Patents by Inventor Glenn Connery
Glenn Connery 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).
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Publication number: 20220351141Abstract: An indication that an occupant has entered a vehicle is detected on a computing device. The occupant is identified based on the indication that the occupant has entered the vehicle. A health record that is associated with the occupant is accessed by the computing device. The computing device enables the accessed health record associated with the occupant to be available from a secure digital storage container. The health record associated with the occupant is provided to a second computing device registered to a first responder from the secure digital storage container based on detecting an indication that the vehicle has had a collision.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Glenn Connery, Matthew Tindall, Scott Hanslip
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Patent number: 11449830Abstract: An indication that an occupant has entered a vehicle is detected on a computing device. The occupant is identified based on the indication that the occupant has entered the vehicle. A health record that is associated with the occupant is accessed by the computing device. The computing device enables the accessed health record associated with the occupant to be available from a secure digital storage container. The health record associated with the occupant is provided to a second computing device registered to a first responder from the secure digital storage container based on detecting an indication that the vehicle has had a collision.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2017Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: IQVIA Inc.Inventors: Glenn Connery, Matthew Tindall, Scott Hanslip
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Publication number: 20180108438Abstract: The disclosure generally describes computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for receiving and aggregating anonymized data reports about when prescribers provide wireless device applications to patients. The disclosure discusses ways of analyzing the data reports in combination with other electronic medical information to generate useful conclusions about scenarios in the health care process.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicant: Quintiles IMS IncorporatedInventors: Brad Ryan, John MacCarthy, Glenn Connery, Seth Reid
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Publication number: 20170161438Abstract: An indication that an occupant has entered a vehicle is detected on a computing device. The occupant is identified based on the indication that the occupant has entered the vehicle. A health record that is associated with the occupant is accessed by the computing device. The computing device enables the accessed health record associated with the occupant to be available from a secure digital storage container. The health record associated with the occupant is provided to a second computing device registered to a first responder from the secure digital storage container based on detecting an indication that the vehicle has had a collision.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2017Publication date: June 8, 2017Inventors: Glenn Connery, Matthew Tindall, Scott Hanslip
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Patent number: 9197857Abstract: A method and system for conditioning a media stream for splicing are disclosed. In an embodiment, content-specific splice points, which correspond to a possible playout splice point within an original media stream, are identified for both audio and video components of the original media stream. Once the audio bitstream and video bitstream splice points are identified, the audio bitstream in the vicinity of the audio bitstream splice point is packetized into IP packets containing only audio with one of the audio-containing IP packets having an IP packet boundary that corresponds to the audio bitstream splice point and the video bitstream in the vicinity of the video bitstream splice point is packetized into IP packets containing only video with one of the video-containing IP packets having an IP packet boundary that corresponds to the video bitstream splice point. The conditioned original media stream is then transmitted downstream to a splicer.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2009Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: William VerSteeg, Glenn Connery, Kurt Kollmansberger, John Pickens
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Publication number: 20150100348Abstract: An indication that an occupant has entered a vehicle is detected on a computing device. The occupant is identified based on the indication that the occupant has entered the vehicle. A health record that is associated with the occupant is accessed by the computing device. The computing device enables the accessed health record associated with the occupant to be available from a secure digital storage container. The health record associated with the occupant is provided to a second computing device registered to a first responder from the secure digital storage container based on detecting an indication that the vehicle has had a collision.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2013Publication date: April 9, 2015Inventors: Glenn Connery, Matthew Tindall, Scott Hanslip
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Publication number: 20150088610Abstract: The disclosure generally describes computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for identifying a preferred next best customer for pharmaceutical sales representatives to contact to promote a pharmaceutical product. A customer can be defined as any health care practitioner, health care facility, health care hospital system, or health care plan.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2013Publication date: March 26, 2015Applicant: IMS HEALTH INCORPORATEDInventors: Christopher R. Bayles, Glenn Connery, Steven L. DeWitt
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Patent number: 8613013Abstract: In one embodiment an apparatus for splicing an ad into a data stream includes an ad segmenter, an ad variant generator coupled to the ad segmenter, and an ad variant selector coupled to the ad variant generator. The ad segmenter designates end portions, including beginning and ending portions, of the ad and designates an intermediate portion between the end portions. The ad variant generator generates a plurality of variants of at least one end portion. Each variant corresponds to a unique bit-rate. The ad variant selector selects at least one variant for splicing into the data stream based on a buffer level of a data stream buffer.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2008Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Glenn Connery, Andrew Palfreyman
