Patents Examined by Dominic D Saltarelli
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Patent number: 12289483Abstract: The present technology relates to an encoding device, an encoding method, a reproduction device, a reproduction method, and a program enabling each reproduction equipment to reproduce an appropriate content in a simplified manner. A content data decoding unit decodes encoded metadata and outputs zoom area information, which is included in metadata acquired as a result thereof, designating an area to be zoomed. A zoom area selecting unit selects one or a plurality of pieces of zoom area information from among the zoom area information. A video segmenting unit segments a zoom area represented by the selected zoom area information in a video based on video data and outputs zoom video data acquired as a result thereof. An audio converting unit performs an audio converting process according to the selected zoom area information for audio data and outputs zoom audio data acquired as a result thereof. The present technology can be applied to a reproduction device.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2024Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Minoru Tsuji, Toru Chinen, Runyu Shi, Masayuki Nishiguchi, Yuki Yamamoto
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Patent number: 12284386Abstract: A method of decoding video data comprises updating a coefficient statistic value based on one or more transform coefficients of a transform block (TB), wherein updating the coefficient statistic value comprises, for each respective transform coefficient of the one or more transform coefficients of the TB: performing a derivation process to determine a temporary value, wherein the derivation process is determined based at least in part on which encoding procedure of a plurality of encoding procedures is used to encode the respective transform coefficient, the plurality of encoding procedures including a context-based procedure for encoding the respective transform coefficient and encoding the respective transform coefficient as an absolute value; and setting the coefficient statistic value as an average of the coefficient statistic value and the temporary value; determining a history value based on the coefficient statistic value; determining a Rice parameter for a specific transform coefficient of the TB.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2023Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Dmytro Rusanovskyy, Marta Karczewicz
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Patent number: 12279022Abstract: Systems, methods and non-transitory computer readable media for artificially generating translated media streams are provided. A media stream of an individual speaking in an origin language may be received. The individual may be associated with a particular voice. The received media stream may be analyzed to determine characteristics of the particular voice of the individual. A synthesized voice may be determined based on the determined characteristics of the particular voice of the individual. The synthesized voice may sound substantially identical to the particular voice. A translated media stream that includes, for each word spoken in the origin language in the media stream, a respective at least one word in the target language articulated using the synthesized voice, may be generated.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2024Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Inventors: Ben Avi Ingel, Ron Zass
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Patent number: 12279023Abstract: Systems, methods and non-transitory computer readable media for generating personalized videos from textual information are provided. An indication of a preference of a user is obtained. Further, textual information for generating a personalized video is obtained from the user. At least one characteristic of a character is selected based on the preference of the user. An artificial neural network, the textual information and the selected at least one characteristic of the character is used to generate the personalized video depicting the character with the selected at least one characteristic.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2024Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Inventors: Ben Avi Ingel, Ron Zass
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Patent number: 12273592Abstract: A virtual set-top box (vSTB) for executing a middleware component on an electronic device emulating hardware capabilities of the physical STB, including providing management components to create an STB execution environment to process streaming video media content received over a connection for presenting the content on a display of the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2023Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: DISH Technologies L.L.C.Inventors: Geraint Jenkin, Marcus C. Liassides, Christopher G. Hooks, David F. Evans, Jayne L. Gilmour
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Patent number: 12267518Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating images using neural networks. One of the methods includes generating the output image pixel by pixel from a sequence of pixels taken from the output image, comprising, for each pixel in the output image, generating a respective score distribution over a discrete set of possible color values for each of the plurality of color channels.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2024Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: DeepMind Technologies LimitedInventors: Aaron Gerard Antonius van den Oord, Nal Emmerich Kalchbrenner, Karen Simonyan
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Patent number: 12262069Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing a shared digital video stream. A first and a second digital video stream are collected. The shared stream is produced based on the first stream so that the first source is visible in the shared stream, but so that the second source is not visible in the shared stream. The first and/or second stream are analysed to detect a trigger, based on detection of a predetermined image and/or audio pattern, the trigger being a detected gazing or a gesture. The shared stream based on the second stream and/or based on the first source but with at least one of a different cropping, a different zooming, a different panning, or a different focus plane selection. The output stream is provided to a consumer.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2024Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: LiveArena Technologies ABInventors: Andreas Björkman, Anders Nilsson, Lars Erlman, Per Blankens, Maxx Sörqvist, Marcus Ragnarsson
