Paul Gregory Quinn

US Patent:

8311045, Nov 13, 2012

Filed:

Apr 7, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/400695

Inventors:

Paul Quinn - San Francisco CA, US
Kenneth Durazzo - San Ramon CA, US
Darrel Lewis - San Francisco CA, US
Barry Raveendran Greene - Cupertino CA, US

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc. - San Jose CA

International Classification:

H04L 12/28
H04L 12/56

US Classification:

37039543, 370389, 370392, 37039521, 370471, 370473

Abstract:

A system for selectively applying a service to a packet in a network. In a specific embodiment, the system includes a mechanism for encoding service information in a network-compatible packet header and providing encoded data in response thereto. In a more specific embodiment, the network-compatible header includes a Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) header, a Generic Route Encapsulation (GRE) header, and/or a Layer-2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) header.

US Patent:

8442043, May 14, 2013

Filed:

Dec 29, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/344816

Inventors:

Govind Sharma - Union City CA, US
Paul Quinn - San Francisco CA, US
Kenneth Durazzo - San Ramon CA, US

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc. - San Jose CA

International Classification:

H04L 12/28

US Classification:

370389, 370351, 370473, 370386

Abstract:

As described herein, explicit service ordering information may be associated with each of a plurality of logical services in a service path. A unique sequence number, for example, may be assigned, and associated with each service in the path. The sequence number may be assigned by a service broker in the control plane of a service insertion architecture that provides a platform-independent framework to insert services into a network. The sequence number may represent the relative ordering of the service with respect to the other services in the path. The sequence number, along with a traffic classification identifier, constitutes the shared context that is tagged to the packet injected into the chain which is used in the SIA data plane to virtualize and uniquely select series of services defined in the policy.

US Patent:

20030135513, Jul 17, 2003

Filed:

Aug 27, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/228261

Inventors:

Paul Quinn - Kensington CA, US
Robert Parker - Suwanee GA, US
Michael Mantle - San Rafael CA, US
Maxwell Wells - Seattle WA, US
Scott Jones - Carmel IN, US
Richard Williams - Berkeley CA, US

Assignee:

Gracenote, Inc.

International Classification:

G06F007/00

US Classification:

707/102000

Abstract:

Automatic and assisted playlist generation is accomplished by collecting data from users of a world-wide music information system. Attributes of the recordings listened to by users are extracted from data collected when the users access the music information system. The attributes are correlated with other attributes in the system to verify data accuracy. Users can specify a set of attributes of their music collection for automatic generation of a playlist. The playlist can then be further edited, even on devices with a limited display and a few buttons designed for playback of recordings, by re-mapping the functions of the buttons for playlist generation.

US Patent:

20080177896, Jul 24, 2008

Filed:

Jan 19, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/655363

Inventors:

Paul Quinn - San Francisco CA, US
Kenneth Durazzo - San Ramon CA, US
Andrew G. Harvey - Pleasanton CA, US
Satish Gannu - San Jose CA, US
Dean Cheng - Fremont CA, US
Frederick Baker - Santa Barbara CA, US
Richard M. Pruss - Tewantin, AU
Barry R. Greene - Cupertino CA, US
Saravanakumar Rajendran - San Jose CA, US
Robert Gleichauf - San Antonio TX, US

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc. - San Jose CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709238

Abstract:

In one embodiment, an apparatus can include a service broker configured to: (i) register a service classifier, and to provide context information to the service classifier; and (ii) register a plurality of service nodes. The service broker can also receive capability and service requests from the service classifier. Further, the context information can include a service header, a reachability indication, and an encapsulation, where the service header and the encapsulation may be attached or related to a packet in the service classifier. In addition, the service classifier can use this information to redirect the packet to a first service node.

US Patent:

20090158155, Jun 18, 2009

Filed:

Nov 6, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/266124

Inventors:

Paul Quinn - Kensington CA, US
Michael W. Mantle - San Rafael CA, US
Maxwell Wells - Seattle WA, US
Scott A. Jones - Carmel IN, US
Richard Williams - Pleasant Hill CA, US

Assignee:

Gracenote, Inc. - Emeryville CA

International Classification:

G06F 3/048
G06F 17/40
G06F 7/06
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

715716, 7071041, 707 3, 707102, 707103 Z, 707E17143, 707E17045, 707E17002, 707E17018, 707E17009

Abstract:

Automatic and assisted playlist generation is accomplished by collecting data from users of a world-wide music information system. Attributes of the recordings listened to by users are extracted from data collected when the users access the music information system. The attributes are correlated with other attributes in the system to verify data accuracy. Users can specify a set of attributes of their music collection for automatic generation of a playlist. The playlist can then be further edited, even on devices with a limited display and a few buttons designed for playback of recordings, by re-mapping the functions of the buttons for playlist generation.

US Patent:

20130235192, Sep 12, 2013

Filed:

Mar 12, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/417827

Inventors:

Paul Quinn - San Francisco CA, US
Jiang Zhu - Sunnyvale CA, US

International Classification:

H04N 7/18

US Classification:

348143, 348E07085

Abstract:

A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes creating a key from a hash of a resource identifier associated with a video object; storing the video object in a distributed hash table with the key; and replicating the video object in the distributed hash table based on a redundancy factor associated with the video object. In more particular embodiments, the method can include fragmenting the video object into segments; creating sub-keys with a hash of resource identifiers associated with each of the segments; storing the segments in the distributed hash table with the sub-keys; and replicating the segments in the distributed hash table based on the redundancy factor.

US Patent:

20140010366, Jan 9, 2014

Filed:

Jul 9, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/544220

Inventors:

Paul Quinn - San Francisco CA, US
Jim Chen Chou - San Jose CA, US
Michael Freed - Pleasanton CA, US
Elango Ganesan - Palo Alto CA, US

International Classification:

H04N 7/167

US Classification:

380200

Abstract:

A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes generating a first document and a second document associated with video data that includes a group of pictures (GOPs). The method also includes hashing a plurality of video frames associated with the video data. Additionally, the method includes appending each of the video frames' respective hash and respective display times to the first document, and appending each of a plurality of I-frames' respective hash and respective display times to the second document. The method further includes communicating the first document and the second document in a reliable manner over a network to a next destination.

US Patent:

20220358159, Nov 10, 2022

Filed:

Jul 25, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/872781

Inventors:

- Emeryville CA, US
Rishabh Sharma - San Francisco CA, US
Michael Yeehua Chien - San Mateo CA, US
Suresh Jeyachandran - Alameda CA, US
Paul Emmanuel Quinn - Kensington CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 16/683
G06F 16/638

Abstract:

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for a broadcast profiling system. An example apparatus includes a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions stored in the memory to compare a preference included in a user profile with a portion of a content station profile to determine whether the preference included in the user profile satisfies a threshold difference from the portion of the content station profile, in response to the threshold difference being satisfied, generate a station recommendation for a user associated with the user profile, and transmit an instruction to a device associated with the user, the instruction including the station recommendation, the instruction configured to cause a radio pre-set to be adjusted.