Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Walter Zimmerman
Jeffrey Walter 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: 10368111Abstract: Channel trending, including determining a number of viewers watching a multimedia program, is achieved in a digital television network. Cached multimedia frames that correspond to portions of the multimedia program are maintained, for example, on a device located on an edge (i.e., in a network edge device) of the digital television network. In response to a request from a client device (e.g., a set-top box) to receive the multimedia program, cached multimedia frames are fed from the edge device to the client device. Upon a seamless transfer or handoff resulting in a simulcast replicator or multicast replicator providing further portions of the multimedia program, a signal (e.g., a simple network management protocol TRAP statement) is sent to a viewership statistic server for incrementing a counter.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2015Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Donald Lewis Randolph, Bradley C. Griner, Jeffrey Walter Zimmerman
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Publication number: 20160021407Abstract: Channel trending, including determining a number of viewers watching a multimedia program, is achieved in a digital television network. Cached multimedia frames that correspond to portions of the multimedia program are maintained, for example, on a device located on an edge (i.e., in a network edge device) of the digital television network. In response to a request from a client device (e.g., a set-top box) to receive the multimedia program, cached multimedia frames are fed from the edge device to the client device. Upon a seamless transfer or handoff resulting in a simulcast replicator or multicast replicator providing further portions of the multimedia program, a signal (e.g., a simple network management protocol TRAP statement) is sent to a viewership statistic server for incrementing a counter.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2015Publication date: January 21, 2016Inventors: Donald Lewis Randolph, Bradley C. Griner, Jeffrey Walter Zimmerman
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Patent number: 9148237Abstract: Channel trending, including determining a number of viewers watching a multimedia program, is achieved in a digital television network. Cached multimedia frames that correspond to portions of the multimedia program are maintained, for example, on a device located on an edge (i.e., in a network edge device) of the digital television network. In response to a request from a client device (e.g., a set-top box) to receive the multimedia program, cached multimedia frames are fed from the edge device to the client device. Upon a seamless transfer or handoff resulting in a simulcast replicator or multicast replicator providing further portions of the multimedia program, a signal (e.g., a simple network management protocol TRAP statement) is sent to a viewership statistic server for incrementing a counter.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2012Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Donald Lewis Randolph, Bradley C. Griner, Jeffrey Walter Zimmerman
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Patent number: 8532172Abstract: A disclosed methodology for processing language descriptors includes receiving streaming multimedia content that includes initial language descriptors. Portions of the multimedia content stream are encapsulated into packets that include an indication of the initial language descriptors. Later in time, further language descriptors are received with the streaming multimedia content. As a series of packets created from the multimedia content stream are processed, the indication of received language descriptor is adapted to account for any change in the language of audio tracks received with the streaming multimedia content.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2012Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Jeffrey Walter Zimmerman, Bradley C. Griner, Donald L. Randolph
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Publication number: 20120327996Abstract: A disclosed methodology for processing language descriptors includes receiving streaming multimedia content that includes initial language descriptors. Portions of the multimedia content stream are encapsulated into packets that include an indication of the initial language descriptors. Later in time, further language descriptors are received with the streaming multimedia content. As a series of packets created from the multimedia content stream are processed, the indication of received language descriptor is adapted to account for any change in the language of audio tracks received with the streaming multimedia content.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2012Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Jeffrey Walter Zimmerman, Bradley C. Griner, Donald L. Randolph
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Publication number: 20120331497Abstract: Channel trending, including determining a number of viewers watching a multimedia program, is achieved in a digital television network. Cached multimedia frames that correspond to portions of the multimedia program are maintained, for example, on a device located on an edge (i.e., in a network edge device) of the digital television network. In response to a request from a client device (e.g., a set-top box) to receive the multimedia program, cached multimedia frames are fed from the edge device to the client device. Upon a seamless transfer or handoff resulting in a simulcast replicator or multicast replicator providing further portions of the multimedia program, a signal (e.g., a simple network management protocol TRAP statement) is sent to a viewership statistic server for incrementing a counter.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2012Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Donald Lewis Randolph, Bradley C. Griner, Jeffrey Walter Zimmerman
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Patent number: 8265137Abstract: A disclosed methodology for processing language descriptors includes receiving streaming multimedia content that includes initial language descriptors. Portions of the multimedia content stream are encapsulated into packets that include an indication of the initial language descriptors. Later in time, further language descriptors are received with the streaming multimedia content. As a series of packets created from the multimedia content stream are processed, the indication of received language descriptor is adapted to account for any change in the language of audio tracks received with the streaming multimedia content.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2008Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Jeffrey Walter Zimmerman, Bradley C. Griner, Donald L. Randolph
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Patent number: 8266644Abstract: Channel trending, including determining a number of viewers watching a multimedia program, is achieved in a digital television network. Cached multimedia frames that correspond to portions of the multimedia program are maintained, for example, on a device located on an edge (i.e., in a network edge device) of the digital television network. In response to a request from a client device (e.g., a set-top box) to receive the multimedia program, cached multimedia frames are fed from the edge device to the client device. Upon a seamless transfer or handoff resulting in a simulcast replicator or multicast replicator providing further portions of the multimedia program, a signal (e.g., a simple network management protocol TRAP statement) is sent to a viewership statistic server for incrementing a counter.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2008Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Donald Lewis Randolph, Bradley C. Griner, Jeffrey Walter Zimmerman
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Publication number: 20100027613Abstract: A disclosed methodology for processing language descriptors includes receiving streaming multimedia content that includes initial language descriptors. Portions of the multimedia content stream are encapsulated into packets that include an indication of the initial language descriptors. Later in time, further language descriptors are received with the streaming multimedia content. As a series of packets created from the multimedia content stream are processed, the indication of received language descriptor is adapted to account for any change in the language of audio tracks received with the streaming multimedia content.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2008Publication date: February 4, 2010Inventors: Jeffrey Walter Zimmerman, Bradley C. Griner, Donald Lewis Randolph
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Publication number: 20090328090Abstract: Channel trending, including determining a number of viewers watching a multimedia program, is achieved in a digital television network. Cached multimedia frames that correspond to portions of the multimedia program are maintained, for example, on a device located on an edge (i.e., in a network edge device) of the digital television network. In response to a request from a client device (e.g., a set-top box) to receive the multimedia program, cached multimedia frames are fed from the edge device to the client device. Upon a seamless transfer or handoff resulting in a simulcast replicator or multicast replicator providing further portions of the multimedia program, a signal (e.g., a simple network management protocol TRAP statement) is sent to a viewership statistic server for incrementing a counter.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2008Publication date: December 31, 2009Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Donald Lewis Randolph, Bradley C. Griner, Jeffrey Walter Zimmerman