公开(公告)号：US20170150204A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-25

申请号：US14948658

申请日：2015-11-23

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Zhiying Jin ,  Sandeep G. Rathi ,  Yuhui Qian ,  Samuel Thomas Scott, III

IPC: H04N21/4335 ,  H04N21/647 ,  H04N21/458 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/433

CPC classification number: H04N21/4335 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/4334 ,  H04N21/4583 ,  H04N21/64753

Abstract: An exemplary method includes a web services provider system detecting an input command provided by a user during a scheduling session and representative of a request for a local digital video recording (“DVR”) system to record a media program during a presentation time period that is subsequent to the scheduling session. During the scheduling session and in response to the input command, the web services provider system identifies a maximum number of media programs other than the media program and that are already scheduled to be concurrently recorded by the local DVR system at any given time during the presentation time period, determines whether the maximum number equals a maximum recording limitation of the local DVR system, and performs, based on the determination whether the maximum number equals the maximum recording limitation of the local DVR system, a predetermined action with respect to the media program.

公开(公告)号：US10136178B2

公开(公告)日：2018-11-20

申请号：US14948658

申请日：2015-11-23

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Zhiying Jin ,  Sandeep G. Rathi ,  Yuhui Qian ,  Samuel Thomas Scott, III

IPC: H04N21/4335 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/458 ,  H04N21/432 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/647

Abstract: An exemplary method includes a web services provider system detecting an input command provided by a user during a scheduling session and representative of a request for a local digital video recording (“DVR”) system to record a media program during a presentation time period that is subsequent to the scheduling session. During the scheduling session and in response to the input command, the web services provider system identifies a maximum number of media programs other than the media program and that are already scheduled to be concurrently recorded by the local DVR system at any given time during the presentation time period, determines whether the maximum number equals a maximum recording limitation of the local DVR system, and performs, based on the determination whether the maximum number equals the maximum recording limitation of the local DVR system, a predetermined action with respect to the media program.

公开(公告)号：US09998782B2

公开(公告)日：2018-06-12

申请号：US15336845

申请日：2016-10-28

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Zhiying Jin ,  Sandeep G. Rathi ,  Ian M. Smith ,  Ravi Kalluri

IPC: H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/43 ,  H04N21/458 ,  H04N21/44

CPC classification number: H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/2747 ,  H04N21/4302 ,  H04N21/4334 ,  H04N21/4335 ,  H04N21/44 ,  H04N21/458

Abstract: A method, a system, and a non-transitory storage medium provides to store first recording information that indicates programs that are recorded and stored at user devices, and programs to be recorded and stored at the user devices, receive, from a user device, a message that includes second recording information, wherein the second recording information includes second data instances; compare a portion of the first recording information with the second recording information; determine whether there is a difference between each first data instance relative to each corresponding second data instance; determine a master source for each first data instance that differs from each corresponding second data instance; update each first data instance that differs, one of the network device or the user device based on the master source, and provide the DVR service based on an updated portion of the first recording information, an updated second recording information, or both.

公开(公告)号：US09955213B2

公开(公告)日：2018-04-24

申请号：US14701270

申请日：2015-04-30

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Zhiying Jin ,  Wei Xia ,  Sandeep G. Rathi ,  Samuel T. Scott, III ,  Johannes P. Schmidt

IPC: H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/2747 ,  H04N21/458 ,  H04N21/462 ,  H04N21/6543 ,  H04N21/658

CPC classification number: H04N21/4334 ,  H04N21/25875 ,  H04N21/2747 ,  H04N21/4135 ,  H04N21/4583 ,  H04N21/4622 ,  H04N21/6543 ,  H04N21/6581

Abstract: An exemplary web services provider system remote from and communicatively coupled to a local digital video recording (“DVR”) system by way of a network detects an input command provided by a user and representative of a request for the local DVR system to perform a DVR operation with respect to a media program provided by a television service, identifies, in response to the request, a status of the media program, determines, based on the identified status of the media program, an optimal manner in which to perform the DVR operation, and directs the local DVR system to perform the DVR operation in accordance with the optimal manner. Corresponding systems and methods are also described.

