US Patent No: 6,880,014

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Method and system of use of transcode directives for distributed control of transcoding servers

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Abstract

A method and system using directive script in a web intermediary proxy machine that provides the function of a transcoder. The intermediary machine's transcoders are controlled by directive script that directs the order and properties of transcoder operations executed on one or more transcoders in the intermediary machine. These directive scripts are stored in an on-the-fly modifiable directive database accessible to the web intermediary proxy machine. The user's client machine browser passes an HTTP request to the web intermediary machine, which passes the HTTP request to a web content server, which returns an HTML response back to the web intermediary machine. This HTML response is sent to at least one transcoder that resides in or is at least accessible to the intermediary proxy machine. The transcoder identifies the type of device being used by the client from the HTTP request. The user's preference transcoding settings are retrieved in the form of directives from a directive script, preferably in XML format, retrieved from a settings database, and applied to the transcoders. The tailored transcoded response is then sent back to the user's client machine.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONARMONK, NY68475

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Brown, Frances C Austin, TX 11 245
Crayne, Susan Hartsdale, NY 10 107
Detweiler, Samuel R Austin, TX 14 84
Fairweather, Peter Gustav Yorktown Heights, NY 18 198
Hanson, Vicki Lynne Chappaqua, NY 9 105
Schwerdtfeger, Richard Scott Round Rock, TX 39 264
Tibbitts, Beth Rush Lexington, KY 8 84

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MICROSOFT CORPORATION (2)
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ALCATEL (1)
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COMCAST MO GROUP, INC. (1)
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EMC CORPORATION (1)
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FARODALL MGMT. NY, L.L.C. (1)
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LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. (1)
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UNWIRED PLANET, INC. (1)
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Patent Citation Ranking

Forward Cites

Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (3)
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6,970,918 System and method for transcoding support of web content over secure connections 8 2001
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MICROSOFT CORPORATION (2)
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AOL INC. (1)
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BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION (1)
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CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. (1)
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ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (1)
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GOOGLE INC. (1)
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MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION (1)
8,078,700 Transcoder 0 2005
 
SYBASE 365, INC. (1)
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