Proximity detection employed in connection with rights management system or the like
    1.
    发明申请
    Proximity detection employed in connection with rights management system or the like 有权
    与权利管理系统等有关的接近检测

    公开(公告)号:US20050262022A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-11-24

    申请号:US11139951

    申请日:2005-05-27

    CPC分类号: G06F21/10 G06F2221/2111

    摘要: A sink sends a registration request to a source and the source validates same, and the source sends a registration response including a secret to the sink. The source then sends a proximity message including a nonce to the sink and concurrently notes a start time. The sink employs the secret and the nonce to generate a proximity value and sends same to the sources. The source receives the proximity value and concurrently notes an end time, verifies the proximity value based on the secret and the nonce, calculates from the noted start and end times an elapsed time, compares the elapsed time to a predetermined threshold value, decides from the comparison whether the sink satisfies the proximity requirement, and registers the sink as being able to access content from such source if the sink satisfies the proximity requirement.

    摘要翻译: 一个宿发送一个注册请求到一个源,并且该源验证相同,并且该源向该宿发送一个包括秘密的注册响应。 然后,源向接收器发送包括随机数的接近消息,同时注释开始时间。 宿使用秘密和随机数生成邻近值,并将其发送到源。 源接收邻近值并且同时记录结束时间,基于秘密和随机数验证接近值,从所记录的开始和结束时间计算经过时间,将经过的时间与预定阈值进行比较,从 比较宿是否满足接近要求,并且如果宿满足接近要求,则将宿注册为能够从这样的源访问内容。

    SMART GRID PRICE RESPONSE SERVICE FOR DYNAMICALLY BALANCING ENERGY SUPPLY AND DEMAND
    6.
    发明申请
    SMART GRID PRICE RESPONSE SERVICE FOR DYNAMICALLY BALANCING ENERGY SUPPLY AND DEMAND 审中-公开
    动态平衡供应和需求的智能价格响应服务

    公开(公告)号:US20100138363A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-06-03

    申请号:US12483975

    申请日:2009-06-12

    摘要: A “Smart Grid Pricer” enables automated balancing of the supply and demand of energy supply and consumption, such as the generation and consumption of electricity between electricity providers and electricity consumers. The Smart Grid Pricer automatically computes and delivers real-time energy pricing information to consumers on behalf of energy retailers (e.g., electricity utilities) to help drive the balance of demand with supply. In various embodiments, real-time pricing is determined by using various probabilistic models to estimate overall consumer demand as a function of factors such as energy price, time of day, region, weather, etc. to compute a price that will result in an energy demand that is closely balanced to the available supply. On the consumer side, various components of the Smart Grid Pricer automatically respond to such pricing information to optimize energy consumption in accordance with a variety of automated and/or user defined rules and preferences.

    摘要翻译: “智能电网价格”能够自动平衡能源供应和消费的供需,如电力供应商和电力消费者之间的电力生成和消费。 智能电网工程师代表能源零售商(如电力公司)自动计算和提供实时能源定价信息,以帮助推动供需平衡。 在各种实施例中,通过使用各种概率模型来确定实时定价,以估计总体消费者需求作为诸如能源价格,时间,地区,天气等因素的函数,以计算将导致能量的价格 需求与现有供应密切相关。 在消费者方面,Smart Grid Pricer的各种组件根据各种自动化和/或用户定义的规则和偏好自动地响应这样的定价信息来优化能量消耗。

    Startup methods and apparatuses for use in streaming content
    7.
    发明授权
    Startup methods and apparatuses for use in streaming content 有权
    用于流媒体内容的启动方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US06792449B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-09-14

    申请号:US09895872

    申请日:2001-06-28

    IPC分类号: G06F1800

    摘要: Methods and apparatuses are provided for use with a client and server device connected through a communication link. The client device sends a startup request to the server device. The startup request identifies a streamable media content that is to be provided to the client device, a communication link bandwidth associated with the communication link, and an amount of the desired streamable media content that is to be provided at a bitrate greater than the encoded bitrate but no greater than about the communication link bandwidth. The server device buffers at least the amount of the streamable media content, and transmits the amount of the buffered streamable media content at the higher bitrate. The server device locates a discrete rendering point in the amount of the buffered streamable media content and initiates transmission beginning with the discrete rendering point. After transmitting the amount of the buffered streamable media content, the server device transmits subsequent portions of the streamable media content to the client device at a bitrate about equal to the encoded bitrate. The client device buffers received streamable media content, and subsequently renders the buffered streamed media content.

