Additional Data Controlling Recording Or Playback Operation Patents (Class 386/248)
- Having code table (e.g., CGMS, etc.) (Class 386/253)
- Degrade/modify part of the video signal levels (e.g., back or front porch color burst, etc.) (Class 386/254)
- With spread spectrum (e.g., PN sequence, etc.) (Class 386/256)
- Diverse video copy protection (Class 386/257)
- Video scrambler (Class 386/258)
- Video encryption (Class 386/259)
- Video watermarking (Class 386/260)
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Patent number: 10860864Abstract: According to one configuration, an example surveillance system includes a sensor device, analyzer hardware, and processing hardware. During operation, the sensor device scans a monitored location and generates scan data. In one embodiment, the scan data (such as distance-based data) indicates (defines) surface textures of one or more objects present at the monitored location (such as a location of interest) based on distance measurements. The analyzer hardware analyzes the scan data and change in surface textures. The controller hardware: i) generates a communication based on the detected surface textures, and ii) transmits the communication to a remote station.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLCInventor: Karim Ghessassi
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Patent number: 10862936Abstract: Improved techniques for interacting with media content so as to provide a unified experience of media content across different client devices in a client-server environment are disclosed. Media content may be displayed on first display of a first client device. Using a server computer, a status of the media content may be communicated from the first client device to a second client device. The media content may be displayed on a second display of the second client device, in accordance with the status of the media content from the first client device.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Alejandro A. Rodriguez, Garrick McFarlane, Raymond Neil Walsh, II, Charles J. Pisula, David K. Heller, Thomas Alsina
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Patent number: 10848666Abstract: An image capturing device includes a setting unit configured to set, based on a type of metadata to be added to a captured image, a generation frequency of the metadata, and a control unit configured to perform control to generate the metadata at the generation frequency set by the setting unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Naoka Maruhashi
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Patent number: 10841630Abstract: A computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes: splitting a video stream into a plurality of sub-streams, and encoding each of the sub-streams. A packet is also transmitted to a receiver, where the packet includes a number of the encoded sub-streams. Moreover, the number of the encoded sub-streams that are included in the packet transmitted to the receiver corresponds to a quality of service associated with a service cost incurred by the receiver. Other systems, methods, and computer program products are described in additional embodiments.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2020Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Amir Asif, Alicia E. Chin, Yonggang Hu, Zhenhua Hu, Vida Movahedi
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Patent number: 10839224Abstract: A method detects sports highlights for an event involving players and a play object. The method calculates a covariance matrix characterizing a two-dimensional variation of a multivariate probability distribution presumed for the players relative to a spatiotemporal tracking dataset corresponding to the players. The method calculates an area S occupied by the distribution as a function S(t) based on Eigenvalues calculated from the covariance matrix, derives a differential of the function S(t) and obtains an absolute value of the differential using a function ƒ(t). The method defines a function g(t) relative to a threshold tthreshold. The function g(t) assigns a first or second value responsive to a current time t meeting or exceeding, respectively, the threshold tthreshold. The method outputs as the sports highlight, a highest value from among local peaks extracted from a convolution of the functions ƒ(t) and g(t) and being within a range of the threshold tthreshold.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Kun Zhao, Tetsuro Morimura, Takayuki Osogami
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Patent number: 10817234Abstract: Displaying a preview image is improved. An image processing device that displays on a display a preview image of printing a print job has a controller configured that acquires the printing order of multiple image layers included in the print job, generates a preview image overlaying the multiple image layers according to the acquired printing order, and displays the generated preview image on the display. The controller displays on the display an input field for receiving an instruction specifying the printing order of the multiple image layers, and acquires the printing order by receiving the instruction through the input field.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Yasutake Miyasaka
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Patent number: 10820057Abstract: A communication method between a source device and a target device utilizes speculative connection setup between the source device and the target device, target-device-side packet ordering, and fine-grained ordering to remove packet dependencies.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: NVIDIA Corp.Inventors: Hans Eberle, Larry Robert Dennison
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Patent number: 10789988Abstract: At least one video stream that is encoded video information, and a management information file indicating attributes relating to the entire recording medium, are recorded in a recording medium. The management information file includes attribute information indicating whether the dynamic range of luminance of an initial video stream, which is played first out of the at least one video stream when the recording medium is inserted into a playback device, is a first dynamic range, or a second dynamic range that is broader than the first dynamic range.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2017Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Hiroshi Yahata, Tadamasa Toma
