Patents by Inventor Karl-Heinz Lutterschmidt

Karl-Heinz Lutterschmidt 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).

  • Patent number: 6356947
    Abstract: A method and system for supplying client nodes (C1 to C4) with data streams with different content, whereby a plurality of client nodes (C1 to C4) are supplied with data streams of different content. Data sets with the different content are stored in two or more data server nodes (SS1 to SS4), which can be connected by means of a first communication network (KN2) with the plurality of client nodes (C1 to C4). These data server nodes (SS1 to SS4) are also continuously monitored by a central server node (AS), which thereby receives status data on the utilization of capacity and the content of the data sets stored in the data server nodes (SS1 to SS4). To request a data stream with a specified content, a client node (C1) sends a request message to the central server node (AS). The central server node (AS) dynamically assigns to the requesting client node (C1), by means of an evaluation of the status data, one of the data server nodes (SS1), in which a data set with the specified content is stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventor: Karl-Heinz Lutterschmidt