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Patent number: 8565318Abstract: In one embodiment, a network device analyzes an encoded stream to identify a timing value included in a packet before a splice point. Next, the device determines a difference between identified timing value and a timing value included in a packet of the encoded segment to be spliced. In conjunction with splicing, the network device formats timing values of packets according to the determined difference, which improves play out of the spliced stream.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2008Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Glenn Connery, Andrew Palfreyman, William Sherer, Hoi-Tauw Chou
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Patent number: 8370649Abstract: A technique for managing the streaming of digital video content to multiple clients involves identifying an attribute of a content element that is streamed to a client and selecting a protection mechanism for the content element as a function of the attribute, wherein the protection mechanism enables streaming of the content element to the clients in the event of a resource failure. In an example, the identified attribute is an indication of the popularity of the content element (e.g., as measured by the number of active streams), such that the protection mechanism is selected as a function of the popularity of the content element. In an embodiment, protection mechanisms that offer a higher level of protection are selected for the more popular content elements and protection mechanisms that offer a lower level of protection are selected for the less popular content elements.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2010Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: W. Paul Sherer, Kirk Blattman, Glenn Connery, Hoi-Tauw Chou, Robert Drew Major, Mel Oyer, Howard Davis, Daniel Kiewlich, Neeraj K. Sharma
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Patent number: 8326967Abstract: A technique for streaming digital video content to multiple clients involves establishing a logical group of IP-connected stream servers, generating state information at multiple stream servers within the logical group, sharing the state information amongst stream servers in the logical group, and using the shared state information to respond to resource failures within the logical group. By sharing state information within the logical group of stream servers, stream servers with the shared state information can quickly take over the active streams from a failed stream server within the logical group. The quick transition of responsibility from one stream server to another enables the streaming network to provide continuous streaming of digital video content to the viewer without interruption.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2006Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: W. Paul Sherer, Kirk Blattman, Hoi-Tauw Chou, Glenn Connery, Howard Davis, Daniel Kiewlich, Robert Drew Major, Mel Oyler, Neeraj K. Sharma
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Patent number: 8230468Abstract: A system and process are provided to reduce the latency associated with delivery of data for trick functions (e.g., fast-forward or rewind) in data distribution systems. In response to a request for a trick function associated with program data being streamed to a user terminal, first trick data frames for the trick function are retrieved from a first computing apparatus (e.g., a storage server) and in the meantime second trick data frames for the trick function are generated at a second computing apparatus (e.g., streaming server). Until the first trick data frames arrive from the first computing apparatus, the second computing device streams the second trick data frames to the user terminal. The second computing apparatus streams the first trick data frame to the user terminal as they arrive.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2008Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Anil Thomas, Glenn Connery
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Patent number: 8140699Abstract: Switching a client from unicasting back to multicasting involves simultaneously providing the digital video content to the client via unicasting and multicasting until the client has buffered duplicate frames (i.e., frames that contain the same digital video content). Once the client has buffered duplicate frames, the client can transition from playing out of a buffer that holds frames received via unicasting to playing out of a buffer that holds frames received via multicasting without skipping a frame. Once the transition back to multicasting is complete, unicasting is terminated and any frames remaining in the unicast buffer are flushed.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2006Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: John Pickens, Kirk Blattman, Glenn Connery, Andrew Palfreyman, W. Paul Sherer
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Patent number: 7904581Abstract: In a digital video network that is capable of distributing digital video content to a client via multicasting and unicasting, servicing a channel change request from a client involves switching from providing the digital video content to the client via multicasting to providing the digital video content to the client via unicasting and continuing to provide digital video content to the client via unicasting until a pre-established condition is met. Continuing to provide digital video content to the client via unicasting until a pre-established condition is met allows the network to opportunistically switch the client from unicasting back to multicasting.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2006Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: W. Paul Sherer, Kirk Blattman, Glenn Connery, Andrew Palfreyman, John Pickens
