Patents by Inventor Lawrence E. Bakst
Lawrence E. Bakst 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: 12015808Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device having a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations including receiving encrypted hypertext transport protocol (HTTPS) traffic including media content; separating the HTTPS traffic into audio segments and video segments; calculating a size for each audio segment in the HTTPS traffic; maintaining a sliding window of a plurality of sizes of consecutive audio segments to form a fingerprint; and identifying the media content by matching the fingerprint with a reference in a catalog. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2023Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Yuan Ding, Natalia Schenck, Daniel Sanchez, Umut Akyol, Lawrence E. Bakst, Vinay Sharma
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Publication number: 20230224513Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device having a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations including receiving encrypted hypertext transport protocol (HTTPS) traffic including media content; separating the HTTPS traffic into audio segments and video segments; calculating a size for each audio segment in the HTTPS traffic; maintaining a sliding window of a plurality of sizes of consecutive audio segments to form a fingerprint; and identifying the media content by matching the fingerprint with a reference in a catalog. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Yuan Ding, Natalia Schenck, Daniel Sanchez, Umut Akyol, Lawrence E. Bakst, Vinay Sharma
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Patent number: 11665377Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device having a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations including receiving encrypted hypertext transport protocol (HTTPS) traffic including media content; separating the HTTPS traffic into audio segments and video segments; calculating a size for each audio segment in the HTTPS traffic; maintaining a sliding window of a plurality of sizes of consecutive audio segments to form a fingerprint; and identifying the media content by matching the fingerprint with a reference in a catalog. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Yuan Ding, Natalia Schenck, Daniel Sanchez, Umut Akyol, Lawrence E. Bakst, Vinay Sharma
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Publication number: 20220345758Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device having a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations including receiving encrypted hypertext transport protocol (HTTPS) traffic including media content; separating the HTTPS traffic into audio segments and video segments; calculating a size for each audio segment in the HTTPS traffic; maintaining a sliding window of a plurality of sizes of consecutive audio segments to form a fingerprint; and identifying the media content by matching the fingerprint with a reference in a catalog. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2021Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Yuan Ding, Natalia Schenck, Daniel Sanchez, Umut Akyol, Lawrence E. Bakst, Vinay Sharma
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Patent number: 9300923Abstract: A method of improving video performance in video surveillance system having a wireless encoder connected to a video surveillance network by a wireless access point device comprises the steps of allocating channel bandwidth to the wireless encoder from the wireless access point device, transmitting packets of video data from the wireless encoder to the wireless access point device, transmitting signals from the wireless access point device to the wireless encoder, monitoring the strength of the signals received by the wireless access point device, the strength of the signals received by the wireless encoder, and the number of lost packets of video data transmitted from the wireless encoder to the wireless access point device, sending a request from the wireless encoder to the wireless access point device to change the bit transmission rate of the wireless encoder if the strength of the signals received by the wireless access point device is less than a first threshold, if the strength of the signals received bType: GrantFiled: March 26, 2008Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: Pelco, Inc.Inventors: Praveen Mehrotra, Farzin Aghdasi, Lawrence E. Bakst
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Patent number: 7888609Abstract: A mounting assembly comprising: a first housing portion adapted to be mounted to an object, the first housing portion having a first opening and a plurality of pins located in the opening and a first portion of a closing mechanism located on the outside of the first housing portion; and a second housing portion having a member having a plurality of slots for mating with the plurality of pins and a second portion of a closing mechanism that mates with the first portion of a closing mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2008Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: Pelco, IncInventors: Lawrence E. Bakst, Bryan Grziwok, Bob Musetti
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Publication number: 20080236887Abstract: A mounting assembly comprising: a first housing portion adapted to be mounted to an object, the first housing portion having a first opening and a plurality of pins located in the opening and a first portion of a closing mechanism located on the outside of the first housing portion; and a second housing portion having a member having a plurality of slots for mating with the plurality of pins and a second portion of a closing mechanism that mates with the first portion of a closing mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: PELCO, INC.Inventors: Lawrence E. Bakst, Bryan Grziwok, Bob Musetti
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Publication number: 20080239075Abstract: A method of improving video performance in video surveillance system having a wireless encoder connected to a video surveillance network by a wireless access point device comprises the steps of allocating channel bandwidth to the wireless encoder from the wireless access point device, transmitting packets of video data from the wireless encoder to the wireless access point device, transmitting signals from the wireless access point device to the wireless encoder, monitoring the strength of the signals received by the wireless access point device, the strength of the signals received by the wireless encoder, and the number of lost packets of video data transmitted from the wireless encoder to the wireless access point device, sending a request from the wireless encoder to the wireless access point device to change the bit transmission rate of the wireless encoder if the strength of the signals received by the wireless access point device is less than a first threshold, if the strength of the signals received bType: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: PELCO, INC.Inventors: Praveen Mehrotra, Farzin Aghdasi, Lawrence E. Bakst
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Publication number: 20080238786Abstract: A device for performing one of the functions from the group of functions of wireless transmission of a signal and wireless reception of a signal comprising a housing having a cavity on the outside surface of the housing and an antenna assembly comprising an antenna mounted on a member, the member having a ball at one end that mates with the cavity, the member having a plate having an aperture sized so that it can be moved along the member and attached to the housing so that the antenna can be moved in three dimensions and then fixedly secured in the cavity by the plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: PELCO, INC.Inventors: Lawrence E. Bakst, Bryan Grziwok
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Patent number: D590393Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2007Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignee: Pelco, Inc.Inventors: Greg Millar, Lawrence E. Bakst, Farzin Aghdasi, Bryan R. Grziwok