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Patent number: 10762929Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire display information relevant to displaying a list of content items recorded to a recording medium, and a recording unit configured to collectively record the display information in a single file.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2012Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Motoki Kato
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Patent number: 10757358Abstract: There is provided a photographing device having two output interfaces that respectively used to output a first image frame and a second image frame. The first image frame is provided to a processor of the photographing device to perform the feature extraction and tag the second image frame accordingly. The tagged second image frame is for the image recording of an external back end.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2019Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignees: PRIMESENSOR TECHNOLOGY INC., PIXART IMAGING INC.Inventors: Chih-Huan Wu, Wen-Cheng Yen
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Patent number: 10754823Abstract: In some embodiments, responsive to a user modifying a content of the file at a first client device (associated with the user), a server system may automatically receive a copy of the file from the first client device, where the file copy may be an updated version of the file that is generated from the user modifying the content of the file. After receiving metadata associated with the updated version of the file from the first client device, the server system may automatically transfer the metadata to a second client device associated with the user such that, before the file copy is transferred to the second client device, the transfer of the metadata to the second client device causes a graphical availability indication of the updated version of the file to be presented (e.g., proximate a file icon representing the file) at the second client device based on the metadata.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: TOPIA TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventor: Michael R. Manzano
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Patent number: 10733020Abstract: According to examples, an apparatus may include a processor and a memory on which is stored machine readable instructions that are to cause the processor to receive an allocation request from an allocator client, determine a resource allocation for the received job allocation request, store a record of the determined resource allocation in a records store, and send the determined resource allocation to the allocator client, in which an acknowledgement to the sent determined resource allocation is to be received from the allocator client. The instructions may also cause the processor to manage a state of the determined resource allocation using the record stored in the records store based on whether the acknowledgement is received from the allocator client.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Ajay Mani, Esaias E. Greeff, David A. Dion, Shailesh P. Joshi
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Patent number: 10692537Abstract: A method to author music. The method includes generating, based on a collection of media clips stored on a device, an audio component for an audio/video (A/V) presentation, determining a plurality of locations within the audio component where a beat, onset, segment boundary, or stinger occurs within the audio component, selecting a particular location in the plurality of locations as a transition location, generating, based the collection of media clips and the transition location within the audio component, a video component for the A/V presentation, and generating the A/V presentation based on the audio component and the video component.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Aaron M. Eppolito, Conner Stuart Richardson, Wendy L. DeVore
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Patent number: 10679663Abstract: A recording medium includes a video stream of a standard-luminance range and a video stream of high-luminance range, which are used selectively in accordance with a playback environment. The recording medium also includes a subtitle stream of the standard-luminance range and a subtitle stream of the high-luminance range, which are used selectively in accordance with the playback environment. A playlist file includes a management region where playback control information relating to a main stream is stored, and includes an extended region. The management region stores first playback control information specifying playing of the video stream of the high-luminance range and the subtitle stream of the high-luminance range in combination. The extended region stores second playback control information specifying playing of the video stream of the standard-luminance range and the subtitle stream of the standard-luminance range in combination.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Hiroshi Yahata, Tadamasa Toma
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Patent number: 10679664Abstract: A recording medium includes a video stream of a standard-luminance range and a video stream of high-luminance range, which are used selectively in accordance with a playback environment. The recording medium also includes a subtitle stream of the standard-luminance range and a subtitle stream of the high-luminance range, which are used selectively in accordance with the playback environment. A playlist file includes a management region where playback control information relating to a main stream is stored, and includes an extended region. The management region stores first playback control information specifying playing of the video stream of the high-luminance range and the subtitle stream of the high-luminance range in combination. The extended region stores second playback control information specifying playing of the video stream of the standard-luminance range and the subtitle stream of the standard-luminance range in combination.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Hiroshi Yahata, Tadamasa Toma
