Patents by Inventor Georgios Smaragkdakis

Georgios Smaragkdakis 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).

  • COLLABORATION BETWEEN INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS AND CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20120226734
    Abstract: A method for enabling collaboration between an internet service provider (ISP) and another entity includes: gathering a domain name system (DNS) query; evaluating the DNS query wherein the evaluating comprises collecting candidate hosts suitable for delivering content in accordance with the DNS query; ranking the candidate hosts collected by the ISP; providing a first list of the ISP-ranked candidate hosts; forwarding the DNS query to the another entity; evaluating the DNS query wherein the evaluating comprises collecting candidate hosts suitable for delivering content in accordance with the DNS query; ranking the candidate hosts collected by the another entity; providing a second list of the another entity-ranked candidate hosts; matching the first list and the second list; and providing a matched list of ranked candidate hosts. The another entity is a content distribution system (CDN) or another ISP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
    Inventors: Ingmar Poese, Georgios Smaragkdakis, Benjamin Frank, Anja Feldmann, Steve Uhlig