Patents Assigned to Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
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Patent number: 11972772Abstract: A system is disclosed for detecting and correlating percussive sounds with previously identified spectral signatures of a plurality of events so as to notify a user of an occurrence of a particular event. The system may include a sensor component which includes a piezoelectric transducer at a periphery of the sensor component for coupling with a surface and converting percussive sounds from the surface into an electrical signal. The sensor component may also include a local processor configured to produce a data signal based on the electrical signal, and a communication device for sending the data signal to a remote processor. The system may also include a remote processor configured to receive the data signal and compare the data signal to at least one reference signal and send a notification to a user based at least in part on the data signal correlating to at least one reference signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Ryan Margoles, Sean Fendt, Bryan Loughry, Brett Jurgens
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Patent number: 11973614Abstract: Communication techniques (e.g., IP-based communications, multicast communications, unicast communications, wireless communications, etc.) are described. Devices may establish discrete communication sessions, with defined start and end times determined at the network layer of an Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model, to exchange content.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2018Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Yubin Li, Jiongkuan Hou
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Patent number: 11974016Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for providing audio assistance during trick play. Users, for example, visually-impaired users, may enable audio assistance features for trick play operations and customize audio assistance settings. The audio assistance may comprise outputting one or more audio cues during trick play. The audio cues may be associated with one or more types of scenes may indicate the progress of a trick play content item. The audio cues may also indicate automatic skipping of an objectionable scene or commercial and the output of a next scene.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventor: Brian Gray
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Patent number: 11968417Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for content deliver, buffer management and synchronization are described herein. Content being played back on a playback platform is analyzed and based on the analysis, asynchronous playback of the content may be determined. A source buffer flush may be performed to correct the asynchronous playback. After the source buffer flush is performed, content segments may be written to the source buffer so that playback of the content on the playback platform resumes with synchronized audio and video.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Jose Romsil Lacang Cosmo, Robert Smith
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Patent number: 11968577Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. A base station may configure a power control process associated with a wireless device. Closed-loop power control (CL-CP) for the wireless device may be reset based on a change of channel conditions. The wireless device may change a transmit power and/or reset the CL-CP based on various conditions.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Hyoungsuk Jeon, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Hua Zhou, Alireza Babaei, Kyungmin Park
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Patent number: 11968323Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for identifying a recurring event associated with a premises, and automatically performing actions associated with the recurring event. A computing device may generate a signature for the recurring event to indicate a series of actions associated with the recurring event, may detect occurrence of the recurring event, and may perform one or more of the series of actions indicated by the signature.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventor: Mark Hashimoto
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Patent number: 11966932Abstract: A network access point may control access by limiting time of access to users, and by granting additional access time in exchange for certain user behavior, such as viewing advertisements. Other rewards may be granted as well, such as changes to the user's network access quality, or access to restricted content.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2023Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Billy Edison Stephens, Kam-Cheong Anthony Tsoi
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Patent number: 11968679Abstract: Wireless communications are described. A base station may send control information for scheduling data to be transmitted to the wireless device via a downlink. The control information may comprise one or more indications of wireless resources to be used by the wireless device to receive the data. The wireless device may receive the data based on one or more determinations/conditions, such as satisfying a time offset (e.g., between reception of the downlink information and a scheduled transmission of the data), whether a control resource set is configured to indicate a transmission configuration state, and/or whether the control information indicates a transmission configuration state.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Ali Cirik, Esmael Dinan, Hua Zhou, Hyoungsuk Jeon, Alireza Babaei, Kyungmin Park, Kai Xu
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Patent number: 11966493Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for identifying potential identity fraud by tracking a user's typical communication patterns. If a new communication is received from someone who purports to be a trusted user, but the communication exhibits communication traits that are not typical for the user, additional identity fraud prevention steps may be taken.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Ryan Van Antwerp, James Bradley Hein
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Patent number: 11968421Abstract: A computer-implemented method of using video viewer interaction data as input to a measurement engine which then calculates: demographic level and aggregate level (a) household reach for advertisements and video content based on user defined reach periods, (b) One-minute, Thirty-minute, and Sixty-minute channel viewing metrics, and (c) One-minute, Thirty-minute, and Sixty-minute aggregate viewing metrics, all based on second-by-second household level viewing activity. Also shows creation of Commercial Schedule Cumulative Audience, Impressions for Reach Periods, Demographic Group Impressions, Average Audience, Average Audience Share, Average Rating, Households Using Television, and Households Using Television Percent using household level data. Works with IP and linear video delivery. Together these metrics provide detailed information on customer viewing behavior which can be used to drive business decisions for service providers, advertisers, and content producers.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventor: Robert Alan Orlowski
