公开(公告)号：US09183881B2

公开(公告)日：2015-11-10

申请号：US12457428

申请日：2009-06-10

申请人： Alfredo C. Issa ,  Kunal Kandekar ,  Richard J. Walsh

发明人： Alfredo C. Issa ,  Kunal Kandekar ,  Richard J. Walsh

IPC分类号： H04N5/91 ,  G11B27/00 ,  H04N5/783 ,  H04N9/79 ,  H04N21/214

CPC分类号： G11B27/005 ,  H04N5/783 ,  H04N9/79 ,  H04N21/214 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/47217 ,  H04N21/84

摘要： A semantic based trick play method and system in a media player is provided in which a semantic trick play command is received from a user while the user is experiencing a current content of a media item. Metadata is detected with respect to a current playback position of the media item, and at least one further playback position is determined in the current content of the media item or a related content in another media item. The further playback position is semantically related to the metadata of the current playback position. Playback is then moved to the at least one further playback position, so that the user experiences a media content of the at least one further playback position.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种媒体播放器中的基于语义的特技播放方法和系统，其中在用户正在经历媒体项目的当前内容时从用户接收到语义特技播放命令。 相对于媒体项的当前播放位置检测元数据，并且在媒体项目的当前内容或另一个媒体项目中的相关内容中确定至少一个另外的播放位置。 另外的播放位置在语义上与当前播放位置的元数据相关。 然后将播放移动到至少一个另外的播放位置，使得用户体验至少一个另外的播放位置的媒体内容。

公开(公告)号：US08787336B1

公开(公告)日：2014-07-22

申请号：US12961716

申请日：2010-12-07

申请人： Alfredo C. Issa

发明人： Alfredo C. Issa

IPC分类号： H04W4/00

CPC分类号： H04L12/1827 ,  H04L12/1818 ,  H04L12/189

摘要： A system and method are provided for initiating and establishing a local chat session. In general, a first network device determines whether to initiate a local chat session with a second network device based either directly or indirectly on a profile for the second network device. The profile includes content information describing content stored by the second network device. In one embodiment, the first network device obtains an identifier of the second network device via a local wireless connection and requests the profile for the second network device from a central node maintaining a database storing profiles for a number of network devices including the first and second network devices. After receiving the profile for the second network device from the central node, the first network device determines whether to initiate the local chat session with the second network device based on the profile for the second network device.

摘要翻译： 提供了用于启动和建立本地聊天会话的系统和方法。 通常，第一网络设备基于直接或间接地在第二网络设备的简档上确定是否与第二网络设备发起本地聊天会话。 简档包括描述由第二网络设备存储的内容的内容信息。 在一个实施例中，第一网络设备经由本地无线连接获得第二网络设备的标识符，并且从中央节点请求用于第二网络设备的简档，维护数据库，该数据库存储多个网络设备的配置文件，包括第一和第二 网络设备。 在从中央节点接收到第二网络设备的简档之后，第一网络设备基于第二网络设备的简档来确定是否发起与第二网络设备的本地聊天会话。

公开(公告)号：US20130034042A1

公开(公告)日：2013-02-07

申请号：US13651881

申请日：2012-10-15

申请人： Gregory M. Evans ,  Scott Curtis ,  Sean T. Purdy ,  Alfredo C. Issa

发明人： Gregory M. Evans ,  Scott Curtis ,  Sean T. Purdy ,  Alfredo C. Issa

IPC分类号： H04W4/06 ,  H04L12/56

CPC分类号： H04L65/4076 ,  H04L65/607 ,  H04L65/80 ,  H04N19/30 ,  H04N21/43637 ,  H04N21/47202 ,  H04N21/631 ,  H04N21/632

摘要： A system and method for bandwidth sharing in a distributed wireless client application using inverse multiplexing termination. The system includes: a group of collocated client playback devices having wide area network (WAN) and local area network (LAN) connectivity, and a centralized inverse multiplexing (IMUX) server which optimizes shared bandwidth of both the WAN via inverse multiplexing and the LAN using either broadcast or multicast of all virtual multiplexing paths to all other client playback devices of the group of collocated client playback devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.

