Patents by Inventor Kyoungwon Suh

Kyoungwon Suh 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).

  • Multimedia content delivery method and system
    Patent number: 7680894
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the distribution of multimedia content, comprising: a first step comprising a download in “push” mode of a multimedia content, in a partial way, from a content server to a client device, and a second step comprising a download of the missing elements of said multimedia content in “pull” mode via a “peer to peer” mechanism from a second client device, and in that the multimedia content can be reconstituted with n+p blocks, n and p being non-null natural integers, n blocks being downloaded during said first step and p blocks being downloaded during the second step, the multimedia content being exploitable only after reception of n+p blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Christophe Diot, Augustin Chaintreau, Augustin Soule, Christoph Neumann, Ali Boudani, Kyoungwon Suh, Pierre Houeix, Mary-Luc Champel
  • Multimedia Content Delivery Method and System
    Publication number: 20090083394
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the distribution of multimedia content, comprising: a first step comprising a download in “push” mode of a multimedia content, in a partial way, from a content server to a client device, and a second step comprising a download of the missing elements of said multimedia content in “pull” mode via a “peer to peer” mechanism from a second client device, and in that the multimedia content can be reconstituted with n+p blocks, n and p being non-null natural integers, n blocks being downloaded during said first step and p blocks being downloaded during the second step, the multimedia content being exploitable only after reception of n+p blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Christophe Diot, Augustin Chaintreau, Augustin Soule, Christoph Neumann, Ali Boudani, Kyoungwon Suh, Pierre Houeix, Mary-Luc Champel