Patents by Inventor Jeffrey W. Zimmerman
Jeffrey W. Zimmerman 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: 10812843Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an encoder having a controller adapted to receive a digital video stream with metadata, retrieve from at least a portion of the metadata a native video format, configure encoding of at least a portion of the digital video stream according to the retrieved native video format, generate from at least the portion of the digital video stream an encoded video stream conforming to a moving picture experts group format and the native video format, and submit the encoded video stream to an acquisition server for multicast distribution. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Todd W. Jones, Jeffrey W. Zimmerman, Daniel J. Hipps
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Publication number: 20190141370Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an encoder having a controller adapted to receive a digital video stream with metadata, retrieve from at least a portion of the metadata a native video format, configure encoding of at least a portion of the digital video stream according to the retrieved native video format, generate from at least the portion of the digital video stream an encoded video stream conforming to a moving picture experts group format and the native video format, and submit the encoded video stream to an acquisition server for multicast distribution. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2019Publication date: May 9, 2019Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Todd W. Jones, Jeffrey W. Zimmerman, Daniel J. Hipps
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Patent number: 10194179Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an encoder having a controller adapted to receive a digital video stream with metadata, retrieve from at least a portion of the metadata a native video format, configure encoding of at least a portion of the digital video stream according to the retrieved native video format, generate from at least the portion of the digital video stream an encoded video stream conforming to a moving picture experts group format and the native video format, and submit the encoded video stream to an acquisition server for multicast distribution. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2016Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Todd W. Jones, Jeffrey W. Zimmerman, Daniel J. Hipps
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Publication number: 20160182926Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an encoder having a controller adapted to receive a digital video stream with metadata, retrieve from at least a portion of the metadata a native video format, configure encoding of at least a portion of the digital video stream according to the retrieved native video format, generate from at least the portion of the digital video stream an encoded video stream conforming to a moving picture experts group format and the native video format, and submit the encoded video stream to an acquisition server for multicast distribution. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2016Publication date: June 23, 2016Inventors: Todd W. Jones, Jeffrey W. Zimmerman, Daniel J. Hipps
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Patent number: 9313459Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an encoder having a controller adapted to receive a digital video stream with metadata, retrieve from at least a portion of the metadata a native video format, configure encoding of at least a portion of the digital video stream according to the retrieved native video format, generate from at least the portion of the digital video stream an encoded video stream conforming to a moving picture experts group format and the native video format, and submit the encoded video stream to an acquisition server for multicast distribution. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2012Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, LPInventors: Todd W. Jones, Jeffrey W. Zimmerman, Daniel J. Hipps
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Patent number: 8533766Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may operate according to, for example, a method involving recording audio feedback from a plurality of subscribers commenting on media content supplied by a media communication system on at least one of a plurality of media channels, detecting one or more trigger words in the recorded audio feedback having an association with a disruption of one or more media services supplied by the media communication system, selecting one or more network elements of the media communication system in at least one transmission path that supplies media services to one or more of the plurality of subscribers that supplied audio feedback matching the one or more trigger words, and directing the selected one or more network elements to record media content on one or more media channels selected from the plurality of media channels. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2012Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Douglas Medina, Jeffrey W. Zimmerman, Frank Coppa
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Patent number: 8359621Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may operate according to, for example, a method involving recording audio feedback from a plurality of subscribers commenting on media content supplied by a media communication system on at least one of a plurality of media channels, detecting one or more trigger words in the recorded audio feedback having an association with a disruption of one or more media services supplied by the media communication system, selecting one or more network elements of the media communication system in at least one transmission path that supplies media services to one or more of the plurality of subscribers that supplied audio feedback matching the one or more trigger words, and directing the selected one or more network elements to record media content on one or more media channels selected from the plurality of media channels. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2008Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LPInventors: Douglas Medina, Jeffrey W. Zimmerman, Frank R. Coppa
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Publication number: 20120170644Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an encoder having a controller adapted to receive a digital video stream with metadata, retrieve from at least a portion of the metadata a native video format, configure encoding of at least a portion of the digital video stream according to the retrieved native video format, generate from at least the portion of the digital video stream an encoded video stream conforming to a moving picture experts group format and the native video format, and submit the encoded video stream to an acquisition server for multicast distribution. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2012Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, LPInventors: Todd W. Jones, Jeffrey W. Zimmerman, Daniel J. Hipps
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Patent number: 8160133Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an encoder having a controller adapted to receive a Digital Video (DV) stream with metadata, retrieve from at least a portion of the metadata a native video format, configure encoding of at least a portion of the DV stream according to the retrieved native video format, generate from at least the portion of the DV stream an encoded video stream conforming to a Moving Picture Experts Group format and the native video format, and submit the encoded video stream to an Acquisition server for multicast distribution. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2008Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LPInventors: Todd W. Jones, Jeffrey W. Zimmerman, Daniel J. Hipps
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Publication number: 20090297131Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an encoder having a controller adapted to receive a Digital Video (DV) stream with metadata, retrieve from at least a portion of the metadata a native video format, configure encoding of at least a portion of the DV stream according to the retrieved native video format, generate from at least the portion of the DV stream an encoded video stream conforming to a Moving Picture Experts Group format and the native video format, and submit the encoded video stream to an Acquisition server for multicast distribution. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2008Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: AT&T KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, L.P.Inventors: TODD W. JONES, Jeffrey W. Zimmerman, Daniel J. Hipps
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Publication number: 20090276224Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may operate according to, for example, a method involving recording audio feedback from a plurality of subscribers commenting on media content supplied by a media communication system on at least one of a plurality of media channels, detecting one or more trigger words in the recorded audio feedback having an association with a disruption of one or more media services supplied by the media communication system, selecting one or more network elements of the media communication system in at least one transmission path that supplies media services to one or more of the plurality of subscribers that supplied audio feedback matching the one or more trigger words, and directing the selected one or more network elements to record media content on one or more media channels selected from the plurality of media channels. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2008Publication date: November 5, 2009Applicant: AT&T KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, L.P.Inventors: DOUGLAS MEDINA, Jeffrey W. Zimmerman, Frank R. Coppa
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Publication number: 20090089852Abstract: Multimedia data representative of a multimedia channel is received at a set top box (STB) device located at a viewer's premises from a service provider. The multimedia data is processed at the STB device for presentation of the multimedia channel at a display device located at the viewer's premises. The STB device identifies an artifact during the processing of the multimedia data that is expected to affect the presentation of the multimedia channel and generates an error indicator based on the artifact. The STB device provides the error indicator for reception by the service provider. The error indicator then may be used by the service provider to identify and correct any related errors or malfunctions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2007Publication date: April 2, 2009Applicant: AT&T KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, LPInventors: Donald Randolph, Bradley C. Griner, Jeffrey W. Zimmerman