Coordinating Diverse Devices Patents (Class 725/80)
  • Patent number: 11924505
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are various embodiments for providing an audio duplication and redirection system. An embodiment operates by determining that a media redirection hardware adapter is connected to an audio port of a host device. Audio content is intercepted from an audio source directed to the host device, wherein the received audio content comprises a first set of one or more audio channels. The received audio content is separated into a second set of two or more audio channels including both a first channel for a first speaker and a second channel for a second speaker. Positional audio for the speakers is determined from the received audio content. The positional audio is provided to the first speaker over the first channel and to the second speaker over the second channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Roku, Inc.
    Inventor: Ravi Rajapakse
  • Patent number: 11843641
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing a messaging server within a premises device e.g., a home or enterprise gateway device. In one embodiment, a system is described that includes a premises device that acts as a centralized client messaging platform providing messaging services between a content provider and client devices, and also between client devices within a premises network. The premises device enables client-to-client communication that bypasses the long trip and propagation delay over the Internet by connecting the message across the premises network within the home or building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: TIME WARNER CABLE ENTERPRISES LLC
    Inventors: Albert Straub, John Chen
  • Patent number: 11818444
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to synthesize reference media signatures based on constituent media signatures generated by metered media devices are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a collector to collect first constituent media signatures from a first media device that identify a first portion of media, a collector to collect second constituent media signatures from a second media device that identify a second portion of the media, and a synthesizer to combine the first constituent media signatures from the first media device and the second constituent media signatures from the second media device to form a reference media signature that represents the media, the reference media signature for comparison with third constituent media signatures collected from a third media device to detect consumption of the media at the third media device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Albert T. Borawski, Daniel Nelson, Vinay Chauhan
  • Patent number: 11769240
    Abstract: A neural network system for generating a value estimation is provided. A computing device analyzes one or more digital media streams. A computing device identifies one or more parameters of the object in one or more digital media streams. A computing device collects information of an object in one or more digital media streams. A computing device generates a precited value estimation of the object via invocation of additional multi-level input collection in a distributed cognitive system. A computing device communicates a report associated with the predicted value estimation of the object to a user of a computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Craig M. Trim, Kimberly Greene Starks, Gandhi Sivakumar, Kushal Patel, Sarvesh S. Patel
  • Patent number: 11716638
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing services are disclosed. One method can comprise receiving data having a first format and transmitting the data to a first device. The method may also comprise detecting a second device, automatically recognizing a supported second format of the detected second device, converting the data to the second format, and transmitting the converted data to the second device via wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Mark Francisco
  • Patent number: 11664009
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus which registers a device to a server by using a voice, and a method therefor are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a communication circuit, a microphone, a memory for storing computer executable instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the computer executable instructions to acquire, from a voice received through the microphone, information on an external device which a user wishes to register, based on an external device corresponding to the acquired information being searched through the communication circuit, control the communication circuit to transmit information on an access point to the external device to enable the external device to communicate with a server, and control the communication circuit to transmit a registration request with respect to the external device to the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taejun Kwon, Seongil Hahm, Seungsoo Kang
  • Patent number: 11637913
    Abstract: Methods and systems for automatically determining correspondences between communication ports of a networked device and encoders and decoders connected to those communication ports. In some embodiments, the networked device and the encoders and decoders are connected to a video communications network provided by a switch. The networked device can query the video communications network for information related to the encoders and decoders to determine and save the port-to-device correspondences. In some embodiments, the networked device can extract device information from video signals received at its input ports to map the input ports to respectively connected decoders. In similar fashion, the networked device may transmit or embed port-specific information from its output ports to respectively connected encoders. Then, the networked device can query the video communications network for the port-specific information received at the encoders to map the output ports to respectively connected encoders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Brandon Hunter, Eric Hereford, Suman Roy
  • Patent number: 11500343