公开(公告)号：US10104431B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-16

申请号：US15199927

申请日：2016-06-30

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Zhiying Jin ,  Sandeep G. Rathi ,  Yuhui Qian ,  Ravi Kalluri

IPC: H04N5/76 ,  H04N7/00 ,  H04N7/025 ,  H04N7/16 ,  H04N9/80 ,  H04N21/458 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/4335 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/478 ,  H04N21/2668

Abstract: An exemplary method includes a cloud-based service provider system detecting an input command provided by a user during a scheduling session and representative of a request for a local digital video recording (“DVR”) system to record a media program during a presentation time period. In response to the detecting of the input command, the cloud-based service provider system identifies a conflict associated with the request for the local DVR system to record the media program, performs a prioritization operation to determine a relative priority of media programs that are at least one of scheduled to be recorded by the local DVR system at any given time during the presentation time period and currently recorded in a memory of the local DVR system, and automatically performs, based on the performing of the prioritization operation, a predetermined action to resolve the conflict and facilitate the local DVR system recording the media program.

公开(公告)号：US20180007437A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-04

申请号：US15199927

申请日：2016-06-30

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Zhiying Jin ,  Sandeep G. Rathi ,  Yuhui Qian ,  Ravi Kalluri

IPC: H04N21/458 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N21/478 ,  H04N21/4335

CPC classification number: H04N21/4583 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N5/7605 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N5/782 ,  H04N21/2668 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/4334 ,  H04N21/4335 ,  H04N21/4532 ,  H04N21/478 ,  H04N21/64322

Abstract: An exemplary method includes a cloud-based service provider system detecting an input command provided by a user during a scheduling session and representative of a request for a local digital video recording (“DVR”) system to record a media program during a presentation time period. In response to the detecting of the input command, the cloud-based service provider system identifies a conflict associated with the request for the local DVR system to record the media program, performs a prioritization operation to determine a relative priority of media programs that are at least one of scheduled to be recorded by the local DVR system at any given time during the presentation time period and currently recorded in a memory of the local DVR system, and automatically performs, based on the performing of the prioritization operation, a predetermined action to resolve the conflict and facilitate the local DVR system recording the media program.

公开(公告)号：US09071887B2

公开(公告)日：2015-06-30

申请号：US13651872

申请日：2012-10-15

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Xuefeng Yao ,  Jack Jianxiu Hao ,  Sandeep G. Rathi ,  Zhiying Jin

IPC: G06F15/16 ,  H04N21/854 ,  H04N21/2387 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/4627 ,  H04N21/845 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L12/26

CPC classification number: H04N21/85406 ,  H04L43/106 ,  H04L65/00 ,  H04L65/4084 ,  H04L65/4092 ,  H04N21/2387 ,  H04N21/4126 ,  H04N21/44204 ,  H04N21/4627 ,  H04N21/8456

Abstract: A client device plays streaming media, and obtains a media playback position of the media at a first time. The client device sends a first message from the client device to a server, wherein the first message includes the media playback position and where the media playback position includes a time reference associated with playback of the media at the first time. The client device receives a first reply message from the server, wherein the first reply message indicates a time period. The client device sends a second message from the first client to the server, based on expiration of the time period, wherein the second message includes a media playback position of the media at a second time during the playing of the streaming media that is different than the first time.

Abstract translation: 客户端设备播放流媒体，并且首次获得媒体的媒体播放位置。 客户机设备从客户端设备向服务器发送第一消息，其中第一消息包括媒体播放位置，并且媒体播放位置包括与第一时间播放媒体相关联的时间基准。 客户端设备从服务器接收第一应答消息，其中第一应答消息指示时间段。 客户端设备基于时间段的到期将第二消息从第一客户端发送到服务器，其中第二消息在播放流媒体期间的第二时间包括媒体的媒体播放位置，该流媒体不同于 第一次。

