| VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC. Patent applications |
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| 20120137357 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING NETWORK FIREWALL FOR DENIAL-OF-SERVICE (DOS) DETECTION AND PREVENTION IN SIGNALING CHANNEL - A device may measure a first performance, associated with legitimate traffic without attack traffic, of a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-based protection device implementing authentication; measure a second performance, associated with legitimate traffic and attack traffic, of the SIP-based protection device implementing authentication; and measure a third performance, associated with legitimate traffic and attack traffic, of the SIP-based protection device implementing authentication and return routability filtering. The device may also measure a first performance associated with legitimate traffic of a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-based protection device implementing rate-limiting filtering; measure a second performance associated with legitimate traffic and attack traffic of the SIP-based protection device implementing scheme filtering; and measure a third performance associated with legitimate traffic of the SIP-based protection device not implementing rate-limiting filtering without attack traffic. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120137344 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESETTING A NETWORK DEVICE - A network device includes a data store with first and second parameters, the first parameter affecting a communication operation of the network device and the second parameter affecting a security operation of the network device. A device reset function enables a user to selectively and independently refresh the first and second parameters. For example, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) device user can restore a default communications configuration of the SIP device while preserving the device decryption key. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120137309 | WORKFLOW INTEGRATION AND PORTAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An exemplary system includes a workflow integration subsystem communicatively coupled to a backend workflow subsystem maintaining a set of backend workflow tasks native to the backend workflow subsystem, the workflow integration subsystem configured to maintain a set of integrated workflow tasks representative of the set of backend workflow tasks. The system also includes a portal subsystem configured to communicate with the workflow integration subsystem and the backend workflow subsystem. The portal subsystem is further configured to provide a frontend portal for access by a user, receive a request provided by the user through the frontend portal, and provide access to workflow functionality through the frontend portal in response to the request, wherein the portal subsystem is configured to select whether the workflow functionality is subject to control by the backend workflow subsystem or the portal subsystem. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120137231 | USER INTERFACES FOR FACILITATING MERGING AND SPLITTING OF COMMUNICATION SESSIONS - An exemplary method includes a communication device maintaining multiple active communication sessions with multiple other communication devices, displaying, on a touch screen display, multiple graphical objects representing the multiple active communication sessions, detecting a pinch touch gesture provided by a user on the touch screen display in relation to the graphical objects representing the multiple active communication sessions, and initiating, in response to the pinch touch gesture, a merging of the multiple active communication sessions to form a merged active communication session. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120137019 | TCP WINDOW SIZE PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - A system may include user equipment. The user equipment may determine a group of first Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) window size values based on different information relating to a wireless network, and determine a second TCP window size value based on the group of first TCP window size values. The user equipment may further transmit data using a transmission window size corresponding to the second TCP window size value. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120136754 | AUTOMATIC TAB PAYMENT FROM A USER DEVICE - A method includes receiving a menu of items offered for sale by a merchant, where the menu of items permits a user, of a user device, to place an order with an attendant, associated with the merchant, that includes an item of the menu of items; receiving information associated with the order that was placed with the attendant, where the information associated with the order includes the item and a price associated with the item; receiving an instruction to pay for the order; retrieving, in response to the instruction, payment information to be used to pay the price associated with the item; sending, to a server device, the payment information to permit the server device to process the payment information to pay for the order, where the sending is performed in a manner that does not permit the attendant to access the payment information; and receiving an indication that the payment information was processed. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120136615 | IDENTIFYING CAUSES OF SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT AND PERFORMANCE VIOLATIONS - A computer-implemented method may include measuring a performance of a virtual channel carrying packets through a transport network for a time period, measuring a performance of an ingress interface to the transport network carrying the virtual channel packets for the time period, and measuring a performance of an internal interface carrying the virtual channel packets internal to the transport network for the time period. The computer-implemented method may determine that the performance of the virtual channel during the time period does not meet a first performance standard, and, when the performance of the virtual channel does not meet the first performance standard, may automatically determine whether the performance of the ingress interface meets a second performance standard and whether the performance of the internal interface meets a third performance standard. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120136612 | HDMI DEVICE AND INTEROPERABILITY TESTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An exemplary system includes a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (“HDMI”) analyzer and an HDMI router-switch having one or more input ports connected to one or more HDMI source devices and output ports connected to the HDMI analyzer and one or more HDMI sink devices. The HDMI router-switch is configured to establish and disestablish HDMI connections between the HDMI source devices and the HDMI analyzer and HDMI sink devices. The system further includes a control subsystem configured to control the HDMI analyzer, the HDMI router-switch, the HDMI source devices, and the HDMI sink devices, wherein the control subsystem is configured to direct one or more of the HDMI analyzer, the HDMI router-switch, the HDMI source devices, and the HDMI sink devices to perform one or more operations to execute one or more automated HDMI test routines. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120135690 | SOCIAL INTERACTION TRACKING - A device may include a communication interface configured to transmit and receive communications from a second device. The device may further include logic configured to determine whether a user of the device is in a social interaction with a user of the second device, obtain identification information associated with the second device when the user of the device is in a social interaction with the user of the second device, and store the obtained identification information associated with the second device to track the social interaction with the user of the second device. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120134268 | BI-DIRECTIONAL LOAD BALANCING - A method includes receiving, from a user device, a request to access a long term evolution (LTE) network; sending, to a group of servers, a query to obtain information associated with a respective traffic condition and processing capacity associated with each of the group of servers; identifying a particular server, of the group of servers, via which to establish a communication session with the user device based on a determination that the particular server has a reserve processing capacity that is greater than a respective reserve processing capacity associated with the each other one of the group of servers, where the reserve processing capacity is based on a traffic condition and processing capacity associated with the particular server; and sending, to the particular server, an instruction to establish the communication session, where sending the instruction enables the particular server to establish the communication session via which the user device is to access the network. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120134260 | NETWORK STABILIZER - A network device determines that an outgoing network-to-network interface has dropped one or more network control packets and incrementally adjusts, based on the determining, a drop threshold parameter for the network control packets to give preference to the network control packets over non-network control packets. After the adjusting, the network device monitors traffic over the interface, and preempts, based on the monitoring, a low-priority label switched path (LSP) using the interface when the interface reaches a congested threshold or when the interface has dropped one or more other network control packets. The network device restores the low-priority LSP to the interface when the interface has reached an uncongested threshold. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133841 | UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES - An exemplary method includes a universal remote control device detecting user input requesting that the universal remote control device be operated in a learning mode, initiating, in response to the user input, operation of the universal remote control device in the learning mode, receiving, during the operation of the universal remote control device in the learning mode, a device code via an inter-device communication, and automatically configuring, in response to the receiving of the device code via the inter-device communication, the universal remote control device for remotely controlling a target device associated with the device code. Corresponding systems, methods, and apparatuses are also disclosed. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133731 | HIGH BANDWIDTH STREAMING TO MEDIA PLAYER - A method performed by one or more computing devices includes receiving, by a data center and from a user device via a public network connection, a selection of high-definition three-dimensional (HD3D) content and sending, by the data center and to the user device, a link to a content delivery system to provide the selected HD3D content. The method also includes receiving, by the content delivery system and from the user device, a streaming request for the selected HD3D content; reserving, by the content delivery system, bandwidth, for the selected HD3D content, within a managed network; and sending, by the content delivery system and to the user device, a streaming Internet protocol (IP) address for providing the selected HD3D content over the managed network. