Operative Control Therefor (epo) Patents (Class 348/E5.006)
  • Patent number: 10552827
    Abstract: Providing backup digital certificates comprises an application provider, such as a digital wallet system, that obtains signed digital certificates from a certificate authority. The digital wallet system provides an application, such as a digital wallet application, to a user computing devise along with a primary digital certificate and a backup digital certificate. The user computing device utilizes the primary digital certificate to ensure a secure connection with the digital wallet system. If the primary digital certificate is compromised, the digital wallet system may communicate the backup digital certificate to the digital wallet system when a subsequent secure connection is requested. The user computing device may access the backup digital certificate and verify the provided digital certificate. The digital wallet system provides a new backup digital certificate to the user computing device, and the user computing device deletes the compromised digital certificate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Denis M. Sheridan, Weimin Tsai, Neil Edward Bergman
  • Patent number: 10554404
    Abstract: An encryption method is provided that has a software model of a technical system, the model including software components is encrypted by a public key and a decryption structure, wherein the latter includes definitions of component groups of the software model. The decryption structure is integrated at least partially into the encrypted software model. Correspondingly, in a decryption method according to the invention, via a secret key that likewise comprises definitions of component groups, only the particular component groups are decrypted whose definitions the secret key includes in agreement with the definitions of the encrypted software model. The definitions of the secret key can be extended after the fact by a key extension, so that additional component groups can be decrypted with an extended secret key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: dSPACE digital signal processing and control engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Janek Jochheim, Karsten Kruegel, Johannes Bloemer, Gennadij Liske
  • Patent number: 10547901
    Abstract: To realize processing for switching a reproduction state from broadcast data to network data and resuming the reproduction of the original broadcast data. A browser (241) acquires, via a network, an XML-AIT having a content equivalent to a broadcast AIT defining a life cycle of a broadcast application while a VoD content is reproduced after being switched from the broadcast application. The browser (241) manages the broadcast application based on the XML-AIT and resumes the reception of the broadcast application after the reproduction of the VoD content is ended. With this structure, processing of separating two transport streams at the same time becomes unnecessary, and one demultiplexer (23) only needs to be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Dewa, Naohisa Kitazato, Katsunori Hashimoto, Masahito Mori
  • Patent number: 10521612
    Abstract: Provided is a process, including: obtaining, within a trusted computing environment, data comprising confidential values and non-confidential values; replacing, within the trusted computing environment, the confidential values with obfuscated identifiers; sending, from the trusted computing environment, into an untrusted computing environment, an obfuscated representation of the data; transforming, in the untrusted computing environment, the obfuscated representation of the data; sending, from the untrusted computing environment, the obfuscated transformed data into the trusted computing environment; and replacing, within the trusted computing environment, obfuscated identifiers in the obfuscated transformed data with confidential values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: CA, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Arad, Alex Haiut, Vitali Bykhovsky, Dor Atias, Guy Arye
  • Patent number: 10459878
    Abstract: A data conversion method performed by a computer, the method is configured to cause the computer to; when the computer receives a plurality of data, acquire first information and second information from a storage, the first information designating any data among the plurality of data, the second information designating a predetermined number of data, data formats of which are collectively converted among the plurality of data; acquire, based on the acquired first information and the acquired second information, the predetermined number of conversion target data from the received plurality of data; extract each pieces of specific information embedded in each of the acquired predetermined number of conversion target data; and convert the data format of each of the respective predetermined number of conversion target data by using the extracted predetermined number of pieces of the specific information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Takafumi Sakai
  • Patent number: 10452870
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide a targeted and secure software image or other data to a television receiver. The data item can be provided to the smart card through a television service provider distribution system in blocks of data that are small enough to be processed by the smart card. For each block of data, the smart card can decrypt the block of data with a global network key, generate a partial hash representing the block of data, update a full hash with the partial hash, encrypt the block of data with a dynamically generated item key, and transmit the encrypted block of data to the television receiver. Once complete, the smart card can security check the software image including an integrity check using the full hash. If the security check passes, the smart card can transmit the dynamically generated item key to the television receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: DISH Technologies LLC
