公开(公告)号：US10096326B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-09

申请号：US15706079

申请日：2017-09-15

Applicant: Sirius XM Radio Inc.

Inventor： Paul Marko ,  Deepen Sinha ,  Hariom Aggrawal

IPC: G10L19/008 ,  H04H60/58 ,  G10L19/00 ,  G10L19/02

Abstract: Systems and methods for increasing transmission bandwidth efficiency by the analysis and synthesis of the ultimate components of transmitted content are presented. To implement such a system, a dictionary or database of elemental codewords can be generated from a set of audio clips. Using such a database, a given arbitrary song or other audio file can be expressed as a series of such codewords, where each given codeword in the series is a compressed audio packet that can be used as is, or, for example, can be tagged to be modified to better match the corresponding portion of the original audio file. Each codeword in the database has an index number or unique identifier. For a relatively small number of bits used in a unique ID, e.g. 27-30, several hundreds of millions of codewords can be uniquely identified. By providing the database of codewords to receivers of a broadcast or content delivery system in advance, instead of broadcasting or streaming the actual compressed audio signal, all that need be transmitted is the series of identifiers along with any modification instructions to the identified codewords. After reception, intelligence on the receiver having access to a locally stored copy of the dictionary can reconstruct the original audio clip by accessing the codewords via the received IDs, modify them as instructed by the modification instructions, further modify the codewords either individually or in groups using the audio profile of the original audio file (also sent by the encoder) and play back a generated sequence of phase corrected codewords and modified codewords as instructed. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, such modification can extend into neighboring codewords, and can utilize either or both (i) cross correlation based time alignment and (ii) phase continuity between harmonics, to achieve higher fidelity to the original audio clip.

公开(公告)号：US09997030B2

公开(公告)日：2018-06-12

申请号：US14325857

申请日：2014-07-08

Applicant: Sirius XM Radio Inc.

Inventor： Mark Rindsberg ,  Paul Marko

IPC: B60R25/10 ,  H04B7/185 ,  G08B5/22 ,  H04W88/02 ,  G06G7/00 ,  G08G1/00 ,  G06F17/00 ,  H04H20/57 ,  H04H20/74 ,  H04H20/91

CPC classification number: G08B5/223 ,  H04H20/57 ,  H04H20/74 ,  H04H20/91 ,  H04H2201/70 ,  H04W88/022 ,  H04W88/025

Abstract: A vehicle messaging method (600) and system (100) can include any number of data sources (101-103), an interface (104) that formats messages and addresses from the data sources, and a corresponding number of messaging servers (111-113) that receive targeted messages intended for a predetermined subset of subscribers associated with a vehicle identification number (VIN). Each messaging server can include a corresponding controller (121-123) programmed to assign (604) targeted messages to a predetermined channel and encode (606) the addresses of the targeted messages to the predetermined subset of subscribers using a VIN or portion thereof. The controller can be further programmed to transfer (608) the targeted messages and addresses to a satellite uplink (107) and satellite (110) via a messaging uplink interface (106) for retransmission and reception by a plurality of selective call receivers 109 addressable individually using a predetermined VIN or portion thereof.

公开(公告)号：US20140297292A1

公开(公告)日：2014-10-02

申请号：US14226788

申请日：2014-03-26

Applicant: Sirius XM Radio Inc.

Inventor： Paul Marko ,  Deepen Sinha ,  Hariom Aggrawal

IPC: G10L19/008

CPC classification number: G10L19/008 ,  G10L19/00 ,  G10L19/0212 ,  G10L2019/0001 ,  H04H60/58 ,  H04H2201/18

Abstract: Systems and methods for increasing transmission bandwidth efficiency by the analysis and synthesis of the ultimate components of transmitted content are presented. To implement such a system, a dictionary or database of elemental codewords can be generated from a set of audio clips. Using such a database, a given arbitrary song or other audio file can be expressed as a series of such codewords, where each given codeword in the series is a compressed audio packet that can be used as is, or, for example, can be tagged to be modified to better match the corresponding portion of the original audio file. Each codeword in the database has an index number or unique identifier. For a relatively small number of bits used in a unique ID, e.g. 27-30, several hundreds of millions of codewords can be uniquely identified. By providing the database of codewords to receivers of a broadcast or content delivery system in advance, instead of broadcasting or streaming the actual compressed audio signal, all that need be transmitted is the series of identifiers along with any modification instructions to the identified codewords. After reception, intelligence on the receiver having access to a locally stored copy of the dictionary can reconstruct the original audio clip by accessing the codewords via the received IDs, modify them as instructed by the modification instructions, further modify the codewords either individually or in groups using the audio profile of the original audio file (also sent by the encoder) and play back a generated sequence of phase corrected codewords and modified codewords as instructed. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, such modification can extend into neighboring codewords, and can utilize either or both (i) cross correlation based time alignment and (ii) phase continuity between harmonics, to achieve higher fidelity to the original audio clip.

