Patents by Inventor David N. Schlacht

David N. Schlacht 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 apparatus for file sharing between a group of user devices with separately sent crucial portions and non-crucial portions
    Publication number: 20080256615
    Abstract: A communication system 100 includes a group of user devices 110 and a content delivery network 120 in communication with the group of user devices 110. The content deliver network 120 selects a plurality user devices from the group of user devices 110, divides the content into a crucial portion and a non-crucial portions. The content delivery network 120 communicates the non-crucial portions to the plurality of user devices and communicates the crucial portion to the plurality of user devices separately from the non-crucial portions and at each of the plurality of user devices. The plurality of user devices 110 assembles the crucial portion and the non-crucial portions to form the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: David N. Schlacht, Deanna R. Kidd, Hanno Basse, Raynold M. Kahn, Steven Kasakitis