    Inventor: William Michael Beals
  • Patent number: 10451874
    Abstract: An image display device includes a generating unit configured to generate an integrated image including first display regions where at least a part of a plurality of identification images for distinguishing a plurality of external devices connected to the image display device from one another are displayed as a list and a second display region where a display image, which is an image displayed by one external device selected out of the plurality of external devices, is displayed and an image display unit configured to cause a user of the image display device to visually recognize the integrated image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fusashi Kimura
  • Patent number: 10448066
    Abstract: A method and system for retrieving media data. The method comprises: receiving webpage data at an application running on a computing device; rendering a webpage based on the webpage data using a rendering engine native to the computing device; identifying a media element in the webpage, wherein the media element includes data identifying media data stored at a media server which is remote from the computing device; and replacing the media element in the webpage with a dummy element comprising code which, when executed, invokes a media handler provided by the application; retrieving, by the media handler, the media data from the media server; and providing the media data to a first media player component for playback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Krishna Prasad Puttagunta, John Nitish, Raghuveer Boinapalli, Venkat Krishna Mohan Dasyam, Jorge Alberto Parada Serrano, Kiran Kumar Sripada
  • Patent number: 10444715
    Abstract: Techniques are described for controlling attributes and/or settings related to operation of devices via a wireless network. An access device can determine a status of a configurable attribute/setting related to operation of a device (e.g., a home automation network device that can control a home appliance) connected to the network. The computing device can execute an application that can generate and display a graphical interface including an interactive area or an interactive element to control the device. The interactive element or the graphical interface can indicate a current value for the setting/attribute. The interactive area or element can be adjustable to adjust the setting/attribute. An adjusted value of the setting/attribute can be communicated to the network which can cause operation of the device to be controlled based on the adjusted value. The computing device can modify the graphical interface to indicate the adjusted value of the setting/attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Belkin International, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Robertsen Plummer, Ryan Yong Kim, Venkata Subba Rao Pathuri, Sarah Gallivan Mitchell, Matt Glidden, Douglas Edward McLaughlin
  • Patent number: 10439910
    Abstract: Method and systems for enabling low-latency streaming of segments over at least one network to a client are described wherein said client is configured to request and receive segments from at least one server on the basis of a manifest file. Said method comprises: collecting quality of service information experienced by said client in at least a part of said network and storing said quality of service information in a quality database in said network; sending at least part of said quality of service information to said content processing device; determining on the basis of said at least part of said quality of service information one or more configuration parameters for a buffer, preferably a play-out buffer; and/or, for a segment request function in said content processing device; and, configuring said buffer and/or, said segment request function in accordance with said configuration parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE KPN N.V.
    Inventors: Arian Koster, Dolf Schinkel, Ray Van Brandenburg, Emmanuel Thomas, Mattijs Oskar Van Deventer
  • Patent number: 10430729
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for specifying a legality expression for use in a system for processing the legality expression. The system and method include providing a legality expression language, including at least one of a duty element specifying an obligation that a principal must perform an act, a ban element specifying a prohibition that a principal must not perform an act, an intent element specifying an intention that a principal wants to perform an act, and a claim element specifying an assertion that a principal does perform an act. The system and method further include interpreting by the system a legality expression specified using the legality expression language.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: CONTENTGUARD HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventor: Xin Wang
  • Patent number: 10402555
    Abstract: Systems and methods for screening unauthorized devices are provided. More particularly, a challenge that includes a first set of data can be generated. The challenge can require a browser of a requesting device to perform a browser task with respect to the first set of data to generate a second set of data. The challenge can be provided to the requesting device and a response to the challenge can be received. The response can include the second set of data generated by the browser of the requesting device through performance of the browser task. It can be determined whether the browser of the requesting device is an authorized browser based, at least in part, on the second set of data. Whether or not the requesting device is authorized to access a resource can be based, at least in part, on whether the browser is an authorized browser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Haidong Shao, Hongshu Liao, Jiexing Gu, Jason Fedor, Aaron Malenfant, Ying Liu, Wei Liu
