公开(公告)号：US09693114B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-27

申请号：US14676229

申请日：2015-04-01

Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP ,  AT&T Mobility II LLC

Inventor： Jeremy Fix ,  Sheldon Kent Meredith ,  Juliette Zerick

IPC: H04N7/18 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/25 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/222 ,  H04N21/436 ,  H04N21/4363 ,  H04N21/442

CPC classification number: H04N21/812 ,  H04N21/222 ,  H04N21/252 ,  H04N21/25883 ,  H04N21/4126 ,  H04N21/43615 ,  H04N21/43637 ,  H04N21/44218 ,  H04N21/4516 ,  H04N21/4532

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving registration information indicating a plurality of registered communication devices in proximity to a set-top box, the plurality of registered communication devices being registered according to a communication exchange between the set-top box and each of the plurality of registered communication devices, identifying a group of users associated with the plurality of registered communication devices, and determining characteristics for the group of users according to the identifying of the group of users, correlating the characteristics for the group of users, selecting a directed advertisement according to the correlating of the characteristics, and providing the directed advertisement to the set-top box for presentation. Other embodiments are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20170171584A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-15

申请号：US14964686

申请日：2015-12-10

Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, LP

Inventor： Michael Raftelis ,  Bryan P. Davis

IPC: H04N21/2668 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04N21/2665 ,  H04N21/8543 ,  H04N21/643 ,  H04N21/414 ,  H04N21/4143 ,  H04N21/854 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04N21/239

CPC classification number: H04N21/2668 ,  H04L67/02 ,  H04L67/42 ,  H04N7/17318 ,  H04N21/2393 ,  H04N21/2665 ,  H04N21/41407 ,  H04N21/4143 ,  H04N21/4622 ,  H04N21/4782 ,  H04N21/6125 ,  H04N21/64322 ,  H04N21/6581 ,  H04N21/85406 ,  H04N21/8543

Abstract: An application server that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, web interface for receiving a client request from a web server operating within an interactive TV network and application logic operatively coupled to the web interface for executing source code and generating HTML code according to the client request where the application logic is operatively coupled to a database that serves as a repository for executable source code, images and user information indexed according to the client request where the application logic receives the executed source code from the database and supplies the HTML code to the web server by way of the web interface and where the web server submits to a client device that generated the client request the HTML code for rendering a presentation at the client device. Other embodiments are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US09681190B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-13

申请号：US15062299

申请日：2016-03-07

Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, LP

Inventor： Linda Roberts ,  E-Lee Chang ,  Ja-Young Sung ,  Natasha Barrett Schultz ,  Robert King

IPC: G06F15/00 ,  G06F13/00 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/4788 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/8547 ,  H04N21/643

CPC classification number: H04N21/47205 ,  G06F3/04817 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/04845 ,  G06T11/60 ,  H04N21/42225 ,  H04N21/4312 ,  H04N21/4532 ,  H04N21/4788 ,  H04N21/64322 ,  H04N21/8547

Abstract: Systems and processes that incorporate teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, identifying temporal actions initiated by equipment of users during presentation of a media program to the equipment of users. A timeline is modified that corresponds to a linear progression of the media program, wherein the modified timeline includes symbols indicative of the temporal actions. The modified timeline is provided to the equipment of the users. The modified timeline is presented at displays of the equipment of the plurality of users, together with the media program. The symbols are situated in relation to the presentation of the media program, wherein the symbols can be selected by input cursors at the displays of the equipment of the users. Other embodiments are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20170164334A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-08

申请号：US14962802

申请日：2015-12-08

Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP. ,  AT&T Mobility II LLC

Inventor： AJAY MAHIMKAR ,  Shomik Pathak ,  David Lee Applegate ,  Sarat Puthenpura ,  Zihui Ge ,  Kurt Huber ,  Swati Roy

IPC: H04W72/04

CPC classification number: H04W72/042 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04W84/18

Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting a control signal to a self organizing network controller, are disclosed. For example, the method implemented via a processor receives a change, determines whether the change to at least one network element maintains an acceptable level for one or more service quality metrics based on a predicted service quality metric calculated using a modeling function, generates a control signal based on the determining, and transmits the control signal to the self organizing network controller to cause the self organizing network controller to configure the at least one network element in a communication network in accordance with the control signal.

公开(公告)号：US09674588B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-06

申请号：US15130578

申请日：2016-04-15

Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, LP

Inventor： Ke Yu

IPC: H04N21/23 ,  H04N21/84 ,  G10L15/18 ,  H04N7/16 ,  H04N21/233 ,  H04N21/234 ,  H04N21/266 ,  G06F17/30 ,  H04N21/61

CPC classification number: H04N21/439 ,  G06F17/3074 ,  G06F17/30746 ,  G06F17/30752 ,  G06F17/30778 ,  G10L15/1815 ,  H04N7/165 ,  H04N21/233 ,  H04N21/23418 ,  H04N21/26603 ,  H04N21/6175 ,  H04N21/64322 ,  H04N21/84

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products that automatically categorize and/or assign ratings to content (video and audio content) uploaded by individuals who want to broadcast the content to others via a communications network, such as an IPTV network, are provided. When an individual uploads content to a network, a network service automatically extracts an audio stream from the uploaded content. Words in the extracted audio stream are identified. For each identified word, a preexisting library of selected words is queried to determine if a match exists between words in the library and words in the extracted audio stream. The selected words in the library are associated with a particular content category or content rating. If a match exists between an identified word and a word in the library, the uploaded content is assigned a content category and/or rating associated with the matched word.

