Patents Examined by Dominic D Saltarelli
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Patent number: 11843840Abstract: A device for retrieving media includes a memory configured to store media data of a media presentation; and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to: retrieve a manifest file for a media presentation indicating that container parsing of media data of a bitstream can be started at a resync point of a segment of a representation of the media presentation, the resync point being at a position other than a start of the segment and representing a point at which the container parsing of the media data of the bitstream can be started; use the manifest file to form a request to retrieve the media data of the representation starting at the resync point; send the request to initiate retrieval of the media data of the media presentation starting at the resync point; and present the retrieved media data.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATEDInventors: Thomas Stockhammer, Imed Bouazizi, Waqar Zia
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Patent number: 11838564Abstract: Reception-side processing performed in a case where transmission of standard dynamic range video data and transmission of high dynamic range video data coexist in a time sequence is simplified. SDR transmission video data is converted into SDR transmission video data through dynamic range conversion. The SDR transmission video data is the one obtained by performing, on SDR video data, photoelectric conversion in accordance with an SDR photoelectric conversion characteristic. In this case, the conversion is performed on the basis of conversion information for converting a value of conversion data in accordance with the SDR photoelectric conversion characteristic into a value of conversion data in accordance with an HDR photoelectric conversion characteristic. A video stream is obtained by performing encoding processing on HDR transmission video data. A container having a predetermined format and including this video stream is transmitted.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventor: Ikuo Tsukagoshi
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Patent number: 11831952Abstract: A virtual set-top box (vSTB) for executing a middleware component, designed originally for use with the physical STB, including emulating hardware capabilities of the physical STB to process IPTV content received over a connection for presenting the IPTV content on a display of the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: DISH Technologies L.L.C.Inventors: Geraint Jenkin, Marcus C. Liassides, Christopher G. Hooks, David F. Evans, Jayne L. Gilmour
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Patent number: 11831869Abstract: A method of video processing includes determining a classification of samples of a block in a video picture of a video according to a rule, wherein the video picture is divided into multiple regions, and wherein the rule disallows use of neighboring samples of a current sample across one or more boundaries of the multiple regions for the classification. The one or more boundaries of the multiple regions includes a virtual boundary for an adaptive loop filtering (ALF) process. The method also includes performing a conversion between the block and a bitstream representation of the video by selectively applying the ALF process according to the classification.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
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Patent number: 11831951Abstract: A display controlling method for a broadcast receiving apparatus allowed to receive IP simultaneous broadcasting of a 4K broadcasting service via a communication transmission line, in which simultaneous broadcasting of the 4K broadcasting service and a 2K broadcasting service is executed by a broadcasting wave, is configured to: receive and demodulate the 4K broadcasting service, and display a broadcasting program of the 4K broadcasting service; and select and execute one display switching process of first and second display switching processes in accordance with priority order in a case where a defect occurs in reception, demodulation, or display of the 4K broadcasting service, the 2K broadcasting service being received and demodulated to display a broadcasting program of the 2K broadcasting service in the first display switching process, the IP simultaneous broadcasting being received and demodulated to display a program of the IP simultaneous broadcasting in the second display switching process.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Yasunobu Hashimoto, Kazuhiko Yoshizawa, Takuya Shimizu, Hitoshi Akiyama
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Patent number: 11825178Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-transitory medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising: providing (1002) one or more first media (1161) in the background by first user (102) by using first user device (104); providing (1004) one or more second media (1162) as foreground picture-in-picture overlay and/or as segmented display by first user (102) by using first user device (104); capturing (1006) plurality of first media (1161) slides navigation changes and/or screen pointer movements and/or screen marker animation in sync with timeline of the one or more second media as interactivity data and/or cue points, as per the first user's (102) haptic interaction with the first user device (104), through the authoring module (106); storing (1008) one or more first media (1161), one or more second media (1162), with or without cue points, and/or interactivity data as interactive content as network-based resource; sharType: GrantFiled: August 18, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignees: RXPRISM HEALTH SYSTEMS PRIVATE LIMITEDInventor: Maruthi Viswanathan
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Patent number: 11818408Abstract: A mechanism to automate the aggregation of independent videos for integration includes a video networking platform comprising one or more user accounts that upload one or more recorded videos having metadata to a video networking platform. A playing module plays the one or more displayed recorded videos and synchronizes the one or more recorded videos based at least in part on the metadata of the recorded video.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Inventor: James R. Jeffries
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Patent number: 11818342Abstract: This disclosure relates to video coding and more particularly to techniques for performing deblocking of reconstructed video data. According to an aspect of an invention, a maximum filter length is determined based on whether a P-block or a Q-block has an edge which is perpendicular to a deblocking boundary and whose size is greater than or equal to 32.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company LimitedInventors: Kiran Mukesh Misra, Christopher Andrew Segall, Philip Cowan, Frank Bossen
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Patent number: 11812111Abstract: A controlling device is provided with the ability to present personalized program guide information by using personal preferences provided to a home computing device. The personal preferences are used to filter program guide data received at the home computing device whereby the program guide data will include only programming information for user-specified sources of programming for each of plural, different user-specified periods of time. The filtered program guide data is then downloaded to the controlling device from the home computing device for use in connection with an application of the controlling device that functions to display program guide information within a display of the controlling device.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Universal Electronics Inc.Inventors: Paul D. Arling, Patrick H. Hayes
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Patent number: 11812079Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for distributing content over a local area network (LAN) between a first device within the LAN and a second device within the LAN. A first device multicasts a LAN-specific content beacon over the LAN. The LAN-specific content beacon includes an identifier uniquely identifying the first device. A second device sends a response to the LAN-specific content beacon requesting secondary content to be integrated into a display of the second device. The first device generates the secondary content based on profile information associated with the second device and unicasts the secondary content to the second device for integration into primary content being generated for display at the second device.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.Inventor: George Grigore
