Patents by Inventor Zhu Liu
Zhu Liu 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).
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Publication number: 20220150602Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer readable-media for temporally adaptive media playback. The method for adaptive media playback includes estimating or determining an amount of time between a first event and a second event, selecting media content to fill the estimated amount of time between the first event and the second event, and playing the selected media content possibly at a reasonably different speed to fit the time interval. One embodiment includes events that are destination-based or temporal-based. Another embodiment includes adding, removing, speeding up, or slowing down selected media content in order to fit the estimated amount of time between the first event and the second event or to modify the selected media content to adjust to an updated estimated amount of time. Another embodiment bases selected media content on a user or group profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2022Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Andrea Basso, Lee Begeja, David C. Gibbon, Zhu Liu, Bernard S. Renger, Behzad Shahraray
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Patent number: 11328224Abstract: A method, computer-readable medium, and apparatus for modeling data of a service for providing a policy are disclosed. For example, a method may include a processor for generating a first policy for a first service by a first policy model using machine learning for processing first data of the first service, determining whether the first policy is to be applied to a second service, applying the first policy to the second service when the first policy is deemed to be applicable to the second service, wherein the applying the first policy provides the first policy to a second policy model using machine learning for processing second data of the second service, generating a second policy for the second service, and implementing the second policy in the second service, wherein the first service and the second service are provided by a single service provider.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Raghuraman Gopalan, Lee Begeja, David Crawford Gibbon, Zhu Liu, Yadong Mu, Bernard S. Renger, Behzad Shahraray, Eric Zavesky
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Publication number: 20220116577Abstract: A processing system having at least one processor may obtain a two-dimensional source video, select a volumetric video associated with at least one feature of the source video from a library of volumetric videos, identify a first object in the source video, and determine a location of the first object within a space of the volumetric video. The processing system may further obtain a three-dimensional object model of the first object, texture map the first object to the three-dimensional object model of the first object to generate an enhanced three-dimensional object model of the first object, and modify the volumetric video to include the enhanced three-dimensional object model of the first object in the location of the first object within the space of the volumetric video.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: Eric Zavesky, Zhu Liu, David Crawford Gibbon, Behzad Shahraray, Tan Xu
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Patent number: 11301126Abstract: An icon control method and terminal that include detecting first input of a user, moving a first icon towards a second icon in response to the detected first input, instructing to perform a first operation on the first icon and the second icon when a distance between the first icon and the second icon falls within a first distance range, and that in the first distance range, duration in which the first icon is in a staying state is greater than a first preset time length, and instructing to perform a second operation on the first icon and the second icon when the distance between the first icon and the second icon falls within a second distance range, and that the first icon is in the staying state in the second distance range.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhenwei Shan, Zhu Liu, Xi Huang, Kai Qian
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Publication number: 20220103902Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method comprising receiving one or more media content items; creating one or more leveraged content items from the media content item(s) by extracting one or more leverage points from the media content item(s); obtaining user information, such as user preferences and user context; selecting a selected content item from the leveraged content item(s) based on the user information; creating a custom content item by further extracting a subset of the leverage points from the selected content item based on the user information; and presenting the custom content item to the user's equipment. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Christopher Volinsky, Zhu Liu, Eric Zavesky, Deirdre Paul, David Crawford Gibbon
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Patent number: 11290766Abstract: In one example, a method performed by a processing system in a telecommunications network includes acquiring live footage of an event, acquiring sensor data related to the event, wherein the sensor data is collected by a sensor positioned in a location at which the event occurs, extracting an analytical statistic related to a target participating in the event, wherein the extracting is based on content analysis of the live footage and the sensor data, filtering data relating to the target based on the analytical statistic to identify content of interest in the data, wherein the data comprises the live footage, the sensor data, and data relating to historical events that are similar to the event, and generating computer-generated content to present the content of interest, wherein when the computer-generated content is synchronized with the live footage on an immersive display, an augmented reality media is produced.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: David Crawford Gibbon, Zhu Liu, Lee Begeja, Behzad Shahraray, Eric Zavesky
