公开(公告)号：US20170188110A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-29

申请号：US14982988

申请日：2015-12-29

申请人： The DIRECTV Group, Inc.

发明人： Don E. Cansino ,  Stephen H. Chu ,  Bhavyank V. Shah

IPC分类号： H04N21/488 ,  H04N21/414 ,  H04M1/60

摘要： A system and method for notifying a user of various events through the in-vehicle system while suppressing notifications at a mobile device or a wearable device includes the mobile device and the in-vehicle infotainment system in communication with the mobile device. The mobile device receives a notification signal, suppresses displaying the notification signal and communicates the notification signal to the in-vehicle infotainment system. The in-vehicle infotainment system displays the notification signal on a screen display.

公开(公告)号：US20170185260A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-29

申请号：US14981590

申请日：2015-12-28

申请人： The DIRECTV Group, Inc.

发明人： Arpi Mardirossian ,  Vladislav Kolegayev

IPC分类号： G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/01 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/431 ,  H04N21/422 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  H04N21/81

CPC分类号： G06F3/016 ,  G06F3/04847 ,  G06F3/04855 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  G06F3/04886 ,  G06Q30/0277 ,  H04N21/42224 ,  H04N21/4316 ,  H04N21/47217 ,  H04N21/812

摘要： A method, system, computer program product, and computer readable storage medium provide the ability to prevent bypass of advertisement viewing. A media content user interface component (that controls playback of the media content and an advertisement in a media player) is activated. The component includes a circular progress bar and a progress marker that coincides with the circular progress bar. As the media content is playing, the progress marker moves around the circular progress bar reflecting a progress of the playing. At a defined point in the media content, an advertisement is played. User input advances the progress marker along the circular progress bar to fast forward the media content. Upon an attempt to advance the progress marker a defined threshold distance beyond the advertisement, the progress marker is snapped back to the advertisement thereby preventing bypass of viewing the advertisement.

公开(公告)号：US09692602B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-27

申请号：US11959060

申请日：2007-12-18

申请人： Kapil Chaudhry

发明人： Kapil Chaudhry

IPC分类号： H04L29/06 ,  H04L9/32

CPC分类号： H04L9/3263 ,  H04L9/3273 ,  H04L63/0823 ,  H04L63/0869 ,  H04L2209/60 ,  H04L2209/80

摘要： A system and method for communicating between a secondary content provider and a user device includes a primary service provider having an authentication server of a primary service provider authenticating the user device. The primary service provider provides primary content to the user device. The system also includes a supplemental service provider. The authentication server authenticates the service provider. The user device and the supplemental service provider mutually authenticate each other. Thereafter, the supplemental service provider communicates supplemental content to the user device.

公开(公告)号：US09673855B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-06

申请号：US14590540

申请日：2015-01-06

申请人： The DIRECTV Group, Inc.

发明人： Dale A. Branlund ,  Phillip L. Kelly ,  Matthew C. Bromberg

IPC分类号： G01R31/08 ,  H04B1/7103 ,  H04B1/7105 ,  H04L25/03 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W88/08

CPC分类号： H04B1/7103 ,  H04B1/71052 ,  H04B2201/709709 ,  H04L25/03114 ,  H04L2025/03414 ,  H04W72/0453 ,  H04W88/085

摘要： An exemplary wireless communication network that includes a base that communicates with remote units located in a cell of the network. The base concatenates information symbols with a preamble corresponding to a destination remote unit. One or more remote units communicating with the base each concatenates information symbols with a preamble corresponding to that remote unit. An adaptive receiver system for a base unit rapidly adapts optimal despreading weights for reproducing information symbols transmitted from multiple remote units. A transmitter system for a base unit concatenates information symbols with a preamble associated with a remote unit in the cell. An adaptive receiver system for a remote unit in a communication network rapidly adapts optimal weights for reproducing a signal transmitted to it by a specific base unit in the network.

公开(公告)号：US09654736B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-16

申请号：US12098747

申请日：2008-04-07

申请人： David Eric Shanks ,  Matthew J. Thompson ,  Mark A. Shurgot ,  David E. Feldstein ,  Edgar C. Camacho ,  Craig Le

发明人： David Eric Shanks ,  Matthew J. Thompson ,  Mark A. Shurgot ,  David E. Feldstein ,  Edgar C. Camacho ,  Craig Le ,  Ilan Tirer

IPC分类号： G06F3/00 ,  G06F13/00 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/438 ,  H04N21/439 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/478

CPC分类号： H04N7/17309 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/4383 ,  H04N21/439 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/4781

摘要： An interactive mosaic channel video stream with indicators as to the action on a given video stream. The interactive mosaic channel is displayed on a video monitor, with a plurality of individual video feeds being presented at a given time, comprising a plurality of video cells presenting at least video information, each video cell associated with one of the plurality of individual video feeds, each video cell further comprising an area within the video cell reporting data related to the video feed, and a cursor, which can be moved between the plurality of video cells, for selecting at least one characteristic associated with a selected video cell, such that the user can then directly select a video program associated with the selected video cell.