摘要翻译： 一种使用反向多路复用终端的分布式无线客户端应用中带宽共享的系统和方法。 该系统包括：具有广域网（WAN）和局域网（LAN）连接性的一组并置的客户端重放设备，以及通过逆多路复用和LAN优化WAN两者的共享带宽的集中式反向复用（IMUX）服务器 使用所有虚拟多路复用路径的广播或多播来到并置客户回放设备组的所有其他客户端回放设备。 公开了其他实施例。

公开(公告)号：US08358579B1

公开(公告)日：2013-01-22

申请号：US11466648

申请日：2006-08-23

申请人： Richard J. Walsh ,  Alfredo C. Issa ,  Sid Stafford ,  James Evans

发明人： Richard J. Walsh ,  Alfredo C. Issa ,  Sid Stafford ,  James Evans

IPC分类号： H04W4/00 ,  G06F15/16 ,  G06F15/173 ,  H04M11/00

CPC分类号： H04L67/322 ,  G06Q10/00 ,  H04M3/42059 ,  H04M11/04

摘要： A system and method are provided for controlling Quality of Service (QoS), content quality, or both QoS and content quality in a content sharing network based on user relationships. More specifically, QoS, content quality, or both QoS and content quality may be controlled based on a relationship of a user of a network node requesting content and either a user of a network node hosting the requested content or an owner of the requested content, a relationship between the user of the network node requesting the content and the content, or any combination thereof.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种基于用户关系在内容共享网络中控制服务质量（QoS），内容质量或QoS和内容质量两者的系统和方法。 更具体地，可以基于请求内容的网络节点的用户与托管所请求的内容的网络节点的用户或所请求的内容的所有者之间的关系来控制QoS，内容质量或QoS和内容质量两者， 请求内容的网络节点的用户与内容之间的关系，或其任何组合。

公开(公告)号：US08291017B1

公开(公告)日：2012-10-16

申请号：US13289000

申请日：2011-11-04

申请人： Alfredo C. Issa ,  Richard J. Walsh ,  James Evans

发明人： Alfredo C. Issa ,  Richard J. Walsh ,  James Evans

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： G06Q10/10 ,  G06Q10/00

摘要： A system and method are provided for creating communities based on a semantic understanding of content requested by a number of user devices. More specifically, a mediating server operates to interconnect a number of user devices to destination servers. In operation, the mediating server routes requests from the user devices to the appropriate destination servers. The mediating server examines the responses from the destination servers to gain a semantic understanding of the content requested by the user devices. Thereafter, the mediating server establishes communities for the user devices based on the semantic understanding of the content requested by the user devices. For example, the mediating server may invite users of the user devices that have requested semantically similar content to join a chat session around a common topic.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种基于对多个用户设备所请求的内容的语义理解来创建社区的系统和方法。 更具体地，中介服务器操作以将多个用户设备互连到目的地服务器。 在操作中，中介服务器将来自用户设备的请求路由到适当的目的地服务器。 中介服务器检查来自目的地服务器的响应，以获得对用户设备请求的内容的语义理解。 此后，中介服务器基于对用户设备请求的内容的语义理解，为用户设备建立社区。 例如，中介服务器可以邀请已经请求语义上类似的内容的用户设备的用户围绕公共主题加入聊天会话。

公开(公告)号：US08289997B2

公开(公告)日：2012-10-16

申请号：US12656528

申请日：2010-02-02

申请人： Gregory M. Evans ,  Scott Curtis ,  Sean T. Purdy ,  Alfredo C. Issa

发明人： Gregory M. Evans ,  Scott Curtis ,  Sean T. Purdy ,  Alfredo C. Issa

IPC分类号： H04L12/56 ,  H04J1/16

CPC分类号： H04L65/4076 ,  H04L65/607 ,  H04L65/80 ,  H04N19/30 ,  H04N21/43637 ,  H04N21/47202 ,  H04N21/631 ,  H04N21/632

摘要： A system and method for bandwidth sharing in a distributed wireless client application using inverse multiplexing termination. The system includes: a group of collocated client playback devices having wide area network (WAN) and local area network (LAN) connectivity, and a centralized inverse multiplexing (IMUX) server which optimizes shared bandwidth of both the WAN via inverse multiplexing and the LAN using either broadcast or multicast of all virtual multiplexing paths to all other client playback devices of the group of collocated client playback devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20120072611A1

公开(公告)日：2012-03-22

申请号：US13216517

申请日：2011-08-24

申请人： Kunal Kandekar ,  Richard J. Walsh ,  Alfredo C. Issa ,  Ravi Reddy Katpelly

发明人： Kunal Kandekar ,  Richard J. Walsh ,  Alfredo C. Issa ,  Ravi Reddy Katpelly

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04N7/17318 ,  H04N21/23406 ,  H04N21/4331 ,  H04N21/6587

摘要： Systems and methods are provided for obtaining look-ahead segments for a streaming media item during playback such that the viewer can easily skip to the look-ahead segments without experiencing any substantial interruption or delay in playback. In general, a streaming media source begins streaming a media item to a streaming media client for playback. In one embodiment, the streaming media client selects one or more segments of the media item as one or more look-ahead segments to prefetch from the streaming media source. Then, while the media item is being streamed to the streaming media client for playback, the streaming media client prefetches the one or more look-ahead segments of the media item from the streaming media source. The look-ahead segments are thereafter utilized to enable the viewer to skip ahead in playback without experiencing a substantial interruption or delay in playback.

