Patents by Inventor Mark K. Schmidt

Mark K. Schmidt 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).

  • Use of a receive-window size advertised by a client to a content server to change a video stream bitrate streamed by the content server
    Patent number: 9131251
    Abstract: A method for transmitting video streams from a server to a media device includes selecting by the server first encoding parameters for a first set of video streams based on a first current bandwidth capacity for a network and based on a first current window size of a receive buffer of the media device, and transmitting the first set of video streams from the server to the media device. The method includes selecting by the server second encoding parameters for a second set of video streams based on a second current bandwidth capacity for the network based on a second current window size of the buffer. The first current bandwidth capacity is different from the second current bandwidth capacity or the first window size is different from the second current window size. The method includes transmitting the second set of video streams from the server to the media device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Arjun Ramamurthy, Ajay Luthra, Mark K. Schmidt
  • USE OF A RECEIVE-WINDOW SIZE ADVERTISED BY A CLIENT TO A CONTENT SERVER TO CHANGE A VIDEO STREAM BITRATE STREAMED BY THE CONTENT SERVER
    Publication number: 20140082144
    Abstract: A method for transmitting video streams from a server to a media device includes selecting by the server first encoding parameters for a first set of video streams based on a first current bandwidth capacity for a network and based on a first current window size of a receive buffer of the media device, and transmitting the first set of video streams from the server to the media device. The method includes selecting by the server second encoding parameters for a second set of video streams based on a second current bandwidth capacity for the network based on a second current window size of the buffer. The first current bandwidth capacity is different from the second current bandwidth capacity or the first window size is different from the second current window size. The method includes transmitting the second set of video streams from the server to the media device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Arjun Ramamurthy, Ajay Luthra, Mark K. Schmidt