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Patent number: 10673417Abstract: Spectrally-efficient digital logic (SEDL) techniques implement spectrally-efficient pulses (e.g., Gaussian-shaped pulses) in lieu of conventional square waveforms to improve electromagnetic, radio frequency, and other unwanted emissions. The SEDL techniques can be used for combinatorial or sequential logic elements and circuits. A SEDL circuit includes a multiplier circuit configured to receive a clock signal and provide a product of the input signal and a clock signal, an integrator circuit to integrate the product signal over a first portion of a clock period to determine the logic state of the input signal, a limit circuit configured to apply limits to a state result provided to the integrator circuit, and a pulse generator configured to receive the logic state from the limit circuit and provide and output signal having a Gaussian-shaped output pulse that represents that logic value corresponding to the logic value of the input signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2018Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventor: Robert J. Murphy
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Patent number: 10638085Abstract: The present technology relates to a reproduction device, a reproduction method, and a recording medium that enable content having a wide dynamic range of brightness to be displayed with an appropriate brightness. A recording medium, on which the reproduction device of one aspect of the present technology performs reproduction, records coded data of an extended video that is a video having a second brightness range that is wider than a first brightness range, brightness characteristic information that represents a brightness characteristic of the extended video, and brightness conversion definition information used when performing a brightness conversion of the extended video to a standard video that is a video having the first brightness range. The reproduction device decodes the coded data and converts the extended video obtained by decoding the coded data to the standard video on the basis of the brightness conversion definition information.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventors: Kazuo Yamamoto, Toshiya Hamada, Kuniaki Takahashi, Shinobu Hattori
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Patent number: 10629240Abstract: A recorded data processing method includes: for each of N recorded data pairs each formed by two pieces of recorded data X that are adjacent to each other when N pieces of recorded data X each representing a recording target including at least one of audio and video are arranged cyclically, calculating a plurality of candidate values for a time difference between time signals representing temporal changes of the recording target in the two respective pieces of recorded data X of the recorded data pair; and identifying one of the plurality of candidate values in each of the N recorded data pairs as the time difference between the two pieces of recorded data in the recorded data pair such that a numerical value obtained by summing, over the N recorded data pairs, one of the plurality of candidate values calculated for each of the N recorded data pairs approaches zero.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventor: Yu Takahashi
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Patent number: 10608687Abstract: A radio device comprising: a transmitter that transmits a transmission voice; a receiver that receives a reception voice; a recorder that records the reception voice; a playback controller that performs rewind playback of a reception voice recorded in the recorder during the reception voice being received; and a transmit-receive controller that causes the transmitter to transmit the under playback signal to notify that it is during the rewind playback when it is detected that reception of the reception voice is completed during the rewind playback, and that causes the transmitter to transmit a playback end signal indicating that the rewind playback is finished when the rewind playback is finished.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaka Kuramochi, Rikiya Kasahara
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Patent number: 10601547Abstract: A transmitter for transmitting data to communications devices via a wireless access. The transmitter including modulator circuitry configured to receive modulation symbols of a segment and to rotate each modulation symbol by an angle dependent on a choice of modulation scheme, and receive each of the segments of rotated modulation symbols and for each segment to separate real and imaginary components of the rotated modulation symbols for the segment and to interleave the real components of the rotated modulation symbols of the segment differently to the imaginary components of the rotated modulation symbols of the segment. The circuitry also is configured to re-combine the real and imaginary interleaved components of the rotated modulation symbols of each segment and to form from the real and imaginary components modulation cells.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2017Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Martin Warwick Beale, Samuel Asangbeng Atungsiri, Shin Horng Wong
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Patent number: 10601643Abstract: This application provides a troubleshooting method and apparatus. The troubleshooting method includes obtaining key performance indicator (KPI) information of each service processor in a monitored network element; determining a faulty object according to the KPI information; determining a troubleshooting policy according to the faulty object; and sending the troubleshooting policy to a management unit in a network function virtualization (NFV) system, so that the management unit uses the troubleshooting policy to perform troubleshooting. Using the method or apparatus in this application, a problem of relatively low precision in fault locating according to a heartbeat message of a network element can be resolved.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2018Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Wenge Zhang, Ridong Xu, Yong Chen, Qingming Liu, Taizhou Chen, Fuxiang Xiong
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Patent number: 10595064Abstract: A configuration is realized such that a playback application applied in a receiving device can be determined using a service category identifier recorded in an SLT that can be received in advance. The service category identifier capable of identifying an application applied to a provided service such as a program provided by a transmitting device is transmitted to the receiving device. The receiving device performs a continuation process on an application applied before service transition when the service transition occurs and when applications applied to services before and after the transition are same. The service category identifier is an identifier capable of identifying the service by determining whether to apply a residential playback application or a broadcast playback application for playback of the service.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2016Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuaki Yamagishi, Tatsuya Igarashi, Naohisa Kitazato, Yoshiharu Dewa
