Patents by Inventor Yasser F. Syed
Yasser F. Syed 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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Publication number: 20240064087Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to management of information streams. The information streams can be delivered according to adaptive streaming mechanisms. In one aspect, a method of data stream management can comprise receiving a plurality of data streams having a specific bit rate and a segmentation signaling structure, comprising at least one segmentation signaling marker. The method may also comprise monitoring the segmentation signaling structure of at least one data stream and supplying, based on the monitoring, a metric indicative of compliance with a predetermined segmentation signaling structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Yasser F. Syed, Paul David Egenhofer, Shawn Andrew Kercher, Donald Dean Dischner
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Patent number: 11848938Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments, aspects of the disclosure provide efficient, effective, and convenient ways of uploading and authenticating content. In particular, a user device may receive validating information from a wireless networking device. The user or client device may record a content item, and may insert a validation tag based on the validating information. The user or client device may then send the content item to the wireless networking device. The wireless networking device may receive the content item at a first location and may determine the validity of the content item based on the validating information. The user device may continually interact with wireless networking devices as it travels to continually upload content items while establishing the validity of the time and location of the content items.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Joseph Badro, Yasser F. Syed, Donald J. Wester
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Patent number: 11830147Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for stabilizing an object in an augmented reality scene by spatially registering the virtual object to one or more physical objects or virtual objects within the augmented reality scene.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventor: Yasser F. Syed
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Patent number: 11818374Abstract: Systems and methods of adaptive streaming are discussed. Transcoded copies of a source stream may be aligned with one another such that the independently specified portions of each transcoded stream occur at the same locations within the content. These transcoded copies may be produced by one or more transcoders, whose outputs are synchronized by a delay adjuster. A fragmenter may use the synchronized and aligned streams to efficiently produce fragments suitable for use in adaptive streaming.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Yasser F. Syed, Danial Holden
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Publication number: 20230353823Abstract: Methods and systems for packaging, transcoding, and fragmenting files (e.g., video content) are described. Video content may be transcoded into fix size, variable duration fragments files that satisfy a target fragment file size. Those fragment files may be received, decoded to recover original frames of the underlying video, and then repackaged as new fragment files that are grouped based on overall file size. As a result, the new fragments may have different playback durations, but their overall file sizes may be the same and/or within a target fragment file size (TFS).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Kevin L. Pikus, Ryan McMurray, Yasser F. Syed
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Patent number: 11805265Abstract: Methods and systems for providing content are described for receiving an encoding parameter associated with a first content transmission. The encoding parameter can indicate a level of complexity to encode the first content transmission. The method can comprise selecting, based on the encoding parameter, a second content transmission. The second content transmission can be encoded at a second bit rate that is different than a first bit rate of the first content transmission. The method can also comprise generating a third content transmission. The third content transmission can comprise the second content transmission.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Yasser F. Syed, Donald J. Wester
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Patent number: 11792103Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to management of information streams. The information streams can be delivered according to adaptive streaming mechanisms. In one aspect, a method of data stream management can comprise receiving a plurality of data streams having a specific bit rate and a segmentation signaling structure, comprising at least one segmentation signaling marker. The method may also comprise monitoring the segmentation signaling structure of at least one data stream and supplying, based on the monitoring, a metric indicative of compliance with a predetermined segmentation signaling structure.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2017Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Yasser F. Syed, Paul David Egenhofer, Shawn Andrew Kercher, Donald Dean Dischner
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Patent number: 11743535Abstract: Methods and systems for packaging, transcoding, and fragmenting files (e.g., video content are described. Video content may be transcoded into fix size, variable duration fragments files that satisfy a target fragment file size. Those fragment files may be received, decoded to recover original frames of the underlying video, and then repackaged as new fragment files that are grouped based on overall file size. As a result, the new fragments may have different playback durations, but their overall file sizes may be the same and/or within a target fragment file size (TFS).Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Kevin L. Pikus, Ryan McMurray, Yasser F. Syed
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Patent number: 11722711Abstract: A method of data conditioning is disclosed that in one aspect includes receiving a data stream and encoding into the data stream information representing a boundary of a content fragment, wherein the boundary is independent of a group of pictures structure of the data stream.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2019Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Yasser F. Syed, Paul D. Egenhofer
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Publication number: 20230224475Abstract: When a temporally compressed video stream is decoded and subsequently re-encoded, quality is typically lost. The quality loss may be mitigated using information about how the source video stream was encoded during the re-encoding process. According to some aspects of the disclosure, this mitigation of quality loss can be facilitated by decoders that output such information and encoders that receive such information. These decoders and encoders may be separate devices. The functionality of these decoders and encoders may also be combined in a single device, such as a transcoding device. An example of the information that may be used during re-encoding is whether each portion of the original stream was intra-coded or non-intra-coded.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2022Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventor: Yasser F. Syed