  • Patent number: 10373139
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including computer readable code that, when executed by a processor, is configured to receive, from a user network device, a first request to execute an application on the user network device. The first request includes a user identification, routing information, and requested application information, encrypted using a public key. The user network device is configured to display the application on a television display device. The code is further configured to decrypt the routing information and requested application information using a private key, send a second request for subscription information to a service provider, receive the subscription information from the service provider, and determine that a license corresponding to the application is associated with the user. The code is further configured to generate and send an application package configured to deploy the application using a Java Runtime Environment on the user network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernard A. Traversat, Mohamed M. Abdelaziz, Michael J. Duigou, Henry Jen, Brian Goetz
  • Patent number: 10365912
    Abstract: Transport information is to be used by an endpoint to obtain one or more packages comprised in a deployed release. The transport information is sent in a single message that identifies the deployed release and the one or more packages. The transport information may include allowed bearer settings and transport settings. Release parameters to be used by the endpoint in connection with the deployed release are determined and included in the single message. The message may include one of the packages as streamed inline content. The message may identify one of the packages via a network address of a file of that package. The message may identify one of the packages via an indication of where in local removable storage to find a file of that package, the local removable storage being local to the endpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
    Inventors: Spencer Leavitt George Quin, Thomas Owen Parry, Bradley Alfred Fach, Hashim Mohammad Qaderi
  • Patent number: 10361871
    Abstract: Improved document processing workflows provide a secure electronic signature framework by reducing attack vectors that could be used to gain unauthorized access to digital assets. In one embodiment an electronically signed document is removed from an electronic signature server after signed copies of the document are distributed to all signatories. The electronic signature server optionally retains an encrypted copy of the signed document, but does not retain the decryption password. This limits the amount of data retained by the electronic signature server, making it a less attractive target for hackers. However, the electronic signature server still maintains audit data that can be used to identify a signed document and validate an electronic signature. For example, a hash of the document (or other document metadata) can be used to validate the authenticity of an electronically signed document based on a logical association between an electronic signature and the signed document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Neha Saxena, Divij Kumar, Aditya Kumar Pandey
  • Patent number: 10348596
    Abstract: A data integrity monitor that implements a rules-based engine that applies rules to aggregated metrics generated by an analysis system to validate the integrity of the metrics. The rules may specify tolerances for particular metrics to help prevent false positives. An appropriate action or actions may be taken when a discrepancy is discovered. The data integrity monitor may perform the data integrity checks on copies of data accessed from a data store by consumers, which may reduce the number of accesses to the data store. The data integrity checks may be performed on copies of the accessed data “offline” by the data integrity monitor so that latency is not introduced into the consumers' accesses of the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Preston Alan Tamkin, Phillip Lloyd Dunham, Oleksiy Khudoliy
  • Patent number: 10339188
    Abstract: The present invention provides a question distribution method and a question distribution system for a Q & A platform, wherein the method comprises: obtaining a question entering into a Q & A platform; determining a user suitable for answering the question based on a question distribution model, and distributing the question to a third party platform where the user suitable for answering the question is located, wherein the question distributing model is established with user data collected from the third party platform interfaced with the Q & A platform; obtaining an answer to the question from the third party platform, and providing the answer to the question to a user posing the question.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shi Liu, Fan Yang, Guohong Li
  • Patent number: 10331736
    Abstract: Embodiments are described herein that include a method involving a computing system receiving a first message from a first playback device and a second message from a second playback device. The first message and the second message including first metadata and second metadata, respectively. The computing system determines that the first media item and the second media item are the same based on the received first metadata and the received second metadata, and in response, stores association data. The computing system receives an identification of one or more streaming services accessible by the third playback device which includes the first streaming service, and a media-item request including the second service media-item identifier used by the second streaming service. In response to receiving the media-item request, facilitating media streaming access to the first media item by the third playback device using the first streaming service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Beckhardt, Gregory Paul Ramsperger
