公开(公告)号：US20190199771A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-27

申请号：US16288313

申请日：2019-02-28

Applicant: VideoShare, LLC

Inventor： Gad Liwerant ,  Christopher Dodge ,  Guillaume Boissiere

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04N21/4782 ,  H04N21/858 ,  H04N21/8352 ,  H04N21/6379 ,  H04M3/56 ,  H04N21/4223 ,  H04N21/2747 ,  H04N21/2743 ,  H04N21/2343 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04M7/00 ,  H04N21/4786

CPC classification number: H04L65/602 ,  H04L65/80 ,  H04L67/2823 ,  H04M3/567 ,  H04M7/0039 ,  H04N7/17336 ,  H04N21/23439 ,  H04N21/2743 ,  H04N21/2747 ,  H04N21/4223 ,  H04N21/4782 ,  H04N21/4786 ,  H04N21/6379 ,  H04N21/8352 ,  H04N21/8586

Abstract: A video segment can be shared over a computer network by first receiving the video segment at a receiving computer on the network. The receiving computer assures that the video segment is in a streaming video format, and creates at least one identification tag for the video segment. The receiving computer also stores the video segment, and communicates the identification tag to another computer on the network. Upon subsequent receipt of that identification tag, the receiving computer streams the video segment to a destination computer on the network.

公开(公告)号：US20190082014A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-14

申请号：US16190742

申请日：2018-11-14

Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation

Inventor： Dennis A. Kalaf ,  S. Christopher Gladwin ,  Jason K. Resch

IPC: H04L29/08 ,  G06F21/64 ,  H04N7/173 ,  G06F21/62 ,  G06F11/08 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/231

CPC classification number: H04L67/1097 ,  G06F11/08 ,  G06F11/1076 ,  G06F21/6218 ,  G06F21/645 ,  H04L63/0823 ,  H04L63/101 ,  H04N7/17336 ,  H04N21/23116 ,  H04N21/4334

Abstract: A computing device includes an interface configured to interface and communicate with a dispersed storage network (DSN), a memory that stores operational instructions, and a processing module operably coupled to the interface and memory that is configured to perform various operations based on operational instructions. The computing device receives name range information and priority level information to handle data objects associated with the name range information and identifies object names associated with a name range. The computing device identifies EDS name ranges that respectively correspond to the object names. The computing device updates an EDS priority table to associate EDS name range(s) with the priority level information. The computing device receives a request associated with an EDS name range and accesses the EDS priority table to identify a priority level associated therewith. The computing device then processes the request based on the priority level associated with the EDS name range.

公开(公告)号：US10063813B2

公开(公告)日：2018-08-28

申请号：US11828494

申请日：2007-07-26

Applicant: Jeffrey L. Sharkey

Inventor： Jeffrey L. Sharkey

IPC: H04N7/20 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N21/2389 ,  H04N21/262 ,  H04N21/266 ,  H04N21/61

CPC classification number: H04N7/17336 ,  H04N21/2389 ,  H04N21/26291 ,  H04N21/26603 ,  H04N21/6143

Abstract: A communication system 100 includes a content management system 221 determining broadband content availability, and a transport processing system 250 dividing the broadband content availability into broadband content availability packets. The transport processing system 250 communicates the broadband availability packets to a user device through a satellite 106 or 108.

公开(公告)号：US20180196715A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-12

申请号：US15650343

申请日：2017-07-14

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Srinivasan Balasubramanian ,  Leena Zacharias ,  Aziz Gholmieh ,  Yue Yang

IPC: G06F11/10 ,  G06F11/20 ,  G06F17/30 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04L29/14 ,  H04N21/218 ,  H04N21/231 ,  H04N21/2312 ,  H04N21/2315 ,  H04N21/232 ,  H04N21/239 ,  H04N21/24 ,  H04N21/241 ,  H04N21/262 ,  H04N21/44 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/658 ,  H04N21/845 ,  H04N7/173

