Patents Assigned to Charter Communications Operating, LLC
  • Patent number: 12033272
    Abstract: Delivering pre-rendered holographic content over a network is disclosed. A first camera view segment of a plurality of camera view segments that compose a holographic video is selected. Each camera view segment corresponds to a different camera view perspective of a scene and includes rendered holographic content that depicts a plurality of concurrent different viewer perspectives of the scene. The first camera view segment is streamed toward a holographic display for presentation of the first camera view segment on the holographic display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: Dhananjay Lal, Andrew Ip, Matthew Ringenberg, Dell Wolfensparger, Omar Alami
  • Patent number: 12035352
    Abstract: According to one configuration, a wireless network is shared amongst a hierarchal tier of users. The wireless network environment includes one or more allocation management resources (such as so-called spectrum access systems). Each of one or more wireless network service providers operating respective wireless equipment such as one or more wireless base stations relies on a respective allocation management resource to allocate wireless channels for use. If desired, a respective wireless network service provider operating respective equipment can select an appropriate channel notification mode suitable to provide notification of incumbent use and/or reassignment of wireless bandwidth to the wireless base stations. In such an instance, in the event of re-assignment due to incumbent use, the allocation management resources communicate amongst each other regarding the incumbent use/reassignment and provide protected use of newly assigned wireless bandwidth to the first wireless network service provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: Maulik V. Vaidya, Abdulrauf Hafeez
  • Patent number: 12028747
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for reducing delay while providing secure communications between nodes. An exemplary method embodiment includes a first node performing the steps of: identifying packets corresponding to a first communications session, the first communications session corresponding to a first application type; segmenting at least a first packet corresponding to the first communications session into at least a first packet portion and a second packet portion, the first packet including a first packet header and a first packet payload, the first packet portion including at least a portion of the first packet header, the second packet portion including at least a portion of the first packet payload; communicating, in encrypted form, the first packet portion from the first node to a security function node; and communicating, in unencrypted form, the second packet portion from the first node to the security function node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventor: Volkan Sevindik
  • Patent number: 12028174
    Abstract: A network includes a centralized power and signal distribution device deployed at a communication closet at a site. The centralized device includes a switch controller connected to a direct current power supply. The network includes at least one customer premises termination device connected to the switch controller, an access apparatus deployed at each of the multiple customer premises, and a power over cable system to carry power and signals. Each access apparatus connected to the at least one customer premises termination device and to provide access to user devices. The switch controller power cycles at least one of the switch controller, the at least one customer premises termination device, or applicable access apparatus in response to a power cycle command from a controller when at least one of the switch controller, the at least one customer premises termination device, or any access apparatus fail to transmit a status signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Cook, John Williams, Roger Stafford
  • Patent number: 12022298
    Abstract: A network environment includes a communication management resource in communication with customer premises equipment through a wireless base station. The communication management resource (such as a spectrum access system) receives a request for allocation of a wireless channel from customer premises equipment. The request is generated via the customer premises equipment and communicated through the wireless base station to the communication management resource. In addition to receiving the allocation request from the customer premises equipment, the communication management resource receives channel selection information from the wireless base station. Via the channel selection information, the wireless base station suggests/selects a wireless channel to assign for use by the customer premises equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventor: Lakhbir Singh
  • Patent number: 12022566
    Abstract: According to one configuration, a system comprising: a first SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) device; a second SIM device; and user equipment in which the first SIM device and the second SIM device are installed. The user equipment is operable to: access first subscriber identity information stored in the first SIM device, the first subscriber identity information providing the user equipment access to a first wireless network in a network environment; access second subscriber identity information stored in the second SIM device, the second subscriber identity information providing the user equipment access to a second wireless network in the network environment; and via analysis of configuration settings in the second subscriber identity information, detect that the second network is assigned to support non-voice wireless communications between the user equipment and a remote network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventor: Loay O. Kreishan