    Abstract: A method is for controlling a home automation installation. The installation includes pieces of home automation equipment and a central control member. The method includes providing a desired operation of the installation, providing a first operation of each piece of equipment, optimizing the operation of the installation by modifying the first operation of at least one piece of equipment, to obtain a second operation of the at least one piece of equipment, and an operation of the installation according to the desired operation, and installing a virtual machine in the at least one piece of equipment. The virtual machine is able to impose the second operation on the at least one piece of equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: FREEBOX
    Inventor: Sébastien Cerdan
  • Patent number: 11451871
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication interface for communicating with an external device, an input interface for receiving a user input, a memory storing at least one bookmark information about bookmarked contents, an output interface including at least one of a display and a speaker, and a processor electrically connected with the communication interface, the input interface, the memory, and the output interface. In addition, various embodiments identified through the specification are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Min Kim, Song Ah Choi
  • Patent number: 11423876
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus which registers a device to a server by using a voice, and a method therefor are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a communication circuit, a microphone, a memory for storing computer executable instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the computer executable instructions to acquire, from a voice received through the microphone, information on an external device which a user wishes to register, based on an external device corresponding to the acquired information being searched through the communication circuit, control the communication circuit to transmit information on an access point to the external device to enable the external device to communicate with a server, and control the communication circuit to transmit a registration request with respect to the external device to the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taejun Kwon, Seongil Hahm, Seungsoo Kang
  • Patent number: 11303676
    Abstract: A method and system for authenticating application program interface (API) invokers using a common application program interface framework (CAPIF) is provided. The method includes establishing by a CAPIF core function (CCF) a secure Transport Layers Security (TLS) connection with at least one API invoker, on receiving a connection request from the at least one API invoker to access at least one service API on a CAPIF-2e interface. Further, the method includes determining by the CCF at least one security method to be used by the at least one API invoker for a CAPIF-2e interface security (C2eIS) of the at least one API invoker for accessing the at least one service API on a CAPIF-2e interface. The method further includes enabling the C2eIS by an API exposing function (AEF) the at least one API invoker based on the determined at least one security method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rajavelsamy Rajadurai, Narendranath Durga Tangudu, Nishant Gupta
  • Patent number: 11288551
    Abstract: Examples of techniques for adaptive model training are provided. According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, a computer-implemented method for adaptive model training includes generating, by a processing system, a training instance based at least in part on a plurality of images that match a contextual specification of a target visual domain. The method further includes extracting, by the processing system, objects from one of the plurality of images. The method further includes for each extracted object, generating, by the processing system, a plurality of machine learning model features and label recommendations for a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nirmit V. Desai, Dawei Li, Theodoros Salonidis
  • Patent number: 11243983
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for communications among access points (APs) and mobile wireless devices are disclosed. A database having a persistent profile table (PPT) can be used to store information related to access point operations. Information related to a plurality of APs can be detected and stored in the PPT. Certain information may be common to multiple of the APs, allowing for compression of the data for more efficient storage. Fingerprint data related to the APs can be clustered based on a first order identifier (e.g., SSID, PLMN) and a second order identifier (e.g., MAC, MAC prefix, cell ID). The clusters can be further compressed by, for example, storing common features only once, and storing uncommon features individually, along with an identifier frame indicating which features are unique within the group of clusters. A mobile device can query the persistent profile table to verify the identity of unknown APs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Subrato Kumar De, Dineel Diwakar Sule, Nabeel Al-Saber
  • Patent number: 11224305
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for adjusting indoor illumination intensity. In the method, a target illumination intensity value is acquired when a target electric appliance is running and the target electric appliance is susceptible to illumination intensity in a room. In the method, a first indoor illumination intensity value in the room is collected, and an indoor illumination intensity adjustment device is controlled according to the first indoor illumination intensity value and the target illumination intensity value. The indoor illumination intensity adjustment device is controlled to change the first indoor illumination intensity value to achieve a second indoor illumination intensity value where the second indoor illumination intensity value conforms to the target illumination intensity value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ke Wu
  • Patent number: 11223501
    Abstract: A communication gateway device is employed to receive and send received data to devices having different bottom-layer communication protocols, such that the devices having the different bottom-layer communication protocols can communicate with each other and send data to each other. The intelligent communication gateway device is present with several bottom-layer communication protocols such that the intelligent communication gateway device can directly communicate with the devices having different bottom-layer communication protocols. The data can be normalized by the intelligent communication gateway device such that the sent data can be correctly communicated under different communication protocol environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: ANIMATE ENGINEERING CO., LTD