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Patent number: 10595063Abstract: A computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes: splitting a video stream into a plurality of sub-streams. Each of the sub-streams individually provide a unique version of the video stream having a lower video quality. However, merging more than one of the sub-streams provides a merged version of the video stream having a relatively higher video quality. Each of the sub-streams are also encoded. A packet which includes a number of the encoded sub-streams is transmitted to a receiver, where the number of the encoded sub-streams included in the packet transmitted to the receiver corresponds to a quality of service associated with a service cost incurred by the receiver. Other systems, methods, and computer program products are described in additional embodiments.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Amir Asif, Alicia E. Chin, Yonggang Hu, Zhenhua Hu, Vida Movahedi
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Patent number: 10534832Abstract: Systems and methods for selecting, storing, and displaying content items are provided, in which complex content selection logic is performed at a content provider environment (i.e., server-side) and selected content items are transmitted to and stored locally at a client device. Thus, the client device can quickly load a content item for display when a content display opportunity occurs, rotating through the stored content items with relatively simple logic. The client device may transmit a request to the content provider for more content if the amount of available content items is below a threshold. The content provider then runs content selection logic designated for the specific client device and selects one or more new content items to transmit to the client device.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: John Martin Miller, Michael Lee Loritsch
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Patent number: 10529111Abstract: A facial recognition method for video conferencing requiring a reduced bandwidth and transmitting video and audio frames synchronously first determines whether a 3D body model of a first user at a local end has been currently retrieved or is otherwise retrievable from a historical database. Multiple audio frames of first user are collected and audio frequency at a specific range are filtered out. An envelope curve of the first audio frames and multiple attacking time periods and multiple releasing time periods of the envelope curve is calculated and correlated with lip movements of first user. Information packets of same and head-rotating and limb-swinging images of the first user are transmitted to a remote second user so that the 3D body model can simulate and show lip shapes and other movement of the first user.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2019Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: NANNING FUGUI PRECISION INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Chun-Te Wu, Zhi-Gang Shi, Dong-Lin Liu, Wen Meng, Yu-Qiang Zhong
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Patent number: 10530510Abstract: Methods and apparatus for determining increasing robustness of media signatures are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a characteristic analyzer to determine a first difference between (A) a first characteristic of an audio signal at a first time and (B) a second characteristic of the audio signal at a second time.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLCInventors: Alexander Topchy, Venugopal Srinivasan
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Patent number: 10523996Abstract: It is provided a method for backward recording in a device having a time-shift function, including: launching the time-shift function, when a user select one program, to record the program on a time-shift buffer; receiving an instruction to record a scene backward within the program being viewed by a user: acquiring information on the program from EIT(Event Information Table); determining a type of the program on the basis of the information; setting a duration of the backward recording dependent on the type of the program; and copying a data, which is stored in the time-shift buffer and corresponds to the duration backward from the time of receiving the instruction, in a storage of the device.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGSInventor: Nan Wang
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Patent number: 10504554Abstract: An information processing device including a video generation unit that generates a fast reproduction video from a video part of an input moving image, a sound generation unit that generates a shortened sound using a portion of a sound part of the moving image, and a synthesizing unit that synthesizes the fast reproduction video generated by the video generation unit and the shortened sound generated by the sound generation unit and generate a fast reproduction moving image.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2015Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Naoya Takahashi
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Patent number: 10482925Abstract: A system and method for selecting portions of video data from preview video data is provided. The system may extract image features from the preview video data and discard video frames associated with poor image quality based on the image features. The system may determine similarity scores between individual video frames and corresponding transition costs and may identify transition points in the preview video data based on the similarity scores and/or transition costs. The system may select portions of the video data for further processing based on the transition points and the image features. By selecting portions of the video data, the system may reduce a bandwidth consumption, processing burden and/or latency associated with uploading the video data or performing further processing.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Ambrish Tyagi, Suresh Bholabhai Lakhani, Rohith Mysore Vijaya Kumar, Yadunandana Nagaraja Rao, Amit Kumar Agrawal