CPC classification number: G06F11/1076 ,  G06F11/1443 ,  G06F11/1662 ,  G06F11/2094 ,  G06F11/2097 ,  G06F16/184 ,  G06F16/70 ,  G06F2211/1028 ,  H04L1/0003 ,  H04L1/0009 ,  H04L1/1825 ,  H04L1/1877 ,  H04L1/1887 ,  H04L65/4084 ,  H04L67/1095 ,  H04L67/1097 ,  H04L69/40 ,  H04N7/17336 ,  H04N21/2182 ,  H04N21/23103 ,  H04N21/23116 ,  H04N21/2312 ,  H04N21/2315 ,  H04N21/232 ,  H04N21/2393 ,  H04N21/2396 ,  H04N21/2405 ,  H04N21/241 ,  H04N21/262 ,  H04N21/44004 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/47202 ,  H04N21/6581 ,  H04N21/8456

Abstract: Techniques are described herein to dynamically control a number of hybrid automatic repeat requests (HARQ) transmissions based at least in part on flow characteristics of a data flow. Data included in a transport block may be grouped into one or more data flows based on a variety of factors. A set of performance benchmarks may be associated with each data flow. Flow characteristics for each data flow may be measured. A network entity may determine a number of HARQ transmissions to be transmitted during a HARQ procedure based on measured flow characteristics satisfying the performance benchmarks. For example, if a performance benchmark is not satisfied by its associated flow characteristic, the network entity may request additional HARQ transmissions during the HARQ procedure.

公开(公告)号：US10009661B2

公开(公告)日：2018-06-26

申请号：US14188548

申请日：2014-02-24

Applicant: Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC

Inventor： Stephen L. Maynard ,  Tho Autruong ,  John Callahan ,  Nicholas Nielsen

IPC: H04N21/6587 ,  H04N21/2387 ,  H04N21/24 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/647 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H04N7/173

CPC classification number: H04N21/6587 ,  H04L12/2801 ,  H04N7/17336 ,  H04N21/2387 ,  H04N21/2402 ,  H04N21/47202 ,  H04N21/47217 ,  H04N21/64738

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for performing dynamic compensation for delays over extant infrastructure within a content-based network. In one embodiment, the network comprises a cable network, and the infrastructure comprises that nominally used for on-demand (OD) services such as VOD. The method includes periodically or situationally assessing variable delays within the system associated with functional commands (such as “trick mode” commands), and dynamically compensating for these variable delays in order to improve the accuracy and timeliness of the user's trick mode command. This approach increases user satisfaction, and obviates the issuance of additional compensatory trick mode commands that only further degrade the performance of the network.

公开(公告)号：US20180139492A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-17

申请号：US15670165

申请日：2017-08-07

Applicant: INVIDI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

Inventor： Patrick M. Sheehan ,  Bruce J. Anderson ,  Daniel C. Wilson ,  Alden Lloyd Peterson, II ,  Michael Cristofalo

IPC: H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/266 ,  H04N21/2389 ,  H04N21/4385 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/2668 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N21/25 ,  H04N21/81

CPC classification number: H04N21/435 ,  H04N7/17336 ,  H04N21/2389 ,  H04N21/252 ,  H04N21/25883 ,  H04N21/26616 ,  H04N21/2668 ,  H04N21/4331 ,  H04N21/4385 ,  H04N21/812

Abstract: A broadcast targeting system is provided where third party database information is utilized in conjunction with broadcast network client information to identify households within the broadcast network including one or more desired recipients of targeted assets. In instances where a user equipment device of the targeted household includes multiple users (i.e., a multiple-user device), use of third party data in conjunction with an indication of which household member is currently using the multiple user device (e.g., set top box, etc.) allows for more effectively delivering assets targeted to a specific member(s) of the household

公开(公告)号：US09854316B1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-26

申请号：US14833593

申请日：2015-08-24

Applicant: CSC Holdings, LLC

Inventor： Jonathan Greenfield

IPC: H04N7/173 ,  H04N21/478 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/437 ,  H04N21/20

CPC classification number: H04N21/4781 ,  H04L65/60 ,  H04L67/10 ,  H04L67/141 ,  H04N7/17336 ,  H04N21/20 ,  H04N21/2396 ,  H04N21/437 ,  H04N21/47202

Abstract: Methods and systems to provide and manage on-demand sessions are described herein. A request is received from a client to start an on-demand session. It is determined if there are sufficient resources to start the on-demand session for the client. The request is inserted into a queue if there aren't sufficient resources to start the on-demand session for the client. The on-demand sessions is started when there are sufficient resources available and it is the client's turn in the queue.

