Patents by Inventor Wai-tian Tan

Wai-tian Tan 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).

  • Storage and distribution of segmented media data
    Publication number: 20040010613
    Abstract: A method and system thereof for distributing media data are described. A media segment, selected from a plurality of media segments stored on another node, is received. The media segment includes a portion of an item of media content. The item of media content is segmented according to segmentation characteristics. The media segment is stored in lieu of storing the item of media content in its entirety. The media segment can be forwarded to other nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: John G. Apostolopoulos, Wai-tian Tan, Susie J. Wee
  • Method and system for delivering streaming media to fixed clients or mobile clients with multiple description bitstreams
    Publication number: 20030009578
    Abstract: A method and system for streaming media data to a fixed client and/or a mobile client. In one method embodiment, the present invention recites encoding media data to be streamed to a client into a first multiple description bitstream and into a second multiple description bitstream. The present embodiment then recites distributing the first and second multiple description bitstreams to a plurality of servers placed at intermediate nodes throughout a network such that a client is provided with access to the media data via a plurality of transmission paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2001
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventors: John G. Apostolopoulos, Sujoy Basu, Gene Cheung, Raj Kumar, Sumit Roy, Bo Shen, Wai-Tian Tan, Susie J. Wee, Tina Wong