  • Patent number: 12009942
    Abstract: It is determined that a first customer premises equipment (CPE) that provides external network access to a first local area network and that is communicatively coupled to a first aggregation device is to be dynamically provisioned with a first differentiated feature that is different from default features identified in a first boot configuration from which the first CPE obtains features during a boot phase of the first CPE. A first aggregation driver process that corresponds to the first aggregation device is identified. A request to implement the first differentiated feature on the first aggregation device is sent to the first aggregation driver process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: Ajay G. Sriram, Stephen Gionfriddo
  • Patent number: 12003816
    Abstract: The presentation invention relates to methods and apparatus for managing cable network power consumption. An exemplary method in accordance with one embodiment includes the steps of: receiving a message by a cable modem instructing the cable modem to reduce power consumption; increasing, by the cable modem, a buffer size of at least one of: (i) a cable modem downlink buffer included in the cable modem, or (ii) a cable modem uplink buffer included in the cable modem in response to receiving the message; and switching, by the cable modem, from a first mode of operation to a second mode of operation after performing one or both of: (i) transmitting uplink data to the cable modem termination system, and (ii) transmitting downlink data to a wireless base station, said second mode of operation being a power savings modem of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventor: Volkan Sevindik
  • Patent number: 11997029
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for supporting communication, discovery, and use of time division duplex (TDD) configuration information between nearby cells are described. A first base station requests a UE to collect and report back TDD configuration information about another base station, e.g., a neighboring base station, from which the UE receives signals, e.g., broadcast signals above a predetermined signal strength threshold. In some embodiments, the requests are qualified based on one of more of: i) inter or intra operator network, ii) radio access technology (RAT) in use, or iii) frequency band. The first base station utilizes reports, communicating TDD configuration information pertaining to nearby base stations, obtained from one or more UEs, to manage interference, e.g., changing the first base station's current TDD configuration settings, generating a new first base station TDD configuration, and/or deciding whether or not to use a frequency band of shared and/or unlicensed spectrum or licensed spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: Ahmad Reza Hedayat, Marcus Maranhao
  • Patent number: 11997065
    Abstract: Systems and network devices configured for client-side domain name system (DNS) prioritization using time zone offset to select from configured list of DNS servers. A UE device (DNS client) may determine its current time zone, and query a locally stored domain name system (DNS) server list to select a regional DNS server based on its current time zone. The UE device may send DNS requests for resource addresses to the selected regional DNS server. In response, the UE device may receive DNS response messages that priorities resource addresses based on their geographic proximity to the current time zone of the UE device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: Steven R. Monti, Jordan A. Dechaine
  • Patent number: 11997757
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a (e.g., 5G) wireless network has a (e.g., CBSD) base station and any suitable number of instances of user equipment (UE). For each group of one or more UEs, one of the UEs is designated as a primary UE that stores UE context information for the other (secondary) UEs in the UE group. To connect to a secondary UE, the base station can retrieve the UE context information from the secondary UE's associated primary UE without having to retrieve the secondary UE's context information from the core network, thereby reducing backbone bandwidth usage and delays in connecting the secondary UE, especially when many secondary UE request connections within a short time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventor: Volkan Sevindik
  • Patent number: 11997662
    Abstract: A wireless network environment includes a communication management resource that manages allocation of wireless channels in a network environment. The communication management resource assigns a first wireless channel for use by first wireless communication equipment in a network environment. In response to receiving a request to swap the first wireless channel for a different wireless channel, the communication management resource allocates a second wireless channel as a swap for the first wireless channel. In furtherance of the swap, the communication management resource then notifies the first wireless communication equipment to use the second wireless channel as a substitute to the first wireless channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventor: Volkan Sevindik
  • Patent number: 11995753
    Abstract: A camera of a virtual reality (VR) headset captures a plurality of images of a reflection of a user in a mirror. The plurality of images include at least a first image of a reflection of the user in a first position with respect to the mirror and a second image of a reflection of the user in a second position with respect to the mirror. A three-dimensional avatar is generated based on the plurality of images captured by the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: Komal Sharma, Muhammad Khan, Hany Heikal, Mohamed Daoud, Hossam Hmimy
  • Patent number: 11991681
