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).

  • 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
  • Publication number: 20230188946
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally, a base station may transmit system information indicating multiple multicast-broadcast network areas, and may further provide configuration information for each multicast-broadcast network area indicating a location of multicast scheduling information (MSI). The MSI may include an indication of frequency resources on which to receive broadcast or multicast services. The MSI may indicate specific services for an multicast-broadcast network area that are provided via the different frequency resources (for example, different cells, carriers, channels, among other examples). In some examples, the base station may schedule broadcast or multicast services across frequency resources via semi-persistent scheduling. The MSI may indicate a redundancy version configuration (for example, time and frequency patterns for combined redundancy version broadcast transmissions).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Ayan Sengupta, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Le Liu, Kazuki Takeda, Peter Gaal, Thomas Stockhammer, Javier Rodriguez Fernandez
  • Patent number: 11665219
    Abstract: In one example, a device for retrieving media data includes a memory configured to store media data, and a processor implemented in circuitry and configured to: process a descriptor of a manifest file of media content including the media data, the descriptor corresponding to an adaptation set of the media content and including data representative of a box of file level information that describes a property of a track of a media file of the media content including media data of the adaptation set, determine whether to retrieve the media data of the adaptation set according to the data representative of the file level information, and in response to determining to retrieve the media data, send a request to retrieve the media data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas Stockhammer, Ye-Kui Wang
  • Publication number: 20230132963
    Abstract: In embodiments of systems and methods for managing end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS) in a communication path spanning a first communication network and a second communication network may include determining by a network element of the first communication network an end-to-end QoS requirement for communicating packets from a packet source to a packet destination via the communication path, determining by the network element a QoS provided by the second communication network within the communication path, and configuring the first communication network to provide sufficient QoS to support the end-to-end QoS requirement based on the QoS provided by the second communication network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Liangping MA, Prashanth Haridas HANDE, Nikolai Konrad LEUNG, Thomas STOCKHAMMER, Imed BOUAZIZI, Alberto RICO ALVARINO
  • Publication number: 20230137968
    Abstract: Various embodiments may include methods and systems for improving Quality of Service (QoS) in an end-to-end network connection including a first communication network and a second communication network. A method may include determining, by a network element within the end-to-end network connection, a QoS requirement of the end-to-end network connection, obtaining, by the network element, QoS information of the second communication network from a reporting entity within the second communication network, and adjusting, by the network element, a QoS parameter of the first communication network based on the determined QoS requirement and the obtained QoS information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas STOCKHAMMER, Liangping MA, Nikolai Konrad LEUNG, Imed BOUAZIZI
  • Publication number: 20230130014
    Abstract: A device for retrieving media includes a memory configured to store media data of a media presentation; and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to: retrieve a manifest file for a media presentation indicating that container parsing of media data of a bitstream can be started at a resync point of a segment of a representation of the media presentation, the resync point being at a position other than a start of the segment and representing a point at which the container parsing of the media data of the bitstream can be started; use the manifest file to form a request to retrieve the media data of the representation starting at the resync point; send the request to initiate retrieval of the media data of the media presentation starting at the resync point; and present the retrieved media data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Stockhammer, Imed Bouazizi, Waqar Zia
  • Patent number: 11638259
    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: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Charles Nung Lo, Imed Bouazizi, Nikolai Konrad Leung, Thomas Stockhammer
  • Patent number: 11638062
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Thomas Stockhammer, Waqar Zia
  • Publication number: 20230116112
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the subject matter described in this disclosure can be implemented in a method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE). The method generally includes receiving a public warning system (PWS) message, wherein the PWS message includes information associated with at least one program provided via a multimedia service, and retrieving the at least one program via the multimedia service based on the information indicated in the PWS message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Zhimin DU, Yiqing CAO, Yan LI, Thomas STOCKHAMMER, Lenaig Genevieve CHAPONNIERE
  • Patent number: 11625806
    Abstract: Aspects presented herein relate to methods and apparatus for graphics processing. Aspects presented herein can determine at least one split API for a user device and a server. Further, aspects presented herein can establish a communication interface between the user device and the server based on the split API. Additionally, aspects presented herein can communicate between the user device and the server based on the communication interface and the split API. Some aspects presented herein can implement the at least one split API on at least one of the user device or the server. Aspects presented herein can also divide at least one application workload between the user device and the server based on the at least one split API. Moreover, aspects presented herein can encode or decode application information at the user device or the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Vinay Melkote Krishnaprasad, Ajit Venkat Rao, Thomas Stockhammer
  • Publication number: 20230108115
