Patents by Inventor William C. Biester

William C. Biester 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).

  • Prioritization and queuing of media requests
    Patent number: 8561076
    Abstract: Coordinating media requests from a plurality of sources that share a shared media resource is disclosed. One or more media requests requiring action by the shared media resource is received from one or more of the plurality of sources. Each received media request is placed in a queue of requests requiring action by the shared media resource. Media requests in the queue are serviced based at least in part on their relative importance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Ravindranath S. Desai, Grant Woodside, William C. Biester