公开(公告)号：US20070033623A1

公开(公告)日：2007-02-08

申请号：US11499845

申请日：2006-08-04

申请人： James Fredrickson ,  Jesse Lerman ,  Paul Andrews

发明人： James Fredrickson ,  Jesse Lerman ,  Paul Andrews

IPC分类号： H04N7/173

CPC分类号： H04N7/17318 ,  H04N21/26241

摘要： A method and apparatus for automatically providing continuous programming on a broadcast channel. The method and apparatus detect the occurrence of an event, selects content to use as the continuity programming in view of at least one characteristic of the event, and transmits the selected content through the broadcast channel.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在广播频道上自动提供连续节目的方法和装置。 鉴于事件的至少一个特征，该方法和装置检测事件的发生，选择要用作连续性编程的内容，并通过广播信道发送所选择的内容。

公开(公告)号：US06378036B2

公开(公告)日：2002-04-23

申请号：US09268512

申请日：1999-03-12

申请人： Jesse S. Lerman ,  Clement G. Taylor ,  James Fredrickson ,  Danny Chin

发明人： Jesse S. Lerman ,  Clement G. Taylor ,  James Fredrickson ,  Danny Chin

IPC分类号： G06F1314

CPC分类号： H04N21/2326 ,  G06F3/0613 ,  G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/067

摘要： A queuing architecture and method for scheduling disk drive access requests in a video server. The queuing architecture employs at least two access request queues for each disk drive within a disk drive array, and a queue selector for selecting the first and second queues. The first queue is for disk access requests by steady-state users requesting new data streams who are currently viewing a program from the video server. The second queue is for all other types of disk access requests, including requests by new users, requests for loading content, disk maintenance, meta-data synchronizing, and the like. Steady-state disk access requests are serviced in order of ascending time deadlines. The queue selector gives highest priority to requests in the first queue, and requests from the second queue are serviced only upon a guarantee that all of the steady-state requests in the first queue will meet their time deadlines in the worst case access times for the disk drives. The second queue may comprise multiple queues to provide a queuing hierarchy including a third queue. Non-steady-state disk access requests are serviced on a first-in-first-out basis. The queue selector establishes priority in response to the location of the data upon a disk in a disk drive, and data may be stored in a disk drive based upon the queuing priority. The selecting and forwarding of the access requests to a disk drive may be performed repeatedly while an internet queue within a disk drive is not full, and there are outstanding access requests for that disk drive.

摘要翻译： 用于在视频服务器中调度磁盘驱动器访问请求的排队架构和方法。 排队体系结构为磁盘驱动器阵列中的每个磁盘驱动器采用至少两个访问请求队列，以及用于选择第一和第二队列的队列选择器。 第一个队列是用于请求正在从视频服务器查看节目的新数据流的稳态用户的磁盘访问请求。 第二个队列用于所有其他类型的磁盘访问请求，包括新用户的请求，加载内容的请求，磁盘维护，元数据同步等。 稳态磁盘访问请求按升序时间限制的顺序提供服务。 队列选择器对第一队列中的请求提供最高优先级，并且来自第二队列的请求仅在保证所有第一队列中的稳态请求在最坏情况下满足其时间限制的情况下被服务 磁盘驱动器 第二队列可以包括多个队列以提供包括第三队列的排队层次。 非稳态磁盘访问请求以先进先出的方式提供服务。 队列选择器响应于磁盘驱动器中的磁盘上的数据的位置来确定优先级，并且可以基于排队优先级将数据存储在磁盘驱动器中。 当磁盘驱动器中的互联网队列不满时，可以重复执行对磁盘驱动器的访问请求的选择和转发，并且对该磁盘驱动器存在未决的访问请求。

公开(公告)号：US20070033633A1

公开(公告)日：2007-02-08

申请号：US11501219

申请日：2006-08-08

申请人： Paul Andrews ,  Jesse Lerman ,  James Fredrickson

发明人： Paul Andrews ,  Jesse Lerman ,  James Fredrickson

IPC分类号： H04N9/74 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N7/16 ,  G06F3/00 ,  G06F17/00 ,  G06F9/00 ,  G06F13/00

CPC分类号： H04N21/44016 ,  H04N21/23418 ,  H04N21/23424 ,  H04N21/858

摘要： A method and apparatus for providing a transition between multimedia content, e.g., video clips. The method and apparatus detects a transition trigger that identifies that a transition is necessary at a specific point within a currently playing video clip. The method and apparatus select a driver level API for producing a desired transition effect, then executes the selected API to produce the transition effect. The transition API controls a video decoder such that a currently playing video can be altered at the transition point to have a specific transition effect. Controlling the luminance and audio signal levels of the decoder creates the desired transition effect.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在多媒体内容（例如，视频剪辑）之间提供转换的方法和装置。 该方法和装置检测在当前播放的视频剪辑中的特定点识别转变是必需的转换触发。 该方法和装置选择用于产生期望的转换效果的驱动程序级API，然后执行所选择的API以产生转换效果。 转换API控制视频解码器，使得可以在转换点处改变当前播放的视频以具有特定的转换效果。 控制解码器的亮度和音频信号电平产生所需的转换效果。

