Patents by Inventor Paul Schachter

Paul Schachter 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).

  • Method and system for directing requests for content to a content server based on network performance
    Patent number: 7555542
    Abstract: A method and system for pointing a Internet user requesting access to content on a particular web site to one of a plurality of content servers associated with that web site based on one or more cost measurements associated with serving said content. The identification of the web site is mapped to the content servers associated with that web site. The user's IP address is then mapped to a particular content server based on a cost function and the IP address of the selected content server is provided to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Internap Network Services Corporation
    Inventors: Matt Ayers, Benjamin J. Black, Chris Brown, John Carlson, Dan Cohn, Scott Laird, Jonathan Miller, Stephen Ramsey, Ophir Ronen, Paul Schachter, Oscar Stiffelman