公开(公告)号：US08676995B1

公开(公告)日：2014-03-18

申请号：US13543754

申请日：2012-07-06

申请人： Flemming S. Andreasen ,  Gil C. Cruz ,  Nick George Pope

发明人： Flemming S. Andreasen ,  Gil C. Cruz ,  Nick George Pope

IPC分类号： G06F15/16 ,  G06F15/173 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N7/16 ,  H04N7/00 ,  H04N5/44 ,  G09B21/00 ,  H04L9/32 ,  G06F7/04

CPC分类号： H04L12/2816 ,  H04L41/00 ,  H04L63/0815 ,  H04L2012/2849 ,  H04N21/2665 ,  H04N21/4104 ,  H04N21/4227 ,  H04N21/4622 ,  H04N21/4627 ,  H04N21/6125 ,  H04N21/64322

摘要： A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes establishing a connection between a first client and a messaging fabric of a conductor element associated with a video system; receiving a request to perform a companion service with a second client; authenticating the first client via a client directory based on an identifier associated with the first client; receiving a pair message from the first client for the second client; and verifying whether the two clients can be paired in order to perform the companion service. Companion service commands can be authorized/policy checked and resulting commands on the second client may appear as-if they had been triggered locally.

摘要翻译： 在一个示例实施例中提供了一种方法，并且包括建立与视频系统相关联的导体元件的第一客户端和消息传送结构之间的连接; 接收与第二客户端执行伴随服务的请求; 基于与第一客户端相关联的标识符，经由客户端目录认证第一客户端; 从第一客户端接收对于第二客户端的对消息; 并且验证两个客户端是否可以配对以执行伴随服务。 配套服务命令可以被授权/策略检查，并且第二个客户端上生成的命令可能会被显示为 - 如果它们已被本地触发。

公开(公告)号：US08887214B1

公开(公告)日：2014-11-11

申请号：US13543775

申请日：2012-07-06

申请人： Neil Black ,  Matt Collum ,  Alexander Katsnelson ,  Shane Ruman ,  Malcolm B. Ferguson ,  Gil C. Cruz ,  Mahesh C. Vittal Viveganandhan ,  Flemming S. Andreasen

发明人： Neil Black ,  Matt Collum ,  Alexander Katsnelson ,  Shane Ruman ,  Malcolm B. Ferguson ,  Gil C. Cruz ,  Mahesh C. Vittal Viveganandhan ,  Flemming S. Andreasen

IPC分类号： G06F3/00 ,  G06F13/00 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N7/173

CPC分类号： H04L12/2816 ,  H04L41/00 ,  H04L63/0815 ,  H04L2012/2849 ,  H04N21/2665 ,  H04N21/4104 ,  H04N21/4227 ,  H04N21/4622 ,  H04N21/4627 ,  H04N21/6125 ,  H04N21/64322

摘要： A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes establishing a connection between a client and a messaging fabric associated with a video system that includes a metadata broker element; storing metadata information associated with content, where the content is associated with a release uniform resource locator (URL); and generating a content guide, (e.g., an electronic program guide) that includes a plurality of content definitions (e.g., channels). A particular content (e.g., program) in the content guide is associated with a particular release URL that can be translated into a more specific URL based on a number of criteria.

摘要翻译： 在一个示例性实施例中提供了一种方法，并且包括建立客户端与与包括元数据代理元素的视频系统相关联的消息传送结构之间的连接; 存储与内容相关联的元数据信息，其中所述内容与发布统一资源定位符（URL）相关联; 以及生成包括多个内容定义（例如，频道）的内容指南（例如，电子节目指南）。 内容指南中的特定内容（例如，节目）与特定的发布URL相关联，该URL可以基于多个标准被翻译成更具体的URL。

公开(公告)号：US5594911A

公开(公告)日：1997-01-14

申请号：US274502

申请日：1994-07-13

申请人： Gil C. Cruz ,  Ralph D. Hill ,  Thomas H. Judd ,  Darren H. New ,  Jonathan Rosenberg