公开(公告)号：US09832529B2

公开(公告)日：2017-11-28

申请号：US15296182

申请日：2016-10-18

Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.

Inventor： Edward Y. Chen ,  David Crawford Gibbon ,  Laurence W. Ruedisueli ,  Behzad Shahraray

IPC: H04N5/445 ,  H04N21/472 ,  G06F17/30 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N21/2343 ,  H04N21/266 ,  H04N21/278 ,  H04N21/414 ,  H04N21/462 ,  H04N21/4782 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/6587 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N21/858 ,  H04N21/432 ,  H04N21/434 ,  H04N21/44 ,  H04N5/44

CPC classification number: H04N21/47217 ,  G06F17/30017 ,  G06F17/30058 ,  G06F17/30823 ,  G06F17/30837 ,  G06F17/30846 ,  H04N5/4401 ,  H04N7/17336 ,  H04N21/23439 ,  H04N21/26603 ,  H04N21/278 ,  H04N21/41407 ,  H04N21/432 ,  H04N21/4345 ,  H04N21/44008 ,  H04N21/4622 ,  H04N21/47202 ,  H04N21/4782 ,  H04N21/4821 ,  H04N21/4828 ,  H04N21/6587 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N21/8586

Abstract: A system and method are provided for content-based non-linear control of video data playback. A multimedia database having multimedia data including multimedia content data is searched based on a user query to determine a first set of multimedia data. The multimedia data includes indexes to and condensed representations of corresponding video data stored in a video database. A portion of the first set of multimedia data is displayed at a control device in response to the user query. A user of the control device selects an element of the first set of multimedia data for video playback and video data corresponding to the element delivered to a video device for playback. A user of the control device selects an element of the first set of multimedia data for additional information and a second set of multimedia data corresponding to the element delivered to the control device.

公开(公告)号：US09813641B2

公开(公告)日：2017-11-07

申请号：US14729794

申请日：2015-06-03

Applicant: Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC

Inventor： John S. Hendricks ,  Alfred E. Bonner ,  John S. McCoskey ,  Michael L. Asmussen

IPC: H04N5/265 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06T1/60 ,  G06T11/60 ,  H04H20/10 ,  H04H20/38 ,  H04H20/93 ,  H04H60/33 ,  H04H60/64 ,  H04N5/60 ,  H04N7/088 ,  H04N7/10 ,  H04N7/16 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N21/222 ,  H04N21/2343 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/236 ,  H04N21/2362 ,  H04N21/2381 ,  H04N21/2389 ,  H04N21/2543 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/262 ,  H04N21/2668 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/426 ,  H04N21/431 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/434 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/438 ,  H04N21/4385 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/443 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/454 ,  H04N21/4545 ,  H04N21/458 ,  H04N21/462 ,  H04N21/47 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/4725 ,  H04N21/475 ,  H04N21/4786 ,  H04N21/4788 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/6405 ,  H04N21/643 ,  H04N21/6543 ,  H04N21/6547 ,  H04N21/658 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/858 ,  H04M1/57 ,  H04N5/44 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N5/45 ,  H04N21/478

CPC classification number: H04N5/265 ,  G06K9/00718 ,  G06Q30/0251 ,  G06Q30/0276 ,  G06T1/60 ,  G06T11/60 ,  H04H20/10 ,  H04H20/38 ,  H04H20/93 ,  H04H60/33 ,  H04H60/64 ,  H04M1/57 ,  H04N5/4401 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N5/44504 ,  H04N5/44543 ,  H04N5/44582 ,  H04N5/44591 ,  H04N5/45 ,  H04N5/602 ,  H04N7/088 ,  H04N7/0884 ,  H04N7/0887 ,  H04N7/10 ,  H04N7/102 ,  H04N7/163 ,  H04N7/165 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N7/17318 ,  H04N7/17336 ,  H04N7/17354 ,  H04N21/2221 ,  H04N21/234318 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/23608 ,  H04N21/2362 ,  H04N21/2381 ,  H04N21/2389 ,  H04N21/2543 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/25883 ,  H04N21/25891 ,  H04N21/262 ,  H04N21/26208 ,  H04N21/2668 ,  H04N21/42204 ,  H04N21/42653 ,  H04N21/42684 ,  H04N21/4312 ,  H04N21/4314 ,  H04N21/4316 ,  H04N21/4331 ,  H04N21/4344 ,  H04N21/4345 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/4383 ,  H04N21/4385 ,  H04N21/44222 ,  H04N21/443 ,  H04N21/4532 ,  H04N21/454 ,  H04N21/45455 ,  H04N21/45457 ,  H04N21/458 ,  H04N21/4622 ,  H04N21/47 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/47205 ,  H04N21/47214 ,  H04N21/4725 ,  H04N21/4755 ,  H04N21/478 ,  H04N21/4786 ,  H04N21/4788 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/6405 ,  H04N21/64307 ,  H04N21/6543 ,  H04N21/6547 ,  H04N21/6581 ,  H04N21/6582 ,  H04N21/812 ,  H04N21/8146 ,  H04N21/8583 ,  H04N21/8586

