Patents by Inventor Mark Eyer
Mark Eyer 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: 11750877Abstract: Identification of services that carry the same or equivalent content. A reception apparatus includes circuitry configured receive first service information for a first service included in a first broadcast stream, and receive second service information for a second service included in a second broadcast stream. The first service is associated with a first virtual channel number and the second service is associated with a second virtual channel number. The circuitry is configured to determine whether the first service included in the first broadcast stream contains the same programming content as a service included in another broadcast stream based on the first service information. The first service information includes an identifier included in the second service information when the first service included in the first broadcast stream contains the same programming content as the second service included in the second broadcast stream.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventor: Mark Eyer
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Patent number: 11683559Abstract: A method, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and reception apparatus for extracting metadata, and an information providing apparatus for providing the metadata. The method for extracting metadata includes processing, by circuitry of the reception apparatus, content that includes the metadata embedded therein. The metadata is embedded as a watermark in a first portion of a video frame of the content. The circuitry determines symbol values of the watermark from the video frame based on luminance values in pixels of the first portion of the video frame of the content to extract the metadata. At least one of the luminance values is less than 16.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2022Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLCInventors: Mark Eyer, Paul Hearty
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Publication number: 20220408145Abstract: Identification of services that carry the same or equivalent content. A reception apparatus includes circuitry configured receive first service information for a first service included in a first broadcast stream, and receive second service information for a second service included in a second broadcast stream. The first service is associated with a first virtual channel number and the second service is associated with a second virtual channel number. The circuitry is configured to determine whether the first service included in the first broadcast stream contains the same programming content as a service included in another broadcast stream based on the first service information. The first service information includes an identifier included in the second service information when the first service included in the first broadcast stream contains the same programming content as the second service included in the second broadcast stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: Saturn Licensing LLCInventor: Mark EYER
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Publication number: 20220239978Abstract: A method, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and reception apparatus for extracting metadata, and an information providing apparatus for providing the metadata. The method for extracting metadata includes processing, by circuitry of the reception apparatus, content that includes the metadata embedded therein. The metadata is embedded as a watermark in a first portion of a video frame of the content. The circuitry determines symbol values of the watermark from the video frame based on luminance values in pixels of the first portion of the video frame of the content to extract the metadata. At least one of the luminance values is less than 16.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: Saturn Licensing LLCInventors: Mark EYER, Paul HEARTY
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Patent number: 11336937Abstract: A reception apparatus includes receiver and processing circuitry. The receiving circuitry is configured to receive a broadcast stream. The processing circuitry is configured to extract a service list table (SLT) from the broadcast stream. The SLT includes service information for each of a plurality of services in the broadcast stream. The processing circuitry is configured to determine whether the broadcast stream includes a digital rights management (DRM) service that is supported by the reception apparatus based on service category information in the service information for the plurality of services in the broadcast stream. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire DRM-related information, which is associated with the reception apparatus and delivered in the DRM service, based on a determination that the broadcast stream includes the DRM service that is supported by the reception apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventors: Mark Eyer, Tatsuya Igarashi, Brant Candelore, Paul Hearty
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Patent number: 11303953Abstract: Identification of services that carry the same or equivalent content. A reception apparatus includes circuitry configured receive first service information for a first service included in a first broadcast stream, and receive second service information for a second service included in a second broadcast stream. The first service is associated with a first virtual channel number and the second service is associated with a second virtual channel number. The circuitry is configured to determine whether the first service included in the first broadcast stream contains the same programming content as a service included in another broadcast stream based on the first service information. The first service information includes an identifier included in the second service information when the first service included in the first broadcast stream contains the same programming content as the second service included in the second broadcast stream.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLCInventor: Mark Eyer
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Patent number: 11218765Abstract: A method, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and reception apparatus for extracting metadata, and an information providing apparatus for providing the metadata. The method for extracting metadata includes processing, by circuitry of the reception apparatus, content that includes the metadata embedded therein. The metadata is embedded as a watermark in a first portion of a video frame of the content. The circuitry determines symbol values of the watermark from the video frame based on luminance values in pixels of the first portion of the video frame of the content to extract the metadata. At least one of the luminance values is less than 16.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLCInventors: Mark Eyer, Paul Hearty
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Patent number: 11212567Abstract: A reception apparatus includes receiver and processing circuitry. The receiver circuitry receives a broadcast stream that includes a television service selected by a user. The processing circuitry receives a user selection of the television service included in the broadcast stream and determines whether the selected television service is a digital rights management (DRM) protected service. When the selected television service is determined to be the DRM protected service, the processing circuitry outputs a quick response (QR) code for display, monitors the received broadcast stream for a DRM license that is associated with the unique identifier of the reception apparatus, acquires the DRM license that is associated with the unique identifier of the reception apparatus from the received broadcast stream, and decrypts at least one media component of the selected television service using the acquired DRM license.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Mark Eyer
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Patent number: 11206457Abstract: A reception apparatus, including circuitry configured to receive a content including at least one of audio content or video content, extract fingerprint information from data of the content, and provide the fingerprint information to a first server via a communication network. The circuitry is further configured to receive control information in response to providing the fingerprint information to the first server.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2017Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLCInventors: Naohisa Kitazato, Yasuaki Yamagishi, Yoshiharu Dewa, Jun Kitahara, Mark Eyer
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Patent number: 11146864Abstract: An information processing apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for processing an image in which a plurality of symbols is encoded. The information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to determine luminance values of a plurality of pixels included in a line of an image in which a plurality of 2-bit symbols is encoded. Each of the plurality of 2-bit symbols is encoded in a subset of the plurality of pixels. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine a data value of one of the plurality of 2-bit symbols based on the luminance values of the subset of the plurality of pixels in which the one of the plurality of 2-symbols is encoded.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2020Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLCInventor: Mark Eyer
