Andrew J Weiner

US Patent:

20200186601, Jun 11, 2020

Filed:

Feb 12, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/789300

Inventors:

- Chicago IL, US
Fabián BUSTAMANTE - Evanston IL, US
Andrew Joseph WEINER - Chicago IL, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/08
H04L 29/06
H04N 21/43
H04N 21/8547
H04N 21/242
H04N 5/04

Abstract:

Presented here are methods and systems for enabling multiple consumers to view an ordered data stream at the same time. An embodiment of the invention follows a client-server model, in which there is one server that is the source of the data and multiple clients that are the consumers of the data. Additionally, this invention can also be embodied by a number of other models, including but not limited to: 1) multiple servers or server clusters acting as data sources, and multiple clients acting as consumers, 2) pure peer-to-peer, where each peer can be both a source and/or a consumer of data, 3) a server-assisted peer-to-peer model, where peers may be both a source and/or a consumer of data and a set of one or more servers act as source and back-up and provide meta-information about the peers, such as which data is available from which peer.

US Patent:

20180309827, Oct 25, 2018

Filed:

Apr 9, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/948937

Inventors:

- Chicago IL, US
Fabián BUSTAMANTE - Evanston IL, US
Andrew Joseph WEINER - Chicago IL, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/08
H04N 5/04

Abstract:

Presented here are methods and systems for enabling multiple consumers to view an ordered data stream at the same time. An embodiment of the invention follows a client-server model, in which there is one server that is the source of the data and multiple clients that are the consumers of the data. Additionally, this invention can also be embodied by a number of other models, including but not limited to: 1) multiple servers or server clusters acting as data sources, and multiple clients acting as consumers, 2) pure peer-to-peer, where each peer can be both a source and/or a consumer of data, 3) a server-assisted peer-to-peer model, where peers may be both a source and/or a consumer of data and a set of one or more servers act as source and back-up and provide meta-information about the peers, such as which data is available from which peer.