William E Strum

US Patent:

7254605, Aug 7, 2007

Filed:

Oct 26, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/695932

Inventors:

William E. Strum - Cabin John MD, US

Assignee:

Austen Services LLC - Los Altos CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709203, 709223, 709224, 709217, 709219, 709218, 725 9, 725 10, 725 24, 705 10, 705 12, 370346, 370449

Abstract:

A computer-implemented transmission scheme is provided to control client-server interchanges within a distributed communications network, such as a real time opinion research system. Interchanges include transmitting media streams between one or more clients to a server over a computer network, including the global Internet. A polling management unit sets and manages the transmission mode that includes event-driven and periodic interchanges. Periodic interchanges can be simultaneously or staggeredly transmitted to a sampling pool of active clients. A transmission mode unit implements the transmission scheme set by the polling management unit. A parameter selector establishes the transmission interval and transmission period which are used to trigger each communication interchange. A client assignor creates one or more sampling classes from the sampling pool by applying a sampling quotient that is generated by the parameter selector. A schedule editor produces a transmission schedule for the active clients.

US Patent:

7806273, Oct 5, 2010

Filed:

Jul 20, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/878119

Inventors:

William E. Strum - Cabin John MD, US

International Classification:

G06F 13/00

US Classification:

209232

Abstract:

A computer-implemented transmission scheme is provided to control client-server interchanges within a distributed communications network, such as a real time opinion research system. Interchanges include transmitting media streams between one or more clients to a server over a network. Periodic interchanges can be simultaneously or staggeredly transmitted to a sampling pool of active clients. A transmission mode unit implements the transmission scheme. A parameter selector establishes the transmission interval and transmission period used to trigger each interchange. A client assignor creates one or more sampling classes from the sampling pool by applying a sampling quotient generated by the parameter selector. A schedule editor produces a transmission schedule for the active clients. If more than one sampling class has been created, each sampling class would receive a separate transmission schedule for providing staggered transmissions at designated transmission intervals.

US Patent:

7809788, Oct 5, 2010

Filed:

Jul 13, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/826363

Inventors:

William E. Strum - Cabin John MD, US

International Classification:

G06F 13/00

US Classification:

709203

Abstract:

A computer-implemented transmission scheme is provided to control client-server interchanges within a distributed communications network, such as a real time opinion research system. Interchanges include transmitting media streams between one or more clients to a server over a network. Periodic interchanges can be simultaneously or staggeredly transmitted to a sampling pool of active clients. A transmission mode unit implements the transmission scheme. A parameter selector establishes the transmission interval and transmission period used to trigger each interchange. A client assignor creates one or more sampling classes from the sampling pool by applying a sampling quotient generated by the parameter selector. A schedule editor produces a transmission schedule for the active clients. If more than one sampling class has been created, each sampling class would receive a separate transmission schedule for providing staggered transmissions at designated transmission intervals.