    Inventor: Chih-Chung Li
  • Patent number: 11178515
    Abstract: A geolocationing system and method for providing awareness in a multi-space environment, such as a hospitality environment or educational environment, are presented. In one embodiment of the geolocationing system, a vertical and horizontal array of gateway devices is provided. Each gateway device includes a gateway device identification providing an accurately-known fixed location within the multi-space environment. Each gateway device includes a wireless transceiver that receives a beacon signal from a proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device. The gateway devices, in turn, send gateway signals to a server, which determines estimated location of the wireless-enabled personal locator device with time of arrival modeling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Enseo, LLC
    Inventors: William C. Fang, Raymond S. Horton, Thomas R. Miller, Vanessa Ogle
  • Patent number: 11159779
    Abstract: In one example, a processing system including at least one processor may obtain predicted viewports of a plurality of mobile computing devices for an immersive visual stream, determine at least a first tile of the immersive visual stream that is within the predicted viewports of at least two mobile computing devices of the plurality of mobile computing devices, select a first mobile computing device of the at least two mobile computing devices to transmit the first tile, and transmit to the first mobile computing device, the first tile and at least one identification of at least one other mobile computing device of the at least two mobile computing devices to which the first mobile computing device is to forward the first tile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Bo Han, Shu Shi, Rittwik Jana
  • Patent number: 11153415
    Abstract: A USB-to-coaxial network bridging system and method includes receiving data frames from a USB or FireWire device via a corresponding USB or FireWire communication interface, wherein the received data frames are intended for transmittal to a predetermined remote device on a coaxial network; combining the received data frames into an aggregated frame and addressing the aggregated frame to allow the aggregated frame to be routed to the predetermined remote device on the coaxial network; and sending the aggregated frame to the remote device over the coaxial network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Entropic Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Inderjit Singh, Branislav Petrovic
  • Patent number: 11151743
    Abstract: A method of detecting an end of an aisle of shelf modules in an imaging controller of a mobile automation apparatus, includes: obtaining image data captured by an image sensor and a plurality of depth measurements captured by a depth sensor, the image data and the depth measurements corresponding to an area containing a portion of the aisle of shelf modules; obtaining locomotive data of the apparatus; generating a dynamic trust region based on the locomotive data; detecting an edge segment based on the image data and the plurality of depth measurements, the edge segment representing an edge of a support surface; and when the edge segment is located at least partially in the dynamic trust region, updating an estimated end of the aisle based on the detected edge segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Tze Fung Christopher Chan, Feng Cao, Mehdi Mazaheri Tehrani, Mahyar Vajedi
  • Patent number: 11061549
    Abstract: A display apparatus including a display unit, a control apparatus, and a method are provided. The display apparatus includes a controller is configured to obtain a status signal from the control apparatus, to select, based on the obtained status signal, a mode from among a user interface (UI) display limit mode and a UI display mode, wherein the UI display limit mode limits displaying a UI to control an output from the display apparatus on the display unit and the UI display mode does not limit displaying the UI on the display unit, and to operate the display unit in the selected mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Joo-yoen Lee
  • Patent number: 11018642
    Abstract: Mechanisms for controlling an audio level of an HDMI audio system are provided, the mechanisms comprising: causing audio data to be presented by an HDMI audio system at a current system volume level; receiving a requested volume level from a second screen device; and controlling a system volume level by: (a) determining the current system volume level; (b) determining a change in volume based on a difference between the requested volume level and the current system volume level; (c) determining a direction in which to cause the system volume level to change; (d) sending a volume control message to the system using a consumer electronic control bus connected to the system indicating whether to increase or decrease the system volume level based on the determined direction of system volume change; and (e) repeating (a)-(d) until the current system volume level reaches a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Eric Jason Roberts
  • Patent number: 11012155
    Abstract: In a system that reduces interference between devices that transmit infrared signals, a first device transmits a first infrared signal to a second device during a first time period. The second device determines a command encoded by the first infrared signal. When the first time period has elapsed, the first device ceases transmission during a second time period. The second device transmits the second infrared signal to a third device during the second time period. As a result, transmissions from the second device to a third device are not affected by interference from transmissions by the first device. Selected signals from the first device may be permitted during the second time period, such as signals to cancel previous commands or to queue additional commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew L. Chaboud, Rade Djordjevic, Damjan Majstorovic, Petar Djekic
  • Patent number: 10978044
