Patents by Inventor Stephen J. McErlain
Stephen J. McErlain 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).
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Publication number: 20190394457Abstract: Data compression and decompression methods for compressing and decompressing data based on an actual or expected throughput (bandwidth) of a system. In one embodiment, a controller tracks and monitors the throughput (data storage and retrieval) of a data compression system and generates control signals to enable/disable different compression algorithms when, e.g., a bottleneck occurs so as to increase the throughput and eliminate the bottleneck.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLCInventors: James J. FALLON, Stephen J. MCERLAIN
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Patent number: 10419021Abstract: The transmission of broadcast data, such as financial data and news feeds, is accelerated over a communication channel using data compression and decompression to provide secure transmission and transparent multiplication of communication bandwidth, as well as reduce the latency. Broadcast data may include packets having fields. Encoders associated with particular fields may be selected to compress those particular fields.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Realtime Data, LLCInventors: James J. Fallon, Paul F. Pickel, Stephen J. McErlain, Carlton J. Melone, II
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Patent number: 10284225Abstract: The transmission of broadcast data, such as financial data and news feeds, is accelerated over a communication channel using data compression and decompression to provide secure transmission and transparent multiplication of communication bandwidth, as well as reduce the latency. Broadcast data may include packets having fields. Encoders associated with particular fields may be selected to compress those particular fields.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2017Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: Realtime Data, LLCInventors: James J. Fallon, Paul F. Pickel, Stephen J. McErlain, Carlton J. Melone, II
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Patent number: 10212417Abstract: A system having one or more different asymmetric data decompression algorithms and a processor. A first asymmetric data decompression routine is configured to produce decompressed data with a higher data rate for a given data throughput than a second asymmetric data decompression routine of the plurality of different asymmetric data decompression routines. The processor is configured to analyze one or more data parameters from one or more data blocks containing video data and to select two or more different data decompression routines.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2016Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLCInventors: James J. Fallon, Stephen J. McErlain
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Publication number: 20180359467Abstract: Data compression and decompression methods for compressing and decompressing data based on an actual or expected throughput (bandwidth) of a system. In one embodiment, a controller tracks and monitors the throughput (data storage and retrieval) of a data compression system and generates control signals to enable/disable different compression algorithms when, e.g., a bottleneck occurs so as to increase the throughput and eliminate the bottleneck.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2018Publication date: December 13, 2018Applicant: REALTIME ADAPTIVE STREAMING LLCInventors: James J. FALLON, Stephen J. MCERLAIN
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Publication number: 20180351572Abstract: The transmission of broadcast data, such as financial data and news feeds, is accelerated over a communication channel using data compression and decompression to provide secure transmission and transparent multiplication of communication bandwidth, as well as reduce the latency. Broadcast data may include packets having fields. Encoders associated with particular fields may be selected to compress those particular fields.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: James J. FALLON, Paul F. PICKEL, Stephen J. MCERLAIN, Carlton J. MELONE, II
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Publication number: 20180285393Abstract: Systems for data compression using content estimation. In one aspect, a system includes a dictionary encoder and one or more additional data compression encoders. One or more processors are configured to determine compression statistics related to a first data block, estimate a size of a first compressed data block, estimate a size of a second compressed data block, compare the estimated sizes, compress the first data block using the dictionary encoder when the estimated size of the first compressed data block is smaller than the estimated size of the second compressed data block, and compress the first data block using the additional data compression encoder when the estimated size of the second compressed data block is smaller than the estimated size of the first compressed data block.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2017Publication date: October 4, 2018Applicant: Realtime Data LLCInventors: James J. FALLON, Paul F. PICKEL, Stephen J. MCERLAIN, John BUCK
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Publication number: 20180234108Abstract: The transmission of broadcast data, such as financial data and news feeds, is accelerated over a communication channel using data compression and decompression to provide secure transmission and transparent multiplication of communication bandwidth, as well as reduce the latency. Broadcast data may include packets having fields. Encoders associated with particular fields may be selected to compress those particular fields.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2017Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: Realtime Data LLCInventors: James J. FALLON, Paul F. PICKEL, Stephen J. MCERLAIN, Carlton J. MELONE, II
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Patent number: 10045018Abstract: A system having one or more different asymmetric data decompression algorithms and a processor. A first asymmetric data decompression routine is configured to produce decompressed data with a higher data rate for a given data throughput than a second asymmetric data decompression routine of the plurality of different asymmetric data decompression routines. The processor is configured to analyze one or more data parameters from one or more data blocks containing video data and to select two or more different data decompression routines.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2016Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLCInventors: James J. Fallon, Stephen J. McErlain
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Publication number: 20180143840Abstract: Systems and methods for providing accelerated loading of operating system and application programs upon system boot or application launch are disclosed. In one aspect, a method for providing accelerated loading of an operating system comprises the steps of: maintaining a list of boot data used for booting a computer system; preloading the boot data upon initialization of the computer system; and servicing requests for boot data from the computer system using the preloaded boot data. In another aspect, a method for providing accelerated launching of an application program comprises the steps of: maintaining a list of application data associated with an application program; preloading the application data upon launching the application program; and servicing requests for application data from a computer system using the preloaded application data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2017Publication date: May 24, 2018Inventors: James J. Fallon, John Buck, Paul F. Pickel, Stephen J. McErlain
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Patent number: 9967368Abstract: Systems and methods for providing accelerated transmission of broadcast data, such as financial data and news feeds, over a communication channel using data compression and decompression to provide secure transmission and transparent multiplication of communication bandwidth, as well as reduce the latency associated with data transmission of conventional systems.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2015Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Realtime Data LLCInventors: James J. Fallon, Paul F. Pickel, Stephen J. McErlain
