Patents by Inventor Ian Donahue

Ian Donahue 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).

  • Publication number: 20130031211
    Abstract: A network of computers each serving as a “node” within a private, closed peer-to-peer network having a network administrator. Each node has a CPU and a hard drive, input/output device and connectivity to other nodes through the Internet. Each node is provided a hard drive (cache) to handle a multitude of data files. The cache supports multiple streams of fragments to multiple calling nodes without delay or deterioration of transfer rates. A plurality of metrics programs monitor the data demands on each node, the usage of each node's hard drive, and the transfer rates possible from the assigned node and provide that information to the network in a database available to all nodes. The network administrator, utilizing a contrarian selection method, pushes disaggregated data to the nodes in the network to evenly load data throughout the network and to fully load the node's hard drives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventors: Dustin Johnson, Ian Donahue