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Patent number: 11812080Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for generating a program guide that simultaneously displays future content item identifiers and past content item identifiers. The future content items will be available from a content source in future time slots. The future content item identifiers are sized according to the lengths of corresponding future content items. The past content item that were available from the content source in past time slots. The past content item identifiers are not sized according to the lengths of corresponding past content items.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: TiVo CorporationInventors: Cory Carpenter, Iylla Dosenbach
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Patent number: 11805293Abstract: A method of a transmission device in a multimedia system comprises the steps of: detecting a request for changing first-type data into second-type data while the first-type data is being played at a given point in time; and transmitting, before the second-type data is played, information necessary for replaying data, among the first-type data, played prior to the given point in time, and/or data, among the second-type data, played prior to the given point in time.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2018Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dong-Yeon Kim, Kyung-Mo Park, Jae-Hyeon Bae, Young-Wan So, Hyun-Koo Yang
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Patent number: 11805289Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for distributing content over a local area network (LAN) between a first device within the LAN and a second device within the LAN. A first device multicasts a LAN-specific content beacon over the LAN. The LAN-specific content beacon includes an identifier uniquely identifying the first device. A second device sends a response to the LAN-specific content beacon requesting secondary generates the secondary content based on profile information associated with the second device and unicasts the secondary content to the second device for integration into primary content being generated for display at the second device.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2018Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.Inventor: George Grigore
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Patent number: 11792450Abstract: For transmitting a panorama video having a resolution higher than a decoder can decode, at a transmitter side, encoded data coding different (groups of) spatial segments of a video picture of a video stream are packetized into separate substreams, to obtain a group of separate substreams. At a receiver side, from the group of separate substreams a proper subset of the separate substreams is extracted and combined to a data stream containing encoded data coding respectively a proper subset of the spatial segments or groups of subsequent spatial segments of the video picture of the video stream. Thus, a decoder may decode only a subregion of the video picture of the video stream, the subregion being defined by the spatial segments or groups of spatial segments coded in the encoded data contained in the data stream.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2018Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNGInventors: Karsten Grüneberg, Serhan Gül, Cornelius Hellge, Yago Sánchez, Thomas Schierl, Robert Skupin
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Patent number: 11792471Abstract: An aircraft includes a video display, first and second wireless pairing transmitters, and a media distribution processor. The video display is associated with an audio content stream and a seating location in the aircraft. The first wireless pairing transmitter is associated with the video display and has a first wireless coverage volume. The second wireless pairing transmitter has a second wireless coverage volume that overlaps the first wireless coverage volume. The media distribution processor is programmed and configured to: associate a wireless speaker device with the seating location; pair the first wireless pairing transmitter with the wireless speaker device in response to associating the wireless speaker device with the seating location; and direct the audio content stream through the first wireless pairing transmitter to the wireless speaker device in response to connecting the first wireless pairing transmitter with the wireless speaker device.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Inventors: Preeti Menon, Kristin Medin, Kamen Kostov, Zachary Grether, Melissa Curtis
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Patent number: 11785269Abstract: A device, system and method are provided that may allot and manage bandwidth, such as bandwidth associated with broadcast and narrowcast distribution models for content item transmission, for example, in a content distribution network. The device, system and method may manage transmission based on the output information of the content items.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Amit Garg, Jude Ferreira, John Paclik
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Patent number: 11778197Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses may encode a media content item based on metadata from previous encoding. The encoding may also generate encoding metadata, which may comprise a qualitative or quantitative characterization of the encoded media content item. A prediction engine may, based on this metadata, determine new encoding settings for the same or a different video resolution. The prediction engine may cause an encoded media content item to be stored and may cause encoding of the media content item using the new encoding settings.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Weidong Mao, Alexander Giladi, Alex Balk
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Patent number: 11778263Abstract: The present application discloses techniques of interacting with live videos. The techniques comprise obtaining a streaming video of a live streamer and images of a user captured in real time by a user terminal, and displaying the streaming video and the image of the user in a same video play box; obtaining and recognizing a first gesture of a user in the images of the user, and comparing the first gesture with a second gesture included in a preset table, wherein the preset table comprises information indicating corresponding relationships between gestures and special effects; obtaining a first special effect corresponding to the second gesture by querying the preset table when the first gesture matches with the second gesture; and displaying the first special effect in the video play box.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: SHANGHAI HODE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Zixin Tang, Dewei Xue
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Patent number: 11765436Abstract: Described are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products for packaging media. In some embodiments, the technology relates to a computer-implemented method of packaging media files. A list of one or more media asset IDs is received by a media packaging server. A packaging template is received by the media packaging server. One or more media files based on a media asset ID in the list of the one or more media asset IDs and the packaging template are retrieved, by the media packaging server. Metadata associated with the media asset ID based on the packaging template is retrieved by the media packaging server. The one or more media files and the metadata are packaged by the media packaging server into a delivery package in a packaging format indicated by the packaging template.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2017Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Stewart Alan Frey, Vitaliy Vaysberg, Francis Henry Dillon, IV, Matthew Joseph Wood
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Patent number: 11765375Abstract: An image decoding method performed by a decoding device according to the present document is characterized by comprising the steps of: acquiring image information including a Block-based Delta Pulse Code Modulation (BDPCM) available flag; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the image information, wherein the BDPCM available flag relates to whether BDPCM is available for chroma and luma blocks.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jungah Choi, Sunmi Yoo, Jaehyun Lim, Jangwon Choi, Seunghwan Kim