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Patent number: 10469794Abstract: The present technique relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and an information processing system capable of efficiently and temporarily storing contents in a case where the contents are played back using a play list. A calculation unit calculates, on the basis of a play list indicating contents adopted as a playback target chosen from among a plurality of contents, a priority level about a cash temporarily storing the contents, for each of the contents. For example, the present technique can be applied to an information processing system and the like performing streaming playback of contents based on MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group phase)-DASH standard.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2013Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Oryoji, Masashi Eshima
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Patent number: 10455189Abstract: A playback method according to one aspect of the present disclosure is performed by a Blu-ray device connected to a display device. The playback method includes obtaining, from a recording medium, output control information of content recorded on the recording medium; obtaining, from the recording medium, a video signal of the content recorded on the recording medium; and (a) outputting the obtained video signal to the display device without converting image quality of the video signal, when the obtained output control information does not restrict output of content using a first copyright protection technology, and (b) converting the image quality of the obtained video signal and outputting the video signal to the display device, when the obtained output control information restricts output of content using the first copyright protection technology and output using the first copyright protection technology is performed according to a type of the display device.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Kozuka, Kaoru Murase, Masaya Yamamoto
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Patent number: 10448103Abstract: Systems and methods are described for selecting media content based on travel information. A set of media content items is maintained. Each media content items having a respective associated spoiler metadata item that lists a spoiler time value that corresponds to a time when a spoiler event occurs in a respective media content item. Travel information related to a planned trip is received from a user. A trip duration value is determined based on the received travel information. The trip duration value is compared to a spoiler time value of a spoiler metadata item associated with a media content item of the set of media content items. In response to determining that the spoiler time value exceeds the trip duration value, the media content item is provided for display during the planned trip.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2018Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.Inventors: Michael McCarty, Timothy A. Holmes, Glen E. Roe
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Patent number: 10433368Abstract: A communications apparatus includes a radio transceiver and a processor. The radio transceiver is configured for transmitting or receiving wireless radio frequency signals to or from a peer device. The processor determines whether re-synchronization in a communication mode with the peer device is required according to a determination rule. When the re-synchronization is required, the processor transmits a message to the peer device via the radio transceiver to trigger a re-synchronization procedure. The processor determines whether the re-synchronization is required in a connected mode.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2015Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.Inventors: Shih-Hsin Chien, Chi-Chen Lee, Wen-Jiunn Liu, Ching-Yueh Kao, Shih-Chieh Liao, Yu-Tien Yeh, Sian-Jheng Wong, Tien-Yi Huang
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Patent number: 10432849Abstract: In various example embodiments, a system and method for modifying images are presented. The system receives a user interface selection initiating an image capture and detects a first image capture parameter. The system identifies an object of interest within a field of view of an image capture device and identifies a set of object characteristics of the object of interest. The system generates a parameter notification indicating a suggested modification of the first image capture parameter based on one or more object characteristics of the set of object characteristics. The system causes presentation of the parameter notification at the image capture device.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2016Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: eBay Inc.Inventor: Dong Charles Li
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Patent number: 10423383Abstract: An intelligent playback system, comprising: a wearable device, a main unit and a playback unit, wherein, the wearable device is configured to generate an audio instruction signal in the case of action of a user and send the audio instruction signal to the main unit; the main unit is configured to process an audio signal on the basis of the audio instruction signal, generate a playback signal, and send the playback signal to the playback unit; and the playback unit is configured to play the playback signal. The control of the audio processing device can be achieved, and hence the real-time interaction between the wearable device and the audio processing device can be achieved. And a wearable device and a main unit are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2016Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventor: Liqiang Chen
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Patent number: 10419462Abstract: A security platform employs a variety techniques and mechanisms to detect security related anomalies and threats in a computer network environment. The security platform is “big data” driven and employs machine learning to perform security analytics. The security platform performs user/entity behavioral analytics (UEBA) to detect the security related anomalies and threats, regardless of whether such anomalies/threats were previously known. The security platform can include both real-time and batch paths/modes for detecting anomalies and threats. By visually presenting analytical results scored with risk ratings and supporting evidence, the security platform enables network security administrators to respond to a detected anomaly or threat, and to take action promptly.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: SPLUNK INC.Inventors: Sudhakar Muddu, Christos Tryfonas, Ravi Prasad Bulusu