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133652 | INTERFACE CUBE FOR MOBILE DEVICE - A computing device presents, on a screen, a three-dimensional rendering of an interface cube that includes a representation of a user's contacts displayed on at least one surface of the interface cube. The computing device receives a communication item from a peripheral application, where the communication item is associated with a particular contact of the user's contacts. The computing device creates a graphic based on the communication item and displays the graphic at a location on the representation of the user's contacts that corresponds to the location of the particular contact within a sequence of the user's contacts. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133638 | VIRTUAL EVENT VIEWING - A method may include receiving a number of video feeds for a live event from video capture devices located at an event venue. A three-dimensional model of the event may be generated based on received video feeds. A request to view a virtual event corresponding to the live event may be received from a user device. The 3D model may be forwarded to the user device. A virtual representation of the event may be output based on the 3D model. A request may be received to manipulate a view within the virtual representation. A modified virtual representation of the event may be output based on the request. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120131623 | UNDER-THE-BOTTOM TIME-SHIFTED DELIVERY OF VIDEO CONTENT - One or more devices, in a video content delivery network, provide real time video content to one or more devices located at a customer premise. The one or more devices also provide non-real time video content to at least one of the customer premise devices during idle time periods associated with the network and using lower effort Internet protocol (IP) transport. The non-real time video content may be broadcast, at a time after the idle time periods, by at least one of the customer premise devices. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131622 | HYBRID VIDEO SELECTION, DELIVERY, AND CACHING - One or more devices, in a video content delivery network, store video content for one or more customer premise devices in a hierarchical storage, and provide real time video content from the hierarchical storage, via multicast or unicast, to the one or more customer premise devices. The one or more devices also provide non-real time video content from the hierarchical storage to the one or more customer premise devices during idle time periods associated with the network. The one or more devices further establish a license with the one or more customer premise devices to view video content in multiple formats, and establish a license with the one or more customer premise devices to view video content via multiple customer premise devices. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131601 | ADAPTIVE VIDEO QUALITY SUBSTITUTION - A computing device, in a video content delivery network, intercepts requested video content prior to delivery of the requested video content to a customer premise device of the network, and receives subscription and authentication information of a customer associated with the customer premise device. The computing device receives video content provider information, and validates the requested video content based on the subscription and authentication information and the video content provider information. The computing device receives capability information associated with the customer premise device, and receives bandwidth information associated with the network. The computing device determines a quality of video content, to provide to the customer premise device, based on the customer premise device capability information and the network bandwidth information, and provides, to the customer premise device, video content with the determined quality. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131211 | OPTIMIZED NETWORK DEVICE DISCOVERY - A computing device retrieves a set of configuration files of devices associated with a network to be analyzed and extracts from the set of configuration files Internet protocol (IP) address information to form an IP address database. The computing device also extracts from the set of configuration files border gateway protocol (BGP) routing protocols to form a BGP routing database. The computing device analyzes the IP address database and the BGP routing database to generate a database of calculated network connection information for the devices associated with the network. The computing device conducts live network discovery, on the network and based on the IP address database, to generate a database of discovered connection information, and merges the database of calculated network connection information and the database of discovered connection information to form a master database from which output files may be generated. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131209 | NEARBY ADDRESS NETWORK SERVICE INFORMATION PROVISIONING FOR MARKETING REPRESENTATIVES - A network device receives a geographic location of a mobile device. The network device accesses a database to identify addresses within a distance parameter of the received geographic location, and retrieves attributes associated with the identified addresses from the database, wherein the attributes comprise attributes associated with one or more network services provided to customers from a network service provider. The network device sends the identified customer addresses and the retrieved network service attributes to the mobile device. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120130780 | PROMOTION ANALYZER SYSTEM - A method performed by a server device, may include receiving information about a customer order, associated with a particular service or product provider, from an ordering system; determining whether the customer order is eligible for a promotion based on the received information where the promotion includes a reward to a customer for placing the customer order; and requesting balance information associated with the customer order from a billing system, when the customer order is eligible for the promotion. The method may further include receiving a balance amount, associated with the customer order, from the billing system; determining whether the balance amount is less than a balance threshold; and sending a message to a fulfillment system to fulfill the promotion, when the balance amount is less than the balance threshold. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120130513 | SMART HOME DEVICE MANAGEMENT - A mobile communication device receives information associated with multiple home devices, and generates, based on the home device information, a connected home dashboard that includes a home device item, a modes item, a monitoring item, a security item, and a notifications item. The mobile communication device also provides the connected home dashboard for display to a user, and receives, from the user, a selection of one of the home device item, the modes item, the monitoring item, the security item, or the notifications item. The mobile communication device further provides, based on the home device information and for display to the user, information associated with the selected item. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120129509 | OPTIMIZING LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE) CAPACITY USING AN ADAPTIVE DORMANCY TIMER - A device classifies access or control channel signals into a first class or a second class, initializes a dormancy timer associated with the device, and sets the dormancy timer to a default value. The device also sets a signal target utilization threshold, receives actual signals via the access or control channel, and identifies, when a number of the actual signals exceeds the signal target utilization threshold, a particular signal, from the actual signals, as belonging to the first class or the second class. The device further increases the default value of the dormancy timer when the particular signal belongs to the first class, and decreases the default value of the dormancy timer when the particular signal belongs to the second class. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120129482 | ENABLING EMERGENCY CALL BACK TO A USER DEVICE - Emergency call backs may be placed to a user device in a manner that bypasses certain features (e.g., call forwarding) that may be enabled by the device. A method may include receiving an emergency call from a user device; and creating, in response to the emergency call, an emergency session associated with the user device, where the creating includes forwarding the call to a public safety access point (PSAP) server that handles emergency calls. The method may further include receiving a call, such as an emergency call back call, destined for the user device; determining that the emergency session has not expired when an elapse time associated with the emergency session is less than a threshold; and forwarding, to the user device, the call, as a return call from the PSAP server, based on the determination that the emergency session has not expired. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128139 | Methods and Systems for Aggregating and Graphically Representing Information Associated with a Telecommunications Circuit - Exemplary systems and methods for aggregating and graphically representing information associated with a telecommunications circuit are disclosed. An exemplary method includes a telecommunications management subsystem receiving, from a plurality of backend telecommunications subsystems, data representative of information associated with a telecommunications circuit, aggregating the data representative of the information associated with the telecommunications circuit, providing a portal configured for access by a user associated with the telecommunications circuit, and displaying, within the portal, a graphical user interface including a graphical representation of the telecommunications circuit. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128084 | NETWORK OPTIMIZATION BASED ON USER EQUIPMENT TYPE - A network device may include a first set of components and a second set of components. The first set of components may manage, using a first set of parameters, at least one of uplink radio resources or downlink radio resources for a group of mobile user equipment. The second set of components may manage, using a second set of parameters, at least one of uplink radio resources or downlink radio resources for a group of fixed user equipment. The second set of parameters may be different than the first set of parameters. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127895 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A VoIP NETWORK SERVICE - A network device stores one or more mobile applications. The network device receives a message from another network device, where the message specifies multiple mobile devices to which the one or more mobile applications should be uploaded. The mobile devices include cellular telephones. The network device sends a notification to the multiple mobile devices that the one or more mobile applications are available for download from the network device. The notification includes a short message service (SMS) text message. The network device sends the one or more mobile applications to the multiple mobile devices based on receiving replies to the notification from the multiple mobile devices. