Nvidia Corporation

Alok Ahuja

Hassane S Azar

John F Spitzer

Tony Tamasi

Thomas Meier

Reza Marandian Hagh

Aleksandar Odorovic

Atul Chandrakant Apte

A computer application streaming system includes an optimization unit coupled to a streaming device to determine streaming optimal playable settings for a remote user device corresponding to a selected computer application and a sending unit coupled to the optimization unit to manage streaming of the streaming optimal playable settings over a network connected to the remote user device. A receiving unit is coupled to the network to recover the streaming optimal playable settings for application to the remote user device when employing the selected computer application. An optional feedback unit is coupled to the remote user device to provide remote information over the network for modifying the streaming optimal playable settings, and an optional update unit is coupled to the streaming device to manage modification of the streaming optimal playable settings as directed by the remote information. A method of streaming a computer application is also provided.

Optimal settings for application streaming

A receiver and method for estimating an available bandwidth of a data channel streaming video data are provided. In one embodiment, the receiver includes: (1) a physical interface configured to receive the video data from a network, (2) a packet memory configured to store frames of the video data, (3) a dispersed packet time calculator configured to calculate a total time for one of the frames to go through the data channel, and (4) a bandwidth estimator configured to determine the available bandwidth of the data channel based on a number of data units received for the one frame and the total time.

System and method for jitter-aware bandwidth estimation

Systems and methods for communicating private information from a browser to a driver are presented. The private information communication method can comprise: performing a private information communication process in which private information is communicated through a private information communication plug-in of a browser to a driver; and performing a driver process based upon the private communication information communicated in the private information communication process. The private information communication process can comprise determining private information content; communicating the private information to the private information communication plug-in coupled to a private communication channel; calling a graphics driver from the private information communication plug-in using the private communication channel; and forwarding the private information from the private information communication plug to the driver via the private communication channel. The driver process can comprise: determining if there is an association between normal information and the private information, and processing the normal information in accordance with associated private. The private information can be associated with stereoscopic 3D video streaming.

System and method for private information communication from a browser to a driver

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Santa Clara, CA, United States of America

Alok Ahuja