Patents by Inventor Frank Walter Kunze

Frank Walter Kunze 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).

  • Enhanced Streaming Operations in Distributed Communication Systems
    Publication number: 20100005187
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for enhancing streaming operation in a distributed communication system providing communication links between a plurality of stream servers, a client machine requesting a particular media file, and, a stream server selection unit. First, a list of stream servers is retrieved. Then, the list is evaluated and one of the stream servers is selected as the best-suited stream server. Finally, streaming from the selected stream server is initiated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gerd Breiter, Frank Walter Kunze, Hendrik Wagner
  • Method and system for enhancing streaming operation in a distributed communication system
    Publication number: 20040024900
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for enhancing streaming operation in a distributed communication system providing communication links between a plurality of stream servers, a client machine requesting a particular media file, and, a stream server selection unit. First, a list of stream servers is retrieved. Then, the list is evaluated and one of the stream servers is selected as the best-suited stream server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gerd Breiter, Frank Walter Kunze, Hendrik Wagner