On August 14, the US Patent & Trademark Office published several newly granted design wins relating to Apple’s iPod design. Additionally, Apple was granted a patent for a method and apparatus that facilitates the process of uploading mass-distributed content to a server.
Media Device
Apple was granted four design win patents today pertaining to their iPod, published under Media Device patent numbers D548-744/745/746 and 747. No specific design details were provided save for a series of illustrations.
Apple lists the following inventors of these patents as: Andre; Bartley K. (Menlo Park, CA), Coster; Daniel J. (San Francisco, CA), De Iuliis; Daniele (San Francisco, CA), Howarth; Richard P. (San Francisco, CA), Ive; Jonathan P. (San Francisco, CA), Jobs; Steve (Palo Alto, CA), Kerr; Duncan Robert (San Francisco, CA), Nishibori; Shin (San Francisco, CA), Rohrbach; Matthew Dean (San Francisco, CA), Satzger; Douglas B. (Menlo Park, CA), Seid; Calvin Q. (Palo Alto, CA), Stringer; Christopher J. (Portola Valley, CA), Whang; Eugene Antony (San Francisco, CA), Zorkendorfer; Rico (San Francisco, CA). To review of the patent listed above, see patent D548,744.
Method and apparatus for uploading mass-distributed content to a server
Apple’s newly granted patent generally relates to computer networks. More specifically, the present patent relates to a method and an apparatus for facilitating the process of uploading mass-distributed content to a server.
Apple’s Patent Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates uploading content from a client to a server. Upon receiving content, the client divides the content into smaller data-blocks of a predetermined size. Once the content has been divided, the client computes a codeword for each data-bock. Next, the client computes a composite codeword for the set of codewords by computing a function of the set of codewords. The client also computes a content identifier for the content to differentiate the content from other content. Once this is done, the client sends the composite codeword and the content identifier to the server, and receives a response from the server indicating whether or not the content is present on the server. If the content is not present on the server, the client sends the content to the server.
Apple’s granted patent FIG. 2 illustrates the upload control process in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. For further details on Apple’s newly granted patent, see 7,257,716. The sole inventor listed on Apple’s patent is Bruce Gaya.
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