Patents by Inventor Kenneth Paul Birman

Kenneth Paul Birman 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).

  • Lateral error correction for time-critical multicast
    Patent number: 7532621
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a low-latency reliable multicast protocol designed for time-critical clustered applications. Internet Protocol (IP) multicast is used to transmit data and recovers from packet loss in end-hosts using a repair mechanism involving the exchange of XOR repairs between receivers and across groups. The system and method of the present invention can be embodied in a scalable, reliable and fast multicast primitive that can be layered under high-level abstractions such as publish-subscribe, group communication and replicated service/object infrastructures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Paul Birman, Mahesh Balakrishnan
  • Lateral error correction for time-critical multicast
    Publication number: 20080056255
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a low-latency reliable multicast protocol designed for time-critical clustered applications. Internet Protocol (IP) multicast is used to transmit data and recovers from packet loss in end-hosts using a repair mechanism involving the exchange of XOR repairs between receivers and across groups. The system and method of the present invention can be embodied in a scalable, reliable and fast multicast primitive that can be layered under high-level abstractions such as publish-subscribe, group communication and replicated service/object infrastructures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Paul Birman, Mahesh Balakrishnan