公开(公告)号：US07165140B2

公开(公告)日：2007-01-16

申请号：US10663237

申请日：2003-09-16

申请人： Robert G. Dandrea ,  Danny Chin ,  Jesse S. Lerman ,  Clement G. Taylor ,  James Fredrickson

发明人： Robert G. Dandrea ,  Danny Chin ,  Jesse S. Lerman ,  Clement G. Taylor ,  James Fredrickson

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F7/78 ,  G06F3/0613 ,  G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/0676 ,  G06F3/0683 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  G06F5/065 ,  H04N21/2326

摘要： A queuing architecture and method for scheduling disk drive access requests in a video server. The queuing architecture employs a controlled admission policy that determines how a new user is assigned to a specific disk drive in a disk drive array. The queuing architecture includes, for each disk drive, a first queue for requests from users currently receiving information from the server, and a second queue for all other disk access requests, as well as a queue selector selecting a particular first queue or second queue for enqueuing a request based on the controlled admission policy. The controlled admission policy defines a critical time period such that if a new user request can be fulfilled without causing a steady-state access request for a particular disk drive to miss a time deadline, the new user request is enqueued in the second queue of the particular disk drive; otherwise, the controlled admission policy enqueues the new user request in a second queue of another disk drive.

摘要翻译： 用于在视频服务器中调度磁盘驱动器访问请求的排队架构和方法。 排队架构采用受控进入策略，确定新用户如何分配给磁盘驱动器阵列中的特定磁盘驱动器。 对于每个磁盘驱动器，排队架构包括用于当前从服务器接收信息的用户的请求的第一队列，以及用于所有其他磁盘访问请求的第二队列，以及队列选择器，用于选择特定的第一队列或第二队列 根据受控进入政策进入请求。 受控进入策略定义关键时间段，使得如果可以满足新的用户请求而不导致特定磁盘驱动器的稳态访问请求错过时间限制，则新的用户请求被排入队列的第二队列 特定磁盘驱动器 否则，受控的准入策略将新用户请求排入另一个磁盘驱动器的第二个队列。

公开(公告)号：US06691208B2

公开(公告)日：2004-02-10

申请号：US09801021

申请日：2001-03-07

申请人： Robert G. Dandrea ,  Danny Chin ,  Jesse S. Lerman ,  Clement G. Taylor ,  James Fredrickson

发明人： Robert G. Dandrea ,  Danny Chin ,  Jesse S. Lerman ,  Clement G. Taylor ,  James Fredrickson

IPC分类号： G06F1314

CPC分类号： G06F7/78 ,  G06F3/0613 ,  G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/0676 ,  G06F3/0683 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  G06F5/065 ,  H04N21/2326

摘要： A queuing architecture and method for scheduling disk drive access requests in a video server. The queuing architecture employs a controlled admission policy that determines how a new user is assigned to a specific disk drive in a disk drive array. The queuing architecture includes, for each disk drive, a first queue for requests from users currently receiving information from the server, and a second queue for all other disk access requests, as well as a queue selector selecting a particular first queue or second queue for enqueuing a request based on the controlled admission policy. The controlled admission policy defines a critical time period such that if a new user request can be fulfilled without causing a steady-state access request for a particular disk drive to miss a time deadline, the new user request is enqueued in the second queue of the particular disk drive; otherwise, the controlled admission policy enqueues the new user request in a second queue of another disk drive.

摘要翻译： 用于在视频服务器中调度磁盘驱动器访问请求的排队架构和方法。 排队架构采用受控进入策略，确定新用户如何分配给磁盘驱动器阵列中的特定磁盘驱动器。 对于每个磁盘驱动器，排队架构包括用于当前从服务器接收信息的用户的请求的第一队列，以及用于所有其他磁盘访问请求的第二队列，以及队列选择器，用于选择特定的第一队列或第二队列 根据受控进入政策进入请求。 受控进入策略定义关键时间段，使得如果可以满足新的用户请求而不导致特定磁盘驱动器的稳态访问请求错过时间限制，则新用户请求被排入队列的第二队列 特定磁盘驱动器 否则，受控的准入策略将新用户请求排入另一个磁盘驱动器的第二个队列。