Patents by Inventor D'Arcy M. Tyrrell, III

D'Arcy M. Tyrrell, III 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).

  • Method and system for distributed rendering
    Patent number: 7783695
    Abstract: A computerized method for rendering images includes receiving from a client a render job having an associated job profile, distributing the render job via a communications medium to at least one of a plurality of render servers based at least in part on the job profile, and rendering the render job. The method also includes forwarding the rendered render job to a network storage system for retrieval by the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Graphics Properties Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: D'Arcy M. Tyrrell, III, Anne P. Wagner, David Witters, Richard A. Petersen, David Lease
  • Management and scheduling of a distributed rendering method and system
    Patent number: 7062527
    Abstract: A computerized method for rendering images includes receiving a render job having at least one render frame and an associated job profile and inserting the render job into a job queue. The method also includes advancing the render job in the job queue as other render jobs are removed from the job queue, distributing the render frames via a communications medium to at least one of the plurality of render servers based at least in part on the job profile, and rendering the render frames. The method also includes forwarding the rendered render frames to a network storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    Inventor: D'Arcy M. Tyrrell, III