Patents by Inventor Christopher Forrest Harvey

Christopher Forrest Harvey 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).

  • System and method for communicating images between intercommunicating users
    Patent number: 7509377
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention for passing, by one or more application servers, images from a broadcaster computer to a first viewer computer may include receiving a request to initiate one or more server connections between the broadcaster computer and the first viewer computer. The connections being for passing an image and an instant message. The method also includes facilitating a peer-to-peer connection between the broadcaster computer and the first viewer computer. The peer-to-peer connection being for passing the image. The method also includes facilitating communication of an image over the peer-to-peer connection instead of the server connections, thereby conserving bandwidth of the servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Forrest Harvey, Matthew New, Ramkumar Ramani