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus which registers a device to a server by using a voice, and a method therefor are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a communication circuit, a microphone, a memory for storing computer executable instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the computer executable instructions to acquire, from a voice received through the microphone, information on an external device which a user wishes to register, based on an external device corresponding to the acquired information being searched through the communication circuit, control the communication circuit to transmit information on an access point to the external device to enable the external device to communicate with a server, and control the communication circuit to transmit a registration request with respect to the external device to the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taejun Kwon, Seongil Hahm, Seungsoo Kang
  • Patent number: 10943579
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus which registers a device to a server by using a voice, and a method therefor are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a communication circuit, a microphone, a memory for storing computer executable instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the computer executable instructions to acquire, from a voice received through the microphone, information on an external device which a user wishes to register, based on an external device corresponding to the acquired information being searched through the communication circuit, control the communication circuit to transmit information on an access point to the external device to enable the external device to communicate with a server, and control the communication circuit to transmit a registration request with respect to the external device to the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taejun Kwon, Seongil Hahm, Seungsoo Kang
  • Patent number: 10827311
    Abstract: A geolocationing system and method for providing awareness in a multi-space environment, such as a hospitality environment or educational environment, are presented. In one embodiment of the geolocationing system, a vertical and horizontal array of gateway devices is provided. Each gateway device includes a gateway device identification providing an accurately-known fixed location within the multi-space environment. Each gateway device includes a wireless transceiver that receives a beacon signal from a proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device. The gateway devices, in turn, send gateway signals to a server, which determines estimated location of the wireless-enabled personal locator device with time of arrival modeling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Enseo, Inc.
    Inventors: William C. Fang, Raymond S. Horton, Thomas R. Miller, Vanessa Ogle
  • Patent number: 10819939
    Abstract: A system and method of entering a low power mode includes an external tuner module having a first external tuner and a receiving device having a first receiving tuner. The receiving device has a controller determining an unused tuner from one of the first external tuner or first receiving tuner and controls entering a low power mode at the unused tuner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean S. Lee, Brian D. Jupin, Jorge H. Guzman, Scott D. Casavant
  • Patent number: 10791358
    Abstract: A set-top box with an interactive portal and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the set-top box, the set-top box includes a housing that secures a signal input, a signal output, a processor, a transceiver, and memory therein in an interconnected bus architecture. The set-top box establishes a pairing with a proximate robot executing room service to a room where the set-top box is located. As the proximate robot executes room service, signals are received from the proximate robot. The set-top box then generates an interactive portal that provides a description of the behavior of the proximate robot and facilitates guest interaction with the proximate robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Enseo, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas R. Miller, William C. Fang, Vanessa Ogle
  • Patent number: 10757479
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a media interface device, a media selection command from a user device. The media selection command identifies first media content, the media content available from a first content source in a first format. The media interface device is configured to provide the first media content to the user device as second media content in a second format different than the first format. The method includes selecting a particular module of a plurality of modules of the media interface device to process the first media content based on the media selection command. The method includes receiving the first media content at the particular module, where the particular module converts the first media content in the first format to the second media content in the second format. The method also includes sending the second media content from an interface coupled to the particular module to the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Brian Wilson, Douglas Alman, Todd Andrew Fryer, Nicholas Nicas, Charles D. Turner, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10713007
    Abstract: A hub is configured to provide voice control without assistance from a remote system, which allows the hub to provide a user with the ability to control second devices in an environment by issuing voice commands, even when the hub is unable to communicate with the remote system over a wide area network (e.g., the Internet). The hub is also configured to execute rules without assistance from the remote system, which allows the hub to execute rules, even when the hub is unable to communicate with the remote system over a wide area network (e.g., the Internet).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Aran Aiken, Stanislaw Ignacy Pasko, Olusanya Temitope Soyannwo, Vibhav Hemant Salgaonkar, Adam Barry Fineberg, Roger Robert Webster, Makarand Damle, Rohan Mutagi, Philip Alexander Lee
  • Patent number: 10642880
    Abstract: A system and method for improved video streaming is disclosed herein. After receiving a log-in request from a user, an embodiment can access the user's account information to find available media files for the user. An embodiment can then determine if any of the available media files for the user are partially viewed. The partially viewed media files are displayed to the user, including a title of the media file and a viewed time of each media file. Thereafter, a user can select one of the list of partially viewed media files. Playback of the media file begins at the viewed time of the selected media file. Other embodiments are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: VUDU, INC.
