Patents by Inventor Marc I Herbert

Marc I Herbert 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).

  • Apparatus, system and method for selecting a stream server to which to direct a content title
    Patent number: 8539103
    Abstract: A method of selecting a stream server of a plurality of stream servers to which to direct a content title, by (a) evaluating a cache ease-of-entry for each of a plurality of levels of a cache hierarchy for the plurality of stream servers; and (b) selecting the stream server from the plurality of stream servers to receive a content title, the selected stream server having a most favorable cache ease-of-entry over the plurality of levels of the cache hierarchy; (c) if none of the plurality of stream servers has a most favorable cache ease-of-entry over the plurality of levels of the cache hierarchy, selecting a stream server of the plurality of stream servers with a lowest miss traffic to which to direct the title; and (d) if none of the plurality of stream servers has a lowest miss traffic, selecting a stream server of the plurality of stream servers with a lowest stream traffic to which to direct the title.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: ARRIS Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C Duzett, Marc I Herbert, Jonasan C. Ho, Christopher E McGinnis, Matthew D Phillips