  • Patent number: 10334300
    Abstract: A content presentation system in which a set of content items, which may include static stored content documents and/or live content streaming from computing devices, is provided by a web channel engine to a web channel. A rules engine (e.g., of a web channel server or a web channel presenter) is configured to sequentially present some of the contents to a user in a video form in an automated way, based on real-time sensor data of user devices and/or interactions of the users with the web channel, including users who are provided with permissions to edit the content, look and feel of the web channel, and users who watch the web channel without editing privileges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: CYNNY SPA
    Inventors: Stefano Bargagni, Roberto Marras
  • Patent number: 10296884
    Abstract: Embodiments are described herein that allow for personalized media playback at a discovered point-of-sale display. In one aspect, a method is provided that involves discovering a point-of-sale display by a portable computing device. The point-of-sale display comprises at least one media playback device. The method further involves receiving, over a wireless network by the portable computing device, a software application and a system identifier of the point-of-sale display. The system identifier to automatically configure the software application to control the at least one media playback device at the discovered point-of-sale display. The method further involves joining the software application on the portable computing device to the point-of-sale display using the system identifier. The method further involves sending from the portable computing device via the configured software application one or more commands to control the at least one media playback device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Lang, Deborah Dubois
  • Patent number: 10277925
    Abstract: A method for generating a first video stream representative of a mosaic of videos, referred to as a video mosaic, from a set of at least two second video streams each consisting of a video associated with header data and encoded video data representative of images. During the course of the method: the encoded video data of the second video streams are stored during the generation of the first video stream, a header associated with said video mosaic is generated, said header being representative of an assembly of the encoded video data from the second video streams, and comprising: first header data which are legacy header data from each of the videos of the set of second video streams, second header data which are generated separately from the header data of the second video streams. Associated computer program, storage media and terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Orange
    Inventors: Sylvain Kervadec, Stephane Davenet
  • Patent number: 10270860
    Abstract: The invention is directed to increasing interoperability between web-based applications and hardware functions of a mobile device. The invention includes a thick-client hardware compatibility wrapper (HCW), which renders web-based applications and manages communication between hardware functionality and the web-based application. Specifically, the HCW monitors the web-based application and identifies commands to the hardware components of the mobile device. These commands are interpreted by the HCW, which then uses native calls to perform the hardware-specific activities. The HCW is also capable of calling functions on a webpage within the web-based application in response to query commands to the web-based application or in response to hardware events from the hardware components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Douglas J. Hansknecht
  • Patent number: 10262047
    Abstract: An interactive vehicle information map system is disclosed in which, in various embodiments, geographical, geospatial, vehicle, and other types of data, geodata, objects, features, and/or metadata are efficiently presented to a user on an interactive map interface. In an embodiment, the user may search vehicle-related data via the interactive map by providing search criteria including, for example, information regarding a geographic area, a time period, a vehicle, a vehicle owner, and/or a license plate number, among other items. The map system may provide search results including a list of vehicles that match the search criteria, vehicle information, and/or points on the interactive map that indicate license-plate recognition read locations, among other information. In an embodiment, the user may view detailed information associated with particular vehicles including, for example, captured images, vehicle-owner data, event history, and the like. Further, the user may export data and/or create search alerts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Mitchell Beard, Michael Glazer, Robin Lim, Sina Iman, Mark Basoa, Tristan Huber, Paul Ryan, Youssef Moussaoui, Bonnie McLindon, Nick White, Alexander Vasilyev, Mark Lundquist
  • Patent number: 10261529
    Abstract: In one embodiment, graphical programming is used to configure a system of audio, video, lighting, HVAC and/or security components. Representations of audio, video, lighting, heating, HVAC and/or security components are displayed in a graphical user interface. Each representation corresponds to a physical component that is available for inclusion in the system. A zone map that represents one or more zones is displayed in the graphical user interface. A selected representation of an audio, video, lighting, heating, HVAC or security component is dragged and dropping to a selected zone of the zone map to indicate installation of a selected physical component in the corresponding room. One or more realized services that the system is capable of providing are determined based at least in part on the selected zone of the zone map. Thereafter, an output is provided based on the one or more realized services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Savant Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Michael C. Silva, Robert P. Madonna, Kevin C. Kicklighter, Bryan S. Bonczek, David M. Benvenuti, Arthur A. Jacobson, Nicholas Cipollo, Gerald W. Shields
