Patents by Inventor Thomas Stockhammer

Thomas Stockhammer 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).

  • Patent number: 11792686
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a network node configures a quality of service (QoS) profile comprising one or more file-level QoS parameters, wherein the QoS profile applies to one or more files associated with a service flow associated with a user equipment (UE), wherein each file of the one or more files comprises one or more protocol data units (PDUs), and wherein a header of each PDU of the one or more PDUs of the file includes a file identifier and a file type of the file, and enforces the QoS profile on the one or more files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Xipeng Zhu, Prashanth Haridas Hande, Gavin Bernard Horn, Thomas Stockhammer
  • Publication number: 20230328337
    Abstract: An example device for processing media data is configured to parse a bitstream including the media data, the bitstream being formatted according to Common Media Application Format (CMAF), detect, during the parsing, a file type (FTYP) value for a CMAF track file of the bitstream, determine that a CMAF header of the CMAF track file starts with the FTYP value, and process one or more CMAF fragments following the CMAF header of the CMAF track file. The device may additionally be configured to detect one or more segment type (STYP) values in the bitstream, determine that each of the one or more STYP values corresponds to a start of a respective one of the CMAF fragments, and process each of the CMAF fragments starting from the corresponding STYP value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: Thomas Stockhammer
  • Patent number: 11785290
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for processing media content. For example, a process can include using a scene description for to obtain media information and buffer information for a media object. The media information can identify an expected format for storing the media object in one or more output buffers of a media pipeline. The buffer information can include output buffer attributes. The process can include using the media information and the buffer information to initialize the media pipeline for the media object. The process can include obtaining the media object in a delivery format and generating one or more processed media objects. Each processed media object can be converted from the delivery format to the expected format for storing the processed media object in an output buffer. The process can include outputting the processed media object(s) to the output buffer(s) using the initialized media pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Imed Bouazizi, Thomas Stockhammer
  • Patent number: 11770432
    Abstract: A block-request streaming system provides for low-latency streaming of a media presentation. A plurality of media segments are generated according to an encoding protocol. Each media segment includes a random access point. A plurality of media fragments are encoded according to the same protocol. The media segments are aggregated from a plurality of media fragments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael G. Luby, Mark Watson, Lorenzo Vicisano, Payam Pakzad, Bin Wang, Thomas Stockhammer, Ying Chen
  • Publication number: 20230300860
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may obtain an indication of a uniform resource locator (URL) associated with user service access information for accessing a receive only mode (ROM) service. The UE may receive, based at least in part on the user service access information, a service announcement associated with the receive only mode service. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas STOCKHAMMER, Imed BOUAZIZI, Charles Nung LO, Alberto RICO ALVARINO, Amer CATOVIC, Miguel GRIOT, Ralph Akram GHOLMIEH
  • Patent number: 11765444
    Abstract: An example device for retrieving media data includes a memory configured to store media data; and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to: retrieve data of an addressable resource information (ARI) track of a media presentation, the data of the ARI track describing addressable resources and subsets of a switching set of the media presentation, the switching set comprising a plurality of media tracks including the addressable resources, the ARI track being a single index track of the media presentation, the addressable resources comprising retrievable media data; determine durations and sizes of the addressable resources from the data of the ARI track; determine one or more of the addressable resources to retrieve using the data of the ARI track including the durations and sizes of the addressable resources; retrieve the determined addressable resources; and store the retrieved addressable resources in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas Stockhammer, Imed Bouazizi
  • Publication number: 20230292226
    Abstract: Embodiments include methods and devices for media application function (AF) exposure functionality. Various aspects may include receiving an access configuration message for a service or application provider, the access configuration message including an indication of one or more event types and parameters, one or more exposure levels, and aggregation rules. Various embodiments may include an AF server subscribing other computing devices to event types and parameters for the service or application based on the exposure level of the other computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Imed BOUAZIZI, Charles Nung LO, Juan ZHANG, Thomas STOCKHAMMER
