Patents by Inventor Wilfried Bruegmann

Wilfried Bruegmann 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).

  • METHOD AND COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR SELECTING AN EDGE SERVER COMPUTER
    Publication number: 20080263177
    Abstract: Media Distribution within the Internet is done with the help of Application-Servers, Content-Servers and distributed Edge-Servers where the clients are connected to Media Distribution Services. A computer system is provided comprising client 1, having a Web browser with a media player 2, Web application server 3, content server, edge servers ES1 to ES4 and media request broker 11. After the client 1 has selected a media for streaming the media request broker 11 makes a determination concerning an appropriate edge server to perform the streaming operation. This determination is made based on an extension of the client's http request made by the edge server and passed from the application server to the media request broker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gerd Breiter, Wilfried Bruegmann, Bernhard Schmid, Hendrik Wagner
  • Method for selecting an edge server computer
    Patent number: 7426546
    Abstract: Media Distribution within the Internet is done with the help of Application-Servers, Content-Servers and distributed Edge Servers where the clients are connected to Media Distribution Services. A computer system is provided comprising a client having a Web browser with a media player, a Web Application Server, content Edge Servers ES1 to ES4 and a Media Request Broker. After the client has selected a media for streaming, the Media Request Broker makes a determination concerning an appropriate Edge Server to perform the streaming operation. This determination is made based on an extension of the client's http request made by the Edge Server and passed from the Application Server to the Media Request Broker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gerd Breiter, Wilfried Bruegmann, Bernhard Schmid, Hendrik Wagner
  • Method and computer system for selecting an edge server computer
    Publication number: 20040148393
    Abstract: Media Distribution within the Internet is done with the help of Application-Servers, Content-Servers and distributed Edge-Servers where the clients are connected to Media Distribution Services. A computer system is provided comprising client 1, having a Web browser with a media player 2, Web application server 3, content server, edge servers ES1 to ES4 and media request broker 11. After the client 1 has selected a media for streaming the media request broker 11 makes a determination concerning an appropriate edge server to perform the streaming operation. This determination is made based on an extension of the client's http request made by the edge server and passed from the application server to the media request broker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Gerd Breiter, Wilfried Bruegmann, Bernard Schmid, Hendrik Wagner
  • Multi-function document scanner
    Patent number: D357675
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Wolfgang Guber, Wolfgang Fischer, Dirk Willuhn, Ulrich Hengstler, Berthold Gerber, Jan Barthel, Wilfried Bruegmann