Patents by Inventor Mahmoud Ragaei Sherif

Mahmoud Ragaei Sherif has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8401331
    Abstract: A video analysis technique includes correlating frames from a processed video with frames from a pre-processed, original video. A linear approximation of a relationship between the correlated frames is determined. A disclosed example includes determining a linear approximation that maximizes the number of processed video frames that fit into the linear approximation. The linear approximation and whether any frames do not fit within the linear approximation is then used to provide quality information for analyzing a quality of the processed video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Mahmoud Ragaei Sherif, Ahmed A. Tarraf, Xin Wang, Jian Yi, Mohammad Hossein Zarrabizadeh
  • Patent number: 7650160
    Abstract: A method of determining at least an estimate of media latency for push-to-talk communications includes determining a first time associated with transmitting a first packet from a push-to-talk transceiver device. In a disclosed example, the same device receives a second packet that corresponds to the first packet and includes an indication of the first time, a second time associated with receipt of the first packet by another device such as a push-to-talk server and a third time associated with transmission of the second packet to the push-to-talk transceiver device. That same device determines a fourth time associated with receipt of the second packet. In a disclosed example, the push-to-talk transceiver device uses a relationship between the first time, second time, third time and fourth time for determining at least an estimate of media latency associated with the push-to-talk communication corresponding to the first and second packets. A plurality of latency test procedures are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
    Inventors: Mahmoud Ragaei Sherif, Ahmed A. Tarraf
  • Publication number: 20090147143
    Abstract: A video analysis technique includes correlating frames from a processed video with frames from a pre-processed, original video. A linear approximation of a relationship between the correlated frames is determined. A disclosed example includes determining a linear approximation that maximizes the number of processed video frames that fit into the linear approximation. The linear approximation and whether any frames do not fit within the linear approximation is then used to provide quality information for analyzing a quality of the processed video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Mahmoud Ragaei Sherif, Ahmed A. Tarraf, Xin Wang, Jian Yi, Mohammad Hossein Zarrabizadeh
  • Publication number: 20070298823
    Abstract: A method of determining at least an estimate of media latency for push-to-talk communications includes determining a first time associated with transmitting a first packet from a push-to-talk transceiver device. In a disclosed example, the same device receives a second packet that corresponds to the first packet and includes an indication of the first time, a second time associated with receipt of the first packet by another device such as a push-to-talk server and a third time associated with transmission of the second packet to the push-to-talk transceiver device. That same device determines a fourth time associated with receipt of the second packet. In a disclosed example, the push-to-talk transceiver device uses a relationship between the first time, second time, third time and fourth time for determining at least an estimate of media latency associated with the push-to-talk communication corresponding to the first and second packets. A plurality of latency test procedures are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Mahmoud Ragaei Sherif, Ahmed A. Tarraf