摘要翻译： 系统和方法被提供用于在播放期间获得用于流媒体项目的预先段，使得观看者可以容易地跳到预览段而不会在播放中经历任何实质的中断或延迟。 通常，流媒体源开始将媒体项流送到流媒体客户端进行播放。 在一个实施例中，流媒体客户机将媒体项目的一个或多个片段选择为从流媒体源预取的一个或多个预览片段。 然后，当媒体项目被流传输到流媒体客户端以进行播放时，流媒体客户端从流媒体源预取媒体项目的一个或多个预先段。 此后，先行片段用于使观众能够在播放中跳过，而不会在播放中出现实质的中断或延迟。

公开(公告)号：US08116732B2

公开(公告)日：2012-02-14

申请号：US12535874

申请日：2009-08-05

申请人： Alfredo C. Issa ,  Richard J. Walsh

发明人： Alfredo C. Issa ,  Richard J. Walsh

IPC分类号： H04M1/66

CPC分类号： H04M1/72572 ,  H04M3/42348

摘要： Systems and methods are disclosed for routing mobile users to safe, or secure, locations. In one embodiment, based on threat information obtained from one or more source, a threat level is determined for a location of a user of a mobile device. The threat level is indicative of physical safety and/or network safety at the location of the user of the mobile device. The threat level may be a function of a transaction type of a transaction being performed or desired to be performed by the user of the mobile device. If the location is unsafe, a safe location is identified, and the user of the mobile device is routed to the safe location.

摘要翻译： 公开了将移动用户路由到安全或安全的位置的系统和方法。 在一个实施例中，基于从一个或多个源获得的威胁信息，为移动设备的用户的位置确定威胁级别。 威胁级别表示在移动设备的用户的位置处的身体安全性和/或网络安全性。 威胁级别可以是由移动设备的用户执行或期望执行的事务的事务类型的函数。 如果位置不安全，则确定安全位置，并将移动设备的用户路由到安全位置。

公开(公告)号：US08005841B1

公开(公告)日：2011-08-23

申请号：US11414021

申请日：2006-04-28

申请人： Richard J. Walsh ,  Alfredo C. Issa

发明人： Richard J. Walsh ,  Alfredo C. Issa

IPC分类号： G06F7/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/30817

摘要： Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for classifying content segments. A set of annotations is received that occur within a segment of time-varying content. Each annotation is scored to each node in an ontology. The segment is classified based on at least one of the scores.

摘要翻译： 披露方法，系统和产品用于分类内容段。 收到一组出现在时变内容段内的注释。 每个注释对本体中的每个节点进行评分。 该分段基于至少一个分数进行分类。

公开(公告)号：US20110202636A1

公开(公告)日：2011-08-18

申请号：US13096214

申请日：2011-04-28

申请人： Alfredo C. Issa

发明人： Alfredo C. Issa

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04W4/02 ,  H04L67/18 ,  H04M1/72558 ,  H04W4/20 ,  H04W4/203 ,  H04W84/12

摘要： A system and method are provided for controlling content played by a number of media devices. In general, the system includes a mobile device and the number of media devices. The mobile device includes a wireless communication interface for communicating with the media devices, a media database, and a control system including a media client. When the mobile device enters a Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) associated with a media device, the media client obtains information describing the content residing at the media device and stores the information in the media database at the mobile device. Thereafter, when the mobile device is within the WPAN associated with the media device, the media database is used to select content to be played at the media device.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于控制由多个媒体设备播放的内容的系统和方法。 通常，系统包括移动设备和媒体设备的数量。 移动设备包括用于与媒体设备通信的无线通信接口，媒体数据库和包括媒体客户端的控制系统。 当移动设备进入与媒体设备相关联的无线个域网（WPAN）时，媒体客户端获取描述驻留在媒体设备处的内容的信息，并将信息存储在移动设备的媒体数据库中。 此后，当移动设备在与媒体设备相关联的WPAN内时，媒体数据库用于选择要在媒体设备播放的内容。