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120124618 | VIRTUAL INSERTION OF ADVERTISEMENTS - A device includes a communication interface and one or more processors. The communication interface may receive a playlist that lists segments of a content stream in an order the segments are to be recombined, receive advertisement information that describes an advertisement, receive a breakpoint, and send a revised playlist to a remote server. The one or more processors may generate the revised playlist based on the playlist, the advertisement information, and the breakpoint. The revised playlist may include references to the segments and the advertisements. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124613 | CONTENT ENTITLEMENT DETERMINATIONS FOR PLAYBACK OF VIDEO STREAMS ON PORTABLE DEVICES - Video content is streamed to portable devices based on an entitlement determination that includes determining the location of the portable device. Channel listings available for the portable device may be filtered based on the determined entitlements. A device may determine an indication of a location of the portable device and determine entitlements defining which of the plurality of video content items are permitted to be viewed by the portable device, where the entitlements are determined based at least on the indication of the location of the portable device. The device may further transmit, to the portable device, a listing of the plurality of video content items, filtered based on those of the plurality of video content items that are permitted to be viewed by the portable device, as determined by the entitlements. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124612 | VIDEO STREAMING ENTITLEMENT DETERMINED BASED ON THE LOCATION OF THE VIEWER - Users of portable devices may stream video content to the portable device based on an entitlement determination that includes determining the location of the portable device. A device may receive a request to authenticate the portable device to receive the streaming video content and determine whether the portable device is in a geographic location corresponding to a customer premise of an account associated with the portable device. The video content may be streamed when the portable device is in the geographic location corresponding to the customer premise. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124081 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING DATA MIGRATION - An approach is provided for data migration. Table structure data associated with a logical table is extracted from a source database. Raw data associated with the logical table is extracted from the source database. A table structure in a target database is generated based on the table structure data. The raw data is loaded into the table structure in the target database. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121260 | SYSTEM FOR INTERCEPTING SIGNALS TO BE TRANSMITTED OVER A FIBER OPTIC NETWORK AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A system is provided for intercepting signals transmitted between a target served by a fiber optic network and a subscriber. A network is described having a phone switch at a central office configured to receive signals for transmission to and from a target, such as the target of a criminal investigation. A signal received at the central office is assigned to an analog circuit, and a monitoring device configured to intercept and monitor the signal is installed along the analog circuit at a location that allows the monitoring of communications without notifying the target that he is under surveillance. After the signal has been monitored, it is converted to a digital signal for transmission. A method is also provided for intercepting a signal transmitted between the target served by a fiber optic network and a subscriber, such that a monitoring device may be installed without alerting the target. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121250 | MEASURING DIFFERENTIAL GROUP DELAY IN AN OPTICAL FIBER - A system includes an optical transmitter configured to generate an optical signal that includes a scrambled polarization state; and output the optical signal via an optical fiber associated with a network path that is transporting network traffic. The system also includes an optical receiver configured to receive the optical signal; measure a polarization associated with the optical signal; determine, based on the polarization, a degree of polarization associated with the test signal; identify a differential group delay associated with the test signal based on the degree of polarization; output a notification that the optical fiber is available to carry high capacity traffic when the differential group delay is less than a threshold, where the high capacity traffic includes a data rate that his greater than another threshold; and output a notification that the optical fiber is not available to carry the high capacity traffic when the differential group delay is not less than the threshold. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120296 | Methods and Systems for Dynamically Presenting Enhanced Content During a Presentation of a Media Content Instance - Exemplary methods and systems for dynamically presenting enhanced content during a presentation of a media content instance are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes an enhanced content presentation system detecting, within a view acquired by a camera, a display device presenting a media content instance, displaying the view acquired by the camera on a display screen of a mobile device associated with the camera, and dynamically presenting, within the displayed view, one or more display elements representative of one or more enhanced content instances associated with the media content. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119893 | Automobile Beacon, System, and Associated Method - Devices, systems, and methods are provided for alerting a pedestrian, such as a visually impaired pedestrian, of a vehicle in the vicinity. In general, signals are transmitted from a vehicle to a device carried by a pedestrian, such as a mobile terminal. In response, the pedestrian's device may generate an alarm, such as a vibration or an audible alarm, informing the pedestrian that a vehicle is nearby. In some cases, the pedestrian's device may transmit activation signals to the vehicle after receiving the signals from the vehicle. The activation signals may cause speakers on the vehicle to emit an audible alarm, alerting the pedestrian of the presence of the vehicle. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120117599 | THUMBNAIL PUBLICATION - A video service provider system may include one or more devices. The one or more device may receive thumbnails of programs that are currently airing on a group of television channels and match the received thumbnails with metadata. The metadata may include information relating to at least one of the television channels or the programs. The one or more devices may further provide, to a remote device, a set of thumbnails, of the captured thumbnails, and the metadata matching the set of thumbnails. The remote device may make the set of thumbnails and the metadata available to a user. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117241 | SERVER CLUSTERING IN A COMPUTING-ON-DEMAND SYSTEM - A device may provision two or more servers, each of the servers including a first network interface. In addition, the device may enable a second network interface in each of the provisioned servers, create a shared volume, assign the shared volume to each of the provisioned servers, and enable a clustering application on each of the provisioned servers to form a cluster comprising the provisioned servers, the cluster having a heartbeat via the second network interfaces. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117240 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALLOCATING NETWORK BANDWIDTH - A mobility aware content delivery network is designed to provide content quickly and efficiently to mobile users traveling within the network. In order to enhance content delivery, such a network may collect data regarding user mobility patterns and content preferences, as well as correlation data regarding the relationship between mobility events and demand for specific contents. This collected data may be used to create a utilization map that describes that users' expected mobility patterns and expected content usage information. The utilization map may be used to identify appropriate locations in which to place contents within the network in order to enhance network performance. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117181 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF PROVIDING MOBILE APPLICATIONS MANAGEMENT - A system for and method of providing mobile device management. The system and method may include identifying, to a customer, a mobile management system that is communicatively coupled to a customer system associated with the customer via a first network and communicatively coupled to a plurality of mobile devices associated with the customer via a second network, storing, on the mobile management system, a plurality of template mobile applications, receiving, from the customer system, modification data associated with one of the plurality of template mobile applications via the first network, modifying the one of the plurality of template mobile applications based on the modification data, and transmitting, to the plurality of mobile devices, the modified one of the plurality of template mobile applications via the second network. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117057 | SEARCHING RECORDED OR VIEWED CONTENT - A method may include receiving a request from a user to play or record a program, wherein the program is associated with dialog text and determining a user profile associated with the user. The method may include associating, in response to receiving the request, the dialog text of the requested program with the user profile. The method may include receiving a search query from the user associated with the user profile and searching the dialog text associated with the user for dialog text that matches the search query. The method may include transmitting, for display, an identification of the program associated with the matching dialog text. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120116708 | GRAPHIC RENDERING OF CIRCUIT POSITIONS - A method may include receiving circuit information from a backend circuit test system and grouping components in the circuit information into collections by types, the types including segments, equipment, ports, and connections. The method may further include positioning, based on the grouping by types, the components from the circuit information for presentation of a circuit design on a display, and performing path rendering for the circuit design based on the positioning of the components. The method may also include sending an output file with the path rendering to a web browser. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120115515 | LTE SMART PAGING LIST - A device receives, at a particular time, instructions to send a page to user equipment. The device determines, based on a paging list, if the user equipment is associated with a particular serving base station for the particular time. When the user equipment is associated with the particular serving base station for the particular time, the device sends the page to the user equipment via the particular serving base station. When the user equipment is not associated with a serving base station for the particular time, the device sends the page to the user equipment via all base stations associated with a tracking area list for the user equipment. