Patents Assigned to Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
  • Adaptive bitrate streaming
    Patent number: 12167063
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for performing adaptive bitrate (ABR) streaming. A user device may request a segment of a first version of a plurality of versions of a content asset from a content provider, and may receive the segment. An estimated time to receive a second segment of a second version of the content may be determined based on metrics associated with receipt of the segment of the first version and in a manner that takes into account latency with the network, such that a determination whether to switch to a higher or lower bitrate version of a content asset during ABR streaming may be more accurately made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Philip John Stroffolino, Jaikumar Subramanian
  • Wireless communications for asymmetric services
    Patent number: 12160916
    Abstract: Wireless communications for asymmetric services are described. Asymmetric services (e.g., for downlink or uplink) may be associated with each other. Resources may be configured based on an association of asymmetric services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Weihua Qiao, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Kyungmin Park, Jinsook Ryu, Peyman Talebi Fard
  • Methods and systems for providing primary content and secondary content
    Patent number: 12160629
    Abstract: Primary content can be provided to a first device, wherein the primary content can comprise at least a first portion and a second portion. A provider can determine a user parameter related to secondary content, interspersed with the first and second portions of the primary content, and can provide the secondary content to a second device instead of to the first device, based on the user parameter. The provider can provide the second portion of the primary content to the first device immediately following the first portion of the primary content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Mehul Patel, Edward David Monnerat
  • Access procedures in wireless communications
    Patent number: 12160898
    Abstract: Wireless communications for random access procedures are described. A wireless device may send one or more messages as part of a random access procedure. The wireless may re-send a first message of the one or more messages a redundancy value equal to zero if the random access procedure is a two-step random access procedure. The wireless may re-send the first message of the one or more messages the redundancy value equal to zero if the wireless device falls back to a four-step random access procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Ali Cagatay Cirik, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Hua Zhou, Hyoungsuk Jeon, Alireza Babaei, Kyungmin Park, Kai Xu
  • Methods and systems for communication session management
    Patent number: 12160777
    Abstract: A computing device (e.g., a network device) may receive a request from a user device to initiate a communication session. The request may indicate a requested beacon data communication rate associated with the user device. The computing device may determine that an advertised beacon data communication rate associated with the computing device is different from the requested beacon data communication rate for the user device. The computing device may determine to communicate with the user device at the requested beacon data communication rate associated with the user device. The computing device may send, to the user device, a response at a data communication rate associated with the requested beacon data communication rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Ivan Ong
  • Methods and systems for characterizing wireless devices
    Patent number: 12160929
    Abstract: Methods and systems for characterizing wireless devices are described. Data associated with communications involving the wireless devices may be analyzed to characterize the wireless devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Yonatan Vaizman
  • Systems and methods for hearing assistance
    Patent number: 12160707
    Abstract: Audio content captured by a plurality of microphones associated with a device, such as a hearing device, may be received. It may be determined that a first portion of the audio content is associated with a first microphone of the plurality of microphones. The first microphone may be a unidirectional microphone. Audio indicative of the first portion may be generated and sent to the device for output. It may be determined that a second portion of the audio content is associated with a second, different microphone of the plurality of microphones. The second microphone may be an omnidirectional microphone. Audio indicative of the second portion may be generated and sent to the device for output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Adam Eng
  • Beam determination procedures in wireless networks
    Patent number: 12160849
    Abstract: Beam determination may be used in wireless communications, for example, in a beam failure recovery procedure. One or more parameters may be communicated and/or used to indicate an association between resources and a corresponding control resource set (CORESET) pool index of multiple CORESET pool indices. For each of the multiple CORESET pool indices, a reference signal associated with the CORESET pool index may be determined. Wireless communications may be performed by selecting a reference signal for each of the multiple CORESET pool indices, and resources associated with a corresponding CORESET pool index may be communicated based on the selected reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Kai Xu, Hua Zhou, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Yunjung Yi, Ali Cagatay Cirik, Hyoungsuk Jeon, Jonghyun Park
  • Packaging content for delivery
    Patent number: 12160458
    Abstract: Systems and methods for delivering content to user equipment are described. The content may be delivered using Internet Protocol (IP) delivery, Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) delivery, or another delivery format. For example, the system may receive content including a plurality of segments. The system may use manifest data to identify each of the plurality of segments. The system may also use the manifest data to generate index data for the plurality of segments, and the index data may be delivered to user devices with the plurality of segments. In some aspects, the system may use location information (e.g., timestamps, such as program clock references) for one or more data packet of the one of the plurality of segments to generate location information for other data packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: James Barkley, Weidong Mao
  • Security system sensor and methods
    Patent number: 12159762
    Abstract: A three-way switch associated with an entry point barrier may provide a security system with information regarding a position of the entry point barrier as it moves along a path of travel. As the entry point barrier moves, the three-way switch may come into proximity with an external object, and the three-way switch may indicate to the security system that a circuit associated with the three-way switch has been closed. The security system may determine that the entry point barrier is in a given position, and one or more security system policies associated with the given position may be activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Tamara Nowakowski, Marcus Spain
