Patents by Inventor Stephen R. Scaffidi

Stephen R. Scaffidi 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).

  • Patent number: 10455044
    Abstract: The teachings herein generally relate to client-server communications and the delivery of content over computer networks to clients, and provide improved methods, systems, and apparatus for identifying and/or characterizing client devices that are requesting content from a server. For example, based on information sent in a client device's request for content, a web server modified in accordance with the teachings hereof can identify a set of characteristics associated with that client device. Such characteristics might include the model name of the client device, the screen dimensions of the client device, information about the particular operating system or browser name/version it is running, content formats it is capable of consuming, and so on. The web server can use this information to modify and customize its response for the given client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Akamai Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Alec Heller, David H. Kaufman, Eric L. Kobrin, Stephen R. Scaffidi, Walter P. Tetzner
  • Publication number: 20180324269
    Abstract: The teachings herein generally relate to client-server communications and the delivery of content over computer networks to clients, and provide improved methods, systems, and apparatus for identifying and/or characterizing client devices that are requesting content from a server. For example, based on information sent in a client device's request for content, a web server modified in accordance with the teachings hereof can identify a set of characteristics associated with that client device. Such characteristics might include the model name of the client device, the screen dimensions of the client device, information about the particular operating system or browser name/version it is running, content formats it is capable of consuming, and so on. The web server can use this information to modify and customize its response for the given client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Akamai Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Alec Heller, David H. Kaufman, Eric L. Kobrin, Stephen R. Scaffidi, Walter P. Tetzner
  • Patent number: 9998557
    Abstract: The teachings herein generally relate to client-server communications and the delivery of content over computer networks to clients, and provide improved methods, systems, and apparatus for identifying and/or characterizing client devices that are requesting content from a server. For example, based on information sent in a client device's request for content, a web server modified in accordance with the teachings hereof can identify a set of characteristics associated with that client device. Such characteristics might include the model name of the client device, the screen dimensions of the client device, information about the particular operating system or browser name/version it is running, content formats it is capable of consuming, and so on. The web server can use this information to modify and customize its response for the given client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Akamai Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Alec Heller, David H. Kaufman, Eric L. Kobrin, Stephen R. Scaffidi, Walter P. Tetzner
  • Publication number: 20170302752
    Abstract: The teachings herein generally relate to client-server communications and the delivery of content over computer networks to clients, and provide improved methods, systems, and apparatus for identifying and/or characterizing client devices that are requesting content from a server. For example, based on information sent in a client device's request for content, a web server modified in accordance with the teachings hereof can identify a set of characteristics associated with that client device. Such characteristics might include the model name of the client device, the screen dimensions of the client device, information about the particular operating system or browser name/version it is running, content formats it is capable of consuming, and so on. The web server can use this information to modify and customize its response for the given client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: Akamai Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Alec Heller, David H. Kaufman, Eric L. Kobrin, Stephen R. Scaffidi, Walter P. Tetzner
  • Patent number: 9692830
    Abstract: The teachings herein generally relate to client-server communications and the delivery of content over computer networks to clients, and provide improved methods, systems, and apparatus for identifying and/or characterizing client devices that are requesting content from a server. For example, based on information sent in a client device's request for content, a web server modified in accordance with the teachings hereof can identify a set of characteristics associated with that client device. Such characteristics might include the model name of the client device, the screen dimensions of the client device, information about the particular operating system or browser name/version it is running, content formats it is capable of consuming, and so on. The web server can use this information to modify and customize its response for the given client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Akamai Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Alec Heller, David H. Kaufman, Eric L. Kobrin, Stephen R. Scaffidi, Walter P. Tetzner
  • Publication number: 20160323387
    Abstract: The teachings herein generally relate to client-server communications and the delivery of content over computer networks to clients, and provide improved methods, systems, and apparatus for identifying and/or characterizing client devices that are requesting content from a server. For example, based on information sent in a client device's request for content, a web server modified in accordance with the teachings hereof can identify a set of characteristics associated with that client device. Such characteristics might include the model name of the client device, the screen dimensions of the client device, information about the particular operating system or browser name/version it is running, content formats it is capable of consuming, and so on. The web server can use this information to modify and customize its response for the given client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: Akamai Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Alec Heller, David H. Kaufman, Eric L. Kobrin, Stephen R. Scaffidi, Walter P. Tetzner
  • Patent number: 9419852
    Abstract: The teachings herein generally relate to client-server communications and the delivery of content over computer networks to clients, and provide improved methods, systems, and apparatus for identifying and/or characterizing client devices that are requesting content from a server. For example, based on information sent in a client device's request for content, a web server modified in accordance with the teachings hereof can identify a set of characteristics associated with that client device. Such characteristics might include the model name of the client device, the screen dimensions of the client device, information about the particular operating system or browser name/version it is running, content formats it is capable of consuming, and so on. The web server can use this information to modify and customize its response for the given client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Alec Heller, David H. Kaufman, Eric L. Kobrin, Stephen R. Scaffidi, Walter P. Tetzner