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Patent number: 10418060Abstract: A recording medium includes a video stream of a standard-luminance range and a video stream of high-luminance range, which are used selectively in accordance with a playback environment. The recording medium also includes a subtitle stream of the standard-luminance range and a subtitle stream of the high-luminance range, which are used selectively in accordance with the playback environment. A playlist file includes a management region where playback control information relating to a main stream is stored, and includes an extended region. The management region stores first playback control information specifying playing of the video stream of the high-luminance range and the subtitle stream of the high-luminance range in combination. The extended region stores second playback control information specifying playing of the video stream of the standard-luminance range and the subtitle stream of the standard-luminance range in combination.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Hiroshi Yahata, Tadamasa Toma
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Patent number: 10419463Abstract: A security platform employs a variety techniques and mechanisms to detect security related anomalies and threats in a computer network environment. The security platform is “big data” driven and employs machine learning to perform security analytics. The security platform performs user/entity behavioral analytics (UEBA) to detect the security related anomalies and threats, regardless of whether such anomalies/threats were previously known. The security platform can include both real-time and batch paths/modes for detecting anomalies and threats. By visually presenting analytical results scored with risk ratings and supporting evidence, the security platform enables network security administrators to respond to a detected anomaly or threat, and to take action promptly.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: SPLUNK INC.Inventors: Sudhakar Muddu, Christos Tryfonas, Ravi Prasad Bulusu
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Patent number: 10397636Abstract: An electronic device has one or more processors, a display, and memory. The memory stores one or more programs configured for execution by the one or more processors. The device receives, from a content delivery network, a program manifest including one or more video segments of a video. The electronic device parses the program manifest to identify a timeline for the video that spans the video segments. The electronic device receives, from a social-networking server, a playback offset for the video. In accordance with the playback offset and the timeline for the video, the electronic device determines a designated video segment and a playback position within the designated video segment. The electronic device then plays the video segments sequentially on the electronic device, commencing at the playback position within the designated video segment.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2018Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Madhu Kishore Kalva, Peter Aubrey Bartholomew Griess, Yichuan Huang
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Patent number: 10381044Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can acquire a set of media content items. A mood indication can be acquired. A soundtrack can be identified based on the mood indication. A video content item can be dynamically generated in real-time based on the set of media content items and the mood indication. The video content item can include the soundtrack.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2015Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Peter Ryan Zich, Zachary W. Stubenvoll, James Cameron Ewing, Nicholas J. Kwiatek, Nathaniel Gregory Salciccioli, Peter Philip Jordan, Alexander Matthew Madjar, Frank Cheng Yan, William Edward Fisher
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Patent number: 10362351Abstract: In an embodiment, a first tuner task type is identified from among a plurality of tuner task types, in response to receiving a first tuner request. The first tuner request was made to perform a tuner task of the first tuner task type. A first set of tuner selection rules specifically for the first tuner task type is determined and applied to a set of tuners to determine whether the set of tuners comprises a tuner available to perform the tuner task of the first tuner task type.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2014Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: TIVO SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Shelly Glennon, Kimberly Paluch
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Patent number: 10348818Abstract: Proximity-based peer-to-peer collaborative playlists over wireless networks are provided. In some embodiments, a first mobile device sends a name for a media playlist to a server. The first mobile device receives from the server a media playlist identifier corresponding to the media playlist. The first mobile device sends a wireless advertisement for the media playlist. The wireless advertisement comprises the media playlist identifier. The first mobile device receives at least one media playlist modification request from a second mobile device. The at least one media playlist modification request is received via the server.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventors: Matt Bridges, Logan Wright, Mark Daigneault, Guilherme Fernandes Schmitt
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Patent number: 10341600Abstract: A circuit applied to a television is provided. The television includes a memory and a display panel. The circuit includes an image processing circuit, a control circuit, an image capturing circuit and an output circuit. The image processing circuit processes image data to generate processed image data. The control circuit generates a control signal according to a switch signal. According to the control signal, the image capturing circuit captures the processed image data as predetermined image data and stores the predetermined image data to the memory. The output circuit transmits the predetermined image data to the display panel according to the control signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2017Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.Inventor: Wei-Yang Hsu
