Patents by Inventor Per Knudsgaard

Per Knudsgaard 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).

  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SCHEDULING, SERVING, RECEIVING MEDIA-ON-DEMAND FOR CLIENTS, SERVERS ARRANGED ACCORDING TO CONSTRAINTS ON RESOURCES
    Publication number: 20080086751
    Abstract: A media object is scheduled for transmission between a server and a client. The media object is partitioned into segments of blocks, wherein each block is a unit of media for which a client will wait to receive an entire block before playing out the block, and wherein each segment includes an integer number of blocks. One or more channels on which to serve each segment are determined, and a rate at which to serve each segment is determined. Additionally, a schedule pair for each channel is determined. The schedule pair includes a time at which the client may start receiving on the channel and a time at which the client may stop receiving on the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: Digital Fountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Gavin Horn, Michael Luby, Jens Rasmussen, Per Knudsgaard, Soren Lassen
  • Methods and apparatus for scheduling, serving, receiving media-on demand for clients, servers arranged according to constraints on resources
    Patent number: 7240358
    Abstract: A media object is scheduled for transmission between a server and a client. The media object is partitioned into segments of blocks, wherein each block is a unit of media for which a client will wait to receive an entire block before playing out the block, and wherein each segment includes an integer number of blocks. One or more channels on which to serve each segment are determined, and a rate at which to serve each segment is determined. Additionally, a schedule pair for each channel is determined. The schedule pair includes a time at which the client may start receiving on the channel and a time at which the client may stop receiving on the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Digital Fountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Gavin Horn, Michael G. Luby, Jens Rasmussen, Per Knudsgaard, Soren Lassen
  • Methods and apparatus for scheduling, serving, receiving media-on-demand for clients, servers arranged according to constraints on resources
    Publication number: 20020107968
    Abstract: A media object is scheduled for transmission between a server and a client. The media object is partitioned into segments of blocks, wherein each block is a unit of media for which a client will wait to receive an entire block before playing out the block, and wherein each segment includes an integer number of blocks. One or more channels on which to serve each segment are determined, and a rate at which to serve each segment is determined. Additionally, a schedule pair for each channel is determined. The schedule pair includes a time at which the client may start receiving on the channel and a time at which the client may stop receiving on the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2001
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventors: Gavin Horn, Michael G. Luby, Jens Rasmussen, Per Knudsgaard, Soren Lassen