公开(公告)号：US20230051743A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-16

申请号：US17978798

申请日：2022-11-01

申请人： Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC

发明人： Peter Stern ,  Michael L. LaJoie ,  Michael Angus

IPC分类号： H04N21/236 ,  H04N21/222 ,  H04N21/24 ,  H04N21/2668 ,  H04N21/2747 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/643 ,  H04N21/6587 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/8358 ,  G06F21/00

摘要： Methods and apparatus for selectively enforcing required insertion or viewing of secondary content, such as advertisements or promotions, in a content distribution network. In one embodiment, the network is a managed network (e.g., cable television, satellite, or the like), and the method includes identifying secondary content with a particular attribute or property (e.g., an advertisement that a user has watched before), and selectively enabling one or more “trick mode” functions relating to that secondary content. In one implementation, audio codes or watermarks are inserted into the secondary content and detected when the content is accessed or rendered; if the detected content matches a database or listing of previously played content for that user or premises, the trick mode functionality (e.g., FF or “skip”) is enabled, thereby allowing the user to bypass the content.

公开(公告)号：US20220368955A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-17

申请号：US17584340

申请日：2022-01-25

申请人： BENQ CORPORATION

发明人： Chen-Chi Wu ,  Chia-Nan Shih ,  Chin-Fu Chiang ,  Chuang-Wei Wu ,  Jung-Kun Tseng

IPC分类号： H04N21/2187 ,  H04N21/2747

摘要： A data sharing method includes providing a receiver and at least one transmitter, changing a first hardware registration identification code of the at least one transmitter to a second hardware registration identification code of a virtual camera device corresponding to at least one communication software program by the receiver, and using the virtual camera device for converting at least one image data signal transmitted from the at least one transmitter to video stream data supported by the at least one communication software program after the receiver receives the at least one image data signal.

公开(公告)号：US11490131B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-01

申请号：US17217342

申请日：2021-03-30

申请人： Synamedia Limited

发明人： Mahesh Chakravarthy Vittal Viveganandhan ,  Hoi-tauw Jozef Chou ,  Gowdish Kumaraswamy ,  David Stuart Morgan ,  Clint Earl Ricker ,  Ivan V. Legrand

IPC分类号： H04N21/21 ,  H04N21/218 ,  G06F16/955 ,  H04N21/8355 ,  H04N21/231 ,  H04N21/2343 ,  H04N21/845 ,  H04N21/232 ,  H04N21/239 ,  H04N21/2747 ,  G06F16/71

摘要： In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a stored copy request indicating data and including a request identifier, scheduling publication of the data to an object store, and sending a subscription request indicating the data and the request identifier to the object store. In another embodiment, a method includes receiving a publication request indicating data to be copied, wherein the publication request is a recording request indicating a channel and a timespan, receiving one or more subscription requests for the data, receiving the data, and generating a copy of the data for each subscription request.

公开(公告)号：US11412273B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-09

申请号：US17445894

申请日：2021-08-25

申请人： Comcast Cable Communications, LLC

发明人： Christopher Lintz ,  Tedd Dawson ,  Jason Burgess

IPC分类号： H04N21/234 ,  H04N21/2747 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/236 ,  H04N21/61

摘要： Systems and methods for managing the storage of content are described. A video stream may include a content identifier and content information relating to a boundary that may be used to facilitate recording of at least a portion of the video stream.

公开(公告)号：US20220210498A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-30

申请号：US17533737

申请日：2021-11-23

申请人： Comcast Cable Communications, LLC

发明人： Todd Walker ,  Bruce Bradley ,  Thomas Day ,  Robert Gaydos ,  John Leddy ,  Weidong Mao

IPC分类号： H04N21/274 ,  G06F16/70 ,  H04N21/231 ,  H04N21/2743 ,  H04N21/234 ,  H04N21/218 ,  H04N21/437 ,  H04N21/24 ,  H04N21/2747 ,  G06F11/14 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N21/442 ,  G06F3/06 ,  G06F16/174 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/239 ,  H04N7/173

摘要： An archive model can be used for managing networked storage of recorded content, such as network DVR (digital video recorder) content. Content may be initially recorded to an active storage device, with individual duplicate copies recorded for each requesting user, and subsequently archived to an archive storage device. For playback, the content can be reconstituted into the active storage device prior to delivery to the requesting user. Content can be predictively reconstituted in anticipation of user needs, and the reconstitution capacity of the system can be dynamically reallocated for load balancing.

