Robin T O'Neill

US Patent:

20190190979, Jun 20, 2019

Filed:

Dec 19, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/847761

Inventors:

- San Jose CA, US
Robert P. Ryan - Mission Viejo CA, US
Grant C. Mackey - Irvine CA, US
James N. Malina - Irvine CA, US
Robin O'Neill - Trabuco Canyon CA, US
Nils E. Larson - San Jose CA, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/08

Abstract:

Embodiments of network devices for content distribution are described. In some embodiments, an edge network device integrates network coding for content distribution with erasure coding for data storage. Embodiments of methods of integrating network coding and erasure coding are also disclosed. In some embodiments, an edge network device can determine content distribution and storage for content based on one or more penalty functions that assess storage capacity, computational power, user demand, and/or network bandwidth for optimal resource usage. In some embodiments, an edge network device creates fragments of content and transmits a subset of the fragments for early distribution. In response to a user request for the content, the edge network device can transmit the remaining fragments to the user device for the user device to reconstruct the original content.

US Patent:

20190191191, Jun 20, 2019

Filed:

Dec 19, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/847734

Inventors:

- San Jose CA, US
David Blankenbeckler - Longmont CO, US
Robin O'Neill - Trabuco Canyon CA, US
Nils E. Larson - San Jose CA, US

International Classification:

H04N 21/237
H04N 21/232
H04N 19/30
H04N 21/2343

Abstract:

Systems and methods to improve content distribution by reducing computational demand, optimizing network usage, and/or providing protection for content are disclosed. In some embodiments, the requested content can be encoded using scalable video coding with erasure coding and/or bit-level chunks coding. Scalable video coding can be used to create one or more base layers and/or one or more enhancement layers for a requested content. Bit-level chunk coding and/or erasure coding can be used to create fragments of the one or more layers. In some embodiments, the end point device, the edge network device, and/or the data center can select a policy for encoding the requested content based on a security level for the user device, a security level for an edge network device, a security level for a data center, a demand for the requested content, or a computational complexity for reconstructing the requested content.

US Patent:

20180095665, Apr 5, 2018

Filed:

Sep 30, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/282837

Inventors:

- IRVINE CA, US
Shaun Astarabadi - Laguna Niguel CA, US
Grant C. Mackey - Irvine CA, US
Junpeng Niu - Singapore, SG
Robin O'Neill - Trabuco Canyon CA, US
Jie Yu - Irvine CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/06

Abstract:

Systems and methods are disclosed for storing multimedia assets (or other data objects) in a storage array. Portions of the multimedia asset may be stored on different chunks of the storage drives in the storage array based on an access frequency level for a portion, an importance level for the portion, a reliability score for a chunk, and a performance score for the chunk.