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Patent number: 11290659Abstract: A processing system having at least one processor may establish a communication session between a first communication system of a first user and a second communication system of a second user, the communication session including first video content of a first physical environment of the first user and second video content of a second physical environment of the second user, determine a first visualization action for a first physical object in the first physical environment in accordance with a first configuration setting of the first user for the communication session, obtain the first video content from a first camera of the first communication system, detect the first physical object in the first video content, and perform the first visualization action to modify the first video content. The processing system may then transmit first visualization information including the first video content that is modified to the second communication system.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Eric Zavesky, Zhu Liu, David Crawford Gibbon, Bernard S. Renger, Behzad Shahraray, Tan Xu
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Patent number: 11282281Abstract: In one example, a method performed by a processing system in a telecommunications network includes acquiring the media stream and identifying an anchor in a scene of the media stream. The anchor is a presence in the scene that has a physical effect on the scene. A type and a magnitude of the physical effect of the anchor on the scene is estimated. An actuator in a vicinity of the user endpoint device that is capable of producing a physical effect in the real world to match the physical effect of the anchor on the scene is identified. A signal is sent to the actuator. The signal controls the actuator to produce the physical effect in the real world when the physical effect of the anchor on the scene occurs in the media stream.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2019Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Behzad Shahraray, Eric Zavesky, David Crawford Gibbon, Tan Xu, Zhu Liu
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Publication number: 20220086516Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including obtaining media content and an identification of a plurality of points of interest in the media content, receiving a request from a user to view the media content, obtaining information about the user, identifying one or more highlight and/or degrade points based on the information about the user, modifying the media content to create highlighted content, the highlighted content being the media content modified to attract attention of the user to the highlight point and drive the attention of the user away from the degrade point, presenting the highlighted content to the user, and monitoring the user's consumption of the content. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Raghuraman Gopalan, Zhu Liu, Behzad Shahraray, Eric Zavesky, Tan Xu
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Patent number: 11272264Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer readable-media for temporally adaptive media playback. The method for adaptive media playback includes estimating or determining an amount of time between a first event and a second event, selecting media content to fill the estimated amount of time between the first event and the second event, and playing the selected media content possibly at a reasonably different speed to fit the time interval. One embodiment includes events that are destination-based or temporal-based. Another embodiment includes adding, removing, speeding up, or slowing down selected media content in order to fit the estimated amount of time between the first event and the second event or to modify the selected media content to adjust to an updated estimated amount of time. Another embodiment bases selected media content on a user or group profile.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Andrea Basso, Lee Begeja, David C. Gibbon, Zhu Liu, Bernard S. Renger, Behzad Shahraray
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Publication number: 20220052998Abstract: An example method may include a processing system including at least one processor detecting an interaction of a first user and a second user, providing a temporary authorization to the second user to access a data set based upon an authorization of the first user to access the data set, wherein the providing the temporary authorization is in response to the detecting the interaction, generating a record of an access of the second user to the data set, wherein the record includes a notation of the temporary authorization of the second user to access the data set based upon the authorization of the first user, detecting an end to the interaction of the first user and the second user, and revoking the temporary authorization of the second user to access the data set in response to the detecting of the end of the interaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: Eric Zavesky, David Crawford Gibbon, Zhu Liu, Paul Triantafyllou, Bernard S. Renger
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Patent number: 11252638Abstract: Devices, computer-readable media, and methods are disclosed for assigning a service to a vehicle-based mobile node. For example, a processor deployed in a communication network may receive a request for the service from a mobile endpoint device, determine a route of the mobile endpoint device, determine a route of the vehicle-based mobile node, and assign the service to the vehicle-based mobile node when the route of the mobile endpoint device and the route of the vehicle-based mobile node coincide.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2019Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Eric Zavesky, Zhu Liu, Lee Begeja, Yadong Mu, David Crawford Gibbon, Bernard S. Renger, Raghuraman Gopalan, Behzad Shahraray
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Publication number: 20220043838Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, and devices are disclosed for providing a notification of an anomaly in a media content that is associated with an event type. For example, a method may include a processing system including at least one processor for detecting a first anomaly from a first media content, generating a first anomaly signature for the first anomaly, obtaining a notification of a first event, the notification including an event type, time information, and location information of the first event, correlating the first anomaly to the notification of the first event, and labeling the first anomaly signature with the event type. The processing system may further detect a second anomaly from a second media content that matches the first anomaly signature and transmit a notification of a second event of the event type when it is detected that the second anomaly matches the first anomaly signature.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Eric Zavesky, Lee Begeja, Raghuraman Gopalan, Bernard S. Renger, Behzad Shahraray, Zhu Liu