    Inventors: Gajanan Lonkar, Stefan Belavy, Ping-Hsien Lin, Vikas Deshpande, Gouri Deshpande, Sirisha Naga Lakshmi Yenigalla, Wendy Coquilla, Christine Park
  • Patent number: 10425682
    Abstract: An information processing method in a content viewing system that includes: a first display apparatus and a second display apparatus configured to communicate with each other via a home network, receive and reproduce contents of a content distribution service from a server on a network; and a mobile terminal configured to communicate with each of the display apparatus, includes: a first step of obtaining account information, which the mobile terminal has, from the mobile terminal by the first display apparatus, the account information being associated with the content distribution service; a second step of transferring the account information to the second display apparatus by the first display apparatus; and a third step of receiving the contents from the server by using the account information by the second display apparatus to reproduce the contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Hamada, Nobuaki Kabuto, Junji Shiokawa, Takashi Matsubara
  • Patent number: 10373107
    Abstract: A system includes acquisition of an electronic image of items disposed in first locations, determination, based on the electronic image, of a visit image result comprising a first one or more linear groups, a first one or more facings per linear group and a first zero or more product identifiers per facing, determination of planogram reference data comprising a second one or more linear groups, a second one or more facings per linear group and a second zero or more product identifiers per facing, and determination of one or more corrective actions based on the visit image result and on the planogram reference data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Koji Kawashima, Robert Moore
  • Patent number: 10348849
    Abstract: A method includes generating, at a media device, a user profile based on first data received from a portable device. The first data indicates media content sent to a display device of the portable device by an application on the portable device. The method includes recording, via the media device, a media content item from a content source, where the media content item is selected based on the user profile. The method also includes sending the media content item from the media device to the portable device via a local area network. The portable device stores the media content item at a pre-cache memory to enable the portable device to playback the media content item from the pre-cache memory when the portable device is not able to communicate via the local area network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventor: Arthur Richard Brisebois
  • Patent number: 10339796
    Abstract: A wireless control device includes a power source, one or more sensors, one or more switches, a wireless transceiver circuit, an antenna connected to the wireless transceiver circuit, and a processor communicably coupled to the power source, the one or more sensors, the one or more switches, and the wireless transceiver circuit. The processor receives a data from the one or more sensors or the one or more switches, determines a pre-defined action associated with the data that identifies one or more external devices and one or more tasks, and transmits one or more control signals via the wireless transceiver circuit and the antenna that instruct the identified external device(s) to perform the identified task(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: ILUMI SULUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Swapnil Bora, Corey Egan, Qinghui Tang
  • Patent number: 10200650
    Abstract: The plug-in television provided by this invention integrates the master control module of the television into a plug card and separately configures the plug card and the display, and the display is mainly used to play and control the audio and video data, and the plug card is mainly used to receive and process the audio and video data; since the plug card and the display are separately configured in physical structure, it allows users to carry out the operations like repairing, maintenance, upgrading and replacement on them separately; moreover, since the display is the main structure of the television, and the plug card is plugged into the slot provided on the display to form the television, the problem in the current television field that the upgrading speed of the screen terminal device is exceedingly unmatched with the upgrading speed of the master control device is effectively solved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: AMLOGIC (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: John Zhong, Mike Yip, Kevin Chen, Robin Zhu
  • Patent number: 10177727
    Abstract: Mechanisms for controlling an audio level of an HDMI audio system are provided, the mechanisms comprising: causing audio data to be presented by an HDMI audio system at a current system volume level; receiving a requested volume level from a second screen device; and controlling a system volume level by: (a) determining the current system volume level; (b) determining a change in volume based on a difference between the requested volume level and the current system volume level; (c) determining a direction in which to cause the system volume level to change; (d) sending a volume control message to the system using a consumer electronic control bus connected to the system indicating whether to increase or decrease the system volume level based on the determined direction of system volume change; and (e) repeating (a)-(d) until the current system volume level reaches a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Eric Jason Roberts
  • Patent number: 10148997
