Patents by Inventor Behzad Shahraray
Behzad Shahraray 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).
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Patent number: 11470297Abstract: A method for automatic selection of viewpoint characteristics and trajectories in volumetric video presentations includes receiving a plurality of video streams depicting a scene, wherein the plurality of video streams provides images of the scene from a plurality of different viewpoints, identifying a set of desired viewpoint characteristics for a volumetric video traversal of the scene, determining a trajectory through the plurality of video streams that is consistent with the set of desired viewpoint characteristics, rendering a volumetric video traversal that follows the trajectory, wherein the rendering comprises compositing the plurality of video streams, and publishing the volumetric video traversal for viewing on a user endpoint device.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2021Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: David Crawford Gibbon, Tan Xu, Zhu Liu, Behzad Shahraray, Eric Zavesky
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Patent number: 11462051Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, systems and methods aggregating video content and adjusting the aggregate video content according to a training model. The adjusted aggregate video content comprises a first subset of the images and does not comprise a second subset of the images. The first subset of the images is determined by the training model based on a plurality of categories corresponding to a plurality of events. The illustrative embodiments also include presenting the adjusted aggregate video content and receiving identifications for the first subset of the images in the aggregate video content. Further, the illustrative embodiments include adjusting the training model according to the identifications and providing the adjusted training model to a network device. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Lee Begeja, Zhu Liu, Yadong Mu, Bernard S. Renger, David Crawford Gibbon, Behzad Shahraray, Raghuraman Gopalan, Eric Zavesky
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Patent number: 11449595Abstract: Methods, systems, and products authenticate users for access to devices, applications, and services. Skills of a user are learned over time, such that an electronic model of random subject matter may be generated. The user is prompted to interpret the random subject matter, such as with an electronic drawing. The user's interpretation is then compared to the electronic model of the random subject matter. If the user's interpretation matches the electronic model, the user may be authenticated.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Kevin A. Li, Troy C. Meuninck, Robert Raymond Miller, II, James H. Pratt, Horst J. Schroeter, Behzad Shahraray
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Publication number: 20220284735Abstract: A processing system having at least one processor may establish a communication session between a first communication system of a first user and a second communication system of a second user, the communication session including first visual content, the first visual content including a first visual representation of the first user, and detecting a first action of the first visual representation in the first visual content in accordance with a first action detection model. The processing system may modify, in response to the detecting the first action, the first visual content in accordance with a first configuration setting of the first user for the communication session, which may include modifying the first action of the first visual representation of the first user in the first visual content. In addition, the processing system may transmit the first visual content that is modified to the second communication system of the second user.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Eric Zavesky, Zhu Liu, Bernard S. Renger, Behzad Shahraray, Lee Begeja, Paul Triantafyllou
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Publication number: 20220248073Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, modifying a user profile associated with a user associated with a content service to generate an updated user profile according to consumption of media content by the user and user feedback information associated with the consumption of the media content, determining a user context according to information associated with user device, where the user context includes current activity of the user, modifying a set of media content according to the user context that is determined to generate an updated set of media content, where a type of media content is eliminated from the set of media content in the updated set of media content according to the user context, and presenting the updated set of content at a presentation device of the user via a personal media channel of the user associated with the content service. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Zhu Liu, Eric Zavesky, Bernard S. Renger, Behzad Shahraray, David Crawford Gibbon, Tan Xu, Lee Begeja, Raghuraman Gopalan
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Patent number: 11405486Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a recommended action are disclosed. For example, the method receives first data that is measured via at least one sensor deployed at a venue, receives second data from at least one user endpoint device present at the venue, wherein the second data comprises data that is measured via a sensor associated with the at least one user endpoint device, applies a perception model of the venue to the first data and the second data that are received, generates at least one recommended action when a threshold is reached, wherein the threshold is established for generating the at least one recommended action, and provides an update to the perception model of the venue based on the at least one recommended action that is generated.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Eric Zavesky, Lee Begeja, David Crawford Gibbon, Raghuraman Gopalan, Zhu Liu, Yadong Mu, Bernard S. Renger, Behzad Shahraray
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Publication number: 20220237663Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, embodiments for determining a media profile for media content. The media profile comprises a media metric for each of a plurality of portions of the media content. Further, embodiments include determining a price for advertising associated with the media content. In addition, embodiments include identifying an advertisement profile for each of a plurality of advertisements. The advertisement profile comprises an ad metric for each of a plurality of portions of an advertisement. Also, embodiments include selecting a first advertisement associated with a first advertisement profile from the plurality of advertisements according to the media profile, the first advertisement profile, and the price for the advertising associated with the media content. Further, embodiments include providing the first advertisement to be presented with the media content at a playback device. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Eric Zavesky, Behzad Shahraray, Bernard S. Renger, Raghuraman Gopalan, Tan Xu