  • Patent number: 10237278
    Abstract: In one implementation, a computer system maintains one or more permissions associated with a credential held by a first user, where at least one of the one or more of permissions is delegatable by the first user to one or more other users. The computer system receives an indication that the first user has chosen to delegate a particular permission from amongst the one or more permissions to a second user, wherein the particular permission is needed to perform a particular type of action. Based on the first user indicating a choice to delegate the particular permission to the second user, the computer system associates the delegation of the particular permission with the second user. Based on delegating the particular permission with the second user, the computer system enables the second user to perform the particular type of action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: MicroStrategy Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael J. Saylor, Hector Vazquez, Andrew T. Foy
  • Patent number: 10210346
    Abstract: System and method of producing a collection of possibilities that agree on information that must be disclosed (disclosable information) and disagree with a sufficient degree of diversity as defined by a policy to protect the sensitive information. A policy defines: what information is possible, what information the recipient would believe what information is sensitive (to protect), what information is disclosable (to share) and sufficiency conditions that specify the degree of ambiguity required to consider the sensitive information protected. A formalism is utilized that provably achieves these goals for a variety of structured datasets including tabular data such as spreadsheets or databases as well as annotated graphs. The formalism includes the ability to generate a certificate that proves a disclosure adheres to a policy. This certificate is produced either as part of the protection process or separately using an altered process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: SYBILSECURITY IP LLC
    Inventor: Uri Jacob Braun
  • Patent number: 10187794
    Abstract: A method of communication between a first node and a second node for a system where a plurality of different channels is provided between said first and second node. The method comprises the step of calculating an integrity output. The integrity output is calculated from a plurality of values, some of said values being the same for said different channels. At least one of said values is arranged to comprise information relating to the identity of said channel, each channel having a different identity. After the integrity output has been calculated, Information relating to the integrity output is transmitted from one of said nodes to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Jukka Vialen, Valtteri Niemi
  • Patent number: 10176478
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described that allow for determining a transaction initiation mode used to conduct a transaction and applying a specific set of rules associated with the transaction initiation mode to the transaction. A transaction authorization request message is received at a server computer. The transaction authorization message is for a transaction between a consumer and a merchant and includes a plurality of data elements. The server computer determines a transaction initiation mode, from among at least three different transaction initiation modes, used to conduct the transaction based at least in part on the data elements. The server computer applies a specific set of rules associated with the transaction initiation mode to the transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
    Inventors: Alfred William Griggs, Brian Byrne, Lori Van Deloo, John F. Sheets, Fred Liu, Kevin Weller, Andre Machicao, Luba Goldberg, Marc Batchan, Kevin Yuann
  • Patent number: 10166881
    Abstract: A charge-discharge controller includes a resetter for executing a SOC reset charging and a timing calculator for executing a timing calculation process that calculates an execution timing of the SOC reset charging by the resetter. The timing calculator calculates a profit reduction amount by an execution of the SOC reset charging for each of a plurality of time ranges, and sets the execution timing of the SOC reset charging in one or more time ranges to minimize the profit reduction amount, in consideration of an economy of charging of battery besides SOC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhuomin Zhou, Mitsuhiro Kanayama
  • Patent number: 10154298
    Abstract: A method of acquiring and accumulating data from a server via a network is provided. A request is transmitted for a plurality of items of data and includes at least one ingestion marker associated with the data. The at least one ingestion marker represents a last occurrence of when a change was made to the data. Data is received with a transfer protocol in response to the request. The data has at least one associated ingestion marker different than the at least one associated ingestion marker transmitted with the request. The received data and the at least one associated ingestion marker is stored in memory. The request is transmitted and the data is received and stored electronically by an electronic client device communicating with the server over the network. A system of acquiring and accumulating Electronic Program Guide (EPG) data from a web-server over a network is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Navneeth N. Kannan, Robert C. Booth, David F. Brumbaugh