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Patent number: 10313761Abstract: Pausing and resuming playback of a media item across a group of devices that belong to a user. A server maintains a media queue that includes playback records that contain a unique media item identifier and a bookmark position. When a pause instruction is received on a client device, the pause instruction is transmitted to the server as a playback record. The server in turn transmits the received playback record to other client devices within a group of client devices that belong to the user account of the client device.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Thomas Alsina, Charles J. Pisula, Garrick McFarlane
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Patent number: 10306273Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing device and method for adaptively supplying data of partial images. The information processing device includes: a partial image information generation unit configured to generate partial image information which is information regarding each partial image which is a part of an entire image; and a metadata generation unit configured to generate metadata to be used for supply of a bit stream of the entire image and supply of a bit stream of the partial image using the partial image information generated by the partial image information generation unit. For example, the present disclosure can be applied to an information processing device that performs a process for adaptively supplying image data.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2014Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Shinobu Hattori, Mitsuhiro Hirabayashi, Tatsuya Igarashi, Mikita Yasuda
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Patent number: 10291635Abstract: A security platform employs a variety techniques and mechanisms to detect security related anomalies and threats in a computer network environment. The security platform is “big data” driven and employs machine learning to perform security analytics. The security platform performs user/entity behavioral analytics (UEBA) to detect the security related anomalies and threats, regardless of whether such anomalies/threats were previously known. The security platform can include both real-time and batch paths/modes for detecting anomalies and threats. By visually presenting analytical results scored with risk ratings and supporting evidence, the security platform enables network security administrators to respond to a detected anomaly or threat, and to take action promptly.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: SPLUNK INC.Inventors: Sudhakar Muddu, Christos Tryfonas, Ravi Prasad Bulusu
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Patent number: 10284902Abstract: A method of operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes displaying a multimedia content for a plurality of users, detecting non-viewing of the multimedia content displayed on a screen by a first user among the plurality of users, recording a first part of the displayed multimedia content according to the detection, detecting a start of viewing of multimedia content displayed on the screen by the first user, and displaying the multimedia content for the plurality of users and the first part of the multimedia content.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2016Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Monil Parmar, Manish Chhabra
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Patent number: 10277876Abstract: Provided is a first recording apparatus for recording a video stream in association with a second recording device. The first recording apparatus includes a video stream receiving unit for receiving a video stream from a video providing device via a network, a buffering unit recording a portion of the received video stream in a queue, a transmission unit relaying the video stream to the second recording device, a storage unit recording the video stream, and a switching unit for switching an operation mode to one of a relay mode for relaying the video stream to the second recording device based on a state report periodically received from the second recording device and a recording mode for storing the video stream in the storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2017Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: N3N CO., LTD.Inventor: Ji Sin Koo
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Patent number: 10255951Abstract: A playback device includes: an attribute reader that reads out first attribute information, indicating whether a dynamic range of luminance of the video stream is a first dynamic range or a second dynamic range, from a management information file recorded in the recording medium in a manner correlated with the video stream; a decoder that generates decoded video information by reading the video stream out from the recording medium and decoding the video stream; and an outputter that, in a case where the first attribute information that has been read out indicates the second dynamic range, outputs the decoded video information, along with maximum luminance information indicating a maximum luminance of the video stream in accordance with the second dynamic range.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2016Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Hiroshi Yahata, Tadamasa Toma, Tomoki Ogawa
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Patent number: 10237323Abstract: A communication apparatus establishes a connection and at least one stream for communication with another communication apparatus, determines a first window size relating to a buffer size for the connection and a second window size relating to a buffer size for the at least one stream based on communication information about communication between the communication apparatus and the other communication apparatus, and transmits to the other communication apparatus the first and second WINDOW_UPDATE frames.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2016Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kensuke Yasuma, Yukio Numakami, Tomoya Sakai, Makoto Kunimatsu, Kazuya Taniguchi