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Patent number: 11611760Abstract: When a temporally compressed video stream is decoded and subsequently re-encoded, quality is typically lost. The quality loss may be mitigated using information about how the source video stream was encoded during the re-encoding process. According to some aspects of the disclosure, this mitigation of quality loss can be facilitated by decoders that output such information and encoders that receive such information. These decoders and encoders may be separate devices. The functionality of these decoders and encoders may also be combined in a single device, such as a transcoding device. An example of the information that may be used during re-encoding is whether each portion of the original stream was intra-coded or non-intra-coded.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventor: Yasser F. Syed
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Publication number: 20230035103Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments, aspects of the disclosure provide efficient, effective, and convenient ways of uploading and authenticating content. In particular, a user device may receive validating information from a wireless networking device. The user or client device may record a content item, and may insert a validation tag based on the validating information. The user or client device may then send the content item to the wireless networking device. The wireless networking device may receive the content item at a first location and may determine the validity of the content item based on the validating information. The user device may continually interact with wireless networking devices as it travels to continually upload content items while establishing the validity of the time and location of the content items.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Joseph Badro, Yasser F. Syed, Donald J. Wester
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Publication number: 20230035998Abstract: A method of data conditioning is disclosed that in one aspect includes receiving a data stream and encoding into the data stream information representing a boundary of a content fragment, wherein the boundary is independent of a group of pictures structure of the data stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Yasser F. SYED, Paul D. Egenhofer
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Publication number: 20230019708Abstract: Methods and systems for providing content are disclosed. An example method can comprise receiving an encoding parameter associated with a first content transmission. The encoding parameter can indicate a level of complexity to encode the first content transmission. The method can comprise selecting, based on the encoding parameter, a second content transmission. The second content transmission can be encoded at a second bit rate that is different than a first bit rate of the first content transmission. The method can also comprise generating a third content transmission. The third content transmission can comprise the second content transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Yasser F. Syed, Donald J. Wester
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Patent number: 11539963Abstract: When a temporally compressed video stream is decoded and subsequently re-encoded, quality is typically lost. The quality loss may be mitigated using information about how the source video stream was encoded during the re-encoding process. According to some aspects of the disclosure, this mitigation of quality loss can be facilitated by decoders that output such information and encoders that receive such information. These decoders and encoders may be separate devices. The functionality of these decoders and encoders may also be combined in a single device, such as a transcoding device. An example of the information that may be used during re-encoding is whether each portion of the original stream was intra-coded or non-intra-coded.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventor: Yasser F. Syed
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Publication number: 20220394329Abstract: Methods and systems for packaging, transcoding, and fragmenting files (e.g., video content are described. Video content may be transcoded into fix size, variable duration fragments files that satisfy a target fragment file size. Those fragment files may be received, decoded to recover original frames of the underlying video, and then repackaged as new fragment files that are grouped based on overall file size. As a result, the new fragments may have different playback durations, but their overall file sizes may be the same and/or within a target fragment file size (TFS).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: Kevin L. Pikus, Ryan McMurray, Yasser F. Syed
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Patent number: 11503040Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments, aspects of the disclosure provide efficient, effective, and convenient ways of uploading and authenticating content. In particular, a user device may receive validating information from a wireless networking device. The user or client device may record a content item, and may insert a validation tag based on the validating information. The user or client device may then send the content item to the wireless networking device. The wireless networking device may receive the content item at a first location and may determine the validity of the content item based on the validating information. The user device may continually interact with wireless networking devices as it travels to continually upload content items while establishing the validity of the time and location of the content items.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Joseph Badro, Yasser F. Syed, Donald J. Wester
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Patent number: 11451806Abstract: An example method can comprise receiving an encoding parameter associated with a first content transmission. The encoding parameter can indicate a level of complexity to encode the first content transmission. The method can comprise selecting, based on the encoding parameter, a second content transmission. The second content transmission can be encoded at a second bit rate that is different than a first bit rate of the first content transmission. The method can also comprise generating a third content transmission. The third content transmission can comprise the second content transmission.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Yasser F. Syed, Donald J. Wester
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Patent number: 11432038Abstract: Methods and systems for packaging, transcoding, and fragmenting files (e.g., video content are described. Video content may be transcoded into fix size, variable duration fragments files that satisfy a target fragment file size. Those fragment files may be received, decoded to recover original frames of the underlying video, and then repackaged as new fragment files that are grouped based on overall file size. As a result, the new fragments may have different playback durations, but their overall file sizes may be the same and/or within a target fragment file size (TFS).Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Kevin L. Pikus, Ryan McMurray, Yasser F. Syed
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Publication number: 20220167027Abstract: Methods, systems, and computing devices are described herein for request and transmission, to a computing device, of media content based on the importance of a portion of the media content. Media content may comprise baseline media content and enhancement data. Based on determining that an importance of a portion of the media content meets a threshold, the computing device may receive the enhancement data. The computing device may receive the enhancement data via a separate interface than the baseline media content. Information about baseline media content, enhancement data, and the importance of a portion of the media content may be contained in a manifest. The threshold for importance may be based on the media content, the enhancement data, an interface to be used, and/or user preferences.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2022Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventors: Yasser F. Syed, Patrick Ladd, Derik Yarnell