Patents by Inventor Thomas Renfer Kee

Thomas Renfer Kee 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).

  • Streaming media content delivery system and method for delivering streaming content
    Patent number: 7860993
    Abstract: A method for delivering streaming media files to a plurality of end users from a streaming media delivery system including a filer for storing the media files and a streaming server for serving the media files generally includes the steps of monitoring demand for the streaming media files, identifying at least one of the streaming media files to be cached when demand for the at least one of the streaming media files reaches a pre-defined threshold, copying the streaming media file to a streaming server from a media storage device, and streaming the streaming media file using the copy stored locally on the streaming server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Ajay Kumar Chintala, Thomas Renfer Kee