公开(公告)号：US20180124447A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-03

申请号：US15336845

申请日：2016-10-28

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Zhiying Jin ,  Sandeep G. Rathi ,  Ian M. Smith ,  Ravi Kalluri

IPC: H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/43 ,  H04N21/458 ,  H04N21/44

CPC classification number: H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/2747 ,  H04N21/4302 ,  H04N21/4334 ,  H04N21/4335 ,  H04N21/44 ,  H04N21/458

Abstract: A method, a system, and a non-transitory storage medium provides to store first recording information that indicates programs that are recorded and stored at user devices, and programs to be recorded and stored at the user devices, receive, from a user device, a message that includes second recording information, wherein the second recording information includes second data instances; compare a portion of the first recording information with the second recording information; determine whether there is a difference between each first data instance relative to each corresponding second data instance; determine a master source for each first data instance that differs from each corresponding second data instance; update each first data instance that differs, one of the network device or the user device based on the master source, and provide the DVR service based on an updated portion of the first recording information, an updated second recording information, or both.

公开(公告)号：US20160323633A1

公开(公告)日：2016-11-03

申请号：US14701270

申请日：2015-04-30

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Zhiying Jin ,  Wei Xia ,  Sandeep G. Rathi ,  Samuel T. Scott, III ,  Johannes P. Schmidt

IPC: H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/2387 ,  H04N21/41

CPC classification number: H04N21/4334 ,  H04N21/25875 ,  H04N21/2747 ,  H04N21/4135 ,  H04N21/4583 ,  H04N21/4622 ,  H04N21/6543 ,  H04N21/6581

Abstract: An exemplary web services provider system remote from and communicatively coupled to a local digital video recording (“DVR”) system by way of a network detects an input command provided by a user and representative of a request for the local DVR system to perform a DVR operation with respect to a media program provided by a television service, identifies, in response to the request, a status of the media program, determines, based on the identified status of the media program, an optimal manner in which to perform the DVR operation, and directs the local DVR system to perform the DVR operation in accordance with the optimal manner. Corresponding systems and methods are also described.

Abstract translation: 通过网络远程并通信地耦合到本地数字视频记录（“DVR”）系统的示例性网络服务提供商系统检测由用户提供的输入命令并表示对本地DVR系统执行DVR的请求 对于由电视服务提供的媒体节目的操作，根据该请求识别媒体节目的状态，根据所识别的媒体节目状态来确定执行DVR操作的最佳方式 并指导本地DVR系统按照最佳方式进行DVR操作。 还描述了相应的系统和方法。

公开(公告)号：US20140108497A1

公开(公告)日：2014-04-17

申请号：US13651872

申请日：2012-10-15

Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.

Inventor： Xuefeng Yao ,  Jack Jianxiu Hao ,  Sandeep G. Rathi ,  Zhiying Jin

IPC: G06F15/16

CPC classification number: H04N21/85406 ,  H04L43/106 ,  H04L65/00 ,  H04L65/4084 ,  H04L65/4092 ,  H04N21/2387 ,  H04N21/4126 ,  H04N21/44204 ,  H04N21/4627 ,  H04N21/8456

Abstract: A client device plays streaming media, and obtains a media playback position of the media at a first time. The client device sends a first message from the client device to a server, wherein the first message includes the media playback position and where the media playback position includes a time reference associated with playback of the media at the first time. The client device receives a first reply message from the server, wherein the first reply message indicates a time period. The client device sends a second message from the first client to the server, based on expiration of the time period, wherein the second message includes a media playback position of the media at a second time during the playing of the streaming media that is different than the first time.

Abstract translation: 客户端设备播放流媒体，并且首次获得媒体的媒体播放位置。 客户机设备从客户端设备向服务器发送第一消息，其中第一消息包括媒体播放位置，并且媒体播放位置包括与第一时间播放媒体相关联的时间基准。 客户端设备从服务器接收第一应答消息，其中第一应答消息指示时间段。 客户端设备基于时间段的到期将第二消息从第一客户端发送到服务器，其中第二消息在播放流媒体期间的第二时间包括媒体的媒体播放位置，该流媒体不同于 第一次。