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114306 | Methods and Systems for Dynamically Adjusting at least one of a Start and a Stop of a Recording Based on an Advertisement Break - Methods and systems for dynamically adjusting a start or a stop of a recording based on an advertisement break are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes a media content access subsystem detecting an instruction configured to trigger a start or a stop of a recording of a media content instance at a start time or a stop time based on a clock reference, detecting an advertisement break proximate in time to the start time or the stop time, and adjusting the start or the stop of the recording based on the advertisement break. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113264 | MULTI-FEED EVENT VIEWING - A method may include receiving a number of video feeds from video capture devices located at an event venue. The number of video feeds may be dynamically analyzed to determine feed information associated with the number of video feeds. A request to view a multi-feed event may be received from a user device. At least some of the number of video feeds may be provided to the user device in response to the request. Feed information corresponding to the at least some of the number of video feeds may be provided based on the dynamically analyzing. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120110641 | TRAFFIC STEERING SYSTEM - A method including receiving a session request to establish a network connection with a network; sending a session response to establish the network connection with the network; obtaining, by a traffic steering system, user profile information associated with a user sending the session request; and routing the network connection to a requested user destination via the traffic steering system based on the user profile information, wherein the user profile information includes user-specific preferences. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110317 | CONTENT DOWNLOAD MANAGER - A system is configured to receive input to define one or more download policies from a group of available download policies, including one or more network restriction policies, one or more time restriction policies, one or more event restriction policies, and one or more location restriction policies. The system is further configured to receive an instruction to download particular content, determine that the one or more download policies permit the particular content to be downloaded, download the particular content when the one or more download policies permit the particular content to be downloaded, and generate a notification that the particular content is available to be accessed. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110195 | UNCONNECTED CONNECTIVITY ANALYSIS - A computing device retrieves a set of configuration files of devices associated with a network, and extracts, from the set of configuration files, Internet protocol (IP) address information to form an IP address database. The computing device also extracts, from the set of configuration files, border gateway protocol (BGP) routing protocols to form a BGP routing database. The computing device analyzes the IP address database and the BGP routing database to determine network connection information for each of the devices associated with the network and generates an output file that includes the network connection information for each of the devices associated with the network. The device connectivity information is determined without establishing a connection between the computing device and the devices associated with the network. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110074 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DELIVERY OF CONTENT TO A MOBILE DEVICE - An approach is provided for facilitating the delivery of content to a device through activation of an indicator executable on the device. One or more user devices are determined to receive the content from a content delivery platform using an electronic directory service. An application to provide an indicator representing the content is pushed to the device for initiating a request for the content from the device. In response to the request, a determination is made as to whether to grant the request for delivery of the content to the device. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109944 | LOCATION-BASED RECOMMENDATIONS - A method includes receiving a request to perform a search; identifying a data structure, of a group of data structures, from which to perform the search, based on a location associated with a user device and a search area within which the user device is located, where the data structure stores information associated with at least one geographic area that is intersected by the search area; retrieving, from the data structure, search results associated with subject matter identified in the request, where the search results are associated with locations within the geographic area; identifying, from the data structure, other user devices that performed searches based on the subject matter; retrieving, from the data structure, other search results based on prior searches, associated with other subject matter, that were performed by the other user devices; and sending, to the user device, the search results or the other search results. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109902 | CONTENT CACHING BASED ON REFRESH AND EXPIRATION TIMES - A device is configured to receive a request for particular content metadata; determine, in response to the request, whether information associated with the particular content metadata is stored in a local memory; present the particular content metadata for display without contacting a server when the information has been stored in the memory for less than a first amount of time; present the particular content metadata for display and contact a server to obtain new content metadata when the information has been stored in the memory for at least the first amount of time and less than a second amount of time; and contact a server to obtain new content metadata, relating to the particular content metadata, and present the new content metadata for display when the information has been stored in the memory for at least the second amount of time. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109781 | PASSIVE SHOPPING SERVICE OPTIMIZATION - A shopping system may receive, from a user, a request to add information about an item to a watch list associated with the user; may receive, from the user, a price associated with the item; and may receive, from the user, a schedule associated with the item. The shopping system may identify a vendor offer associated with the item and associated with a particular vendor, where the vendor offer includes a price that is less than or equal to the received price, the identifying being based on the schedule associated with the item; and may provide a notification to the user, where the notification includes information about the identified vendor offer. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109762 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MOBILE PAYMENT THROUGH A DEVICE USER INTERFACE - An approach is provided for facilitating the purchase of items at a point-of-sales terminal based on barcode information presented by a wireless communication device. Barcode information is received at a point-of-sales terminal as obtained from a wireless communication device. A message in response to the received barcode information is generated for transmission to the wireless communication device to permit acknowledgement of the purchase transaction by a user of the wireless communication device. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109726 | Methods and Systems for Trigger-Based Updating of an Index File Associated with a Captured Media Content Instance - An exemplary method includes a media content provider subsystem capturing data representative of a media content instance during transmission of the media content instance, detecting, during the capturing, a trigger included in the transmission and indicating a start time and an end time of an advertisement break included in the media content instance, and dynamically updating an index file associated with the captured media content instance with data representative of the start time and the end time of the advertisement break. Corresponding methods and systems are also described. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109636 | SUBSTITUTION, INSERTION, AND DELETION (SID) DISTANCE AND VOICE IMPRESSIONS DETECTOR (VID) DISTANCE - A device may receive user input, select two strings to compare based on the user input, obtain a first set of keyboard codes for a first of the two strings, obtain a second set of keyboard codes for a second of the two strings, and determine a distance between the two strings based on the first and the second set of keyboard codes. In addition, the device may send a result associated with determining the distance to another device, store the result in a storage device, or display the result. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109545 | REMOTE POWER OUTAGE & RESTORATION NOTIFICATION - Power outages and restorations at customer premises can be automatically detected and reported. A method may include receiving, from a network terminal, a first notification associated with a power outage; retrieving location information associated with the network terminal; sending a second notification indicating that the outage has occurred and that includes the location information associated with the network terminal; retrieving prior outage information that corresponds to a set of network terminals associated with a group of set top boxes; determining that an outage event is triggered, when a quantity of outages is greater than a threshold, where the quantity of outages is based on the outage and other outages obtained from the prior outage information; and sending a third notification based on the determination that the outage event is triggered, where the third notification includes information associated with the quantity of outages that enables a server to remedy the outage event in a manner that does involve users of the group of set top boxes. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120108266 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A RADIO STATION LOCATOR SERVICE - An approach is provided to present station location information to one or more mobile devices. A request is received to provide station location information to a mobile device. Station location information is generated, in response to the request, the station location information including station location information of one or more radio stations that correspond to the location of the mobile device. The station location information is transmitted to the mobile device. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120108227 | ROGUE TOWER DETECTION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A system associated with a first tower in a wireless network receives, at the first tower, tower lists generated by other towers that are nearby the first tower. The system further authenticates each of the received tower lists, and identifies ones of the nearby towers as rogue towers based on failures to authenticate respective ones of the received additional tower lists. The system also broadcasts a tower black list that lists the identified rogue towers to the nearby towers and to nearby mobile devices. