Patents by Inventor Sarat Khilnani

Sarat Khilnani 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).

  • Shaping multimedia stream bit-rates to adapt to network conditions
    Patent number: 8811167
    Abstract: An apparatus and methods are provided for shaping a transmit bit-rate of a multimedia stream to adapt to the bandwidth of network path on which the multimedia stream is sent between a source and destination. A condition indicative of a bandwidth of the network path is monitored, and at an intermediate point on the network path between the source and destination, the transmit bit-rate of the multimedia stream is adjusted to adapt to the condition indicative of the bandwidth of the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Sarat Khilnani, Duanpei Wu, Shih-cheng Stan Yang
  • Shaping Multimedia Stream Bit-Rates to Adapt to Network Conditions
    Publication number: 20120218887
    Abstract: An apparatus and methods are provided for shaping a transmit bit-rate of a multimedia stream to adapt to the bandwidth of network path on which the multimedia stream is sent between a source and destination. A condition indicative of a bandwidth of the network path is monitored, and at an intermediate point on the network path between the source and destination, the transmit bit-rate of the multimedia stream is adjusted to adapt to the condition indicative of the bandwidth of the path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Sarat Khilnani, Duanpei Wu, Shih-cheng Stan Yang