Chris Piche
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Chris Piche | |
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| Born | 1971 Vancouver, Canada |
| Alma mater | University of British Columbia |
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| Years active | 2000 - present |
| Notable work | Creator of the STUN, TURN, and ICE, NAT traversal protocols |
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Chris Piche is a Canadian computer scientist and technology entrepreneur who specializes in peer-to-peer networking, streaming, and computer vision technologies.
Piche pioneered the technology behind online multiplayer gaming and formed a joint venture with Stanley Ho and Sociedade de Turismo e Diversoes de Macau (STDM) to create the first Internet-based, real-time casino platform.[1] Piche then built Eyeball Chat – an early instant messaging, Voice over IP, and video telephony service with over 7 million active users in 2012.[2]
Piche is recognised as the creator of the STUN, TURN, and ICE, NAT traversal protocols which enable peer-to-peer networking, file sharing, and Voice over IP.[3][4]
Education
Chris Piche was born in Vancouver, Canada. He began programming computers at age 11, entered university at the age of 13, and later graduated in computer science from the University of British Columbia.[1]
Career
Online multiplayer gaming
Beginning in 2000, Piche pioneered the technology behind online multiplayer gaming and formed a joint venture with Stanley Ho and Sociedade de Turismo e Diversoes de Macau (STDM) to create the first Internet-based, real-time casino platform.[1]
Piche and Ho later defeated patent trolls in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada,[5] where Piche was awarded $1,361,418.79 USD in fees, costs, and damages.[6]
Video telephony
Piche created Eyeball Chat, a popular instant messaging, Voice over IP, and video telephony service with over 7 million active users.[2] Eyeball Chat was awarded as Best Communication Product of Internet World.[7]
In a joint venture with Nifty, a Japanese ISP and Fujitsu subsidiary, Piche created Eyeball Lite and Eyeball Pro, video telephony services for the Japanese market.[8][9][10]
Peer-to-peer networking
Piche is recognised as the creator of the STUN, TURN, and ICE, NAT traversal protocols which enable peer-to-peer networking, file sharing, and Voice over IP.[3][4]
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Piche was Canada's representative to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Information and Communications Technology Forum in Shanghai in 2001.[11]
Awards and recognition
- Canada's Top Young Leader, The Globe and Mail, 2000[12]
- Top 40 under 40, Business in Vancouver, 2000[13]
- Best of Internet World, 2001[7]
- Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award finalist, 2006[14]
References
- ^ a b c Stueck, Wendy (May 16, 2000). "Vancouver computer whiz bets on venture with gambling tycoon". The Globe and Mail.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Karydes, Megy (2012). "Eyeball Networks connects millions of subscribers with patented technologies". Advantage Magazine.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Eyeball Networks' AnyFirewall Version 10 Brings Guaranteed STUN/TURN/ICE Connectivity to IPv6 Networks and Devices". Taiwan News. May 23, 2014.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b US patent US20040095937A1, Christopher Piche; David Everett Marwood & Michael Chung, "Method and apparatus to permit data transmission to traverse firewalls", published May 20, 2004, issued October 13, 2009, assigned to Christopher Piche, Md. Shahbadatullah Khan, David Everett Marwood, Michael Chung and ANYCONNECT PRIVATE LIMITED, SINGAPORE
- ^ Adler, Eric (July 21, 2014). "Just Deserts: Patent Troll Edition". Patent and Technology Law.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Home Gambling Network, Inc., etal VS Chris Piche, etal. Filing 408". JUSTIA. April 6, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Best of Show Spring 2001 Awards". Internet World. July 17, 2001. Archived from the original on 2002. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help) - ^ 祐樹, 甲斐 (May 21, 2002). "@nifty、P2P型のビデオチャットサービス「EyeballパティオLite」". Broadband Watch.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 敏之, 田口 (May 21, 2002). "ニフティ、P2P型ビデオチャットサービスを開始". ASCII.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "ニフティ、P2P型のビデオチャットサービス開始". ITMedia. May 21, 2002.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Executive Profile, Bloomberg". Bloomberg.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Mclaren, Leah (July 1, 2000). "THE GLOBE AND MAIL YOUNG LEADERS". The Globe and Mail.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "The complete list of Business in Vancouver's annual forty under 40 winners, from 1990-2011". Business in Vancouver. October 30, 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Speakers | WebRTC Conference & Expo". WebRTC Expo.