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106533 | UNIVERSAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CARD UPDATES IN A HYBRID NETWORK - A universal integrated circuit card (UICC) may include a universal subscriber identity module (USIM); a code division multiple access (CDMA) subscriber identity module (CSIM); a memory to store instructions; and a processor. The processor may execute instructions to determine a type of wireless access network available to a user equipment (UE) associated with the UICC; perform updates of the UICC using the USIM, in response to detecting a CDMA enhanced High Rate Packet Data (eHRPD) network, a Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) access network, or a Long Term Evolution (LTE) access network; and perform updates of the UICC using the CSIM, in response to detecting an available CDMA access network other than a CDMA eHRPD access network. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106443 | UNIVERSAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CARD ACTIVATION IN A HYBRID NETWORK - A universal integrated circuit card (UICC) may include a universal subscriber identity module (USIM); a code division multiple access (CDMA) subscriber identity module (CSIM); a memory to store instructions; and a processor. The processor may execute instructions to determine a type of wireless access network available to a user equipment (UE) associated with the UICC; perform activation of the UICC using the USIM, in response to detecting a CDMA enhanced High Rate Packet Data (eHRPD) network, a Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) access network, or a Long Term Evolution (LTE) access network; and perform activation of the UICC using the CSIM, in response to detecting an available CDMA access network other than a CDMA eHRPD access network. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106346 | LOAD BALANCING TO PROVIDE A TARGET GRADE OF SERVICE (GOS) - A method includes receiving metrics associated with traffic that complies with a grade of service (GOS) associated with a customer premises equipment (CPE) device, where the metrics identify a group of cells via which the traffic is received by the CPE device. The method also includes retrieving information associated with traffic conditions within a group of base stations; initiating a load balancing operation when traffic conditions within a base station indicate that a particular cell, associated with the base station, is congested; and sending, to a set of base stations that send traffic to the CPE device, a notification, where the notification causes traffic, not destined for the CPE device, to be rerouted to another base station, which enables the base station to send traffic, that complies with the GOS, to the CPE device, or causes the CPE device to receive traffic, that complies with the GOS, from a further based station. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120102539 | CLOUD SERVICES LAYER - A method including receiving a service registration request to register a service with a multi-tenant, multi-service cloud network from a user; registering object types that pertain to the service, wherein the object types include at least one service object type that is not an object type offered by the cloud network to the user; and registering objects based on the object types, wherein the objects include at least one object associated with the at least one service object type. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120102529 | USER-CUSTOMIZED PROGRAMMING - A method may include transmitting a list of programs for customization to a user device and receiving, from the user device, a selection by the user of one of the listed programs. The method may further include determining a list of clips to recommend to the user based on a user profile associated with the user and transmitting the list of clips to the user device for customizing the selected program. Further, the method may include receiving a selection of one of the clips from the user device and inserting the clip into the selected program to generate a customized program. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120102202 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING NETWORK RESOURCES AND POLICIES IN A MULTICAST ENVIRONMENT - An approach is provided for managing network resources and policies. A network resource manager receives an allocation request, over a radio network, for one or more network resources for joining one of a plurality of multicast groups, the one multicast group being associated with a quality of service (QoS) level. The network resource manager then determines whether the network can accommodate the allocation request and modifies the network to accommodate the allocation request based on the determination by modifying a local multicast service provider (LMSP) mapping list that associates, respectively, one or more LMSPs with the multicast groups. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120102163 | SERVER CLONING IN A COMPUTING-ON-DEMAND SYSTEM - A system may convert a server into a reference server, create a clone of the reference server in a selected network, place the clone in a user network, and notify a user that the clone server is ready for use. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120102122 | E-MAIL ADDRESSES IN COLOR - A system includes an e-mail client including instructions configured to be executed by a processor. The e-mail client may be configured to receive a plurality of addresses specifying recipients of a message; apply a color coding to the plurality of addresses, the color coding indicating an associated color for at least one of the plurality of addresses; and send the message with the applied color coding to the plurality of addresses. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120102059 | OPTICAL FIBER OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM - A computing-device implemented method may include performing one or more measurements for a number of optical fiber components. The one or more measurements may be stored. A performance matrix may be generated by at least one processor, based on the one or more measurements, wherein the performance matrix includes measured and estimated performance metrics for combinations of the number of optical fiber components. Suitability of a planned fiber optic installation that includes a number of components may be determined based on the performance matrix. One or more recommended fiber optic components may be determined based on the performance matrix. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099713 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PROVIDING INTERACTIVE SPEECH RECOGNITION BASED ON CALL ROUTING - A speech recognition process and system are used for interactive telecommunication. A caller is prompted for input. Each of the phrases represents a destination for routing the call. The response utterance is matched by the system to one of the phrases and the call is routed to the corresponding destination. If the call thereafter has been redirected to a destination representing another of the phrases, speech recognition training data are generated for mapping the utterance to the redirected destination. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099428 | QUALITY OF SERVICE MANAGEMENT IN A FIXED WIRELESS CUSTOMER PREMISES NETWORK - A method, performed by a fixed wireless router device, may include receiving a packet from a Long Term Evolution network, where the packet is associated with a particular Long Term Evolution Quality of Service class and mapping the particular Long Term Evolution Quality of Service class to a particular Differentiated Services Core Point Quality of Service class. The method may further include assigning a Differentiated Services Core Point Quality of Service class to the packet based on the particular Differentiated Services Core Point Quality of Service class and forwarding the packet to particular device associated with a customer premises network serviced by the fixed wireless router device, based on a priority associated with the assigned Differentiated Services Core Point Quality of Service class. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098945 | Methods and Systems for Presenting Adjunct Content During a Presentation of a Media Content Instance - An exemplary method includes an adjunct content presentation system including adjunct content within a first image of a media content instance and a second image of the media content instance by setting a pixel value of a first group of pixels included in the first image and a pixel value of a second group of pixels included in the second image and corresponding to the first group of pixels to each be greater than a predetermined neutral pixel value, including the adjunct content within a compensating image by setting a pixel value of a third group of pixels included in the compensating image and corresponding to the first and second groups of pixels to be less than the predetermined neutral pixel value, and presenting the first image, the second image, and the compensating image. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098934 | Methods and Systems for Presenting Adjunct Content During a Presentation of a Media Content Instance - An exemplary method includes an adjunct content presentation system including adjunct content within a first image of a media content instance by setting a pixel value of a first group of pixels included in the first image to be greater than a predetermined neutral pixel value, including the adjunct content within a second image of the media content instance by setting a pixel value of a second group of pixels included in the second image and corresponding to the first group of pixels to be less than the predetermined neutral pixel value, and presenting the first and second images. The respective pixel values are set to result in the adjunct content being perceptible to a first viewer viewing only one of the first and second images and substantially imperceptible to a second viewer viewing both the first and second images. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098929 | Methods and Systems for Presenting Adjunct Content During a Presentation of a Media Content Instance - An exemplary method includes an adjunct content presentation system sequentially presenting a first main content image of a media content instance, a first adjunct content image comprising adjunct content having a pixel value greater than a predetermined neutral pixel value, a second adjunct content image comprising the adjunct content having a pixel value less than the predetermined neutral pixel value, and a second main content image of the media content instance. The pixel values of the adjunct content of the first and second adjunct content images are configured to result in the adjunct content being substantially imperceptible to a viewer not wearing active shutter three-dimensional viewing glasses during the sequential presentation of the first main content image, the first adjunct content image, the second adjunct content image, and the second main content image. