Patents Assigned to Net Power and Light, Inc.
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Patent number: 8667166Abstract: Resource-aware dynamic bandwidth control uses information about current network state and receiver performance to avoid, minimize and/or recover from the effects of network spikes and data processing spikes. Linear models may be used to estimate a time required to process data packets in a data processing queue, and are thus useful to determine whether a data processing spike is occurring. When a data processing spike occurs, an alarm may be sent from a client to a server notifying the server that the client must drop packets. In response, the server can encode and transmit an independent packet suitable for replacing the queued data packets which can then be dropped by the client and the independent packet present to the processor instead.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2010Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Net Power and Light, Inc.Inventors: Gleb Dubovik, Vadim Shtayura, Nikolay Surin
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Patent number: 8645741Abstract: Described are the architecture of such a system, algorithms for time synchronization during a multiway conferencing session, methods to fight with network imperfections such as jitter to improve synchronization, methods of introducing buffering delays to create handicaps for players with faster connections, methods which help players with synchronization (such as a synchronized metronome during a music conferencing session), methods for synchronized recording and live delivery of synchronized data to the audience watching the distributed interaction live over the Internet.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2012Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Net Power and Light, Inc.Inventors: Stanislav Vonog, Nikolay Surin, Vadim Shtayura, Timur Iskhodzhanov
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Publication number: 20140009256Abstract: Systems and methods for recognizing 3-D human motions are described. In some embodiments, the present disclosure contemplates a variety of methods and systems for recognizing a 3-D motion on 2-D planes. The 3-D human motions may include, but is not limited to, kinematic based gestures, such as clapping, spell casting, security gestures, etc.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2012Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicant: Net Power and Light, Inc.Inventor: Gleb Dubovik
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Publication number: 20140003195Abstract: The present invention contemplates a variety of improved techniques including methods and apparatus for coordinating a plurality of devices, and more specifically, a method and apparatus for coordinating a plurality of devices to estimate or calculate various distances, relative positions, device attitudes, and other absolute and/or relative kinematic data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: Net Power and Light, Inc.Inventors: Stanislav Vonog, Tara Lemmey, Maxim Bykov, Nikolay Surin
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Patent number: 8571956Abstract: The present invention contemplates a variety of improved methods and systems for providing an experience platform, as well as sentio or experience codecs, and experience agents for supporting the experience platform. The experience platform may be provided by a service provider to enable an experience provider to compose and direct a participant experience. The service provider monetizes the experience by charging the experience provider and/or the participants for services. The participant experience can involve one or more experience participants. The experience provider can create an experience with a variety of dimensions and features. As will be appreciated, the following description provides one paradigm for understanding the multi-dimensional experience available to the participants. There are many suitable ways of describing, characterizing and implementing the experience platform contemplated herein.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2012Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Net Power and Light, Inc.Inventors: Stanislav Vonog, Nikolay Surin, Tara Lemmey
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Patent number: 8549167Abstract: The techniques discussed herein contemplate improved methods and systems for transcoding application content to minimize latency in just-in-time conversion of application formats. In embodiments, a target client device requests application content of a particular format from a content provider. If the content provider does not have a local copy of the requested format, the content is split to multiple segments and a first high-priority segment is identified. This first segment is converted using a dedicated high-performance computing unit and transmitted with minimal latency to the target client device for immediate rendering. Concurrently, remaining segments of the content are converted in multiple lower performance computing units and fed into the target client device. By ensuring that at least a first segment of the application is available for immediate rendering while other segments are converted, the transcoding application minimizes latency delay in rendering of the application in the target device.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2011Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Net Power and Light, Inc.Inventors: Stanislav Vonog, Nikolay Surin, Tara Lemmey
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Patent number: 8527654Abstract: A method and system for providing computer-generated output and in particular graphical output. An output capturing and encoding engine is configured to intercept graphical output from an application on a server, organize the output into regions having similar motion and/or graphical characteristics, and convert the data from each region into a format suitable to balance transmission efficiencies versus display quality or capability at the receiving end.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2012Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Net Power and Light, Inc.Inventors: Stanislav Vonog, Nikolay Surin, Vadim Shtayura
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Publication number: 20130156093Abstract: The present invention contemplates a variety of improved methods and systems for providing an experience platform within a CDN, as well as sentio or experience codecs, and experience agents for supporting the experience platform. The experience platform may be provided by a service provider to enable an experience provider to compose and direct a participant experience. The service provider monetizes the experience by charging the experience provider and/or the participants for services. Alternatively, the experience platform may be provided by the CDN, either as an integrated component of the CDN, or a supplemental complimentary aspect. The participant experience can involve one or more experience participants. The experience provider can create an experience with a variety of dimensions and features. As will be appreciated, the following description provides one paradigm for understanding the multi-dimensional experience available to the participants.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2013Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: Net Power and Light, Inc.Inventor: Net Power and Light, Inc.