发明人： Gil C. Cruz ,  Ralph D. Hill ,  Thomas H. Judd ,  Darren H. New ,  Jonathan Rosenberg

IPC分类号： H04L12/20 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G06F15/00

CPC分类号： H04L65/80 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L67/325 ,  H04L29/06027 ,  H04L69/329

摘要： A system and method for preprocessing and delivering multimedia presentations to customers such that delays due to interactive response time is virtually eliminated include a preprocessor, mass storage, a delivery processor, a distribution network, and a plurality of presentation processors. The preprocessor receives as inputs an original multimedia presentation and parameters characterizing other system components, which parameters include the round trip latency between the delivery processor and a presentation processor, and generates a preprocessed multimedia presentation including a delivery schedule in the form of a labelled, directed graph. In generating the delivery schedule, the preprocessor ensures that each object of the presentation and its associated presentation command arrive at the presentation processor no later than its presentation time; objects and commands which are delivered to the presentation processor can be accommodated at the memory of the presentation processor; and those objects to be presented immediately in response to a customer's selection of an interactive feature are received at the presentation processor prior to their earliest presentation times. This delivery schedule contains delivery commands which are executed by the delivery processor for transmitting objects of the presentation and their associated presentation commands to the presentation processor, which executes the presentation commands and presents the objects to its corresponding customer.

摘要翻译： 一种用于向客户预处理和传送多媒体演示的系统和方法，使得由于交互式响应时间而导致的延迟几乎被消除，包括预处理器，大容量存储，传送处理器，分发网络和多个呈现处理器。 预处理器接收作为输入的原始多媒体呈现和表征其他系统组件的参数，哪些参数包括递送处理器和呈现处理器之间的往返行程等待时间，并且生成预处理的多媒体呈现，包括以标记的，有针对性的形式的递送计划 图形。 在生成递送计划时，预处理器确保呈现的每个对象及其相关联的呈现命令不迟于其呈现时间到达呈现处理器; 传送到呈现处理器的对象和命令可以被容纳在呈现处理器的存储器处; 并且响应于客户对交互特征的选择而立即呈现的那些对象在其最早呈现时间之前在呈现处理器处被接收。 该递送计划包含由递送处理器执行的递送命令，用于将呈现的对象及其相关联的呈现命令发送到呈现处理器，呈现处理器执行呈现命令并将对象呈现给其对应的客户。

公开(公告)号：US5613032A

公开(公告)日：1997-03-18

申请号：US300824

申请日：1994-09-02

申请人： Gil C. Cruz ,  Steven L. Rohall ,  Jonathan Rosenberg ,  Lanny S. Smoot

发明人： Gil C. Cruz ,  Steven L. Rohall ,  Jonathan Rosenberg ,  Lanny S. Smoot

IPC分类号： H04N5/93 ,  H04N7/14 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N5/91 ,  H04N5/926 ,  H04N7/52

CPC分类号： H04N7/17318 ,  G11B27/105 ,  G11B27/28 ,  G11B27/34

摘要： A system for recording and playing back multimedia events includes recording sources, a preprocessor, a delivery processor, and user control units. The recording sources each captures a continuous temporal record or track of the multimedia event and transmits the captured track to the source preprocessor where tracks are coded into digital blocks and digitized blocks of tracks received simultaneously are time stamped with the same relative time, and therefore synchronized in time. Tracks of the multimedia event are also compressed and preprocessed to generate other representations of the multimedia event, which further assist users in searching through the multimedia event. The delivery processor services users' requests for multimedia events and delivers events to requesting users according to users' interactive commands. The delivery processor also generates stacked representations of the tracks of the multimedia event, which representations provide visual cues to assist the user in conducting rapid and intelligent searches through the multimedia event. The user control unit receives requests and interactive commands from the user to be transmitted to the delivery processor and multimedia events from the delivery processor for presentation to the user. Our inventive method for recording and playing back multimedia events entails: capturing tracks of various aspects of a multimedia event; coding the tracks into digitized blocks; time stamping each block; and compressing and preprocessing each track as instructed in a source mapping table; transmitting tracks of the multimedia event to the user as requested; and adjusting the delivery of tracks based upon relative time information associated with a new position established after searching through a track of the multimedia event.