公开(公告)号：US09621962B2

公开(公告)日：2017-04-11

申请号：US14590893

申请日：2015-01-06

申请人： The DIRECTV Group, Inc.

发明人： Jonathan A. Thompson ,  Michael E. Depies ,  Stanley Y. Wang

IPC分类号： H04N7/173 ,  H04N21/6587 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/61 ,  H04N21/2187 ,  H04N21/439 ,  H04N21/472 ,  G11B27/031

CPC分类号： H04N21/6587 ,  G11B27/031 ,  H04N21/2187 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/4325 ,  H04N21/4331 ,  H04N21/4334 ,  H04N21/4392 ,  H04N21/47205 ,  H04N21/4788 ,  H04N21/6143

摘要： A method includes receiving and processing an electronic signal that represents television content to provide a first media signal that is playable to present a forward-playback of the television content. The method also includes, responsive to a first instruction, providing a second media signal that is playable to present a reverse-playback of the television content, and recording a portion of the television content that corresponds to the reverse-playback. Further, the method includes, responsive to a second instruction, stopping the recording of the television content. In addition, the method includes, responsive to a third instruction, saving one or more recorded portions of the television content. The method also includes, responsive to receiving a fourth instruction, communicating the saved recording of the television content to a separate computing device.

公开(公告)号：US09621961B1

公开(公告)日：2017-04-11

申请号：US14587700

申请日：2014-12-31

申请人： The DIRECTV Group, Inc.

发明人： Phillip T. Wang ,  Sean S. Lee ,  Scott D. Casavant

IPC分类号： H04N7/18 ,  H04N21/6377 ,  H04N21/436 ,  H04N7/16 ,  H04N5/783 ,  H04N21/2387 ,  H04N21/6587 ,  H04N21/41

CPC分类号： H04N21/6547 ,  H04N5/783 ,  H04N21/2387 ,  H04N21/4126 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/42225 ,  H04N21/42227 ,  H04N21/6143 ,  H04N21/6377 ,  H04N21/6587

摘要： A system and method includes an input device, a client device registering an input device to form an association and a server device registering the input device and registering the association with the server device. The input device broadcasts a control signal to the client device and the server device. The server device receiving the control signal directly from the input device. The server device communicates a response signal to the client device in response to the receiving the control signal.

公开(公告)号：US20170078764A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-16

申请号：US15364059

申请日：2016-11-29

申请人： The DIRECTV Group, Inc.

发明人： Thai Lam ,  Christopher J. Cugno ,  Sivasubramanian Venkataramani ,  Michael Shu Xie ,  Ying Sheng

IPC分类号： H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/2665 ,  H04N21/462 ,  H04N21/61 ,  H04N21/2381 ,  H04N21/239 ,  H04N21/643 ,  H04H40/90 ,  H04H20/38 ,  H04H20/51 ,  H04N21/222 ,  H04H20/74 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N7/20 ,  H04L29/08

CPC分类号： H04N21/8126 ,  H04H20/38 ,  H04H20/51 ,  H04H20/74 ,  H04H20/78 ,  H04H40/90 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L65/1023 ,  H04L67/02 ,  H04L67/145 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N7/20 ,  H04N21/222 ,  H04N21/2381 ,  H04N21/239 ,  H04N21/2665 ,  H04N21/4622 ,  H04N21/6193 ,  H04N21/643

摘要： A system, apparatus, and method provide messaging, between a headend system and a set top box. A distributor determines and provides an assigned communication identifier and an assigned server host address, that correspond to one of one or more first servers, to each of one or more set top box clients. The first servers maintain a persistent connection with the set top box clients and provide messaging, presence, and routing features via the persistent connection. A gateway service provides a gateway for one or more headend servers to communicate with the set top box clients through the first servers. A server controller provides administrative graphical user interfaces for operators to monitor and control health checks, configuration changes, and collect statistics for the distributor, first servers, and the gateway service.