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Patent number: 8463677Abstract: The present invention contemplates a variety of improved methods and systems for providing an experience platform, as well as sentio or experience codecs, and experience agents for supporting the experience platform. The experience platform may be provided by a service provider to enable an experience provider to compose and direct a participant experience. The service provider monetizes the experience by charging the experience provider and/or the participants for services. The participant experience can involve one or more experience participants. The experience provider can create an experience with a variety of dimensions and features. As will be appreciated, the following description provides one paradigm for understanding the multi-dimensional experience available to the participants. There are many suitable ways of describing, characterizing and implementing the experience platform contemplated herein.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2011Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Net Power and Light, Inc.Inventors: Stanislav Vonog, Nikolay Surin, Tara Lemmey
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Patent number: 8458328Abstract: Resource-aware dynamic bandwidth control uses information about current network state and receiver performance to avoid, minimize and/or recover from the effects of network spikes and data processing spikes. Linear models may be used to estimate a time required to process data packets in a data processing queue, and are thus useful to determine whether a data processing spike is occurring. When a data processing spike occurs, an alarm may be sent from a client to a server notifying the server that the client must drop packets. In response, the server can encode and transmit an independent packet suitable for replacing the queued data packets which can then be dropped by the client and the independent packet present to the processor instead.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2010Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Net Power and Light, Inc.Inventors: Gleb Dubovik, Vadim Shtayura, Nikolay Surin
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Patent number: 8429704Abstract: The present invention contemplates providing an experience platform within a CDN, as well as sentio or experience codecs, and experience agents for supporting the experience platform. The experience platform may be provided by a service provider to enable an experience provider to compose and direct a participant experience. The service provider monetizes the experience by charging the experience provider and/or the participants for services. Alternatively, the experience platform may be provided by the CDN, either as an integrated component of the CDN, or a supplemental complimentary aspect. The participant experience can involve one or more experience participants. The experience provider can create an experience with a variety of dimensions and features. As will be appreciated, the following description provides one paradigm for understanding the multi-dimensional experience available to the participants.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2011Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Net Power and Light, Inc.Inventors: Stanislav Vonog, Nikolay Surin, Tara Lemmey
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Publication number: 20130088518Abstract: The present invention contemplates a variety of improved methods and systems for providing a graphical user interface (GUI). As taught herein, the “display stack” is an elegant mechanism for managing the complexities of content, particularly in a touch screen, portable device, and/or smart phone setting where other types of human-computer interface hardware may not be readily accessible, and/or the screen may not be large relative to the amount of content involved.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2011Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: Net Power and Light, Inc.Inventors: Tara Lemmey, Nikolay Surin, Stanislav Vonog
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Publication number: 20130021431Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling various aspects of ensemble experiences and system control for attention management are disclosed. In some embodiments, the disclosure contemplates a variety of improved methods and systems for control of an ensemble experience such as a sports game, a large scale event, or a video conference. One or more interface(s) are provided that may present multiple layers and/or channels of communication, e.g., multiple video and audio. Options may be provided for participants to adjust the overall audio volume and assign different weights to audio signals from group layer(s), content layer, and system layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2012Publication date: January 24, 2013Applicant: Net Power and Light, Inc.Inventors: Tara Lemmey, Nikolay Surin, Stanislav Vonog
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Publication number: 20130019184Abstract: Systems and methods for providing virtual experiences are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2012Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: Net Power and Light, Inc.Inventors: Stanislav Vonog, Nikolay Surin, Tara Lemmey