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and a method for controlling the same that may perform wireless communication with a video output device are disclosed. The mobile terminal comprises a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with a video output device; a touch screen; and a controller controlling the touch screen to output at least one folder to a first area of the touch screen and output an electronic program guide (EPG), which includes channel information related to the video output device, to a second area different from the first area, wherein the controller, if a predetermined touch is applied to any one of the at least one folder output to the first area, generates a virtual channel configured to output videos included in the any one folder from the video output device, and changes the EPG such that channel information corresponding to the generated virtual channel is reflected in the EPG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sooyoung Ahn, Myoungho Jang
  • Patent number: 10129711
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for PTT over IoT is described herein. During operation each IoT device will be assigned to a talkgroup. Some talkgroups may have a single IoT device assigned, and other talkgroups may have multiple IoT devices assigned. During operation, an action command is received over a first talkgroup and a first command type is issued to a first IoT device assigned to that talkgroup. A second action command is received over a second talkgroup and a second command type is issued to a second IoT device assigned to the second talkgroup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Fabrice Saadoun, David Mizrachi, Tal Gilor, Jacob Shem Tov, Evgeny Shtein
  • Patent number: 10034314
    Abstract: Disclosed are examples of lighting devices and other devices that are equipped with a cellular transceiver that is configured to communicate using licensed cellular radio frequency spectrum in both a small-scale cellular network and a large-scale cellular communication network. By utilizing a short-range, low-power cellular transceiver setting, a lighting device facilitates communication, within the space in which the lighting device is installed, of messages between the lighting device and other types of user devices. Such an equipped lighting device may be configured to participate in the generation and delivery of different types of messages, such as data, emergency broadcast information, news and other information as well extend the reach of devices within the space in which the equipped lighting devices are located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: ABL IP HOLDING LLC
    Inventors: Sean P. White, Jack C. Rains, Jr., David P. Ramer, Januk Aggarwal
  • Patent number: 9936247
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and apparatuses for requesting and obtaining data, in which time information is generated by use of a first device, and a data request command requesting data output by a second device is generated at a time point indicated by the time information. The generated data request command is transmitted, wherein the data request command includes the time information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Ju-yun Sung, Hee-jeong Choo, Keum-koo Lee, Ji-young Kwahk
  • Patent number: 9900644
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of processing an object for an ancillary service associated with a broadcast service. A broadcast receiver establishes a session with surrounding sub device before an object execution time and transfers an object to the sub device with reference to a trigger or an EPG including object-related information when it becomes the object execution time. The sub device executes the object. According to the present invention, a user can use a broadcast service through the broadcast receiver, and an ancillary service associated with the broadcast service through a sub device such as a smart phone or a tablet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bo-sun Jung, Sung-oh Hwang
  • Patent number: 9893695
    Abstract: Mechanisms for controlling an audio level of an HDMI audio system are provided, the mechanisms comprising: causing audio data to be presented by an HDMI audio system at a current system volume level; receiving a requested volume level from a second screen device; and controlling a system volume level by: (a) determining the current system volume level; (b) determining a change in volume based on a difference between the requested volume level and the current system volume level; (c) determining a direction in which to cause the system volume level to change; (d) sending a volume control message to the system using a consumer electronic control bus connected to the system indicating whether to increase or decrease the system volume level based on the determined direction of system volume change; and (e) repeating (a)-(d) until the current system volume level reaches a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Eric Jason Roberts
  • Patent number: 9860213
    Abstract: A gateway device including a network interface having wired and/or wireless connections to smart devices and a network access point. The gateway device also includes a processor and a memory device having a local database. The processor is configured to execute a network controller for connecting and communicating with the smart devices and the network access point, a firewall engine for enforcing firewall rules stored in the local database for filtering communication between the smart devices and the network access point, and a management interface. The management interface generates internal firewall rules based on device profile information received from a remote database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: IOMAXIS, LLC