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Patent number: 12244867Abstract: A quantization parameter signalling mechanism for both SDR and HDR content in video coding is described using two approaches. The first approach is to send the user-defined QpC table directly in high level syntax. This leads to more flexible and efficient QP control for future codec development and video content coding. The second approach is to signal luma and chroma QPs independently. This approach eliminates the need for QpC tables and removes the dependency of chroma quantization parameter on luma QP.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2023Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Fangjun Pu, Taoran Lu, Peng Yin, Sean Thomas McCarthy
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Patent number: 12231742Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to monitor media are disclosed. An example apparatus includes first means for performing a first mapping of a first media identifier and timestamp to a second media identifier in a look-up table (LUT), the first media identifier and timestamp based on media obtained from a server, the first media identifier to identify the media, means for determining a third media identifier and a second timestamp based on media monitoring information (MMI) obtained from the server, the MMI obtained from the server in response to an access of the media identified by the third media identifier by a media device, second means for performing a second mapping of the third media identifier and the second timestamp to the first media identifier and timestamp in the LUT, and means for crediting access of the media to the media device based on the second mapping.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2024Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Steven J. Splaine, Arun Ramaswamy, Kevin K. Gaynor, Chris G. Nicotra, Alan N. Bosworth
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Patent number: 12225253Abstract: Systems and methods for a media content delivery service. A media content provider includes a data store for storing and serving media content to subscribers. The media content provider continually records and or otherwise stores video and audio content from around the world. Stored content will generally correspond to a large number of other media content providers, such as cable television operators, Internet based media content providers, television networks, and so on. Subscribers to the media provider interact with the media content provider via hardware and/or software mechanisms either provided by the media content provider or conforming to specifications of the media content provider. Based on these subscriber's subscriptions to the other content providers, the subscribers will have viewing, listening, or application execution privileges for content maintained in the data store. Content of a subscriber corresponding to multiple video content providers is maintained and served by a single provider.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2022Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Gregory N. Christie, Alessandro Sabatelli, William M. Bachman, Imran Chaudhri, Jeffrey Robbin, Jim Young, Joe Howard, Marcel Van Os, Patrick L Coffman, Stephen O. Lemay, Jeffrey Ma, Lynne Kress
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Patent number: 12212793Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for distributing content over a local area network (LAN) between a first device within the LAN and a second device within the LAN. A first device multicasts a LAN-specific content beacon over the LAN. The LAN-specific content beacon includes an identifier uniquely identifying the first device. A second device sends a response to the LAN-specific content beacon requesting secondary content to be integrated into a display of the second device. The first device generates the secondary content based on profile information associated with the second device and unicasts the secondary content to the second device for integration into primly content being generated for display at the second device.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2023Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: Adeia Guides Inc.Inventor: George Grigore
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Patent number: 12206923Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for distributing content over a local area network (LAN) between a first device within the LAN and a second device within the LAN. A first device multicasts a LAN-specific content beacon over the LAN. The LAN-specific content beacon includes an identifier uniquely identifying the first device. A second device sends a response to the LAN-specific content beacon requesting secondary content to be integrated into a display of the second device. The first device generates the secondary content based on profile information associated with the second device and unicasts the secondary content to the second device for integration into primary content being generated for display at the second device.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2023Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Adeia Guides Inc.Inventor: George Grigore
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Patent number: 12206924Abstract: Systems, devices, and process described facilitate use of a first user device communicatively coupled to a local area network (LAN) The first user device may include a first hardware processor configured to execute first, non-transient, computer instructions for facilitating a first seamless DVR engine configured to identify a first content. A second user device is also coupled to the LAN. The second user device may include a second hardware processor configured to execute second, non-transient, computer instructions for facilitating a second seamless DVR configured to identify a second content. Each of the seamless DVR engines may be configured to generate a common universal directory identifying the first content and the second content as being available for use by each of the first user device and the second user device. User devices may independently populate the common universal directory. The universal directory may identify a distinct status for the content.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2021Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: DISH Network L.L.C.Inventors: Yunfeng Yang, Seth Byerley, Jason Paul Carlson, John Huynh, Gowtham Ram Ramkumar, Mark John Sokald
