Patents by Inventor Mel Oyer

Mel Oyer 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).

  • Stream control failover utilizing an attribute-dependent protection mechanism
    Patent number: 8370649
    Abstract: A technique for managing the streaming of digital video content to multiple clients involves identifying an attribute of a content element that is streamed to a client and selecting a protection mechanism for the content element as a function of the attribute, wherein the protection mechanism enables streaming of the content element to the clients in the event of a resource failure. In an example, the identified attribute is an indication of the popularity of the content element (e.g., as measured by the number of active streams), such that the protection mechanism is selected as a function of the popularity of the content element. In an embodiment, protection mechanisms that offer a higher level of protection are selected for the more popular content elements and protection mechanisms that offer a lower level of protection are selected for the less popular content elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: W. Paul Sherer, Kirk Blattman, Glenn Connery, Hoi-Tauw Chou, Robert Drew Major, Mel Oyer, Howard Davis, Daniel Kiewlich, Neeraj K. Sharma
  • STREAM CONTROL FAILOVER UTILIZING AN ATTRIBUTE-DEPENDENT PROTECTION MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20100223394
    Abstract: A technique for managing the streaming of digital video content to multiple clients involves identifying an attribute of a content element that is streamed to a client and selecting a protection mechanism for the content element as a function of the attribute, wherein the protection mechanism enables streaming of the content element to the clients in the event of a resource failure. In an example, the identified attribute is an indication of the popularity of the content element (e.g., as measured by the number of active streams), such that the protection mechanism is selected as a function of the popularity of the content element. In an embodiment, protection mechanisms that offer a higher level of protection are selected for the more popular content elements and protection mechanisms that offer a lower level of protection are selected for the less popular content elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: W. Paul Sherer, Kirk Blattman, Hoi-Tauw Chou, Glenn Connery, Howard Davis, Daniel Kiewlich, Robert Drew Major, Mel Oyer, Neeraj K. Sharma