  • Patent number: 10146950
    Abstract: Systems herein allow a content manager to share portions of a document with different groups of users. The system can parse the document into screen shots of each page along with an information bundle that describes how to format content on each page. When a user accesses a document, the system can send the user a permitted portion rather than the entire document. The permitted portion can include one or more screen bundle. The user device can execute an application that reads the information bundle and formats content for display on the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: AIRWATCH LLC
    Inventors: Arjun Kochhar, Lakshmikanth Raju, Manjunath Bhat, Marcos Mendez
  • Patent number: 10142683
    Abstract: A method for accessing protected multimedia includes receiving an encrypted fragment of the multimedia content and receiving a key for decrypting it, using the key to decrypt the fragment, thereby obtaining an unscrambled fragment, replacing original bits of the unscrambled fragment with different substituted bits to obtain a modified fragment, and reconstructing the modified fragment is reconstructed by replacing substituted bits of the extracted modified fragment with the original bits. The resulting reconstructed fragment is then decoded and the resulting decoded fragment is sent to a multimedia appliance to be enjoyed by a human viewer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: VIACCESS
    Inventor: Amine Dogui
  • Patent number: 10136096
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a method for playing a demo video on a television and a television so as to play the demo video on the television automatically. The method includes: detecting whether there is an external storage device connected with the television; searching an external storage device connected with the television for a demo video file with a preset file name and in a preset file format upon detection of the external storage device; and starting a player to read and play cyclically the demo video file stored in the external storage device when the demo video file is searched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignees: Hisense Electric Co., Ltd., Hisense USA Corporation
    Inventor: Yingsheng Qin
  • Patent number: 10129566
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are innovations in decoding compressed video media data. The disclosed innovations facilitate decoding operations with improved computational efficiency, faster speeds, reduced power, reduced memory usage, and/or reduced latency. In one embodiment, for example, an encoded bitstream of video media data is input from an external video content provider, the encoded bitstream being encoded according to a video codec standard. A decoder is then configured to decode the encoded bitstream based at least in part on supplemental information that identifies a property of the encoded bitstream but that is supplemental to the encoded bitstream (e.g., supplemental information that is not part of the encoded bitstream or its associated media container and that is specific (or related) to the application for which the bitstream is used and/or the standard by which the bitstream is encoded and/or encrypted).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Shyam Sadhwani, Yongjun Wu, Wenbo Zhang, Sudhakar V. Prabhu
  • Patent number: 10096007
    Abstract: Payment platforms such as point of sale terminals can send test transactions to an acquirer processor certification and analytics system for certification of the payment platform's readiness to perform financial transaction processing with payment networks. A payment platform sends a test transaction to an acquirer processor and receives a unique request identifier. The request identifier and a test identifier associated with the test transaction are sent to an analytics engine that retrieves data associated with the test transaction from the acquirer processor, and expected values based on the test identifier. The analytics engine performs a comparison and determines a certification result for the payment platform based on the comparison. Based on certification results, authorization or licenses can be granted to payment platforms to use payment networks of the acquirer processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Worldpay, LLC
    Inventors: Johan Mattias Nordlof, Douglas Michael Bay
  • Patent number: 10089696
    Abstract: Embodiments of techniques and systems for slowdown-budget-aware event information collection are described. In various embodiments, a system may be configured to control collection of information for events associated with execution of a program during execution of the program based on a slowdown cost budget. In various embodiments, the slowdown cost budget may be set in order to help keep slowdown experienced due to associated event information collection within a range around the budget. In embodiments, this may provide a user with greater control over the effects of the associated event information collection and instrumentation than would be available due to simple sampling rate control. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Ma, Paul M. Petersen
  • Patent number: 10078854
    Abstract: A cross-channel advertising campaign system is provided. The system comprises a memory, a processor, and an application. The application is stored in the memory, executable by the processor, and configured such that the cross-channel advertising campaign system receives advertising content designed for display in a first advertising channel, and further configured such that the advertising content is converted into a design for display in a second advertising channel. The conversion includes associating an address in the first advertising channel and an address in the second advertising channel with a single user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P.