  • Publication number: 20230283863
    Abstract: An example device for retrieving media data includes one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to receive a manifest file including data indicating a number of segment chunks available for a segment of a representation of media data, the segment comprising an independently retrievable media file having a unique uniform resource locator (URL), determine an identifier for one of the chunks using the data indicating the number of chunks available for the segment, and send a request specifying the identifier for the one of the chunks to a server device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventor: Thomas Stockhammer
  • Publication number: 20230269286
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for wireless communication including an apparatus, e.g., a UE and/or one or more networks. In one aspect, the apparatus receives an MBMS video streaming service through broadcast from a first network. In addition, the apparatus determines a failure in association with the reception of the broadcasted MBMS video streaming service. Further, the apparatus receives, based on the determined failure of the broadcasted MBMS video streaming service, the MBMS video streaming service through unicast from a second network. In one configuration, the apparatus transmits information to the second network indicating that the MBMS video streaming service through broadcast from the first network has failed. In such a configuration, the MBMS video streaming service through unicast from the second network is received based on the transmitted information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Yiqing CAO, Thomas STOCKHAMMER, Zhimin DU, Yan LI, Jiangsheng WANG
  • Publication number: 20230262104
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for facilitating using a streaming manifest including a profile signal for content encoded based on a encapsulation format. An example method disclosed herein includes identifying structures associated with first media, wherein the first media is associated with a first streaming format. The example method also includes generating a streaming manifest for the first media, wherein the streaming manifest maps the structures associated with the first media to structures associated with a second streaming format, and including an indication with the streaming manifest, wherein the indication identifies the streaming profile used to map the structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventor: Thomas STOCKHAMMER
  • Publication number: 20230247488
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit an indication of one or more parameters for a split rendering configuration with a network node. The UE may receive an indication of acceptance of the one or more parameters for a split rendering session. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Imed BOUAZIZI, Liangping MA, Thomas STOCKHAMMER
  • Patent number: 11716749
    Abstract: Embodiments include methods performed by a processor of a mobile device for allocating resources to a plurality of mobile devices in communication with an Edge network. The processor may receive from the plurality of mobile devices one or more capabilities of each mobile device related to a computing task in which the plurality of mobile devices are participating. The processor may determine a fairness result for the plurality of computing devices based on the one or more capabilities of each mobile device and the computing task. The processor may allocate resources to each of the plurality of mobile devices based on the determined fairness result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alan Soloway, Edward Robert Hall, Thomas Stockhammer
  • Publication number: 20230239333
    Abstract: Embodiments include methods for supporting metrics collection and reporting for Fifth Generation (5G) Media Streaming in a 5G system (5GS) network. Various embodiments include systems and methods enabling a Media Session Handler running on a processor of a wireless device connected to a radio access network (RAN) of a 5GS network to receive a metrics configuration message from an application function (AF) server of the 5GS network via a M5 interface, wherein the metrics configuration message indicates one or more metrics measurement, collection and reporting requirements associated with a 5G Media Streaming service, and send a metrics report associated with the media session to the AF server via the M5 interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Charles Nung LO, Thomas STOCKHAMMER, Juan ZHANG, Imed BOUAZIZI
  • Publication number: 20230231788
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A wireless communications entity, such as a user equipment (UE), a base station, a network core, or an application server, may identify a round-trip time (RTT) latency requirement that may pertain to a round-trip latency in wireless communications between the UE and the base station. The wireless communications entity may identify a one one-way directional delay budget that satisfies the RTT latency requirement for an application of an application server. The application server may be in communication with the UE via the base station. The wireless communications entity may modify a value of the one-way directional delay budget and transmit a message that is associated with the modified value of the one one-way directional delay budget.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Prashanth Haridas Hande, Nikolai Konrad Leung, Peerapol Tinnakornsrisuphap, Dario Serafino Tonesi, Sebastian Speicher, Thomas Stockhammer, Mickael Mondet, Yih-Hao Lin, Ravi Agarwal, Simone Merlin