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for computer processing. Aspects of the present disclosure can determine at least one of a quality, latency, or capacity of a communication link for communication between a client device and a server. Aspects of the present disclosure can also determine a computational load for an application computation between the client device and the server. Moreover, aspects of the present disclosure can adjust a computational distribution for the application computation between the client device and the server based on at least one of the computational load for the application computation or the at least one of the quality, latency, or capacity of the communication link. Aspects of the present disclosure can also determine a computational capacity of at least one of the client device or the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Bojan VRCELJ, Prashanth Haridas HANDE, Vinay MELKOTE KRISHNAPRASAD, Ajit Venkat RAO, Thomas STOCKHAMMER
  • Patent number: 11617019
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Thomas Stockhammer
  • Publication number: 20230064154
    Abstract: A client device (e.g., user equipment or “UE”) may be configured to engage in a media communication session, such as a WebRTC session, with another client device. The client devices may separate a quality of service (QoS) specification from a QoS flow definition, to allow for separate interactive connectivity establishment (ICE) negotiation. The QoS specification may cover all segments of a connection for the media communication session. For example, QoS may be requested for a case where a server (e.g., a Traversal Using Relay Network Address Translation (TURN) server) is hosted by a mobile network operator (MNO). The QoS specification and the QoS flow description may be linked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Imed Bouazizi, Thomas Stockhammer, Nikolai Konrad Leung
  • Publication number: 20230050764
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication that a 5G media streaming (5GMS) service is partially available over a 5G multicast/broadcast service (5MBS). The UE may receive information that indicates a first set of resources of the 5GMS service that are accessible or delivered via 5G unicast, and a second set of resources of the 5GMS service that are accessible or delivered via 5MBS, wherein the second set of resources are hosted on a server of the UE. The UE may receive or transmit data associated with the 5GMS service. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas STOCKHAMMER, Imed BOUAZIZI, Charles Nung LO, Ralph Akram GHOLMIEH, Miguel GRIOT
  • Publication number: 20230052505
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a network entity, a multicast-broadcast user service description message. The UE may communicate, using a multicast-broadcast service (MBS) transport function (MBSTF) client, with an MBS entity of the network entity, in accordance with information included in the user service description message, wherein the MBS entity is split into a multicast delivery function and a unicast application server. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas STOCKHAMMER, Imed BOUAZIZI, Charles Nung LO, Miguel GRIOT, Ralph Akram GHOLMIEH
  • Patent number: 11582125
    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: receive data indicating a packet loss signaling mechanism, the packet loss signaling mechanism comprising at least one of that segments are sent in chunks, that transport object identifiers (TOIs) are sequential, or that a last packet of an object assigned to a TOI has a specific flag set in a header of the last packet, a base URL, a maximum latency, or a synchronization point in a file delivery header; detect loss of a packet using the at least one of the packet loss signaling mechanisms, the lost packet including missing media data; generate a byte range request for the missing media data using information of the file delivery header; and deliver a proper media object to a media application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Thomas Stockhammer, Waqar Zia, Imed Bouazizi
  • Patent number: 11564018
    Abstract: A device for retrieving media includes a memory configured to store media data of a media presentation; and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to: retrieve a manifest file for a media presentation indicating that container parsing of media data of a bitstream can be started at a resync point of a segment of a representation of the media presentation, the resync point being at a position other than a start of the segment and representing a point at which the container parsing of the media data of the bitstream can be started; use the manifest file to form a request to retrieve the media data of the representation starting at the resync point; send the request to initiate retrieval of the media data of the media presentation starting at the resync point; and present the retrieved media data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Thomas Stockhammer, Imed Bouazizi, Waqar Zia
  • Publication number: 20220407899
    Abstract: An example first client device for transmitting augmented reality (AR) media data includes a memory configured to store media data including voice data and augmented reality (AR) data; and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to: participate in a voice call session with a second client device; receive data indicating that an AR session is to be initiated in addition to the voice call session from the second client device; receive data to initiate the AR session; and participate in the AR session with the second client device using the data to initiate the AR session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Imed Bouazizi, Thomas Stockhammer, Nikolai Konrad Leung, Carlos Marcelo Dias Pazos, Liangping Ma
  • Publication number: 20220369000
    Abstract: An example device for processing extended reality (XR) data includes a processors configured to: parse entry point data of an XR scene to extract information about one or more required virtual objects for the XR scene, the required virtual objects including a number of dynamic virtual objects equal to or greater than one, each of the dynamic virtual objects including at least one dynamic media component for which media data is to be retrieved; initialize a number of streaming sessions equal to or greater than the number of dynamic virtual objects using the entry point data; configure quality of service (QoS) and charging information for the streaming sessions; retrieve media data for the dynamic virtual objects via the streaming sessions; and send the retrieved media data to a rendering unit to render the XR scene to include the retrieved media data at corresponding locations within the XR scene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Imed Bouazizi, Thomas Stockhammer, Nikolai Konrad Leung