Patents by Inventor Richard James HAYWOOD

Richard James HAYWOOD 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 of evaluating the profit of a substream of encoded video data, method of operating servers, servers, network and apparatus
    Patent number: 8689275
    Abstract: There is disclosed in aspects of the invention a method of evaluating the profit of a substream of encoded video data, a method of operating servers, a network and an apparatus. In the method, a data portion is identified comprising at least some of the data in the substream being evaluated; comparing a decoded version of the video with the data portion present and a decoded version of the video with the data portion removed and calculating an error metric indicative of the distortion between the two versions; and, calculating a profit for the substream dependent upon the error metric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Xyratex Technology Limited
    Inventors: Richard James Haywood, Xiaohong Peng
  • METHOD OF EVALUATING THE PROFIT OF A SUBSTREAM OF ENCODED VIDEO DATA, METHOD OF OPERATING SERVERS, SERVERS, NETWORK AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20120106612
    Abstract: There is disclosed in aspects of the invention a method of evaluating the profit of a substream of encoded video data, a method of operating servers, a network and an apparatus. In the method, a data portion is identified comprising at least some of the data in the substream being evaluated; comparing a decoded version of the video with the data portion present and a decoded version of the video with the data portion removed and calculating an error metric indicative of the distortion between the two versions; and, calculating a profit for the substream dependent upon the error metric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: Xyratex Technology Limited
    Inventors: Richard James HAYWOOD, Xiaohong PENG