Playback manipulation in response to notification

    公开(公告)号:US10999627B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-04

    申请号:US15011828

    申请日:2016-02-01

    摘要: Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate playback manipulation based upon a received notification. A client device such as a set-top box may receive information associated with a notification, wherein the notification comprises a reminder or action that is to be completed. The client device may output information associated with the notification to a display that is being used to present content to a viewer, wherein the output of information includes an identification of the reminder or requested action. The reminder or action may be associated with a predetermined duration of time within which the action is to be completed. If the action is not completed within the predetermined duration of time, the client device may manipulate playback and output of the content to the display until a confirmation of the action being completed is received by the client device.

    Simplified processing of weighted prediction syntax and semantics using a bit depth variable for high precision data

    公开(公告)号:US10999574B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-04

    申请号:US14533347

    申请日:2014-11-05

    发明人: Yue Yu Limin Wang

    摘要: Particular embodiments may remove a condition check in the semantics for checking a high-precision data flag. This simplifies the semantics used in the encoding and decoding process. In this case, even if the high-precision data flag is not set, the value of the weighted prediction syntax element is set by the BitDepth variable. However, even if the BitDepth is not considered high-precision data, such as 8 bits, the range for the weighted prediction syntax element is still the same as the fixed value. For example, the syntax elements luma_offset_l0[i], luma_offset_l1[i], delta_chroma_offset_l0[i][j], and delta_chroma_offset_l1[i][j] use the variable BitDepth as described above whether the flag extended_precision_processing_flag is enabled and not enabled to indicate whether the bit depth is above a threshold.

    N-input receiver: RFoG OBI mitigation with retransmission

    公开(公告)号:US10972183B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-06

    申请号:US14677443

    申请日:2015-04-02

    摘要: A multimode combiner or coupler (MMC) may combine the inputs into a larger core multimode fiber. The multimode combiner may be combined with a re-transmitting laser for detecting and re-transmitting signals. Thus, the multi-mode combiner may detect and combine input signals, and then retransmit the detected, combined signal. The detection can be implemented with multiple single mode fibers to small single mode detectors or a multi-mode coupler with a larger multi-mode detectors. In embodiments of the MMC, a bi-directional optical splitter/combiner includes a transmitter for re-transmitting an RF signal received at a receiver, a first wave division multiplexer (WDM) combiner combining the output of the first transmitter in an upstream direction to a downstream signal in a downstream direction, and a second WDM combiner combining split downstream signals in the downstream direction with upstream signals received via at least two optical fiber inputs.

    Using wireless client for proxy channel scan

    公开(公告)号:US10659365B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-19

    申请号:US14861363

    申请日:2015-09-22

    发明人: Charles Hardt

    摘要: Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate the use of a station as a proxy for scanning one or more wireless channels. Upon a determination that a currently utilized wireless channel has become impaired, an access point may identify one or more idle wireless stations and may request that the one or more idle wireless stations perform a scan of one or more other wireless channels. The identified wireless station(s) may perform a scan of one or more other wireless channels and may provide an indication of the current level of congestion on each respective wireless channel to the access point. Based on the indication of the current congestion levels of each wireless channel, the access point may determine whether a more advantageous channel is available. If a more advantageous channel is available, the access point may tune to the more advantageous channel.

    COMMUNICATING ALERT TO ADDITIONAL CONTACTS
    6.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200015058A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-09

    申请号:US15541324

    申请日:2015-08-17

    发明人: Jinghui WU

    摘要: Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate the output of communications to additional emergency contacts upon the occurrence of an alarm triggering event. A central device may be configured with one or more data profiles associated with one or more emergency contacts, and each data profile may include emergency contact information associated with one or more methods for communicating a message to each respective emergency contact. When the device identifies an alert trigger within one or more communications passing through the device, the device may output one or more emergency messages to one or more of the emergency contacts according to the one or more stored data profiles.

    Dynamic generation and layout of media assets in a campaign management system

    公开(公告)号:US10423987B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-24

    申请号:US14876755

    申请日:2015-10-06

    IPC分类号: G06Q30/02

    摘要: Particular embodiments take first screen media assets and can derive second screen appropriate media assets. Then, particular embodiments may determine a target application for the second screen media assets. Layout characteristics for the target application is determined. Particular embodiments correlate the layout characteristics and the second screen media assets to select a second screen media asset for the target application. The correlation may generate scores based on the second screen media assets and the layout characteristics to determine a best fit of a second screen media asset for the target application. Then, the second screen media asset may be transcoded based on the characteristics of the target application or target device. After transcoding, particular embodiments may create a view of the second screen media asset in the target application, such as an overlay of the second screen media asset over a screen capture of the target application.

    Method and apparatus for decoding an enhanced video stream

    公开(公告)号:US10291922B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-14

    申请号:US14521763

    申请日:2014-10-23

    摘要: Disclosed are herein are methods and systems for encoding and decoding enhanced video streams using a legacy and scalable video components. In one aspect, a method of encoding video data in a packetized elementary stream (PES), is disclosed. The method includes receiving a signal including frames of image data, wherein the frames include base layer and enhancement layer components; encoding the frames of image data to form video access units (AUs), wherein base layer AUs are formed for base layer components and enhancement layers AUs are formed for enhancement layer components, each AU including: an elementary stream header (ELSM) including image data metadata parameters associated with decoding and displaying the image data; a PES header including a presentation time stamp (PTS) and a PES packet length indicating the length of the PES header; one or more codestreams associated with a frame of the image data; adding a network abstraction layer (NAL) unit header defined by an enhancement layer video standard to each base layer AU, the NAL unit header being a constant value and length; and forming a modified PES header by increasing the PES packet length to include the length of the NAL unit header in it.

    R-CCAP with AM star architecture
    9.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10149018B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-04

    申请号:US14462985

    申请日:2014-08-19

    摘要: A remote node system with an amplitude modulation (AM) star architecture is formed between a remote node and a plurality of field nodes split from the remote CCAP node. In embodiments, an R-CCAP node can be combined with amplitude modulation (AM) optics in a star architecture for building low power nodes, supporting set top box (STB) out of band (OOB) signals, and increasing system bandwidth (BW). The remote node can be implemented in media content delivery networks, such as a hybrid fiber-coax HFC network or evolving radio frequency over glass (RFoG) networks.

    Control messaging in a cable network

    公开(公告)号:US10148448B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-04

    申请号:US14548540

    申请日:2014-11-20

    摘要: A method for providing data streams to a plurality of customer premises equipment (CPE) devices communicatively coupled to a network is provided. Downstream network plant and CPE correlation information is generated with a digital controller that has access to a database including at least one of CPE control information, subscriber management information, security and access information, provisioning information, billing information, application traffic information, and configuration information. A plurality of data streams is provided as Protocol Independent Multicasts (PIM) streams to the plurality of CPE devices, and each of the CPE devices is provided with Multicast Address information relative to the PIM streams to permit auto-discovery by each of the CPE devices of appropriate PIM streams. An apparatus for preforming the above method is also disclosed.