Patents by Inventor Ernst W. Biersack

Ernst W. Biersack 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 for managing the allocation of data into a peer-to-peer network and peer implementing such method
    Patent number: 8688766
    Abstract: A method and apparatus to manage allocation of data to peers in a peer-to-peer network, where the peers in the peer-to-peer network use distributed hash tables for addressing the peers, the peers associated with bit addresses, including dividing a virtual scene into a plurality of cells, each cell associated with a bit identifier, neighboring cells of the virtual scene associated with bit identifiers which differ from each other by one bit and allocating data in each cell of the virtual scene to peers whose bit address is closest to the bit identifier of the cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Matteo Varvello, Christophe Diot, Ernst W. Biersack
  • METHOD FOR MANAGING THE ALLOCATION OF DATA INTO A PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK AND PEER IMPLEMENTING SUCH METHOD
    Publication number: 20110219069
    Abstract: A method and apparatus to manage allocation of data to peers in a peer-to-peer network, where the peers in the peer-to-peer network use distributed hash tables for addressing the peers, the peers associated with bit addresses, including dividing a virtual scene into a plurality of cells, each cell associated with a bit identifier, neighboring cells of the virtual scene associated with bit identifiers which differ from each other by one bit and allocating data in each cell of the virtual scene to peers whose bit address is closest to the bit identifier of the cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Inventors: Matteo Varvello, Christophe Diot, Ernst W. Biersack