Patents by Inventor Dan Asit

Dan Asit 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).

  • Online placement of video files determined by a function of the bandwidth to space ratio of each of the storage devices in a server environment
    Patent number: 5530557
    Abstract: A placement system and method wherein the placement of programs such as movies, audio programs, audio-visual programs and similar types of data, is determined as a function of the bandwidth-space ratio (BSR) of each disk in the system. The BSR of a disk is defined as the bandwidth of the disk divided by the space. The BSR of the programs on the disk is the total expected demand for the programs divided by the space required to store the programs. In a preferred embodiment, a Video Placement Manager (a software task operating under a server's main control program) places the programs on the disks so as to best match the BSR of movies stored on the disk and the BSR of the disk, thus minimizing the waste of both disk bandwidth and disk space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dan Asit, Dinkar Sitaram