Patents by Inventor Auke S van der Schaar

Auke S van der Schaar has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Systems, methods, and computer program products for load adaptive streaming
    Patent number: 8914836
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products that allow for the load adaptive downloading, processing, and rendering of video by a video processing client, where the downloading is adaptive to the processing load of a computing system on which a video processing client operates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Sonic IP, Inc.
    Inventors: Abhishek Shivadas, Auke S. Van Der Schaar
  • SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR LOAD ADAPTIVE STREAMING
    Publication number: 20140096171
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products that allow for the load adaptive downloading, processing, and rendering of video by a video processing client, where the downloading is adaptive to the processing load of a computing system on which a video processing client operates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: DIVX, LLC
    Inventors: Abhishek Shivadas, Auke S. Van Der Schaar
  • System for synchronizing the playback of two or more connected playback devices using closed captioning
    Patent number: 7095947
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and system for synchronizing the replay of a pre-recorded program between a plurality of playback devices utilizing closed-caption data. The internal block of the playback devices are synchronized. Upon receiving program content signals including a series of frames and a string of closed-caption (CC) characters, the string of CC characters is sampled at a predetermined sampling interval, and the sequence of sampled CC characters and the corresponding frame are stored according to a predetermined format in a memory. Thereafter, in response to a user's request, the desired program content signals responsive to the user's request are retrieved from the respective memory of playback devices and displayed for viewing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Auke S van der Schaar
  • System for synchronizing the playback of two or more connected playback devices using closed captioning
    Publication number: 20030091322
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and system for synchronizing the replay of a pre-recorded program between a plurality of playback devices utilizing closed-caption data. The internal block of the playback devices are synchronized. Upon receiving program content signals including a series of frames and a string of closed-caption (CC) characters, the string of CC characters is sampled at a predetermined sampling interval, and the sequence of sampled CC characters and the corresponding frame are stored according to a predetermined format in a memory. Thereafter, in response to a user's request, the desired program content signals responsive to the user's request are retrieved from the respective memory of playback devices and displayed for viewing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventor: Auke S. Van Der Schaar