Markus H Hofmann from Cambridge, MA, age 61

Us Patents

Technique For Content Delivery Over The Internet
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US Patent:

6959333, Oct 25, 2005
Filed:

May 8, 2001
Appl. No.:

09/851267
Inventors:

Leland R. Beaumont - Middletown NJ, US
Markus Hofmann - Fair Haven NJ, US
Michael Vernick - Ocean NJ, US
Steve Y Wang - West Windsor NJ, US
Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ
International Classification:

G06F015/177
US Classification:

709223, 709238, 709226, 370255
Abstract:

A content delivery system for a content provider that comprises at least two content delivery servers for delivering contents, a preference database for storing an estimated distance between each of the at least two content delivery servers and a client, and a content provider domain name server for mapping the name of the content provider to the at least two content delivery servers and selecting one of the content delivery servers to deliver the content, that has a shortest estimated distance to the client in the preference database.

Method And Apparatus For Providing Fault Tolerance To Intelligent Voice-Over-Ip Endpoint Terminals
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US Patent:

7436820, Oct 14, 2008
Filed:

Sep 29, 2004
Appl. No.:

10/954005
Inventors:

Andre Beck - Woodbridge NJ, US
Volker Hilt - Middletown NJ, US
Markus Andreas Hofmann - Fair Haven NJ, US
Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ
International Classification:

H04L 12/66
US Classification:

370352, 370401
Abstract:

When an intelligent VoIP endpoint terminal on a VoIP network becomes inoperative for any reason and can't respond to a service request that it had been programmed for, rather than leaving that service request unfulfilled, a VoIP network-hosted instance of that primarily endpoint terminal-provided service is invoked to handle that request and provide the service that would have otherwise been provided by the endpoint terminal. The network-hosted instance thus executes the requested service on behalf of the unavailable endpoint terminal.

Method And Network For Providing Service Blending To A Subscriber
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US Patent:

7693270, Apr 6, 2010
Filed:

Feb 21, 2006
Appl. No.:

11/357144
Inventors:

Andre Beck - Woodbridge NJ, US
Markus Andreas Hofmann - Fair Haven NJ, US
Kristin Freya Kocan - Warrenville IL, US
Assignee:

Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. - Murray Hill NJ
International Classification:

H04M 1/56
H04M 15/06
H04M 11/00
H04N 7/173
US Classification:

37914216, 379 9323, 725106
Abstract:

A method and communication network for providing a subscriber with a blend of services of the communication network delivered to the subscriber through a telephone and services delivered to the subscriber through a TV delivery system in communication with the network. Upon receipt of a message from a calling party, a service broker function may be configured to execute service package information associated with services of the TV delivery system subscription to include obtaining and delivering caller ID information of the calling party. The service broker function may be configured to alter the message request to generate a modified message request in respect to information affecting alerting of the subscriber's phone. The modified message is sent to the subscriber's phone so that, while information of the calling party is displayed on the TV delivery system, alerting of the phone is modified.

Routing Internet Communications Using Network Coordinates
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US Patent:

7948917, May 24, 2011
Filed:

Oct 27, 2005
Appl. No.:

11/260890
Inventors:

Volker Hilt - Middletown NJ, US
Markus A. Hofmann - Fair Haven NJ, US
Vasileios Pappas - Los Angeles CA, US
Assignee:

Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. - Murray Hill NJ
International Classification:

H04L 12/28
US Classification:

370254
Abstract:

A communication technique includes routing communications over an internet topology using coordinates, which correspond to estimated round trip times, of an origination, a destination and at least one intermediary host or node. A disclosed example includes identifying candidate intermediary nodes based upon selected criteria such as proximity to at least one of the origination or destination for the communication. A disclosed example includes identifying a plurality of intermediary nodes for some applications.