公开(公告)号：US20220210489A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-30

申请号：US17697312

申请日：2022-03-17

申请人： Comcast Cable Communications, LLC

发明人： David ARBUCKLE ,  Jason BURGESS ,  Neill KIPP ,  Richard FLIAM

IPC分类号： H04N21/231 ,  H04N21/845 ,  H04N21/218 ,  H04N21/2747 ,  H04N21/239

摘要： Systems and methods for managing the storage and delivery of recorded content in a network digital video recorder (DVR) system are disclosed. A plurality of requests to record a program may be received, wherein the program may comprise a plurality of segments. A segment from the plurality of segments may be determined to be copied to a first storage. A copy of the segment may be received from a second storage and a plurality of copies of the segment may be created in the first storage from the copy of the segment received from the second storage. The quantity of the plurality of copies of the segment may be equal to the quantity of the plurality of requests to record the program.

公开(公告)号：US11316922B2

公开(公告)日：2022-04-26

申请号：US15444466

申请日：2017-02-28

申请人： ARRIS Enterprises LLC

发明人： Richard P. Rementilla ,  Christopher S. DelSordo ,  Albert F. Elcock

IPC分类号： H04N5/76 ,  H04N21/231 ,  H04N21/2747 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/4335 ,  H04L12/66 ,  H04L12/931 ,  H04L67/1097 ,  H04L43/0882 ,  H04N21/2187 ,  H04N21/418 ,  H04N21/436 ,  H04N21/4402 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/2343 ,  H04N21/24 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/222 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/41

摘要： Methods, systems, and computer readable media may be operable to facilitate the dynamic selection of a storage device for storing media. When a recording request is received, storage information associated with resources of one or more networks and one or more storage devices may be retrieved, and a network may be selected for recording and storing the requested media based upon an algorithm that considers the retrieved information. One or more specific storage devices located on the selected network may be selected for recording and storing the requested media. The selection of the one or more specific storage devices may be made based upon an algorithm that considers the available resources and capabilities of available storage devices.

公开(公告)号：US11310550B2

公开(公告)日：2022-04-19

申请号：US16871792

申请日：2020-05-11

申请人： TIVO CORPORATION

发明人： Do Hyun Chung ,  Ren L. Long ,  Dan Dennedy

IPC分类号： H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04L67/1097 ,  H04N21/231 ,  H04N21/2747 ,  H04N21/845 ,  H04N21/854 ,  H04L67/02 ,  H04L67/01

摘要： Techniques and mechanisms described herein facilitate the storage of digital media recordings. According to various embodiments, a system is provided comprising a processor, a storage device, Random Access Memory (RAM), an archive writer, and a recording writer. The archive writer is configured to retrieve a plurality of small multimedia segments (SMSs) in RAM and write the plurality of SMSs into an archive container file in RAM. The single archive container file may correspond to a singular multimedia file when complete. New SMSs retrieved from RAM are appended into the archive container file if the new SMSs also correspond to the singular multimedia file. The recording writer is configured to flush the archive container file to be stored as a digital media recording on the storage device once enough SMSs have been appended by the archive writer to the archive container file to complete the singular multimedia file.

公开(公告)号：US11218762B2

公开(公告)日：2022-01-04

申请号：US14631106

申请日：2015-02-25

申请人： Comcast Cable Communications, LLC

发明人： Todd Walker ,  Bruce Bradley ,  Thomas Day ,  Robert Gaydos ,  John Leddy ,  Weidong Mao

IPC分类号： H04N21/274 ,  G06F16/70 ,  H04N21/231 ,  H04N21/2743 ,  H04N21/234 ,  H04N21/218 ,  H04N21/437 ,  H04N21/24 ,  H04N21/2747 ,  G06F11/14 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N21/442 ,  G06F3/06 ,  G06F16/174 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/239

摘要： An archive model can be used for managing networked storage of recorded content, such as network DVR (digital video recorder) content. Content may be initially recorded to an active storage device, with individual duplicate copies recorded for each requesting user, and subsequently archived to an archive storage device. For playback, the content can be reconstituted into the active storage device prior to delivery to the requesting user. Content can be predictively reconstituted in anticipation of user needs, and the reconstitution capacity of the system can be dynamically reallocated for load balancing.

公开(公告)号：US20210409829A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-30

申请号：US17141727

申请日：2021-01-05

申请人： Comcast Cable Communications, LLC

发明人： Bruce Hertzfeld ,  Mark McKelvey ,  Thomas Day

IPC分类号： H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/2747

摘要： Provided are methods and systems for reducing content storage space and network resources. A device, such as a network storage device, can receive a plurality of requests to record a content item with varying start times and end times. The network device can map the start time and end time of each request to a subscriber, premises, and/or device. The network device can determine the earliest of the start times associated with the content item and the latest of the end times associated with the content item. In an aspect, the network device can make a recording, starting at the earliest start time and ending at the latest end time.