    Inventor: Christa L. Minks-Brown
  • Patent number: 10057653
    Abstract: A program guide system in which an interactive television program guide is implemented at least partially on user television equipment receives program listings data and real-time data such as sports scores, news data, etc. The real-time data may be stored in a database maintained by the program guide, so that the program guide may access the stored real-time data at a later time. Updated program listings information may be provided to the program guide as part of the data stream in which the real-time data is provided. Unique keys may be generated for the program listings data and real-time data associated with each live event. The keys may be compared at the program guide to determine which program listings correspond to which items of real-time data. Different types of real-time data may be assigned different expiration times. When data has expired it may be removed from the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward B. Knudson, David M. Rudnick, Michael D. Ellis, Daniel C. Hagenbuch, Joel G. Hassell, Robert A. Knee, Steven J. Reynolds
  • Patent number: 10048936
    Abstract: System, method, and computer product embodiments for processing audio commands are described. A multimedia device receives a digitized audio sequence from a control device. The digitized audio sequence is associated with a display command for controlling a display device. Then, the digitized audio sequence is converted into an audio signature that corresponds to the digitized audio sequence. The multimedia device sends the audio signature to a platform server configured to use the audio signature to process the display command. After, the multimedia device receives content information from the platform server resulting from processing the display command. Then, the multimedia device causes the display device to provide media content related to the content information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Roku, Inc.
    Inventor: Frank Llewellyn Maker, III
  • Patent number: 10037414
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to enhanced user control for content protection solutions. An options component determines or infers a set of digital rights management solutions supported by a content source, and a data component determines or infers information associated with respective digital rights management solutions supported by the content source. The set of digital rights management solutions can further be supported by a client device. A prompt component provides a user a set of digital rights management options based at least in part on the set of digital rights management solutions supported by the content source and the information, and enables the user to select zero or more of the digital rights management options. The content source can enable access for a subset of associated content based at least in part on the selections of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventor: David Kimbal Dorwin
  • Patent number: 10037079
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for managing data being displayed on at least one monitor screen based on monitoring user's attention in relation to the monitor screen. In one embodiment, upon detecting that the user's attention is leaving at least a portion of a screen, the system may alert the user of such an event. Alternatively, the system could alert the user upon detecting a triggering condition while the user's attention is away from the at least a portion of the screen. The step of alerting the user may include modifying at least a portion of a display on a monitor not being viewed by the user. Additionally, the system may initiate preparation of a report including any data not being viewed by a user during the time period when the user is not viewing a portion of the monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian J. Buck
  • Patent number: 10015282
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for generating a bundle package, digitally signing the bundle package, selectively distributing the bundle package, and/or indexing one or more resource packages retrieved from the bundle package. That is, a bundle package (e.g., an application or game bundle package) comprises one or more app packages comprising application code configured to execute on various computing environments (e.g., operating systems, processors, etc.). The bundle package may comprise one or more resource packages comprising supplemental data used to provide optional user experience functionality for the application (e.g., French language support, high resolution textures, a gaming pad support, etc.). In this way, a client device may selectively download portions of the bundle package that may be relevant, which may mitigate download bandwidth, storage space, or resources otherwise used to obtain unnecessary portions of the bundle package (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Boyd, Jianye Lu
  • Patent number: 10006963
    Abstract: A testbench, including a verification environment, tests a device under test (DUT). A packet tracking module, which is verification environment agnostic, is configured to track packets in the verification environment. The packet tracking module maintains an associative data structure of packet identifiers that are indexed by a unique value, a counter for identifying the packets in the verification environment, and a set of routines for tracking the packets in the verification environment during different stages of the testing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Cavium, Inc.
