Abstract: This disclosure describes methods, non-transitory computer readable storage media, and systems that apply a blur filter to a digital video stream of a user to a recipient based on blur settings. The disclosed system receives a request to initiate a digital video communication between a first user (e.g., a customer) associated with a first user client device and a second user (e.g., an agent) associated with a second user client device. The disclosed system determines a blur setting (e.g., a degree of blur and an amount of time) associated with the second user indicating to blur a digital video stream from the first user client device at the second user client device. The disclosed system initiates the digital video communication by presenting a blur filter on the digital video stream according to the blur setting for display at the second user client device.

Abstract: Provided herein are various embodiments for synchronizing playback of audio and video. An embodiment operates by determining that a first quality video is being received at a media device. It is determined that a buffer of the media device is not large enough to buffer the first quality video long enough to synchronize an output of the high quality video with the output of the audio by one or more wireless speakers. A second quality of the video that the buffer can hold long enough to synchronize is identified, wherein the second quality of the video is lower than the first quality of the video. The media device outputs the video at the second quality and the corresponding audio to the one or more wireless speakers.

Abstract: A server system (100) for processing a virtual space, the virtual space comprising a plurality of entities (A-E), the server system (100) comprising: one or more back-end servers (108); and one or more front-end servers (114); wherein each back-end server (108) stores a respective subset of the plurality of entities (A-E); each front-end server (114) is communicatively coupled to each back-end server (108); each front-end server (114) is configured to be communicatively coupled to one or more client devices (106); each front-end server (114) stores one or more entity references (RefA-RefE); and each entity reference (RefA-RefE) comprises a first identifier for identifying a respective entity (A-E) and a second identifier for identifying the back-end server (108) on which the entity (A-E) identified by the first identifier is stored.

Abstract: A first appliance receives from a second controllable appliance a command for causing the first controllable appliance to be placed into a state and, in response, determines a trust level of the second controllable appliance. When it is determined that the second controllable appliance is trustworthy, the first controllable appliance executes the command. When it is determined that the second controllable appliance is untrustworthy, the first controllable appliance ignores the command. Otherwise, the first controllable appliance enters into a state in which the first controllable appliance waits for at least a predetermined period of time for a user to confirm whether or not the first controllable appliance should be caused to execute the command.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing non-intrusive advertising content to users. The method includes receiving user input reflecting user content preferences for receiving desired content related to specific topics in lieu of standard advertising slots while watching playable media content via a set-top box. The method may further include receiving a request for playable media content and then retrieving desired content based on user content preferences. Thereafter, the method may include choosing non-intrusive advertising content and generating datagrams that include the desired content and the non-intrusive advertising content. The datagrams may be concatenated with the playable media content to generate displayable content. The display content may then be provided for displaying.

Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic device and a method for controlling the electronic device. Specifically, the electronic device according to the present disclosure receives a first image signal and a second image signal which are separated from an original image signal through a first channel and a second channel having different frequency bandwidths, and which have different data rates. When the first image signal and the second image signal are received, the electronic device determines whether an error exists in the second image signal, obtains a first output image signal and a second output image signal on the basis of the first image signal and the second image signal according to a result of the determination, and outputs the obtained first output image signal or second output image signal.

Abstract: Techniques are described for determining quality of experience (QoE) rate information for streaming video. For example, QoE rates can be calculated by a client while receiving and decoding an encoded video stream. The QoE rates can be calculated based on the number of video stalls that occur at the client while decoding the encoded video stream during a plurality of time periods. Determining whether a video stall occurs during a given time period involves comparing an encoded frame rate to a decoded frame rate. Indications of the QoE rates can be output.

Abstract: Systems and methods to provide security to an occupant of a first vehicle. In an example method, a computer provided in the first vehicle establishes a geofence that surrounds the first vehicle. The computer may detect a second vehicle that is present inside the geofence at one or more times and may react to the detection by obtaining data that provides information about an identity of the second vehicle. In one scenario, the data may be obtained via vehicle-to-vehicle communication between the first vehicle and the second vehicle. The computer may evaluate the data to identify a driver of the second vehicle and to confirm that the second vehicle is carrying out a stalking operation and may pose a security threat. The computer may then automatically contact a police officer to report the security threat.

Abstract: Example embodiments provide systems and methods for crowdsourced skipping of media content portions. In an example method, a plurality of content tags are received from a plurality of media content devices over a communication network. Each of the plurality of content tags may designate a location within a media content item. The content tags are processed to generate aggregated content tags for the media content item. The aggregated content tags may designate one or more portions of the media content item for modified playback. The aggregated content tags for the media content item are transmitted over the communication network to a first media content device separate from the plurality of media content devices.

Abstract: A method for delivering a web page that displays a video includes delivering a requested web page with a WebAssembly Module to a web browser of a requesting device. The WebAssembly Module includes a plurality of video decoders each for decoding a corresponding one of a plurality of video encoding formats. An encoded video is delivered for display by the requested web page, the encoded video being encoded in a particular one of the plurality of video encoding formats. The encoded video is decoded using a respective one of the plurality of video decoders of the WebAssembly Module that corresponds to the particular one of the plurality of video encoding formats of the delivered encoded video.

Abstract: A distributed transcoding method includes splitting image content into segments of a fixed interval; allocating the split segments to a plurality of workers and performing parallel transcoding; and concatenating the transcoded segments and merging same into one encoded file.