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Patent number: 11968711Abstract: A wireless device may communicate with multiple base stations via different cell groups. A listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure may be performed. Based on a failure of the LBT procedure, a base station may be reconfigured.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventor: Esmael Dinan
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Patent number: 11968419Abstract: An apparatus, method, system and computer-readable medium are disclosed for, in one aspect, determining when a trigger, such as an application trigger, should be generated. In some embodiments, the application trigger may be generated when a frame included in a feed (e.g., a content feed) matches a specified or indicated frame. In some embodiments, a comparison between the feed and the specified or indicated frame may be based on one or more tolerances or thresholds. In some embodiments, the feed may be split and content (e.g., video) obtained via the split may be combined (e.g., multiplexed) with a trigger. The combined content and trigger may be transmitted to one or more devices, such as one or more user devices.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventor: Darren Sargent
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Patent number: 11961350Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments, authorization and/or authentication protects against unauthorized use of devices and/or features. Devices managing authorization and/or authentication may be connected to communications services, such as the internet or a social network. A user using the communication services may configure a system to authenticate and/or authorize a future action. An authorizer may authorize and/or authenticate by responding via one or more devices and/or social networks to allow an individual to perform an action on a device, as a way of controlling what actions can be taken and who they can be taken by.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Kathy Patterson, David Beaumont, Sergey Matochkin, Nicholas Beenham
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Patent number: 11960903Abstract: Provided are methods and systems for adaptive settings for a device. An example method can comprise utilizing a first configuration setting for a feature in a device, detecting a change in a device factor, and utilizing a second configuration setting for the feature in the device in response to the detected change. Another example method can comprise detecting a change in a device factor, activating a device feature, determining whether a change threshold has been exceeded, and updating a configuration setting for a device feature if the change threshold has been exceeded.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2014Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Michael Sallas, Ross Gilson
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Patent number: 11962880Abstract: A camera device's exposure to sunlight may be monitored. The sun exposure may be used to predict a solar event associated with the camera device, such as a critical temperature, a brightness level, or an angle of sunlight. Prior to occurrence of the solar event, one or more functions of the camera device may be enabled or disabled. For example, a cooling function of the camera device may be enabled or a characteristic of video streamed by the camera device may be modified. The function may be re-enabled or re-disabled after the solar event.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventor: Christopher Stone
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Patent number: 11962649Abstract: Methods and systems for managing data and transmission of content are disclosed. A computing device may receive a request for content. The computing device may determine data associated with the requested content.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLCInventors: Neill A. Kipp, Jan R. van Doorn, Richard J. Fliam
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Patent number: 11962404Abstract: A bandwidth allocation and monitoring method may divide available bandwidth on a shared communication medium into a plurality of discrete tones that can be individually allocated to modems on an as-needed basis. The effective modulation rate that a particular modem can use for each discrete tone can be monitored over time using a schedule of pilot tones transmitted from the modems on different tones at different times. The schedule may define representative pilot tones, in which case effective modulation rates for neighboring tones may be inferred from a determined effective modulation rate of a pilot tone.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Jorge Salinger, David Urban
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Patent number: 11962631Abstract: Future data connection quality may be predicted based on historical data connection quality, and future requests for data may be predicted based on past requests. These predictions may be used to help decide whether, when, and/or how to deliver the data in a proactive manner. For example, according to some aspects described herein, a future data connection quality may be predicted based at least on historical data connection quality. It may be determined whether to pre-deliver at least a portion of an item of content based at least on the predicted future data connection quality. The pre-delivered portion may include any portion of the content including a latter portion of the content. If so, then the at least the portion of the item of content may be pre-delivered to the device and/or to another destination.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Tom Barker, Michael Chen
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Patent number: 11962360Abstract: Monitoring a premises may comprise receiving signals from a plurality of devices. One or more spatially static devices of the plurality of devices may be determined based on strengths of the received signals. A user activity pattern may be determined based on changes in strengths of signals received from the spatially static devices. Abnormal user activity may be determined based on the user activity pattern and a strength of at least one signal received from at least one of the spatially static devices.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLCInventors: Tianwen Chen, Hongcheng Wang
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Patent number: 11963145Abstract: Wireless communications are described. A wireless device may receive grants for transmission in uplink time intervals. The time intervals may overlap. The grants for transmission may include grants for transmission via cells of different cell groups. A cell of one of the cell groups may be an unlicensed cell. Transmission power for one of the time intervals may be adjusted. The transmission power adjustment may be based on one of the time intervals starting later than another one of the time intervals and a listen before talk procedure indicating a clear channel for one of the cells.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Alireza Babaei, Esmael Hejazi Dinan