摘要翻译： 用于记录和再现多媒体事件的系统包括记录源，预处理器，传送处理器和用户控制单元。 记录源每个捕获多媒体事件的连续时间记录或轨道，并将捕获的轨道发送到源预处理器，其中轨道被编码为数字块，并且同时接收的轨道的数字化块被相同的相对时间加上时间戳，因此同步 及时。 多媒体事件的轨迹也被压缩和预处理以产生多媒体事件的其他表示，这进一步帮助用户通过多媒体事件进行搜索。 交付处理器为用户对多媒体事件的请求提供服务，并根据用户的交互式命令向请求用户传送事件。 交付处理器还生成多媒体事件的轨道的堆叠表示，该表示提供视觉提示以帮助用户通过多媒体事件进行快速和智能的搜索。 用户控制单元从用户接收要发送到递送处理器的请求和交互命令以及来自递送处理器的多媒体事件以呈现给用户。 我们用于录制和播放多媒体事件的创造性方法包括：捕获多媒体事件的各个方面的轨迹; 将轨道编码为数字化块; 时间戳每个块; 并按照源映射表中的指示压缩和预处理每个轨道; 根据请求向用户发送多媒体事件的轨道; 以及基于在通过多媒体事件的轨道搜索之后建立的新位置相关联的相对时间信息来调整轨道的传送。

公开(公告)号：US5577258A

公开(公告)日：1996-11-19

申请号：US274503

申请日：1994-07-13

申请人： Gil C. Cruz ,  Ralph D. Hill ,  Thomas H. Judd ,  Darren H. New ,  Jonathan Rosenberg

发明人： Gil C. Cruz ,  Ralph D. Hill ,  Thomas H. Judd ,  Darren H. New ,  Jonathan Rosenberg

IPC分类号： H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G06F15/00

CPC分类号： H04L65/602 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L65/4084 ,  H04L65/604 ,  H04L65/607 ,  H04L65/80 ,  H04L67/325 ,  H04L29/06027 ,  H04L69/329

摘要： An apparatus and method for preprocessing multimedia presentations to be delivered to customers such that delays due to interactive response time is virtually eliminated is described. The preprocessor receives as inputs an original multimedia presentation and parameters characterizing other system components, which parameters include the round trip latency between a delivery processor and a presentation processor, and generates a preprocessed multimedia presentation including a delivery schedule in the form of a labelled, directed graph. In generating the delivery schedule, the preprocessor ensures that each object of the presentation and its associated presentation command arrive at the presentation processor no later than its presentation time; objects and commands which are delivered to the presentation processor can be accommodated at the memory of the presentation processor; and those objects to be presented immediately in response to a customer's selection of an interactive feature are received at the presentation processor prior to their earliest presentation times. This delivery schedule contains delivery commands which are executed by the delivery processor for transmitting objects of the presentation and their associated presentation commands to the presentation processor, which executes the presentation commands and presents the objects to its corresponding customer.

摘要翻译： 描述用于预处理要传送给客户的多媒体演示的装置和方法，从而实际上消除了由交互式响应时间引起的延迟。 预处理器接收作为输入的原始多媒体呈现和表征其他系统组件的参数，哪些参数包括递送处理器和呈现处理器之间的往返行程等待时间，并且生成预处理的多媒体呈现，其中包括以标签指示 图形。 在生成递送计划时，预处理器确保呈现的每个对象及其相关联的呈现命令不迟于其呈现时间到达呈现处理器; 传送到呈现处理器的对象和命令可以被容纳在呈现处理器的存储器处; 并且响应于客户对交互特征的选择而立即呈现的那些对象在其最早呈现时间之前在呈现处理器处被接收。 该递送计划包含由递送处理器执行的递送命令，用于将呈现的对象及其相关联的呈现命令发送到呈现处理器，呈现处理器执行呈现命令并将对象呈现给其对应的客户。