Mangesh Madhukar Gondhalekar

US Patent:

7412532, Aug 12, 2008

Filed:

Dec 12, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/734783

Inventors:

Mangesh Madhukar Gondhalekar - Campbell CA, US
Rajesh Viswanathan - Saratoga CA, US
Shailesh Prakash - Redmond WA, US
Stephen Loomis - Redwood City CA, US
James Patrick Van Huysse - San Francisco CA, US
Cameo Dawn Carlson - Pleasanton CA, US

Assignee:

AOL LLC, a Deleware Limited Liability Company - Dulles VA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709231, 709201, 709226, 709227, 709232, 370264, 370322, 370329, 370341, 370348, 370431, 715963, 725 97

Abstract:

A song and ad scheduler supporting clip-based and stream-based scheduling of multimedia items generates several hours of schedule in advance. Having multiple channel capability, the scheduler uses as inputs: the channel, associated playlists associated, rotation pattern for the channel, and associated programming rules to produce a schedule of multimedia items for the channel. Initially, the scheduler produces a schedule for each channel of predetermined length; then it periodically revisits the channel to add more songs, keeping the schedule to the desired length. Length of the initial playlist is configurable. The scheduler uses a producer-consumer model for distributing work. Producer threads periodically scan the system for work to be done. When a producer thread encounters work to be done, e. g. adding to the schedule of a channel, the producer thread places a work request into a queue.

US Patent:

7937488, May 3, 2011

Filed:

Aug 11, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/189489

Inventors:

Mangesh Madhukar Gondhalekar - Campbell CA, US
Rajesh Viswanathan - Saratoga CA, US
Shailesh Prakash - Redmond WA, US
Stephen Loomis - Redwood City CA, US
James Patrick Van Huysse - San Francisco CA, US
Cameo Dawn Carlson - Pleasanton CA, US

Assignee:

Tarquin Consulting Co., LLC - Dover DE

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709231, 709201, 709226, 709227, 709232, 370264, 370322, 370329, 370341, 370348, 370431, 715963, 725 97

Abstract:

A song and ad scheduler supporting clip-based and stream-based scheduling of multimedia items generates several hours of schedule in advance. Having multiple channel capability, the scheduler uses as inputs: the channel, associated playlists, rotation pattern for the channel, and associated programming rules to produce a schedule of multimedia items for the channel. Initially, the scheduler produces a schedule for each channel of predetermined length; then it periodically revisits the channel to add more songs, keeping the schedule to the desired length. Length of the initial playlist is configurable. The scheduler uses a producer-consumer model for distributing work. Producer threads periodically scan the system for work to be done. When a producer thread encounters work to be done, e. g. adding to the schedule of a channel, the producer thread places a work request into a queue.

US Patent:

20030055991, Mar 20, 2003

Filed:

Sep 20, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/956083

Inventors:

Madhu Krishnapuram - Mountain View CA, US
Stayton Addison - San Jose CA, US
Shreenivas Kand - Santa Clara CA, US
Mangesh Gondhalekar - Santa Clara CA, US

Assignee:

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

International Classification:

G06F015/16

US Classification:

709/229000

Abstract:

A system and method for selectively granting access to a target object. In one embodiment, the system includes an object data store, an access control instruction data store, an action data store, a context, and an access determination engine. The object data store includes a plurality of hierarchically structured target objects and a plurality of hierarchically structured actor objects. The access control instruction data store includes a plurality of hierarchically structured access control instructions. The action data store comprising a plurality action objects. The context includes an actor attribute, an action attribute, and a target attribute. The access determination engine configured to selectively grant access to the target object based on a first set of access control instructions having attributes that match the context and a second set of access control instructions having attributes that are hierarchically broader than the attributes of the context.