摘要翻译： 系统，装置和方法在头端系统和机顶盒之间提供消息传送。 经销商确定并向一个或多个机顶盒客户端中的每一个提供分配的通信标识符和与一个或多个第一服务器中的一个对应的分配的服务器主机地址。 第一台服务器与机顶盒客户端保持持续连接，并通过持久连接提供消息，存在和路由功能。 网关服务为一个或多个头端服务器提供了通过第一台服务器与机顶盒客户端进行通信的网关。 服务器控制器为操作员提供管理图形用户界面，用于监视和控制健康检查，配置更改以及收集分销商，第一服务器和网关服务的统计信息。

公开(公告)号：US09584838B2

公开(公告)日：2017-02-28

申请号：US14586210

申请日：2014-12-30

申请人： The DIRECTV Group, Inc.

发明人： Robert J. Rothaus

IPC分类号： H04N7/20 ,  H04N21/2385 ,  H04N21/262 ,  H04N21/2365 ,  H04N7/12 ,  H04N21/61

CPC分类号： H04N21/2385 ,  H04N7/12 ,  H04N7/20 ,  H04N21/2365 ,  H04N21/26216 ,  H04N21/6143 ,  H04N21/6193

摘要： A satellite broadcast system is used to transmit streams of variable bit-rate content using fixed bit-rate channels that correspond to respective satellite transponder carriers. High bandwidth content is transmitted over multiple transponder carriers in parallel with a combined bandwidth sufficient for the peak bit-rate of the high bandwidth content, whereas multiple streams of low bandwidth content can be transmitted over a single transponder carrier simultaneously by multiplexing the low bandwidth content. High bandwidth content may be multiplexed with low bandwidth content rather than assigning all high bandwidth content to be transmitted exclusively over dedicated high bandwidth transponders.

摘要翻译： 卫星广播系统用于使用对应于各个卫星转发器载波的固定比特率信道来发送可变比特率内容的流。 高带宽内容通过多个应答器载波并行传输，并且具有足以满足高带宽内容的峰值比特率的组合带宽，而多个低带宽内容流可以通过多路复用低带宽内容同时在单个转发器载波上传输 。 高带宽内容可以与低带宽内容进行多路复用，而不是分配专用于专用高带宽转发器的所有高带宽内容。

公开(公告)号：US09538114B2

公开(公告)日：2017-01-03

申请号：US13832790

申请日：2013-03-15

申请人： The DIRECTV Group, Inc.

发明人： John M. Han ,  Vlad Zarney ,  Vladislav Kolegayev ,  Becky P. Chen

IPC分类号： G10L21/00 ,  G10L25/00 ,  H04N5/44 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G06F17/30 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/439 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/488 ,  H04N21/61 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G08C17/02 ,  H04N21/4415 ,  H04N21/475 ,  G10L15/26 ,  G10L15/06 ,  G10L15/30 ,  H04N21/458 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/222

CPC分类号： G06F17/28 ,  G06F3/165 ,  G06F17/30654 ,  G06F17/30755 ,  G06F17/30976 ,  G08C17/02 ,  G08C2201/31 ,  G10L15/063 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/26 ,  G10L15/30 ,  G10L2015/0638 ,  H04N5/4403 ,  H04N21/2221 ,  H04N21/4126 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/42203 ,  H04N21/42204 ,  H04N21/42207 ,  H04N21/42209 ,  H04N21/4222 ,  H04N21/42222 ,  H04N21/42224 ,  H04N21/4334 ,  H04N21/4394 ,  H04N21/4398 ,  H04N21/4415 ,  H04N21/4583 ,  H04N21/47211 ,  H04N21/47214 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/475 ,  H04N21/4753 ,  H04N21/4828 ,  H04N21/4882 ,  H04N21/6143 ,  H04N21/6175 ,  H04N2005/4428

摘要： A system includes a voice converter converting a first voice command into a first electrical command and a command library having library contents. A language responsiveness module (LRM) stores the first electrical command in a temporary set when a first control command cannot be determined from the library contents. A voice prompt module receives a second voice command when the first control command cannot be determined from the library contents. The voice converter converts a second voice command into a second electrical command corresponding to the second voice command. The LRM compares the second electrical command to the command library. The LRM determines a second control command corresponding to the second electrical command in response to comparing the second voice command to the command library and stores the first voice command in the command library after determining the control command corresponding to the second voice command.

摘要翻译： 系统包括将第一语音命令转换成第一电命令的语音转换器和具有库内容的命令库。 当不能从库内容确定第一控制命令时，语言响应模块（LRM）将第一电命令存储在临时组中。 当不能从库内容确定第一控制命令时，语音提示模块接收第二语音命令。 语音转换器将第二语音命令转换成对应于第二语音命令的第二电命令。 LRM将第二个电气命令与命令库进行比较。 响应于将第二语音命令与命令库进行比较，LRM确定对应于第二电命令的第二控制命令，并且在确定与第二语音命令相对应的控制命令之后，将第一语音命令存储在命令库中。