chalkitis 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).

  • Publication number: 20160029076
    Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, the user-to-user delay and the zapping delay are reduced by a network element which is configured to provide at least one segment that is a shorter version of the actual segment and where the shorter version of the actual segment begins with a key frame or contains key frames only. By providing the at least one segment being a shorter version of the actual segment, wherein a key frame is inserted in the beginning of the segment, the delay, when zapping to a new channel, can be reduced, since a key frame will be accessible with a reduced time delay. Further the user-to-user delay is also reduced since the segment to be joined is shorter. Hence, the time difference occurring when a first user joins in the beginning of a segment and when another user joins at the end of the segment is reduced when the segments are shorter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Huber, Chris Chalkitis, Johan Kölhi, Andreas Ljunggren, Rickard Sjöberg, Jacob Ström