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Publication number: 20100223394Abstract: A technique for managing the streaming of digital video content to multiple clients involves identifying an attribute of a content element that is streamed to a client and selecting a protection mechanism for the content element as a function of the attribute, wherein the protection mechanism enables streaming of the content element to the clients in the event of a resource failure. In an example, the identified attribute is an indication of the popularity of the content element (e.g., as measured by the number of active streams), such that the protection mechanism is selected as a function of the popularity of the content element. In an embodiment, protection mechanisms that offer a higher level of protection are selected for the more popular content elements and protection mechanisms that offer a lower level of protection are selected for the less popular content elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2010Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: W. Paul Sherer, Kirk Blattman, Hoi-Tauw Chou, Glenn Connery, Howard Davis, Daniel Kiewlich, Robert Drew Major, Mel Oyer, Neeraj K. Sharma
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Patent number: 7788393Abstract: Switching a client from unicasting back to multicasting involves accumulating enough digital video content at the client to bridge the time it takes to transition from receiving the digital video content via unicasting to receiving the digital video content via multicasting. Digital video content is accumulated at the client by temporarily increasing the stream rate of the unicast stream above the playout rate. While the digital video content is being streamed at the increased rate, the amount of digital video content stored in the client's stream buffer grows. The stream rate is held at the increased rate until the client accumulates enough frames in its buffer to be able to bridge the time it takes to transition from receiving the digital video content via unicasting to receiving the digital video content via multicasting.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2006Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: John Pickens, Kirk Blattman, Glenn Connery, Andrew Palfreyman, W. Paul Sherer
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Patent number: 7721117Abstract: A technique for managing the streaming of digital video content to multiple clients involves identifying an attribute of a content element that is streamed to a client and selecting a protection mechanism for the content element as a function of the attribute, wherein the protection mechanism enables streaming of the content element to the clients in the event of a resource failure. In an example, the identified attribute is an indication of the popularity of the content element (e.g., as measured by the number of active streams), such that the protection mechanism is selected as a function of the popularity of the content element. In an embodiment, protection mechanisms that offer a higher level of protection are selected for the more popular content elements and protection mechanisms that offer a lower level of protection are selected for the less popular content elements.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2006Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Inventors: W. Paul Sherer, Kirk Blattman, Hoi-Tauw Chou, Glenn Connery, Howard Davis, Daniel Kiewlich, Robert Drew Major, Mel Oyler, Neeraj K. Sharma
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Publication number: 20100003008Abstract: A system and process are provided to reduce the latency associated with delivery of data for trick functions (e.g., fast-forward or rewind) in data distribution systems. In response to a request for a trick function associated with program data being streamed to a user terminal, first trick data frames for the trick function are retrieved from a first computing apparatus (e.g., a storage server) and in the meantime second trick data frames for the trick function are generated at a second computing apparatus (e.g., streaming server). Until the first trick data frames arrive from the first computing apparatus, the second computing device streams the second trick data frames to the user terminal. The second computing apparatus streams the first trick data frame to the user terminal as they arrive.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2008Publication date: January 7, 2010Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Anil Thomas, Glenn Connery
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Publication number: 20090313652Abstract: In one embodiment an apparatus for splicing an ad into a data stream includes an ad segmenter, an ad variant generator coupled to the ad segmenter, and an ad variant selector coupled to the ad variant generator. The ad segmenter designates end portions, including beginning and ending portions, of the ad and designates an intermediate portion between the end portions. The ad variant generator generates a plurality of variants of at least one end portion. Each variant corresponds to a unique bit-rate. The ad variant selector selects at least one variant for splicing into the data stream based on a buffer level of a data stream buffer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2008Publication date: December 17, 2009Inventors: Glenn Connery, Andrew Palfreyman
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Publication number: 20090217318Abstract: A method and system for conditioning a media stream for splicing are disclosed. In an embodiment, content-specific splice points, which correspond to a possible playout splice point within an original media stream, are identified for both audio and video components of the original media stream. Once the audio bitstream and video bitstream splice points are identified, the audio bitstream in the vicinity of the audio bitstream splice point is packetized into IP packets containing only audio with one of the audio-containing IP packets having an IP packet boundary that corresponds to the audio bitstream splice point and the video bitstream in the vicinity of the video bitstream splice point is packetized into IP packets containing only video with one of the video-containing IP packets having an IP packet boundary that corresponds to the video bitstream splice point. The conditioned original media stream is then transmitted downstream to a splicer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2009Publication date: August 27, 2009Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: William VerSteeg, Glenn Connery, Kurt Kollmansberger, John Pickens