Competitive Technologies signs agreement to help license speed enhancement process for Internet image transmission developed at Dartmouth College.WESTPORT, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 1996--Competitive Technologies Inc. (ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise) A relational DBMS from Sybase that runs on Windows NT/2000, Linux and a variety of Unix platforms. ASE is a comprehensive and robust data management product with a long history dating back to the late 1980s. :CTT CTT Correios (Portuguese Postal Service) CTT Certified Technical Trainer CTT Charity Technology Trust CTT Cholesterol Treatment Trialists' (collaboration) CTT Common Task Training ) will help license a new image technique that speeds graphic transmission on the Internet by 2 to 5 times, George M. Stadler, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. announced today. The new process, developed at Dartmouth College, achieves speedier image transmission performance in part by eliminating time-consuming re-transmission delays by shielding portions of an image through redundancy bits. Dr. Peter Holden, vice president of International Venture at CTT, noted that World Wide Web users are familiar with the slow, cumbersome process of downloading images. "The Dartmouth technique achieves much speedier image transmission performance than the conventional Internet protocol, TCP (1) (Transmission Control Protocol) The reliable transport protocol within the TCP/IP protocol suite. TCP ensures that all data arrive accurately and 100% intact at the other end. , and is adaptable to various compression schemes," he said. Under the terms of the agreement, CTT will assist Dartmouth in licensing efforts. Dr. Holden commented, "Our technical and market expertise in this field provides an excellent platform on which to commercialize Dartmouth's image transmission technique and a number of interested third-parties have already been identified." Alla Kan, associate director of the Technology Transfer Office at Dartmouth commented, "We at Dartmouth are very excited about this technology. We believe that it can present a whole array of new opportunities for the Cyberspace users, who will be able to enjoy 2-5x speed enhancement for graphic Internet transmissions including Internet video and MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). movies." Competitive Technologies Inc.-- based in Westport, with offices in Bethlehem, Pa.; Cleveland; Osaka, Japan; and London -- is in the technology transfer business concentrating primarily on the commercialization and licensing of high-tech company and university research. CTT has evaluated over 8,000 technologies, been responsible for closing several hundred license agreements and helped launch 15 new companies. CTT also has been awarded a number of collaborative R&D contracts involving partnerships between university, industry and federal/state governments. Additional information about CTT can be found on its web-site: WWW WWW or W3: see World Wide Web. (World Wide Web) The common host name for a Web server. The "www-dot" prefix on Web addresses is widely used to provide a recognizable way of identifying a Web site. .CTI (Computer Telephone Integration) Combining data with voice systems in order to enhance telephone services. For example, automatic number identification (ANI) allows a caller's records to be retrieved from the database while the call is routed to the appropriate party. .Lehigh.edu. CONTACT: Competitive Technologies Inc., Westport Michael R. Novack, Esq., 203/255-6044 Patent Counsel Fax: 203/254-1102 |
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