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Publication number: 20220224841Abstract: A processing system having at least one processor may establish a communication session between a first communication system of a first user and a second communication system of a second user, the communication session including first video content of a first physical environment of the first user and second video content of a second physical environment of the second user, determine a first visualization action for a first physical object in the first physical environment in accordance with a first configuration setting of the first user for the communication session, obtain the first video content from a first camera of the first communication system, detect the first physical object in the first video content, and perform the first visualization action to modify the first video content. The processing system may then transmit first visualization information including the first video content that is modified to the second communication system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2022Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: Eric Zavesky, Zhu Liu, David Crawford Gibbon, Bernard S. Renger, Behzad Shahraray, Tan Xu
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Publication number: 20220224958Abstract: In one example, a method performed by a processing system in a telecommunications network includes acquiring live footage of an event, acquiring sensor data related to the event, wherein the sensor data is collected by a sensor positioned in a location at which the event occurs, extracting an analytical statistic related to a target participating in the event, wherein the extracting is based on content analysis of the live footage and the sensor data, filtering data relating to the target based on the analytical statistic to identify content of interest in the data, wherein the data comprises the live footage, the sensor data, and data relating to historical events that are similar to the event, and generating computer-generated content to present the content of interest, wherein when the computer-generated content is synchronized with the live footage on an immersive display, an augmented reality media is produced.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2022Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: David Crawford Gibbon, Zhu Liu, Lee Begeja, Behzad Shahraray, Eric Zavesky
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Publication number: 20220215637Abstract: In one example, a method performed by a processing system in a telecommunications network includes acquiring the media stream and identifying an anchor in a scene of the media stream. The anchor is a presence in the scene that has a physical effect on the scene. A type and a magnitude of the physical effect of the anchor on the scene is estimated. An actuator in a vicinity of the user endpoint device that is capable of producing a physical effect in the real world to match the physical effect of the anchor on the scene is identified. A signal is sent to the actuator. The signal controls the actuator to produce the physical effect in the real world when the physical effect of the anchor on the scene occurs in the media stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2022Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventors: Behzad Shahraray, Eric Zavesky, David Crawford Gibbon, Tan Xu, Zhu Liu
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Patent number: 11350148Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, modifying a user profile associated with a user associated with a content service to generate an updated user profile according to consumption of media content by the user and user feedback information associated with the consumption of the media content, determining a user context according to information associated with user device, where the user context includes current activity of the user, modifying a set of media content according to the user context that is determined to generate an updated set of media content, where a type of media content is eliminated from the set of media content in the updated set of media content according to the user context, and presenting the updated set of content at a presentation device of the user via a personal media channel of the user associated with the content service. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Zhu Liu, Eric Zavesky, Bernard S. Renger, Behzad Shahraray, David Crawford Gibbon, Tan Xu, Lee Begeja, Raghuraman Gopalan
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Patent number: 11341540Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, embodiments for determining a media profile for media content. The media profile comprises a media metric for each of a plurality of portions of the media content. Further, embodiments include determining a price for advertising associated with the media content. In addition, embodiments include identifying an advertisement profile for each of a plurality of advertisements. The advertisement profile comprises an ad metric for each of a plurality of portions of an advertisement. Also, embodiments include selecting a first advertisement associated with a first advertisement profile from the plurality of advertisements according to the media profile, the first advertisement profile, and the price for the advertising associated with the media content. Further, embodiments include providing the first advertisement to be presented with the media content at a playback device. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2018Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Eric Zavesky, Behzad Shahraray, Bernard S. Renger, Raghuraman Gopalan, Tan Xu
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Patent number: 11341775Abstract: A processing system having at least one processor may establish a communication session between a first communication system of a first user and a second communication system of a second user, the communication session including first visual content, the first visual content including a first visual representation of the first user, and detecting a first action of the first visual representation in the first visual content in accordance with a first action detection model. The processing system may modify, in response to the detecting the first action, the first visual content in accordance with a first configuration setting of the first user for the communication session, which may include modifying the first action of the first visual representation of the first user in the first visual content. In addition, the processing system may transmit the first visual content that is modified to the second communication system of the second user.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2021Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Eric Zavesky, Zhu Liu, Bernard S. Renger, Behzad Shahraray, Lee Begeja, Paul Triantafyllou