  • Patent number: 11706460
    Abstract: A device for processing video data can be configured to receive a configuration record for decoding a bitstream of the video data, wherein the configuration record for the bitstream includes a toolset indication syntax element that includes information identifying, from a set of video decoding tools, tools that are required to decode the bitstream associated with the configuration record; based on the toolset indication syntax element, determine whether to retrieve the bitstream associated with the configuration record; and based on the determination to retrieve the bitstream associated with the configuration record, retrieve the bitstream and outputting the bitstream to a video decoder for decoding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas Stockhammer, Imed Bouazizi, Dmytro Rusanovskyy
  • Patent number: 11706502
    Abstract: An example device for processing media data is configured to parse a bitstream including the media data, the bitstream being formatted according to Common Media Application Format (CMAF), detect, during the parsing, a file type (FTYP) value for a CMAF track file of the bitstream, determine that a CMAF header of the CMAF track file starts with the FTYP value, and process one or more CMAF fragments following the CMAF header of the CMAF track file. The device may additionally be configured to detect one or more segment type (STYP) values in the bitstream, determine that each of the one or more STYP values corresponds to a start of a respective one of the CMAF fragments, and process each of the CMAF fragments starting from the corresponding STYP value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Thomas Stockhammer
  • Publication number: 20230224535
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are described for processing media content, such as samples of sparse media content whose sample durations can be unknown at the time of decoding the samples, include obtaining, at a current time instance, a current fragment comprising at least a current time component. From the current time component, a modified duration is obtained for at least one media sample, the modified duration indicating a time duration by which a presentation of a previous media sample of a previous fragment is to be extended or reduced in relation to the current time instance. The at least one media sample is presented for a time duration based on the modified duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas STOCKHAMMER, Waqar ZIA
  • Publication number: 20230224532
    Abstract: An example device for retrieving media data includes a memory configured to store video data; a video decoder configured to decode the video data; and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to: determine that a media presentation includes first video data at a first spatial resolution and second video data at a second spatial resolution, the second spatial resolution being different than the first spatial resolution; receive a first portion of the first video data at the first spatial resolution for a first playback time; send the first portion of the first video data at the first spatial resolution to the video decoder; receive a second portion of the second video data at the second spatial resolution for a second playback time later than the first playback time; and send the second portion of the second video data at the second spatial resolution to the video decoder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Stockhammer, Imed Bouazizi
  • Publication number: 20230217472
    Abstract: Various embodiments may provide streaming service downlink network assistance and/or uplink network assistance mechanisms in a fifth generation (5G) system (5GS) network via an Application Function (AF) computing device in a 5GS. In some embodiments, a computing device and/or the AF computing device may inform the network about needs for capacity for downlink or uplink traffic. Various embodiments may include sending radio access network (RAN) capacity requests to a network computing device of the 5GS network including a 5G RAN. In some embodiments, the network computing device of the 5GS network may be a computing device that is not part of the 5G RAN. In some embodiments, capacity need messages may be sent directly from user equipment (UE) computing devices to computing devices of the 5G RAN. In some embodiments, capacity information of the RAN may be delivered to an AF computing device via an intermediate network function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Charles Nung LO, Imed BOUAZIZI, Nikolai Konrad LEUNG, Thomas STOCKHAMMER
  • Patent number: 11695817
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for facilitating using a streaming manifest including a profile signal for content encoded based on a encapsulation format. An example method disclosed herein includes identifying structures associated with first media, wherein the first media is associated with a first streaming format. The example method also includes generating a streaming manifest for the first media, wherein the streaming manifest maps the structures associated with the first media to structures associated with a second streaming format, and including an indication with the streaming manifest, wherein the indication identifies the streaming profile used to map the structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Thomas Stockhammer