Abstract translation: 提出了通过分析和综合传输内容的最终组件来提高传输带宽效率的系统和方法。 为了实现这样的系统，可以从一组音频剪辑生成元素码字的字典或数据库。 使用这样的数据库，给定的任意歌曲或其他音频文件可以表示为一系列这样的码字，其中系列中的每个给定码字是可以原样使用的压缩音频分组，或者例如可以被标记 被修改以更好地匹配原始音频文件的相应部分。 数据库中的每个码字具有索引号或唯一标识符。 对于在唯一ID中使用的相对较少数量的比特，例如， 27-30，可以唯一地识别数亿个码字。 通过提前将码字数据库提供给广播或内容传送系统的接收者，代替广播或流式传输实际的压缩音频信号，所有需要发送的信息都是与所识别的码字的任何修改指令一连串的标识符。 在接收之后，具有访问本地存储的字典副本的接收机上的智能可以通过经由接收到的ID访问码字来重构原始音频剪辑，按照修改指令的指示对其进行修改，进一步单独地或以组的形式修改码字 使用原始音频文件（也由编码器发送）的音频简档，并按照指示播放生成的相位校正码字序列和修改后的码字。 在本发明的示例性实施例中，这种修改可以延伸到相邻码字中，并且可以利用（i）基于互相关的时间对准中的一个或两者，以及（ii）谐波之间的相位连续性，以实现对原始音频剪辑的更高保真度。

公开(公告)号：US20140129016A1

公开(公告)日：2014-05-08

申请号：US14155296

申请日：2014-01-14

Applicant: SIRIUS XM RADIO INC.

Inventor： Paul Marko ,  Stuart A. Cox ,  Craig Wadin

IPC: G06F17/30 ,  H04H20/53 ,  H04H20/33

CPC classification number: G06F17/30769 ,  H04H20/26 ,  H04H60/25 ,  H04H60/46 ,  H04H60/65 ,  H04H60/73

Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for a broadcast or streamed content receiver to receive a plurality of program channels with defined banks of subset channels, to display the banks on the radio receiver, and to receive dynamic updates of both channels within the banks and the content of each such channel. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, the channels in a given bank can be determined by commonality as to defined categories, user interest, user preferences, and/or content provider, or seasonal or other relevance. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, channels in one or more defined banks can be buffered to facilitate smart user scanning within such defined banks, or one or more banks can be used to generate a bank specific “TuneMix™” channel.

Abstract translation: 为广播或流式内容接收器呈现系统和方法，以接收具有定义的子集信道组的多个节目频道，以在无线电接收机上显示该组，以及接收该组内的两个频道的动态更新，以及内容 每个这样的频道。 在本发明的示例性实施例中，给定库中的信道可以根据定义的类别，用户兴趣，用户偏好和/或内容提供商，或季节性或其他相关性的共同性来确定。 在本发明的示例性实施例中，可以缓冲一个或多个定义的组中的信道以便于在这样的定义的组中的智能用户扫描，或者可以使用一个或多个存储体来产生存储体特定的“TuneMix TM”通道。

公开(公告)号：US20140025839A1

公开(公告)日：2014-01-23

申请号：US14021833

申请日：2013-09-09

Applicant: Sirius XM Radio, Inc

Inventor： Paul Marko ,  Joseph Smallcomb ,  Richard Michalski

IPC: H04L29/06

CPC classification number: H04L65/608 ,  H04H20/40 ,  H04H20/42

Abstract: Systems and methods for increasing bandwidth for digital content delivery are presented. A content delivery method and system split a digitally encoded content file (e.g., song, television show, movie, podcast, or other audio or video content file) to be delivered to receivers into at least two files with a first file being stored at a receiver in advance of receiving the second file. The first file generally includes a majority of the information in the content file but is denatured and cannot be decoded by a receiver or media player to produce even a portion of the original content file without the second file. The second file includes information derived from the original content file that is not contained in the first file. Upon receiving the transmitted second file, a receiver combines and processes both files to recover the original content file wholly or substantially for playback.

Abstract translation: 提出了增加数字内容传送带宽的系统和方法。 内容传送方法和系统将要传送给接收者的数字编码内容文件（例如，歌曲，电视节目，电影，播客或其他音频或视频内容文件）分割成至少两个文件，其中第一文件被存储在 接收器提前接收第二个文件。 第一文件通常包括内容文件中的大部分信息，但是变性，并且不能被接收器或媒体播放器解码以产生甚至一部分原始内容文件而没有第二文件。 第二个文件包括从原始内容文件导出的信息，该文件不包含在第一个文件中。 在接收到所发送的第二文件之后，接收器组合并处理这两个文件以完全或基本上用于回放的原始内容文件。