Abstract: A method and an apparatus are used to target interactive virtual objects to subscribers in a television delivery system. Programs are selected and virtual object locations are defined in the selected programs. The virtual objects available for targeting are categorized and the categories are correlated to subscriber information to determine the optimum targeting of the virtual objects. The virtual objects may be targeted based on individual subscriber information or on information related to groups of subscribers. When a frame of a program includes a virtual object location, a default or an alternate virtual object is displayed. The virtual object location may change over space or time. The virtual object may be interactive, and may be used to link a subscriber to a remote location, such as an Internet web site. An operations center or a cable headend may generate a group assignment plan that assigns the subscribers' television terminals to groups, based on factors such as area of dominant influence and household income. A retrieval plan is then generated that instructs the television terminals to select the desired virtual object for display. The television terminals record which virtual objects were displayed, and report this information to the cable headends and the operations center. The reported information is used to generate billing for commercial advertisers, and to analyze viewer watching habits. Interactive virtual objects are received by the television terminal with directions on actions to be taken upon selection of the interactive virtual object. Actions may result in the initiation of processes locally at the television terminal, or communication with a remote site for the initiation of processes to be performed remotely. The invention uses upstream data reception hardware, databases and processing hardware and software, and corresponding features in the televisions to accomplish these functions.

公开(公告)号：US09781486B2

公开(公告)日：2017-10-03

申请号：US15247147

申请日：2016-08-25

Applicant: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.

Inventor： Robert Drew Major ,  Darren Major

IPC: H04N21/6373 ,  H04N21/2183 ,  H04N21/6371 ,  H04N21/2747 ,  H04N21/2343 ,  H04N21/2312 ,  H04N21/232 ,  H04N21/845 ,  H04N21/647 ,  H04N21/6587 ,  H04N21/643 ,  H04N21/6379 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/462 ,  G06F21/62 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N5/85 ,  H04N5/91 ,  H04N21/231 ,  H04N21/218 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N21/61 ,  H04N21/4627 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N9/80 ,  H04N7/16 ,  H04N5/782

CPC classification number: H04N21/6373 ,  G06F21/6218 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N5/782 ,  H04N5/85 ,  H04N5/91 ,  H04N7/165 ,  H04N7/17318 ,  H04N7/17336 ,  H04N9/80 ,  H04N21/2181 ,  H04N21/2183 ,  H04N21/23103 ,  H04N21/2312 ,  H04N21/2323 ,  H04N21/234363 ,  H04N21/23439 ,  H04N21/2747 ,  H04N21/4135 ,  H04N21/462 ,  H04N21/4627 ,  H04N21/47217 ,  H04N21/61 ,  H04N21/6371 ,  H04N21/6379 ,  H04N21/64322 ,  H04N21/64769 ,  H04N21/6587 ,  H04N21/8456

Abstract: A remote storage digital video recorder (RS-DVR) system is disclosed. The RS-DVR system includes a network interface to communicate data between the RS-DVR system and a subscriber system via a network, a file system module coupled to the network interface, an ingest agent coupled to the file system module to receive encoded media segments that represent media content files encoded at a plurality of different bitrates; and a storage architecture coupled to the file system to store the encoded media segments, resulting in stored media segments. The RS-DVR carries out a number of functions and operations to service multiple subscribers and associated subscriber systems, such as various storage device management operations, file structure techniques, assignment of recorded media to subscribers, file system indexing, and supporting shared and per-subscriber content rights.