    摘要翻译: 提供了与通过通信链路连接的客户端和服务器设备一起使用的方法和装置。 客户端设备向服务器设备发送启动请求。 启动请求标识要提供给客户端设备的流媒体内容,与通信链路相关联的通信链路带宽以及要以大于编码比特率的比特率提供的期望可流媒体内容的量 但不能大于关于通信链路带宽。 服务器设备至少缓冲可流媒体内容的数量,并以较高的比特速率发送缓冲的流媒体内容的数量。 服务器设备以可缓冲流媒体内容的量定位离散渲染点,并从离散渲染点开始发送传输。 在发送缓冲的流可流媒体内容的量之后,服务器设备以等于编码比特率的比特率将可流媒体内容的后续部分发送到客户端设备。 客户端设备缓冲接收到的可流式媒体内容,并且随后呈现缓冲的流媒体内容。

    Fast dynamic measurement of connection bandwidth using a list of recent measurements
    9.
    发明申请
    Fast dynamic measurement of connection bandwidth using a list of recent measurements 有权
    使用最近测量的列表快速动态测量连接带宽

    公开(公告)号:US20050097217A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-05-05

    申请号:US11008509

    申请日:2004-12-09

    IPC分类号: G06F15/16 H04L12/24 H04L12/26

    摘要: The fast dynamic measurement of connection bandwidth utilizes a single pair of packets to calculate bandwidth between two entities on a network (such as the Internet). This calculation is based upon the packet-pair technique. This bandwidth measurement is extremely quick. On its journey across a network, communication equipment and modems may compress a packet. This compression shrinks the size of the packet; thus, it can distort the bandwidth calculation using such a shrunken packet. To avoid this distortion, the fast dynamic measurement of connection bandwidth employs non-compressible packets. More specifically, it employs highly entropic packets. Therefore, a packet cannot be compressed during its journey. In addition, on its journey across a network, packets may be rerouted, delayed, misrouted, and the like. These momentary delays may result in a momentary bad bandwidth calculation. This problem is ameliorated by using a history list at the client that keeps track of recent measurements. The client returns the median of that list to the server. That median is the specified bandwidth.

    摘要翻译: 连接带宽的快速动态测量利用一对分组来计算网络上的两个实体(如Internet)之间的带宽。 该计算基于分组对技术。 这种带宽测量非常快。 在通过网络的过程中,通信设备和调制解调器可以压缩数据包。 该压缩缩小了数据包的大小; 因此,可以使用这样收缩的分组来扭曲带宽计算。 为了避免这种失真,连接带宽的快速动态测量采用不可压缩数据包。 更具体地,它采用高熵分组。 因此,数据包在其旅程中无法压缩。 此外,在网络上的旅程中,数据包可能被重新路由,延迟,错误路由等。 这些瞬间延迟可能导致暂时的坏带宽计算。 通过使用跟踪最近测量的客户端的历史列表来改善这个问题。 客户端将该列表的中位数返回给服务器。 该中值是指定的带宽。

    Midstream Determination of Varying Bandwidth Availability
    10.
    发明申请
    Midstream Determination of Varying Bandwidth Availability 有权
    中期确定不同带宽可用性

    公开(公告)号:US20060168295A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-07-27

    申请号:US11277056

    申请日:2006-03-21

    IPC分类号: G06F15/16

    摘要: Systems and methods for midstream determination of varying available bandwidth for streaming content between two network entities are described. During content streaming, a client requests a server to surge the content transmission rate. One or more bandwidth measurements are taken during the surge to determine if the increased transmission rate can be adequately managed. If the increased transmission rate can be adequately managed, the client may request the server to transmit remaining content at a transmission rate that is not greater than the increased, or surged, transmission rate. In a multi-bitrate file scenario, the surge rate may be higher than the rate of the fastest useable stream. In such a case, the fastest useable stream is selected. If the increased transmission rate is not suitable for future transmission, then the rate may remain at the original transmission rate.

    摘要翻译: 描述了用于中间流确定两个网络实体之间的流内容的可变带宽的系统和方法。 在内容流传输期间,客户端请求服务器浪费内容传输速率。 在浪涌期间进行一个或多个带宽测量,以确定是否可以充分地管理增加的传输速率。 如果可以适当地管理增加的传输速率,则客户端可以请求服务器以不大于增加或激增的传输速率的传输速率发送剩余内容。 在多比特率文件场景中,浪涌速率可能高于最快可用流的速率。 在这种情况下,选择最快的可用流。 如果增加的传输速率不适合将来传输,则速率可能保持在原始传输速率。