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Patent number: 11051082Abstract: A method of a reception apparatus for processing control information, reception apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are provided. In the method, content is received from a content source. A display is controlled to display the received content. The control information is received during the display of the received content. The control information includes location information indicating a location of application information. The application information includes an application control document. The application information is retrieved using the location information based on a change in the control information. The application control document is loaded and the display is controlled in accordance with the application control document.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLCInventor: Mark Eyer
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Publication number: 20210099744Abstract: A reception apparatus includes receiver and processing circuitry. The receiving circuitry is configured to receive a broadcast stream. The processing circuitry is configured to extract a service list table (SLT) from the broadcast stream. The SLT includes service information for each of a plurality of services in the broadcast stream. The processing circuitry is configured to determine whether the broadcast stream includes a digital rights management (DRM) service that is supported by the reception apparatus based on service category information in the service information for the plurality of services in the broadcast stream. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire DRM-related information, which is associated with the reception apparatus and delivered in the DRM service, based on a determination that the broadcast stream includes the DRM service that is supported by the reception apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Mark EYER, Tatsuya IGARASHI, Brant CANDELORE, Paul HEARTY
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Patent number: 10917475Abstract: A method, reception apparatus, and computer-readable medium for communicating with a server to download or upload data. The method includes acquiring a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) message that includes a DNS (Domain Name System) name registered with the IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority). A URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is generated based on the registered DNS name in the acquired URI message and a predetermined domain name. The data is downloaded from, or uploaded to, the server using the generated URL.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLCInventor: Mark Eyer
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Patent number: 10897640Abstract: A reception apparatus includes receiver and processing circuitry. The receiver circuitry is configured to receive a broadcast stream including a service list table (SLT) and a digital rights management (DRM) data service. The SLT includes service information for the DRM data service. The processing circuitry is configured to extract the service information for the DRM data service from the SLT included in the received broadcast stream. The service information for the DRM data service includes a DRM system identifier. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire DRM information from the DRM data service based on whether a condition regarding the reception apparatus or a user of the reception apparatus is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2020Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Mark Eyer, Tatsuya Igarashi, Brant Candelore, Paul Hearty
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Publication number: 20200404393Abstract: An information processing apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for processing an image in which a plurality of symbols is encoded. The information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to determine luminance values of a plurality of pixels included in a line of an image in which a plurality of 2-bit symbols is encoded. Each of the plurality of 2-bit symbols is encoded in a subset of the plurality of pixels. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine a data value of one of the plurality of 2-bit symbols based on the luminance values of the subset of the plurality of pixels in which the one of the plurality of 2-symbols is encoded.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: Saturn Licensing LLCInventor: Mark Eyer
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Patent number: 10812859Abstract: A reception apparatus, including circuitry configured to receive a broadcast stream including audio/video content and a uniform resource identifier (URI). The circuitry is configured to determine whether a command identifier associated with the URI indicates the URI is a location of a server to which service usage information is to be sent. The circuitry is configured to, when the command identifier indicates the URI is the location of the server to which the service usage information is to be sent, associate the URI with the service provider. The circuitry is configured to provide the service usage information to the server according to the associated URI.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLCInventor: Mark Eyer
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Publication number: 20200329271Abstract: Identification of services that carry the same or equivalent content. A reception apparatus includes circuitry configured receive first service information for a first service included in a first broadcast stream, and receive second service information for a second service included in a second broadcast stream. The first service is associated with a first virtual channel number and the second service is associated with a second virtual channel number. The circuitry is configured to determine whether the first service included in the first broadcast stream contains the same programming content as a service included in another broadcast stream based on the first service information. The first service information includes an identifier included in the second service information when the first service included in the first broadcast stream contains the same programming content as the second service included in the second broadcast stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventor: Mark Eyer
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Patent number: 10805694Abstract: An information processing apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for processing an image in which a plurality of symbols is encoded. The information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to determine luminance values of a plurality of pixels included in a line of an image in which a plurality of 2-bit symbols is encoded. Each of the plurality of 2-bit symbols is encoded in a subset of the plurality of pixels. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine a data value of one of the plurality of 2-bit symbols based on the luminance values of the subset of the plurality of pixels in which the one of the plurality of 2-symbols is encoded.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2019Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLCInventor: Mark Eyer
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Publication number: 20200296440Abstract: A reception apparatus includes receiver arid processing circuitry. The receiver circuitry receives a broadcast stream that includes a television service selected by a user. The processing circuitry receives a user selection of the television service included in the broadcast stream and determines whether the selected television service is a digital rights management (DRM) protected service. When the selected television service is determined to be the DRM protected service, the processing circuitry outputs a quick response (QR) code for display, monitors the received broadcast stream for a DRM license that is associated with the unique identifier of the reception apparatus, acquires the DRM license that is associated with the unique identifier of the reception apparatus from the received broadcast stream, and decrypts at least one media component of the selected television service using the acquired DRM license.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Mark Eyer
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Publication number: 20200245021Abstract: Disclosed herein is a reception apparatus including: a reception portion configured to receive AV content; a trigger acquisition portion configured to acquire trigger information for operating an application program to be executed in interlocked relation to the AV content; a table acquisition portion configured to acquire a correspondence table associating a command for controlling the operation of the application program with a valid time of the command; and a control portion configured such that when the time acquired from the trigger information as indicative of the progress of the AV content satisfies a predetermined condition of validity in reference to the valid time of the command on the basis of the acquired correspondence table, the control portion controls the operation of the application program in accordance with the command being valid.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: Satum Licensing LLCInventors: Naohisa Kitazato, Yasuaki Yamagishi, Yoshiharu Dewa, Mark Eyer