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Publication number: 20130014028Abstract: The present invention contemplates a variety of methods and systems for providing a drawing layer synchronized across multiple artists and devices, wherein the drawing layer can provide a computer interface for an artist.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: Net Power and Light, Inc.Inventors: Tara Lemmey, Nikolay Surin, Stanislav Vonog
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Publication number: 20130014027Abstract: The present invention contemplates a variety of methods and techniques for representing an audience during an ensemble experience. According to one aspect, an ensemble or group experience is provided to a plurality of users. The experience includes displaying content and other information (perhaps in layers) to a specific local user. The specific user is provided an audience representation layer or “swell” interface appearing translucently over the base layer. The audience representation layer includes a plurality of marks providing certain information related to the audience. Each mark is related to an entity such as an audience member, a group, a sponsor, or a celebrity. The local user mark is distinguishable from the other plurality of marks.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: Net Power and Light, Inc.Inventor: Tara Lemmey
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Publication number: 20120331089Abstract: The techniques discussed herein contemplate improved methods and systems for transcoding application content to minimize latency in just-in-time conversion of application formats. In embodiments, a target client device requests application content of a particular format from a content provider. If the content provider does not have a local copy of the requested format, the content is split to multiple segments and a first high-priority segment is identified. This first segment is converted using a dedicated high-performance computing unit and transmitted with minimal latency to the target client device for immediate rendering. Concurrently, remaining segments of the content are converted in multiple lower performance computing units and fed into the target client device. By ensuring that at least a first segment of the application is available for immediate rendering while other segments are converted, the transcoding application minimizes latency delay in rendering of the application in the target device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2011Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: Net Power and Light, Inc.Inventors: Stanislav Vonog, Nikolay Surin, Tara Lemmey
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Publication number: 20120331387Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the use of gestures and feedback to facilitate gathering experiences and/or applause events with natural, social ambience. For example, audio feedback responsive to participant action may swell and diminish in response to intensity and social aspects of participant participation. Each participant can have unique sounds or other feedback assigned to represent their actions to create a social ambience.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2012Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: Net Power and Light, Inc.Inventors: Tara Lemmey, Nikolay Surin, Stanislav Vonog
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Publication number: 20120326866Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the use of gestures and feedback to facilitate gathering experiences and/or applause events with natural, social ambiance. For example, audio feedback responsive to participant action may swell and diminish in response to intensity and social aspects of participant participation. Each participant can have unique sounds or other feedback assigned to represent their actions to create a social ambiance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2012Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: Net Power and Light, Inc.Inventors: Tara Lemmey, Nikolay Surin, Stanislav Vonog
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Publication number: 20120297320Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling various aspects of ensemble experiences and system control for attention management are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for providing attention management for a specific participant in an online ensemble event, may comprise: receiving live stream signals, including audio signals, from each of a plurality of participants; displaying a plurality of objects on the corresponding user device of each specific participant, each of the plurality of objects corresponding to one specific participant; providing options for each specific participant to manipulate sizes of each of the plurality of objects and volume from each of the plurality of participants; providing a customized participation layer/interface to a specific participant to manage how other participants perceive the expression from the specific participant; and providing options for each specific participant to initiate an interaction with any of the plurality of participants.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: Net Power and Light, Inc.Inventors: Tara Lemmey, Nikolay Surin, Stanislav Vonog