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Patent number: 12192496Abstract: Systems and methods in provide approaches for channel fitting to determine a particular number of resources, such as cores, that may be used for one or more processing jobs for a particular input channel. A given channel may be evaluated to determine performance affecting parameters and those parameters may be evaluated against previously known hardware configurations or against a historical heuristic dataset. A configuration for the channel may be selected where particular cores of a set of resources are assigned to the channel to perform one or more operations, such as transcoding operations. As a result, empirically determined or historical data may be used to efficiently allocate resources for different transcoding operations to provide both predictable performance and high utilization.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2022Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Ryan Hegar, Eric Woodruff, David William Cardwell, Brian Enigma, Karthik Bangalore Shamsunder, Darin J. Klaas
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Patent number: 12184919Abstract: In general, certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and/or systems for implementing a program guide, which comprises sending a first request and receiving a first response associated with a current or future program guide information. The current or future program guide information includes a first plurality of channel identifiers and a plurality of time slots that correspond to current or future time slots, and is displayed at a client device. A second request is sent, which indicates a requested time period that has already occurred and not displayed on the client device, and corresponds to navigation to a previous time slot. A second response is received, which is associated with past program guide information. The past program guide information includes a second plurality of channel identifiers and on-demand program information, and is displayed at the client device.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2023Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Adeia Media Holdings LLCInventors: Cory Carpenter, Iylla Dosenbach
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Patent number: 12184926Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a computer-implemented method including receiving, by a user computing device, data that describes a destination for the media content item. Example destinations can include a location of a recipient of message including the media content item and a digital location (e.g., website, social networking page, etc.). The method can include selecting, by a computing system comprising the user computing device, one or more media content items based on the data that describes the destination for the media content item. Media content items that are more relevant and/or appropriate can be selected by considering the destination of the media content item. The selected media content item(s) can be provided for display by the user computing device in a dynamic keyboard interface.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2023Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: David McIntosh, Erick Hachenburg, Peter Chi Hao Huang
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Patent number: 12177529Abstract: Techniques for providing multimedia content in a virtual set top system are described. In some embodiments, a stream switchover method for UI rendering is performed at a device (e.g., a server) with one or more processors and a non-transitory memory. The server distributes a first stream that includes a plurality of frames. The server receives a request for a user interface (UI) from a client. In response to receiving the request, the server generates a second stream by locating an encoder to encode the plurality of frames into the second stream based on the first stream, instructing the encoder to accelerate encoding of the plurality of frames and facilitating blending of the UI into the second stream with the plurality of frames. The server then switches the client from the first stream to the second stream.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2022Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: SYNAMEDIA LIMITEDInventors: Enrique Gerstl, Zorach Reuven Wachtfogel, Avi Fruchter, Amit Chhabra
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Patent number: 12170807Abstract: Techniques and systems are provided for processing user interface content. For example, a server computer can receive a user interface event corresponding to a user interface of a device (e.g., a client device, another server computer, or other device). An application associated with the user interface event can be determined, and an interface model can be generated using the application associated with the user interface event. The interface model defines state information for one or more graphic objects of the user interface. The state information results from the user interface event. The server computer can send the interface model to the device, which enables the device to render the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2023Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: NAGRAVISION S.A.Inventors: Hongliang Li, Alain Delpuch
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Patent number: 12170769Abstract: A video encoding method includes: storing quantized data of frames which have undergone a quantization process by serially storing the quantized data of the frames on a per quantized data of one frame basis; determining a quantization parameter to be used when performing a quantization process of a next frame immediately following the frames, based on quantized data of a predetermined number of frames among the quantized data of the frames; performing the quantization process of the next frame based on the quantization parameter to generate quantized data of the next frame; and executing encoding processes for entropy encoding quantized data of frames including the next frame in parallel between the frames including the next frame.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2022Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: SOCIONEXT INC.Inventor: Satoshi Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 12170779Abstract: Example embodiments provide a system for training a data coding pipeline including a feature extractor neural network, an encoder neural network, and a decoder neural network configured to reconstruct input data based on encoded features. A plurality of losses corresponding to different tasks may be determined for the coding pipeline. Tasks may be performed based on an output of the coding pipeline. A weight update may be determined for at least a subset of the coding pipeline based on the plurality of losses. The weight update may be configured to reduce a number of iterations for fine-tuning the coding pipeline for one of the tasks. This enables faster adaptation of the coding pipeline for one of the tasks after deployment of the coding pipeline. Apparatuses, methods, and computer programs are disclosed. Apparatuses, methods, and computer programs are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2021Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Francesco Cricri, Nam Le, Hamed Rezazadegan Tavakoli, Honglei Zhang, Miska Matias Hannuksela, Emre Baris Aksu