  • Configuration for beam failure recovery
    Patent number: 12160921
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. A base station may indicate one or more resources for beam failure recovery. The one or more resources may comprise one or more resources for downlink transmission and one or more resources for uplink transmission. A beam failure recovery may be based on the one or more resources for downlink transmission. A wireless device may send, based on the one or more resources for uplink transmission, uplink information for beam failure recovery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Hua Zhou, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Ali Cagatay Cirik, Alireza Babaei, Hyoungsuk Jeon, Kyungmin Park
  • Arbitrated content consumption
    Patent number: 12155910
    Abstract: Some aspects may include determining whether to allow a skip over a portion of required content based on the amount of time elapsed since a portion of required content was played. The amount of time elapsed since a portion of required content was played may be measured based on the sum time of content played, or may be based on the amount of wall time elapsed. The determination of whether to allow a skip over a portion of required content may be made based on comparing the amount of time elapsed since a portion of required content was played to a threshold amount of time. Some aspects may allow free navigation within content if the amount of time elapsed is less than the threshold, and may restrict navigation or require playback of required content if the amount of time elapsed is greater than the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Walter Mlodzinski
  • Delivery of content and priority messages
    Patent number: 12155911
    Abstract: Herein described are at least a system, computer readable storage media, and method for resuming consumption of content which was interrupted by a high priority message. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving the message while tuned to a first communications channel for receiving content, and transmitting a first signal responsive to detecting the start of the message. The first signal may pause delivery of the content, and may determine a location in the content corresponding to the start of the message. The method may further transmit a second signal responsive to detecting an end of the message, and trigger a resumption of delivery of the content starting at the indexed location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Amit Garg
  • Methods and systems for providing supplemental data
    Patent number: 12155619
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing supplemental data are disclosed. An exemplary method can comprise determining content currently being consumed by a user, determining one or more user preferences for display of supplemental data, retrieving supplemental data according to the one or more user preferences, and providing the supplemental data to the user concurrently with the content currently being consumed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Lintz
  • Systems, methods, and apparatuses for storage management
    Patent number: 12155723
    Abstract: A computing device may receive a request to store a content segment(s). The request may include an estimated storage size. The computing device may determine a plurality of storage devices based on an estimated capacity of each of the storage devices to store the content segment(s). The computing device may cause each of the storage devices to allocate storage for the content segment(s). The allocated storage may be tracked and/or retrieved based on location metadata indicative of the allocated storage that may be stored at a cache and/or metadata repository.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Lintz, Justin Luna
  • Wireless communications for uplink preemption
    Patent number: 12156216
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. Wireless devices may have different capabilities for uplink preemption. A base station may communicate with a wireless device to determine a capability, of the wireless device, for uplink preemption. The wireless device may receive downlink control information indicating, based on the determined capability for uplink preemption, an uplink preemption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Hua Zhou, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Ali Cagatay Cirik, Alireza Babaei, Hyoungsuk Jeon, Kyungmin Park
  • Measuring video-content viewing
    Patent number: 12155875
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of using video program viewer interaction data to calculate viewing activity, including second-by-second viewing metrics, associated with a video asset. The calculated metrics provide detailed information on customer viewing behavior which can be used to drive business decisions for service providers, advertisers and content producers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Alan Orlowski
  • Methods, systems, and apparatuses for adaptive bitrate ladder construction based on dynamically adjustable neural networks
    Patent number: 12155712
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for streaming content. The embodiments described herein may apply to ABR streaming and output an optimized ABR ladder enabling a playback device to maximize the perceived video quality of received content, provide substantially constant visual quality, and/or minimize rebuffering content. The playback device may request an ABR representation associated with an ABR ladder that has been optimized based on one or more neural networks. The one or more neural networks may be pre-trained based on one or more properties and characteristics/features of the video content. The one or more neural networks may process the video content to dynamically determine parameters such as the bitrates of each ABR representation for the content. The parameters may be used to output the encoded ABR representations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Dan Grois, Alexander Giladi
  • User device pan and scan
    Patent number: 12149794
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for controlling video playback. An image may be received that is configured for display by the user device. A display map may be received indicating display parameters for configuring the display of the image based on an orientation of the user device. At least a portion of the image may be caused to be displayed by the user device based at least on the display map and a determined orientation of the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Francisco Niebres, Tyler Kareeson
  • Systems and methods for processing calls
    Patent number: 12149656
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for processing calls. An example method may comprise receiving a message for establishing a call. Identification information in the message may be compared to screening data. If a match is found, the message may be forwarded to a screening server. The screening server may establish a call based on the session and provide information indicative of a level of trust associated with the call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Chia-Chang Li, Vengatarajulu Rajasekar