    Abstract: A station (STA), which supports multiple spatial streams, can, and sometimes does, re-advertise the station as supporting less spatial stream (SS) than the actual number of spatial streams that the device does actually support. In some embodiments, a station's maximum advertised maximum number of spatial streams is proactively reduced based on the station's throughput being below one or more thresholds. In some embodiments, the analysis and level of spatial stream value to be reported in a re-advertisement is determined by the access point. In some other embodiments, the analysis and level of spatial stream value to be reported in a re-advertisement is determined by the station. The access point allocating its limited supported spatial streams among stations is able to more efficiently allocate the air link resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: Taren G. McCullough, Matthew Dillon, Christopher W. Watson
  • Patent number: 11991649
    Abstract: A communication system includes a first wireless base station supporting communications with multiple mobile communication devices. The first wireless base station is limited to an amount of power it is able to consume. For example, the wireless base station receives power consumption information from a power consumption manager. To control power consumption with respect to the received power consumption information, the wireless base station determines (such as based on an estimation, calculation, measurement, etc.), an amount of a power consumption by the wireless base station while communicating with multiple mobile communication devices. The wireless base station adjusts wireless communications transmitted from the wireless base station to maintain the power consumption of the wireless base station with respect to a power consumption limit as indicated by the received power consumption information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventor: Volkan Sevindik
  • Patent number: 11991060
    Abstract: A system and method for providing real-time router telemetry data to a customer. The system includes a response cache and a processor. The processor pulls, in response to a request from a management application, telemetry data from a device for all features identified for a customer starting an active session on the management application. The processor sends the telemetry data to the management application for display, stores the telemetry data in the response cache, and initiates a subscription process for each identified feature. Each subscription process listens for changes in telemetry data for an associated identified feature and pushes detected changes in the telemetry data to the response cache. The processor sends, in response to a request from the management application for a customer selected identified feature, real-time updates to telemetry data associated with the customer selected identified feature from the response cache to the management application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventor: Kaushik Bhattacharjee
  • Publication number: 20240163522
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and a remote control for sending emergency alert requests are disclosed. The methods and systems comprise receiving an emergency alert request from a user via a set-top box at a subscriber location. The emergency alert request is received from a remote control. A medical alert message is sent by the set-top box to a processing device, based on the received medical alert request, via a first network. The processing device sends an emergency alert instruction to provide emergency assistance to the subscriber location to an emergency assistance service provider, via a second network, based, at least in part, on the message. A request to provide medical assistance to the subscriber location may be sent to a medical assistance service provider, who may be a third party. Emergency alert requests for the police or fire department may be sent to a 9-1-1 service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventor: Sivaram Kumar Mani
  • Publication number: 20240154936
    Abstract: Methods and systems proxy address resolution protocol processing in a distributive local area network is described. The method for proxy address resolution protocol processing includes sending, by a first subscriber device, an address resolution protocol processing broadcast to obtain a second subscriber device address, wherein the first subscriber device and the second subscriber device are in isolated routing prefix domains within a routing prefix, receiving, by the first subscriber device from a gateway, a second subscriber device proxy address for the second subscriber device, and communicating, between the first subscriber device and the second subscriber device via the gateway, using the second subscriber device proxy address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventor: Timothy Bleidorn
  • Patent number: 11979331
    Abstract: A first network device implementing a link aggregation group with a second network device, receives a first datagram. The link aggregation group has a plurality of member links coupled to both the first network device and the second network device. The first datagram originates from a first device and is destined for a second device that is communicatively coupled to the second network device. The first network device determines that the first datagram matches a first datagram signature. The first network device determines that datagrams that match the first datagram signature are to be sent to the second network device via a first member link of the plurality of member links. The first network device sends, to the second network device, the datagram via the first member link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventor: Marek Hajduczenia
  • Patent number: D1025982
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: Ethan Miller, Ian Ruppert, Dave Rodrian, Gary Koerper, Ryan Dulaney