Patents by Inventor Jan Fields

Jan Fields 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).

  • System and method for data stream fragmentation with scalability
    Patent number: 11943273
    Abstract: A method of data conditioning is disclosed that in one aspect can include the steps of receiving a data stream, encoding a time code in the data stream to identify a portion of the data stream corresponding to a content fragment, and separating the identified portion of the data stream to define the content fragment, wherein the content fragment comprises the encoded time code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Jan van Doorn, Brian Field
  • Cache eviction during off-peak transactions
    Patent number: 11936926
    Abstract: Transaction activity of a cache maintaining content may be monitored to determine periods of transaction activity below a first threshold amount of transactions. A period of anticipated transaction activity above a second threshold amount of transactions may be determined. A period of anticipated transaction activity below the first threshold may be selected based upon the monitored periods of transaction activity below the first threshold and the determined period of anticipated transaction activity above the second threshold. Content then may be evicted from the cache during the selected period of anticipated transaction activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TiVo Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Field, Jan Van Doorn
  • Holder for inverted bottles
    Patent number: D332551
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1993
    Inventors: Jan Fields, Ed Stout