公开(公告)号：US09671852B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-06

申请号：US14839103

申请日：2015-08-28

Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, LP

Inventor： Marc Sullivan ,  Greg W. Edwards ,  Kurt M. Joseph

IPC: G06F1/00 ,  G06F1/32 ,  G06F9/44

CPC classification number: G06F1/3234 ,  G06F1/3206 ,  G06F9/4418

Abstract: A system and process that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, transitioning a processor from a high-power consumption state to a low-power consumption state, wherefrom return to the high-power consumption state includes a boot process. Future demand for operation of the processor in the high-power consumption state is predicted, while the processor is in the low-power consumption state. The processor is transitioned from the low-power consumption state to the high-power consumption state in response to predicting future demand for operation of the processor in the high-power consumption state. Such transition of the processor from the low-power consumption state to the high-power consumption state sufficiently precedes actual demand for operation of the processor in the high-power consumption state so as to avoid perceptible user delay. Other embodiments are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US09668004B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-30

申请号：US14953061

申请日：2015-11-27

Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, LP

Inventor： Troy C. Meuninck ,  James Carlton Bedingfield, Sr. ,  William A. Brown ,  David Brux Delorme ,  Nadia Morris ,  Virginia S. Ng

IPC: H04N7/173 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/4402 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N13/00 ,  H04N13/04 ,  H04N21/2343 ,  H04N21/61

CPC classification number: H04N21/6131 ,  H04N13/161 ,  H04N13/194 ,  H04N13/332 ,  H04N21/234336 ,  H04N21/2358 ,  H04N21/4334 ,  H04N21/440236 ,  H04N21/47202 ,  H04N2213/007 ,  H04N2213/008

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.

公开(公告)号：US09667916B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-30

申请号：US14817527

申请日：2015-08-04

Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, LP

Inventor： Lakshminarashimhan Naidu ,  Thomas P. Benzaia ,  Bernard Ku

IPC: H04N7/14 ,  H04N7/15

CPC classification number: H04N7/15 ,  H04N7/147 ,  H04N7/148

Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computer-readable storage medium in a media controller having computer instructions to execute a soft-phone client application on the media processor, receive a call originating from an internet protocol multimedia subsystem network where the calls are directed to the media processor by a gateway having a switch that routes the call in accordance with a destination address included in a session initiation protocol header message, and selectively answer the call at any of a plurality of terminal devices including a mobile cellular phone coupled to the media processor via a femtocell. The computer instructions can be operable to present an audio portion of the call through a speaker of a presentation device operatively coupled to the media processor. Other embodiments are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US09661268B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-23

申请号：US14205831

申请日：2014-03-12

Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP

Inventor： Edward A Walter

IPC: G06F15/16 ,  H04N7/15 ,  H04L12/18 ,  H04N21/61 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/08

CPC classification number: H04N7/15 ,  H04L12/1813 ,  H04L65/403 ,  H04L65/4076 ,  H04L67/303 ,  H04N7/152 ,  H04N21/6125

Abstract: A system is disclose including but not limited to a processor in data communication with a non-transitory computer readable medium; a computer program stored in the computer readable medium, the computer program including but not limited to instructions to send from a first client device to a server, data indicating a first list designating a first group of video conference participants' end user devices' addresses; and instructions to send from the client device to the server, a first video conference data, the first video conference data to be sent from the server over a single video conference channel in the video system to first group of video conference participants' end user devices addresses, wherein each of a plurality of groups of end user devices receives a different one of a plurality of video conferences data over a single video conference channel.

公开(公告)号：US09654629B1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-16

申请号：US14922465

申请日：2015-10-26

Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, LP

Inventor： Kim Brackett ,  Liaqat Ali ,  William Morris, IV

IPC: H04M3/42 ,  H04M3/436 ,  H04M1/725 ,  H04M1/663

CPC classification number: H04M3/436 ,  H04L51/32 ,  H04M1/663 ,  H04M1/72519 ,  H04M1/72583 ,  H04M3/42059 ,  H04M3/42153 ,  H04M3/4365 ,  H04M2201/40 ,  H04M2201/41 ,  H04M2250/12 ,  H04M2250/74

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a device comprising a processor detects a communication session between a calling device and a called device, and receives a motion signal from the called device; the motion signal is generated at a motion sensor of the called device during or after the communication session. The device analyzes the motion signal to determine whether a portion of the motion signal corresponds to a preselected motion of the called device and whether a subsequent call from the calling device accordingly is to be blocked. Responsive to a determination that the subsequent call is to be blocked, the device also updates a list of blocked caller identifiers associated with the called device to add an identifier associated with the calling device. Other embodiments are disclosed.