Patents by Inventor Christopher Thomas Carey

Christopher Thomas Carey 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).

  • Content-driven download speed
    Patent number: 9280540
    Abstract: A network device may receive a request for content; determine a bandwidth of a communication link between a client device and the network device; select a download speed based on the determined bandwidth; and choose, for transmission from the network device to the client device, a content segment among a plurality of content segments in a directory associated with the download speed based on an amount of the content already downloaded. The plurality of content segments may include variable bit rate content segments. The network device may stream the chosen content segment to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Thomas Carey, Michael A. Weintraub
  • CONTENT-DRIVEN DOWNLOAD SPEED
    Publication number: 20140095731
    Abstract: A network device may receive a request for content; determine a bandwidth of a communication link between a client device and the network device; select a download speed based on the determined bandwidth; and choose, for transmission from the network device to the client device, a content segment among a plurality of content segments in a directory associated with the download speed based on an amount of the content already downloaded. The plurality of content segments may include variable bit rate content segments. The network device may stream the chosen content segment to the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Thomas Carey, Michael A. Weintraub