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Publication number: 20220150602Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer readable-media for temporally adaptive media playback. The method for adaptive media playback includes estimating or determining an amount of time between a first event and a second event, selecting media content to fill the estimated amount of time between the first event and the second event, and playing the selected media content possibly at a reasonably different speed to fit the time interval. One embodiment includes events that are destination-based or temporal-based. Another embodiment includes adding, removing, speeding up, or slowing down selected media content in order to fit the estimated amount of time between the first event and the second event or to modify the selected media content to adjust to an updated estimated amount of time. Another embodiment bases selected media content on a user or group profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2022Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Andrea Basso, Lee Begeja, David C. Gibbon, Zhu Liu, Bernard S. Renger, Behzad Shahraray
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Patent number: 11328224Abstract: A method, computer-readable medium, and apparatus for modeling data of a service for providing a policy are disclosed. For example, a method may include a processor for generating a first policy for a first service by a first policy model using machine learning for processing first data of the first service, determining whether the first policy is to be applied to a second service, applying the first policy to the second service when the first policy is deemed to be applicable to the second service, wherein the applying the first policy provides the first policy to a second policy model using machine learning for processing second data of the second service, generating a second policy for the second service, and implementing the second policy in the second service, wherein the first service and the second service are provided by a single service provider.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Raghuraman Gopalan, Lee Begeja, David Crawford Gibbon, Zhu Liu, Yadong Mu, Bernard S. Renger, Behzad Shahraray, Eric Zavesky
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Publication number: 20220116577Abstract: A processing system having at least one processor may obtain a two-dimensional source video, select a volumetric video associated with at least one feature of the source video from a library of volumetric videos, identify a first object in the source video, and determine a location of the first object within a space of the volumetric video. The processing system may further obtain a three-dimensional object model of the first object, texture map the first object to the three-dimensional object model of the first object to generate an enhanced three-dimensional object model of the first object, and modify the volumetric video to include the enhanced three-dimensional object model of the first object in the location of the first object within the space of the volumetric video.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: Eric Zavesky, Zhu Liu, David Crawford Gibbon, Behzad Shahraray, Tan Xu
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Publication number: 20220103472Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, and devices are disclosed for routing media streams to destination devices based upon semantic contents detected in the media streams. For example, a method may include a processing system including at least one processor detecting a first semantic content in a media stream of a media source device in accordance with a machine learning model for detecting the first semantic content, selecting a first destination device for the media stream based upon the first semantic content, and sending the media stream to the first destination device that is selected.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Behzad Shahraray, Eric Zavesky, Bernard S. Renger, David Crawford Gibbon
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Patent number: 11290659Abstract: A processing system having at least one processor may establish a communication session between a first communication system of a first user and a second communication system of a second user, the communication session including first video content of a first physical environment of the first user and second video content of a second physical environment of the second user, determine a first visualization action for a first physical object in the first physical environment in accordance with a first configuration setting of the first user for the communication session, obtain the first video content from a first camera of the first communication system, detect the first physical object in the first video content, and perform the first visualization action to modify the first video content. The processing system may then transmit first visualization information including the first video content that is modified to the second communication system.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Eric Zavesky, Zhu Liu, David Crawford Gibbon, Bernard S. Renger, Behzad Shahraray, Tan Xu
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Patent number: 11290766Abstract: In one example, a method performed by a processing system in a telecommunications network includes acquiring live footage of an event, acquiring sensor data related to the event, wherein the sensor data is collected by a sensor positioned in a location at which the event occurs, extracting an analytical statistic related to a target participating in the event, wherein the extracting is based on content analysis of the live footage and the sensor data, filtering data relating to the target based on the analytical statistic to identify content of interest in the data, wherein the data comprises the live footage, the sensor data, and data relating to historical events that are similar to the event, and generating computer-generated content to present the content of interest, wherein when the computer-generated content is synchronized with the live footage on an immersive display, an augmented reality media is produced.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: David Crawford Gibbon, Zhu Liu, Lee Begeja, Behzad Shahraray, Eric Zavesky
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Patent number: 11282281Abstract: In one example, a method performed by a processing system in a telecommunications network includes acquiring the media stream and identifying an anchor in a scene of the media stream. The anchor is a presence in the scene that has a physical effect on the scene. A type and a magnitude of the physical effect of the anchor on the scene is estimated. An actuator in a vicinity of the user endpoint device that is capable of producing a physical effect in the real world to match the physical effect of the anchor on the scene is identified. A signal is sent to the actuator. The signal controls the actuator to produce the physical effect in the real world when the physical effect of the anchor on the scene occurs in the media stream.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2019Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Behzad Shahraray, Eric Zavesky, David Crawford Gibbon, Tan Xu, Zhu Liu