Patents by Inventor William Sherer

William Sherer 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).

  • Restamping transport streams to avoid vertical rolls
    Patent number: 8565318
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a network device analyzes an encoded stream to identify a timing value included in a packet before a splice point. Next, the device determines a difference between identified timing value and a timing value included in a packet of the encoded segment to be spliced. In conjunction with splicing, the network device formats timing values of packets according to the determined difference, which improves play out of the spliced stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn Connery, Andrew Palfreyman, William Sherer, Hoi-Tauw Chou
  • RESTAMPING TRANSPORT STREAMS TO AVOID VERTICAL ROLLS
    Publication number: 20090193454
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a network device analyzes an encoded stream to identify a timing value included in a packet before a splice point. Next, the device determines a difference between identified timing value and a timing value included in a packet of the encoded segment to be spliced. In conjunction with splicing, the network device formats timing values of packets according to the determined difference, which improves play out of the spliced stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn Connery, Andrew Palfreyman, William Sherer, Hoi-Tauw Chou