Method And Apparatus For Performing Template-Based Prefix Caching For Use In Video-On-Demand Applications
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US Patent:

8266661, Sep 11, 2012
Filed:

Oct 14, 2008
Appl. No.:

12/287815
Inventors:

Volker Friedrich Hilt - Middletown NJ, US
Markus Andreas Hofmann - Fair Haven NJ, US
Assignee:

Alcatel Lucent - Paris
International Classification:

H04N 7/173
US Classification:

725 94, 725 87, 725 91, 725 92
Abstract:

A method and apparatus for performing template-based prefix caching advantageously identifies common prefixes (i. e. , initial video segments) in video titles, stores common prefixes only once in a prefix cache, and uses these common prefixes when serving requests for video content. This advantageously enables a prefix cache to scale to a large number of video titles, since the cache stores each common prefix only once. A new video title that uses an already existing prefix may be advantageously added without requiring additional storage in the prefix cache. Template-based prefix caching also advantageously reduces the bandwidth required to distribute prefixes when new titles are ingested into the system—if the required template is already available in the prefix cache, prefix-caching is enabled instantly for this title and no additional bandwidth is required to distribute the prefix.

Systems And Methods For Network Routing
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US Patent:

8565117, Oct 22, 2013
Filed:

Jan 15, 2008
Appl. No.:

12/007741
Inventors:

Volker Friedrich Hilt - Middletown NJ, US
Markus Andreas Hofmann - Fair Haven NJ, US
Srinivasan Seetharaman - San Francisco CA, US
Mostafa H. Ammar - Smyrna GA, US
Assignee:

Alcatel Lucent - Paris
Georgia Tech Research Corporation - Atlanta GA
International Classification:

H04L 12/28
H04L 1/00
H04L 12/26
H04J 1/16
H04J 3/14
H04L 12/66
US Classification:

370254, 370238, 370353
Abstract:

A network may include a plurality of nodes forming a first layer and a sub-set of the plurality of nodes forming a second layer. The first layer may follow a first routing objective in routing traffic, and the second layer may develop constraints based on the first routing objective and follow a second routing objective within the developed constraints in routing traffic. In another network, the second layer may follow a second routing objective in routing traffic, and the first layer may develop constraints based on the second routing objective and follow a first routing objective within the developed constraints in routing traffic.

Method Of Providing A Web User With Additional Context-Specific Information
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US Patent:

20030204573, Oct 30, 2003
Filed:

Apr 30, 2002
Appl. No.:

10/135920
Inventors:

Andre Beck - Woodbridge NJ, US
Markus Hofmann - Fair Haven NJ, US
International Classification:

G06F015/16
US Classification:

709/218000
Abstract:

Additional context-specific information is made available to a user at a client machine as the user at a client makes a request and retrieves information from a content provider on the Web. Such additional information is either generated or separately retrieved based on an analysis of the content of the response from a content provider to a request from the client and, optionally, the original request from the client. If this analysis indicates that additional context-specific information is needed, the original response from the content provider is provided to the client with an indication that such additional context-specific information is available. While the original requested information is being delivered to the client and viewed by the user, the additional information is either being generated or retrieved in the background and stored in a Web cache or at a Web server so that if and when the user requests that additional information after reviewing the original response, it is immediately available from a nearby repository. The additional context-specific information is made available to the user by, for example, modifying the original response provided to the user to include a hyperlink to the additional context-specific information, opening a new window or frame that includes the context-specific information, or adding the additional information directly to the untransformed content in the original response.

Method And Apparatus For Providing Anonymity To End-Users In Web Transactions
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US Patent:

20040088349, May 6, 2004
Filed:

Oct 30, 2002
Appl. No.:

10/284220
Inventors:

Andre Beck - Woodbridge NJ, US
Markus Hofmann - Fair Haven NJ, US
International Classification:

G06F015/16
US Classification:

709/203000
Abstract:

An Internet Service Provider (ISP) intercepts HTTP requests from an end-user's browser, which are addressed to a Web server with which the ISP has an arrangement. If the request does not already include one, the request is modified to include a temporary user ID token that is identifiable with the end-user only by the ISP and not by the Web server. In response to receiving a request from the end-user that includes a token, the Web server generates a responsive message to the ISP that includes that same temporary user ID token, and which requests the ISP to perform a user-specific action. In response to that message, the ISP identifies the user from the token, performs the requested user-specific action and provides the Web server with information relating to the result of the requested action. The Web server then generates a response to the end-user's original request utilizing the provided information.

Wikipedia References

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Isbn (Books And Publications)

Networked Group Communication: Third International Cost264 Workshop, Ngc 2001, London, Uk, November 7-9, 2001, Proceedings
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Author:

Markus Hofmann
ISBN #:

3540428240

Passion &Amp; Desire
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Author:

Markus Hofmann
ISBN #:

3037665564