Patents by Inventor Steven Bert LATRE

Steven Bert LATRE 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: 11470189
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for providing network access by a network stack in a communication device comprising a plurality of physical communication interfaces, each comprising a data link layer for the exchange of data frames with remote communication devices and a data link layer interface for exchanging data of data frames between the data link layer and higher layers in the network stack; and wherein the method comprises i) providing an abstraction data link layer comprising a single abstracted data link layer interface such that the plurality of physical communication interfaces appear as a single data link layer interface to the higher layers; and ii) obtaining network packets from the higher layers and distributing the network packets over the plurality of physical communication interfaces according to a neutral packet distribution scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignees: IMEC VZW, UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN
    Inventors: Patrick Daniel Bosch, Tom Johan R De Schepper, Ensar Zeljkovic, Jeroen Maurice M Famaey, Steven Bert Latre
  • Publication number: 20200204659
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for providing network access by a network stack in a communication device comprising a plurality of physical communication interfaces, each comprising a data link layer for the exchange of data frames with remote communication devices and a data link layer interface for exchanging data of data frames between the data link layer and higher layers in the network stack; and wherein the method comprises i) providing an abstraction data link layer comprising a single abstracted data link layer interface such that the plurality of physical communication interfaces appear as a single data link layer interface to the higher layers; and ii) obtaining network packets from the higher layers and distributing the network packets over the plurality of physical communication interfaces according to a neutral packet distribution scheme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Patrick Daniel BOSCH, Tom Johan R DE SCHEPPER, Ensar ZELJKOVIC, Jeroen Maurice M FAMAEY, Steven Bert LATRE
  • Patent number: 10523723
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method, a system and various components of such a system for selecting a chunk identifier in a content delivery network. In said network a first and a second chunk are available, belonging to different quality representations of a content item. A client device transmits a first chunk retrieval request for retrieving a first chunk and a further request. In response to said first chunk retrieval request and/or said further request, delivery path information is transmitted. The delivery path information may comprise chunk identifiers and bandwidth indicators. On the basis of the delivery path information the client device determines a chunk identifier to be included in a second chunk retrieval request for retrieving a second chunk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignees: KONINKLIJKE KPN N.V., IMEC VZW, UNIVERSITEIT GENT
    Inventors: Jeroen Maurice Margaretha Famaey, Steven Bert Latré
  • Publication number: 20150358373
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method, a system and various components of such a system for selecting a chunk identifier in a content delivery network. In said network a first and a second chunk are available, belonging to different quality representations of a content item. A client device transmits a first chunk retrieval request for retrieving a first chunk and a further request. In response to said first chunk retrieval request and/or said further request, delivery path information is transmitted. The delivery path information may comprise chunk identifiers and bandwidth indicators. On the basis of the delivery path information the client device determines a chunk identifier to be included in a second chunk retrieval request for retrieving a second chunk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Jeroen Maurice Margaretha Famaey, Steven Bert Latré