Abstract: In some examples, an example method to provide a virtualized Carrier-grade Network Address Translation (CGN) at a first customer edge router may include establishing a tunnel between the first customer edge router and each aggregation router among one or more aggregation routers, performing a Network Address Translation (NAT) on a first data packet to create a NAT'ed first data packet, selecting a first aggregation router from amongst the one or more aggregation routers to send the NAT'ed first data packet to, encapsulating the NAT'ed first data packet with overlay information corresponding to a tunnel established between the first customer edge router and a first aggregation router, and sending the encapsulated NAT'ed first data packet through the tunnel to the first aggregation router.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for streaming a media asset with an adaptive bitrate transcoder. A server receives, from a client device, a first request for a first portion of the plurality of portions to be transcoded at a first bitrate. The server then starts to transcode the plurality of portions at the requested first bitrate to generate a plurality of corresponding transcoded portions. The server updates a header of a transcoded portion to include: 1) a transcode latency value; and 2) a count value indicating a number of available pre-transcoded portions of the media asset at the time the first request was received. The server then transmits the transcoded portion to the client. The client device then determines a second bitrate based on the transcode latency value included in the header of the transcoded portion corresponding to the first portion.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes a CATV node, a first device, and at least one micro distribution system. The CATV node transmits CATV RF signals to the first device, which converts the RF signals to optical signals. Each micro distribution system includes a micro node receiving the optical signals from the first device and converting the optical signals to RF signals. Each micro distribution system further includes at least two strings of taps independently coupled to the micro node and receiving the RF signals from the micro node. Each string of taps is terminated at an end by a low pass filter (LPF). For each string of taps, the received RF signals are passed from the micro node along the taps and blocked by the LPF, while a powering signal is passed along the taps and through the LPF.

Abstract: A distributed video management system for distributed processing and storage of captured video data. The distributed video management system includes a plurality of video cameras that each communicate video data to a respective one of a plurality of camera nodes. Each camera node includes a camera manager for processing video data received at the camera node. The camera nodes are in operative communication with storage resources for storage of the video data in a logical storage volume for the system according to a storage policy. The storage policy may include multiple phases with data pruning for controlled reduction of the size of video data stored on disk. The distributed system may also generate and maintain a ledger or database regarding the captured and stored video data to correlate the video data with system metadata and/or analytical metadata regarding the video data.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a system for transmitting alternative image content of a physical display to different viewers, comprising: generating at least two different sets of image data, each set of image data comprising a sequence of individual images; displaying the images of said at least two sets of image data in a time-sliced multiplexed manner at a high display frame rate (HDFR) on said physical display; generating at least two video streams of a scene which includes said physical display, wherein at least one video stream consisting of video frames captured synchronously with the displaying of images of one of said at least two sets of image data is generated at a slow motion frame rate (SMFR) which is an integer multiple of a standard broadcasting frame rate (SBFR); and transmitting said video streams to a sub-set of said viewers at said standard broadcasting frame rate (SBFR).

Abstract: A moderator client device may add program information for multi-media content using interactive elements. The moderator client device may associate an interactive component with the multi-media content using the interactive elements on a moderator interface. An interactive program may be generated from the multi-media content, tags and time-codes, and the interactive component. A response to the interactive program may be received from a viewer client device based on an interaction of the user of the viewer client device with the interactive component. The response received from the viewer client device may be displayed simultaneously with the updated interactive program on the display of each of a plurality of viewer client devices.

Abstract: A digital receiver for processing a broadcast signal includes a receiving module configured to receive the broadcast signal. Further, the broadcast signal includes service components of a broadcast service, service layer signaling (SLS) information for the broadcast service and a service list table for providing bootstrap information, and the service components include at least one of audio or video data. Further, the bootstrap information is different based on a type of delivery protocol of the SLS information, and the type of delivery protocol corresponds to either a Real-time Object delivery over Unidirectional Transport (ROUTE) protocol or a Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) Media Transport Protocol (MMTP). The digital receiver also includes a processor configured to process the service list table, the SLS information and the service components of the broadcast service.

Abstract: This application relates to apparatus and methods for communication with and management of datacenters, such as cloud datacenters employing multiple servers. A control server may identify one or more validations to be executed for a plurality of datacenters. The validations may include a test, a configuration, or a status inquiry of the datacenters or servers of the datacenters, for example. The control server may identify a single user request to execute the validations for the plurality of datacenters. Based on the single user request, the control server may generate a plurality of requests based on the identified validations and plurality of datacenters. The control server may transmit the plurality of requests to the plurality of datacenters. The control server may determine if a response to the requests is received, and may provide status for display based on the received responses.

Abstract: A method and system for dynamically watermarking media content based on transport-stream metadata, to facilitate action by a downstream entity. An intermediary in a media-distribution path could receive a transport stream carrying media content and carrying metadata that is not watermarked in the media content. The intermediary could then obtain from the transport stream the metadata that is not watermarked in the media content and could modify the media content at least by encoding into the media content a watermark that represents the obtained metadata. And the intermediary could then output at least the modified media content for transmission to a downstream entity. The downstream entity could thus obtain from the watermark in the media content the metadata and could use the metadata to facilitate carrying out one or more useful actions.