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Publication number: 20220020127Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving first image data for a first image from an electronic device, the first image data including first information associated with a first object identified by the electronic device as being in the first image. Second image data for a second image is received from the electronic device subsequent to receiving the first image data. The second image data includes second information associated with a second object identified by the electronic device as being in the second image. Location information is determined based on the first information and the second information and sent to the electronic device. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: David Crawford Gibbon, Zhu Liu, Eric Zavesky, Benjamin J. Stern
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Patent number: 11228806Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method comprising receiving one or more media content items; creating one or more leveraged content items from the media content item(s) by extracting one or more leverage points from the media content item(s); obtaining user information, such as user preferences and user context; selecting a selected content item from the leveraged content item(s) based on the user information; creating a custom content item by further extracting a subset of the leverage points from the selected content item based on the user information; and presenting the custom content item to the user's equipment. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Christopher Volinsky, Zhu Liu, Eric Zavesky, Deirdre Paul, David Crawford Gibbon
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Patent number: 11214562Abstract: A compound of the Formula (1) is below provided where R1-R5 are as described in the description and each “*” represents a chiral center.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2017Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: ELI LILLY AND COMPANYInventors: Zhi Long Hu, Lian Zhu Liu, Tianwei Ma, Mi Zeng, Haizhen Zhang
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Patent number: 11218758Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including obtaining media content and an identification of a plurality of points of interest in the media content, receiving a request from a user to view the media content, obtaining information about the user, identifying one or more highlight and/or degrade points based on the information about the user, modifying the media content to create highlighted content, the highlighted content being the media content modified to attract attention of the user to the highlight point and drive the attention of the user away from the degrade point, presenting the highlighted content to the user, and monitoring the user's consumption of the content. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Raghuraman Gopalan, Zhu Liu, Behzad Shahraray, Eric Zavesky, Tan Xu
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Patent number: 11206385Abstract: A processing system having at least one processor may obtain a two-dimensional source video, select a volumetric video associated with at least one feature of the source video from a library of volumetric videos, identify a first object in the source video, and determine a location of the first object within a space of the volumetric video. The processing system may further obtain a three-dimensional object model of the first object, texture map the first object to the three-dimensional object model of the first object to generate an enhanced three-dimensional object model of the first object, and modify the volumetric video to include the enhanced three-dimensional object model of the first object in the location of the first object within the space of the volumetric video.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Eric Zavesky, Zhu Liu, David Crawford Gibbon, Behzad Shahraray, Tan Xu
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Publication number: 20210373742Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, computer-implemented methods, and tangible computer-readable media for synthesizing a virtual window. The method includes receiving an environment feed, selecting video elements of the environment feed, displaying the selected video elements on a virtual window in a window casing, selecting non-video elements of the environment feed, and outputting the selected non-video elements coordinated with the displayed video elements. Environment feeds can include synthetic and natural elements. The method can further toggle the virtual window between displaying the selected elements and being transparent. The method can track user motion and adapt the displayed selected elements on the virtual window based on the tracked user motion. The method can further detect a user in close proximity to the virtual window, receive an interaction from the detected user, and adapt the displayed selected elements on the virtual window based on the received interaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Andrea Basso, Lee Begeja, David C. Gibbon, Zhu Liu, Bernard S. Renger, Behzad Shahraray
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Publication number: 20210368155Abstract: A processing system having at least one processor may obtain at least a first source video from a first endpoint device and a second source video from a second endpoint device, where each of the first source video and the second source video is a two-dimensional video, determine that the first source video and the second source video share at least one feature that is the same for both the first source video and the second source video, and generate a volumetric video from the first source video and the second source video, where the volumetric video comprises a photogrammetric combination of the first source video and the second source video.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: Lee Begeja, Eric Zavesky, Behzad Shahraray, Zhu Liu