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Patent number: 9859919Abstract: The transmission of broadcast data, such as financial data and news feeds, is accelerated over a communication channel using data compression and decompression to provide secure transmission and transparent multiplication of communication bandwidth, as well as reduce the latency. Broadcast data may include packets having fields. Encoders associated with particular fields may be selected to compress those particular fields.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2017Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: Realtime Data LLCInventors: James J. Fallon, Paul F. Pickel, Stephen J. McErlain, Carlton J. Melone, II
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Patent number: 9792128Abstract: Systems and methods for providing accelerated loading of operating system and application programs upon system boot or application launch are disclosed. In one aspect, a method for providing accelerated loading of an operating system comprises the steps of: maintaining a list of boot data used for booting a computer system; preloading the boot data upon initialization of the computer system; and servicing requests for boot data from the computer system using the preloaded boot data. In another aspect, a method for providing accelerated launching of an application program comprises the steps of: maintaining a list of application data associated with an application program; preloading the application data upon launching the application program; and servicing requests for application data from a computer system using the preloaded application data.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2014Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Realtime Data, LLCInventors: James J. Fallon, John Buck, Paul F. Pickel, Stephen J. McErlain
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Patent number: 9792308Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for providing fast and efficient data compression using a combination of content dependent, content estimation, and content independent data compression. In one aspect of the disclosure a method for compressing data comprises the steps of: analyzing a data block of an input data stream to identify a data type of the data block, the input data stream comprising a plurality of disparate data types; performing content dependent data compression on the data block, if the data type of the data block is identified; performing content estimation data compression if the content is estimable; and performing content independent data compression on the data block, if the data type of the data block is not identified or estimable. In another aspect of the present invention LZDR compression is applied to simultaneously perform one method of compression while computing statistics useful in estimating the optimal form of compression to be applied.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2013Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Realtime Data, LLCInventors: James J. Fallon, Paul F. Pickel, Stephen J. McErlain, John Buck
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Patent number: 9769477Abstract: A system and method including one or more asymmetric data compression algorithms is disclosed. A first asymmetric data compression algorithm of the one or more asymmetric data compression algorithms compresses data at a higher data compression rate than a second asymmetric data compression algorithm of the one or more asymmetric data compression algorithms. The system and method also include one or more processors that determine one or more data parameters from one or more data blocks and select one or more asymmetric data compression algorithms from among the one or more asymmetric data compression algorithms based upon, at least in part, the determined one or more data parameters.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2015Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Realtime Adaptive Streaming, LLCInventors: James J. Fallon, Stephen J. McErlain
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Patent number: 9762907Abstract: A system and method for compressing data is disclosed. The system and method include one or more data compression algorithms with at least one data compression algorithm from among the one or more data compression algorithms utilizing an asymmetric data compression. The system and method determine a type of data having one or more parameters, attributes, or values of the data from at least a portion of a data block; select one or more data compression algorithms from among the one or more data compression algorithms based upon the determined type of data and a throughput of a communications channel; and perform data compression with the selected one or more data compression algorithms on at least the portion of the data block.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2015Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Realtime Adaptive Streaming, LLCInventors: James J. Fallon, Stephen J. McErlain
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Publication number: 20170257629Abstract: Data compression and decompression methods for compressing and decompressing data based on an actual or expected throughput (bandwidth) of a system. In one embodiment, a controller tracks and monitors the throughput (data storage and retrieval) of a data compression system and generates control signals to enable/disable different compression algorithms when, e.g., a bottleneck occurs so as to increase the throughput and eliminate the bottleneck.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2016Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicant: Realtime Data LLCInventors: James J. FALLON, Stephen J. MCERLAIN
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Publication number: 20170237446Abstract: The transmission of broadcast data, such as financial data and news feeds, is accelerated over a communication channel using data compression and decompression to provide secure transmission and transparent multiplication of communication bandwidth, as well as reduce the latency. Broadcast data may include packets having fields. Encoders associated with particular fields may be selected to compress those particular fields.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2017Publication date: August 17, 2017Inventors: James J. FALLON, Paul F. PICKEL, Stephen J. MCERLAIN, Carlton J. MELONE, II
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Patent number: 9667751Abstract: The transmission of broadcast data, such as financial data and news feeds, is accelerated over a communication channel using data compression and decompression to provide secure transmission and transparent multiplication of communication bandwidth, as well as reduce the latency. Broadcast data may include packets having fields. Encoders associated with particular fields may be selected to compress those particular fields.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2015Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: Realtime Data, LLCInventors: James J. Fallon, Paul F. Pickel, Stephen J. McErlain, Carlton J. Melone, II
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Patent number: 9560357Abstract: A system and method for compressing data is disclosed. The system and method include one or more data compression algorithms with at least one data compression algorithm from among the one or more data compression algorithms utilizing an asymmetric data compression. The system and method determine a type of data having one or more parameters, attributes, or values of the data from at least a portion of a data block; select one or more data compression algorithms from among the one or more data compression algorithms based upon the determined type of data and a throughput of a communications channel; and perform data compression with the selected one or more data compression algorithms on at least the portion of the data block.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2015Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: Realtime Data LLCInventors: James J. Fallon, Stephen J. McErlain