    Inventors: Harish Krishnamoorthy, Nimalan Siva, Vadana Desai
  • Patent number: 10003839
    Abstract: Set top boxes (STBs) in a cable system are configured on a box-by-box basis to facilitate beta and trial testing of new or updated services. STBs are assigned to deployment groups identified by a deployment group identifier. Features configurations including hierarchies of features can be defined individually for different deployment groups. Configuration files for provisioning the STBs are provided by a cable system head end according to the deployment group the STB is assigned to. STBs can be configured at the time they boot and register with the system or in a “hot” manner to avoid rebooting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: CSC Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Richard Neill
  • Patent number: 9992024
    Abstract: According to an aspect of an embodiment, a method of establishing a chain of trust into a virtual machine on a hardware system is described. The method may include measuring an immutable portion of a virtual machine image configured to instantiate as the virtual machine to generate a trust anchor measurement. The method may also include storing the trust anchor measurement in a sealed memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhexuan Song, Maarten H. Wiggers, Ryusuke Masuoka
  • Patent number: 9986304
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a media content processor having a controller adapted to transmit to a web server one or more configurations of said media content processor. The web server can record said one or more configurations to perform one among re-provisioning of the media content processor after it experiences a loss of configuration information and provisioning of another media content processor. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Scott White, James Cansler
  • Patent number: 9978083
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided herein for determining a dynamic advertisement schedule. These methods and systems are provided by way of associating a first value with a selectable delay option on a playlist menu, and associating a second value with a selectable skip option on the playlist menu. Each time the selectable delay option is selected, the first value may be added to a composite value, and each time the selectable skip option is selected, the second value may be added to a composite value. The composite value may be compared to a threshold value, and when the composite value corresponds to the threshold value, an advertisement may be generated for display on a display screen and the composite value may be reset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Shane Losey, Maeve Kathleen Sullivan
  • Patent number: 9979983
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are innovations in decoding compressed video media data. The disclosed innovations facilitate decoding operations with improved computational efficiency, faster speeds, reduced power, reduced memory usage, and/or reduced latency. In one embodiment, for example, an encoded bitstream of video media data is input from an external video content provider, the encoded bitstream being encoded according to a video codec standard. A decoder is then configured to decode the encoded bitstream based at least in part on supplemental information that identifies a property of the encoded bitstream but that is supplemental to the encoded bitstream (e.g., supplemental information that is not part of the encoded bitstream or its associated media container and that is specific (or related) to the application for which the bitstream is used and/or the standard by which the bitstream is encoded and/or encrypted).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Shyam Sadhwani, Yongjun Wu, Wenbo Zhang, Sudhakar V. Prabhu
  • Patent number: 9977878
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for accessing licensable items unique to a geographic area via a wireless device are provided. The method and apparatus may include obtaining access to licensable items available in a first location of the wireless device. The methods and apparatus may further include downloading a licensable item. The licensable item is associated with a license providing the wireless device with a right to distribute the licensable item. The methods and apparatus may also include leaving a virtual copy of the licensable item in a second location of the wireless device different from the first location using the right to distribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jason M. Hough, Kameron N. Kerger, Jonathan K. Kies, Giridhar D. Mandyam, Brian D. Vogelsang
  • Patent number: 9948976
    Abstract: A method and a system for providing remote set-top box access functions in an Internet browser extension based on advertisement metadata is disclosed. A meta-data tag associated with an advertisement embedded on a currently viewed web page is scanned. It is determined that the meta-data tag is related to entertainment content. A media manipulation action for the entertainment content is determined. A notification that the media manipulation action is available for the entertainment content is displayed. Controls to store the media manipulation action on a user account are provided, and the manipulation action is stored to the user account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Scott White, James Cansler, Charles V. Scott