    Inventor: David L. Branca
  • Patent number: 9853945
    Abstract: A gateway device including a network interface having wired and/or wireless connections to smart devices and a network access point. The gateway device also includes a processor and a memory device having a local database. The processor is configured to execute a network controller for connecting and communicating with the smart devices and the network access point, a firewall engine for enforcing firewall rules stored in the local database for filtering communication between the smart devices and the network access point, and a management interface. The management interface generates internal firewall rules based on device profile information received from a remote database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: IOMAXIS, LLC
    Inventor: David L. Branca
  • Patent number: 9854613
    Abstract: A display device configured to communicate with at least one other display device connected to a network is disclosed. The display device includes communication circuitry configured to receive unique information and a service set identifier (SSID) from each of the at least one other display device, the unique information for use in identification of each of the at least one other display device, and a controller configured to change an SSID based on a comparison between unique information of the display device and at least one piece of the received unique information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ho-yong Son
  • Patent number: 9820008
    Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to systems and methods for determining the current state of multiple devices that form the basis of a home entertainment system. A user may be utilizing one or more devices in the home entertainment system when an interruption occurs which may divert the user's attention away from the home entertainment system for an extended period of time. In such circumstances, the user may wish to easily store the settings of all the devices currently in use such that the session can be saved for future recall. There is no need to remember the individual device settings. The session may be stored and associated with a graphical user interface (GUI) icon and made available for later recall. When the user returns, she simply may select the GUI icon for the particular session to be restored. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bran Ferren, Cory J. Booth, Genevieve Bell
  • Patent number: 9807459
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a media interface device, a media selection command included in a first communication from an application executing on a processor in a display device. The method further includes transmitting a signal to a particular module of a plurality of modules of the media interface device, where the particular module is selected based on the media selection command, and where each of the plurality of modules is configured to receive media content from a corresponding media source. The method further includes sending a second communication to the application. The second communication includes a particular media content item received via the particular module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Brian Wilson, Douglas Alman, Todd Andrew Fryer, Nicholas Nicas, Charles D. Turner, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9729811
    Abstract: A smart TV is provided. The smart TV has a network interface, configured to connect the smart TV with a mobile device via a network; and a processing unit, configured to execute a first remote virtual keyboard application for activating a remote virtual keyboard mode of the smart TV; wherein the processing unit further generates an input interface comprising a first virtual keyboard when the smart TV generates an input column in response to an input demand; wherein when the remote virtual keyboard mode of the smart TV is activated and there is the input demand, the processing unit hides the first virtual keyboard without being displayed, and uses the mobile device to replace the hidden first virtual keyboard for accepting input from a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Wistron Corp.
    Inventor: Shao-Wei Pan
  • Patent number: 9699227
    Abstract: In a media server, a registration processing block registers a client apparatus connectable to the media server and an information provision block provides information related with the registered client apparatus to an information processing apparatus. In the information processing apparatus, when an information acquisition block acquires information related with two or more client apparatuses, then a display processing block generates display data for displaying type identification information and device identification information for each client apparatus. The type identification information is a name of the client apparatus and the device identification information is a MAC address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ohashi, Kiyoto Shibuya, Hiroyuki Kawahara
  • Patent number: 9668004
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a media processor having a controller to record stereoscopic media content supplied by a multimedia system, receive from a communication device a request for the recorded stereoscopic media content, determine rendering capabilities of the communication device, generate transcoded content by transcoding the recorded stereoscopic media content according to the rendering capabilities of the communication device, and transmit to the communication device the transcoded content. Other embodiments are disclosed and contemplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Troy C. Meuninck, James Carlton Bedingfield, Sr., William A. Brown, David Brux Delorme, Nadia Morris, Virginia S. Ng