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098744 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR SPATIAL INPUT ASSOCIATED WITH A DISPLAY - An exemplary system includes a handheld user input device configured to emit a pointing signal and a selection signal from within a physical user space and directed at a display screen. The exemplary system further includes a spatial input subsystem configured to detect the pointing signal, determine a physical position within the physical user space based on the detected pointing signal, map the determined physical position within the physical user space to a cursor position on the display screen, output data representative of the cursor position for use by a display subsystem associated with the display screen, detect the selection signal, and output, in response to the selection signal, data representative of a selection command for use by the display subsystem. Corresponding systems, methods, and apparatuses are also disclosed. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120096538 | DYNAMIC MOBILE STREAMING APPLICATION SUPPRESSION - A method performed by a network device may include obtaining an Internet Protocol address and a user device identifier associated with a user device, determining that the obtained user device identifier does not match a previous user device identifier associated with the obtained Internet Protocol address, and monitoring packets destined for the obtained Internet Protocol address to determine whether the packets are associated with a streaming application, based on determining that the obtained user device identifier does not match the previous user device identifier. The method may further include detecting a packet destined for the obtained Internet Protocol address, where the packet is associated with a streaming application and where the packet is received from a particular network device and signaling the particular network device to stop sending packets associated with the streaming application and destined for the obtained Internet Protocol address. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120096501 | FRAME SHARING - A method including providing television content (TC) to a user; receiving a TC capture request; capturing TC frames based on the TC capture request; displaying to the user one or more TC frames included in the captured TC frames; receiving a user selection of one or more TC frames included in the displayed one or more TC frames; receiving a user selection of one or more destinations to send the selected one or more TC frames; and sending the selected one or more TC frames to the one or more destinations. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120096121 | HOME NETWORK VIDEO PEER-TO-PEER FOR MOBILE DEVICES - A device receives, from a user device, a request for content from a home network, and sends a notification of the request for content to a home network device. The device receives, from the home network device, a selection list of particular content, provides, to the user device, the selection list, and receives, from the user device, a content selection from the selection list. The device sends, to the home network device, the content selection, and receives, from the home network device, an indication that content corresponding to the content selection has been uploaded to a content delivery network. The device sends, to the user device, instructions to retrieve the content from the content delivery network. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120096051 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVISIONING PACKETIZED VOICE COMMUNICATION SERVICES - An approach for enabling a customer to provision resources of a packetized voice service provider based on one or more customer conditions is described. A provision management platform receives a request for provisioning a domain name service as part of packetized voice service. In response to the request, the provision management platform prompts via a graphical user interface to obtain information for populating a service record of the domain name service. The provision management platform then generates the service record for storage corresponding to a customer account for the packetized voice service. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120095678 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING EXPANDED ACCESS TO NAVIGATIONAL SERVICES - An approach is provided for retrieving mapping information of a premise for use by a mobile device upon the mobile device reaching the premise. A prompt is generated for presentation by the mobile device for a destination point within the premise. A determination is made of the position information of the mobile device. Navigation information for guidance to the destination point is generated using the mapping information and the determined position information. Presentation of the navigation information is initiated via the mobile device. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120094658 | ENTERPRISE FEMTOCELL SIGNALING - A mobile device sends a request for a unique wireless network session identifier and receives, based on the request, the unique wireless network session identifier. The mobile device determines whether the unique wireless network session identifier includes a femtocell identifier. The mobile device applies one set of configuration settings when the unique wireless network session identifier includes the femtocell identifier, and applies a different set of configuration settings when the unique wireless network session identifier does not include the femtocell identifier. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120093303 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CONTEXT BASED MULTIMEDIA INTERCOM SERVICES - An approach is provided for performing context based multi-modal intercom sessions. A control signal to invoke an intercom service between two or more communication devices is received. Context information associated with one or more of the communication devices is determined. An intercom mode communication session among the communication devices is established. The context information is used to customize the intercom service for one or more of the communication devices. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120093077 | FEMTOCELL LOCATION ENCODING - A device associated with a Voice over IP (VoIP) network receives a call from a mobile device. The device determines whether a sector identifier (ID) associated with the call includes a femtocell identifier. The device further determines a location identifier included in the sector ID when the sector ID includes the femtocell identifier. The device also identifies a recipient of the call based on the location identifier and forwards the call to the recipient. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120090038 | ELECTRONIC IDENTIFICATION - A method may include forwarding, by a mobile device, a request for identification information associated with a user of the mobile device. The method may also include receiving, from an identification provider, the identification information, and displaying, by the mobile device, at least some of the identification information. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120090007 | PERSONALIZED TELEVISION GUIDE - A system is configured to: receive identification information from a client device; identify a corresponding profile based on the identification information, where the corresponding profile is one of user profiles, device profiles, or generic profiles; generate a personalized television guide based on the corresponding profile, and transmit the personalized television guide to the client device. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120089474 | AUTOMATED AUTOMOBILE MAINTENANCE USING A CENTRALIZED EXPERT SYSTEM - A system includes a database that stores an expert knowledgebase, and one or more servers configured to implement an expert system. The one or more servers receive sensor data associated with sensors from automobile maintenance systems associated with respective ones of multiple automobiles, and analyze the sensor data, using the expert system and the expert knowledgebase, to diagnose whether the multiple automobiles require maintenance and/or repair. The one or more servers send, via a network, results of the analysis of the sensor data to service stations for scheduling maintenance and/or repair of the multiple automobiles. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120084857 | DEVICE SECURITY SYSTEM - A computer-implemented method may include identifying a security event condition associated with a device. One or more security rules may be identified for execution based on the device and the identified security event condition, wherein the one or more security rules define security related actions to be performed upon occurrence of the security event condition. The security related actions may be initiated by at least one processor on the device to secure the device from unauthorized use. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084825 | PROVISIONING AN ENHANCED TELEVISION (ETV) APPLICATION - A method includes detecting, from an Enhanced Television (ETV) Integrated Signaling Stream (EISS), an indication that an ETV application is available to be downloaded; downloading, in response to the indication, the ETV application from a video stream identified by the indication, where the ETV application does not conform to an ETV Binary Interchange Format (EBIF) standard; detecting, from the EISS, another indication that the ETV application is to be started; executing, in response to the other indication, the ETV application to generate an ETV page, where the ETV page includes information that is not permitted by the EBIF standard; and displaying the ETV page on a video display device to enables a user to interact with the ETV page. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084449 | DYNAMIC SELECTION OF PACKET DATA NETWORK GATEWAYS - A device receives a PDN connection request from a UE, and exchanges, with a HSS, authentication and authorization information associated with the UE. The device also constructs an APN FQDN based on the authentication and authorization information, and sends a query, that includes the APN FQDN, to a DNS server. The device further receives, from the DNS server, PGW FQDNs that contain the APN FQDN, and compares the PGW FQDNs with a FQDN associated with a SGW. The device determines, based on the comparison, a PGW, associated with a PGW FQDN that is a closest match to the FQDN associated with the SGW, to be a primary PGW for the PDN connection request. The device also determines, based on the comparison, one or more PGWs, residing within a predetermined distance of the SGW, to be one or more backup PGWs for the PDN connection request. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084286 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GROUP COORDINATION OF CALENDAR EVENTS - An approach for managing calendar information received from a plurality of data sources is described. Calendar information associated respectively with a plurality of data sources is retrieved by a calendar management platform. For each of the data sources, metadata specifying a contributor of the corresponding calendar information and for relating distribution of the calendar information is determined. Based on the first and second metadata, a data view for the calendar information is generated. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120083249 | VISUAL MANIPULATION OF AUDIO - A mobile communication device displays, via a display, an audio waveform associated with a voicemail received by the mobile communication device, and receives selection and sustained contact with the audio waveform from a user associated with the mobile communication device. The device also enlarges a portion of the audio waveform based on the sustained contact with the audio waveform, and displays, via the display, the enlarged portion of the audio waveform. The device further enables the user to manipulate, via the display, the enlarged portion of the audio waveform, and provides, via a speaker, audible feedback associated with the manipulated enlarged portion of the audio waveform. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120082469 | AUTOMATIC WAVELENGTH CONFIGURATION - An optical transmitter may include a tunable signal source configured to emit a signal to an optical fiber system; a back scatter detector for measuring an amount of back scatter observed following injection of the signal to the optical fiber system; and control logic. The control logic may be configured to cause the tunable signal source to scan through a range of wavelengths. Measured amounts of back scatter are received for each of the wavelengths. A wavelength corresponding to a peak back scatter amount may be identified and the tunable signal source may be set based on the identified wavelength. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120082424 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING CONTENT PLAYBACK - An approach for facilitating the playback of content concurrently on multiple devices is described. A time reference associated with a first device is provided to a synchronization platform for corresponding to playback of content on the first device. The synchronization platform also receives a request from a second device to synchronize concurrent playback of a version of the content on the second device. Timing information is generated for transmission to the second device in response to the request for enabling the second device to playback its version of the content in synchronization with that of the first device. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081299 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING REMOTE CONTROL VIA A TOUCHABLE DISPLAY - An approach is provided for controlling a display of a set-top box from a remote control device having a touchable display. User input is received via the touchable display of the remote control device. A control signal is generated in response to the user input for controlling a set-top box coupled to a display. The set-top box is configured to present the content on the display concurrently with the touchable display. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120079578 | WEB BROWSER PLAYBACK FOR A VIDEO PROVISIONING SYSTEM - A method, performed by a video provisioning system, may include receiving a request for a first digital rights management (DRM) token, associated with a video asset purchased via the video provisioning system, from a browser application associated with a user device and providing the first DRM token to the browser application. The method may further include receiving a license authorization request to issue a DRM license for the video asset, where the license authorization request is received from a license server, where the DRM license is to be used by the user device to decrypt the video asset, and where the license authorization request includes a second DRM token; determining whether the second DRM token matches the first DRM token; and authorizing the license server to issue the DRM license for the video asset, when the second DRM token matches the first DRM token. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120079577 | VIDEO BROADCASTING TO MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A device receives login information and a content stream request from a user device connected to a wireless access network, and authenticates, via a backend server device, the user device based on the login information. The device also provides, when the user device is authenticated, a content link and a license key to the user device, and the user device provides the content link and the license key to a content delivery device. The device further verifies the license key for the content delivery device, and the content delivery device establishes a secure connection with the user device via the wireless access network, retrieves the requested content stream based on the content link, and provides the content stream to the user device via the secure connection. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120079546 | CATALOG SLICING IN A VIDEO PROVISIONING SYSTEM - A system, associated with a video provisioning system, may receive a hierarchical representation of categories and subcategories associated with a catalog of video assets; and condense the hierarchical representation of categories and subcategories into a file. The system may further transmit the file to a set top box, where transmitting the file allows the set top box to access the hierarchical representation of categories and subcategories without retrieving, from the video provisioning system, additional information associated with the hierarchical representation of categories and subcategories. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120079545 | EFFICIENT BANDWIDTH UTILIZATION - A method including providing content to one or more customer premises equipment (CPEs); receiving a content request for content from a requesting CPE; determining whether the content is already being delivered to at least one of the one or more CPEs; selecting a primary CPE to satisfy the content request when it is determined that the content is already being delivered to the at least one of the one or more CPEs; providing a network address of the primary CPE to the requesting CPE; and providing the content from the primary CPE to the requesting CPE. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120079537 | CREATING AND USING A VIRTUAL VIDEO ASSET IN A VIDEO PROVISIONING SYSTEM - A system may receive, from a content provider, metadata associated with a video asset, where the metadata includes information associated with the video asset and identifies a future time when the video asset will be available for distribution. The system may further process the metadata to create a virtual asset associated with the video asset, where the processed metadata include at least an indication that the metadata is associated with the virtual asset; publish the virtual asset to a store front that allows the user device to select the virtual asset to obtain the virtual asset; and transmit a notification or the video asset, to the user device and at the future time, based on the selection of the virtual asset by the user device, where the notification indicates that the video asset is available to be downloaded. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120079529 | MULTIPLE DEVICE STOREFRONT FOR VIDEO PROVISIONING SYSTEM - A system may process metadata associated with video assets; generate, based on the metadata, a first listing of the video assets, where the first listing is compatible with a first type of user device that corresponds to a set top box; and provide the first listing to the first type of user device. The system may further generate, based on the metadata, a second listing of the video assets, where the second listing is formatted to be compatible with a second type of user device that is a different type than the set top box; and provide the second listing to the second type of user device. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120079528 | PUBLISHING INGESTED VIDEO CONTENT TO A VIDEO PROVISIONING SYSTEM - A system may receive an instruction to publish a video asset to a video provisioning system; retrieve profiles associated with the video asset, where a first profile may correspond to a set top box (STB) and a second profile may correspond to another device of a different type than the STB; process the video asset to create a first asset that can be published to a first device, associated with the system, based on the first profile; and process the video asset to create a second asset can be published to a second device, associated with the system, based on the second profile. The system may also publish the first asset to the first device that enables the STB to obtain the first asset from the first device; and publish the second asset to the second device that enables the other device to obtain the second asset from the second device. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120079527 | INGESTING HETEROGENEOUS VIDEO CONTENT TO PROVIDE A UNIFIED VIDEO PROVISIONING SERVICE - A system may receive a video asset from a content provider. The system may process the video asset to allow a video provisioning system to distribute the video asset to a set top box and another device that is a different type of device than the set top box. Processing the video asset may include verifying that the video asset conforms to one or more predetermined formats, decrypting the video asset, verifying that the video asset complies with a particular standard of quality, or transcoding the video asset in a manner that is supported by the set top box and the other device. The system may store the transcoded video asset. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120079526 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CROSS-SYSTEM SEARCHES - An approach is provided for perform search across multiple systems via a set-top box. A search request is received via an interactive service guide of a set-top box. A widget-based search of one or more applications is initiated via the set-top box. A search result for the one or more applications is received, and presented via the interactive service guide. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120079524 | BACK OFFICE SUPPORT FOR A VIDEO PROVISIONING SYSTEM - A system may receive, from a set top box (STB), a request for a video asset; retrieve a profile, associated with a user of the STB, that identifies a device, associated with the user, that is a different type of device than the STB; determine whether a transaction history associated with the STB or another transaction history, associated with the device, indicates that the video asset is authorized to be transmitted to the STB; transmit the video asset to the STB based on a determination that the transaction history or the other transaction history indicates that the video asset is authorized to be transmitted to the STB; perform a transaction on the video asset based on a determination that the first transaction history or the second transaction history does not indicate that the video asset is authorized be transmitted to the STB, and transmit the video asset to the STB as a result of the transaction. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120079523 | UNIFIED VIDEO PROVISIONING WITHIN A HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A video provisioning system may receive a video asset from one or more content providers. The video provisioning system may process the video asset to allow the video asset to be provided to a set top box and another device that is a different type of device than the set top box. The video provisioning system may further provide the video asset to the set top box and the other device. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120079513 | BILLING SYSTEM FOR VIDEO PROVISIONING SYSTEM - A method, performed by a video provisioning system, may include receiving a request to purchase a video asset from a user device. The method may further include determining an account type associated with the user device; billing the purchase to a bundled services account, where the bundled services account is associated with one or more of a television service, a data connection service, or a telephone service delivered over a same connection, when the account type corresponds to the bundled services account; billing the purchase to a voice services account, where the voice services account corresponds to a telephone service, when the account type corresponds to the voice services account; and processing a payment for the purchase via an online payment service, when the user device is not associated with a bundles services account or a voice services account. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120079512 | CATALOG AND USER APPLICATION FOR A VIDEO PROVISIONING SYSTEM - A method performed by a video provisioning system may include receiving metadata associated with a video asset; storing the metadata in a catalog of video assets available through the video provisioning system; publishing information from the stored metadata to a first device associated with a video assets store front for set top boxes; and publishing information from the stored metadata to a second device associated with a video assets store front for devices other than set top boxes. A method may further include registering a user device with a user profile; identifying a media manager application for the user device that is configured to play video assets available via the video provisioning system on the user device; providing the media manager application to the user device; and synchronizing settings associated with the media manager application with settings associated with another user device registered with the user profile. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120079401 | MULTI-LAYER GRAPHICS PAINTING FOR MOBILE DEVICES - A mobile device may efficiently update a multi-layer graphic display by storing a background image representing an image of a graphic user interface displayed by the device but not including graphic elements that are in an active layer of the graphic user interface. The device may determine regions in the graphic user interface that previously corresponded to locations of the graphic elements and that no longer correspond to locations of the graphic elements; and issue one or more graphic commands to set the determined regions to be equal to corresponding regions from the background image. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120077462 | USER DEVICE IDENTIFICATION USING A PSEUDO DEVICE IDENTIFIER - A system configured to receive a first request to generate a pseudo identifier associated with a user device; retrieve an identifier associated with the user device; and generate, using a mathematical function, the pseudo identifier based on the identifier associated with the user device, where the pseudo identifier may be generated in a format corresponding to a telephone number. The system is further configured to send a second request to register the user device, where the second request may include the pseudo identifier; receive a confirmation code that permits the user device to access information, associated with the server device, without using the identifier associated with the user device or a telephone number associated with the user device; send a third request for information associated with the server device, where the third request may include the confirmation code; and receive the information associated with the server device. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120076279 | REAL-TIME ANALYTICS PAYMENT INFORMATION SCREENING - A method including receiving a voice call; analyzing speech in real-time to determine whether payment information is included in the voice call; omitting to record the voice call when it is determined that the voice call includes the payment information; and recording the voice call when it is determined that the voice call does not include the payment information. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120076135 | IP TELEPHONE PROVISIONING SYSTEM AND METHODS - A method and apparatus relate to receiving and storing data through an interface for an Internet Protocol (IP) telephone database. The interface receives a request related to provisioning a function of an IP telephone. In response to receiving the request, data from the IP telephone database may be transmitted to the IP telephone to be used to provision the function. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120076009 | SHARED WI-FI / WIRELESS BROADBAND ACCESS - A subscriber device detects a potential node for providing supplemental bandwidth to the subscriber device. The subscriber device sends, to a control server, an indication of the potential node. The subscriber device requests, via a primary data path, data from a content server and detects high bandwidth usage of the primary data path. The subscriber device sends, to the control server and based on the detected high bandwidth usage, a request for supplemental bandwidth. The subscriber device receives a portion of the data via the primary data path and another portion of the data from the potential node via a secondary data path that differs from the primary data path. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120072944 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SEAMLESS VIEWING - An approach is provided for presenting content seamlessly. Content is presented by one of a plurality of set-top boxes to a display for viewing by a user, wherein the plurality of set-top boxes are situated within a plurality of regions of a premise. The one set-top box is situated within one of the regions. The presentation of the content is paused in response to detection of movement of the user to another region of the premise. An inactive state is entered by the set-top box upon determining that another one of the set-top boxes is resuming the presentation of the content, wherein the other one of the set-top box corresponds to the other region. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072782 | CORRELATION OF NETWORK ALARM MESSAGES BASED ON ALARM TIME - Problems in a network may be diagnosed based on alarm messages received from devices in the network and based on logical circuit path information of the network. In one implementation, a device may log alarm messages, in which each of the logged alarm messages may identify a network device that generated the alarm message and each of the alarm messages are associated with a time value. The device may group the alarm messages in the log of alarm messages based on the time values of the alarm messages to obtain one or more alarm message clusters and analyze the alarm message clusters to locate potential causes of the logged alarm messages. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072569 | FAILURE SYSTEM FOR DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM CLIENT - A method performed by a domain name service client includes storing DNS entries in a local cache; sending a DNS query to another device to obtain an update to one of the DNS entries; determining whether a DNS response is received; and resetting a time-to-live (TTL) timer associated with the one of the DNS entries when the DNS response is not received. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072479 | INTELLIGENT ESTABLISHMENT OF PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATION - A device may receive, from a first peer in a network, a request for a list of one or more candidate peers from which the first peer can obtain a resource. In addition, the device may obtain the list in response to the request, determining a set of costs based on the list, and refine the list to obtain a subset list of the candidate peers based on the set of costs. Furthermore, the device may send to, the first peer, the subset list of the candidate peers from which the first peer can obtain the resource. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072440 | CUSTOMER SERVICE CONTACT - A method may include receiving session control protocol messages to establish a session between a workstation and a user device. The session control protocol messages may include context information. The context information may include a browser history associated with the user of the user device. The method may further include establishing the session between the workstation and the user device. Further, the method may include displaying information on a display for an operator of the workstation, wherein the displayed information is based on the received context information. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072216 | AGE DETERMINATION USING SPEECH - A method and device are configured to receive voice data from a user and perform speech recognition on the received voice data. A confidence score is calculated that represents the likelihood that received voice data has been accurately recognized. A likely age range is determined associated with the user based on the confidence score. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072137 | PATCH PANEL MONITORING DEVICE - A system and method including at least one patch panel device interconnected with at least one media line and configured to at least one of receive and transmit a communication signal; and at least one measurement device interconnected with the patch panel through at least one monitoring jumper, wherein the measurement device is configured to capture at least one of a voltage and an impedance from the monitoring jumper, wherein the monitoring jumper is configured to selectively receive an electronic label. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069845 | SANITIZING PACKET HEADERS - A network device may receive a packet, determine whether the packet includes two or more headers of a same type, modify the packet to correct for the two or more headers of the same type when the packet includes the two or more headers of the same type, determine whether the packet includes out-of-sequence headers, and modify the packet to correct for the out-of-sequence headers when the packet includes the out-of-sequence headers. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069744 | GENERATING AND ALLOCATING PERFORMANCE MONITORING TRAFFIC - A method includes monitoring, by a first network device, traffic from a customer device, wherein the traffic is to be forwarded via a provider's network. The method also includes identifying a traffic pattern associated with the traffic, identifying a link on which the identified traffic pattern was transmitted and generating performance monitoring traffic. The method further includes forwarding, by the first network device, the performance monitoring traffic to the provider's network via the link on which the identified traffic pattern was transmitted. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120066731 | CUSTOMER SERVICE CONTACT - A method may include receiving, from a first user device, one or more session control protocol messages to establish a session between a workstation and a second user device, wherein the one or more session control protocol messages include context information indicating a context for establishing the session and an identifier of the second user device. The method may further include establishing a session between the network device and the second user device and displaying information indicating the context information on a display for an operator of the network device. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120066594 | Secondary Audio Content by Users - A method comprising displaying the list of content on a display and receiving a selection for a first content including a first video content and a first audio content. The method may include displaying a menu of a plurality of additional audio content on the display, wherein displaying the menu of the plurality of additional audio content includes displaying a rating of each of the plurality of additional audio content based on ratings provided by users of each of the plurality of additional audio content. The method may also include receiving a selection of one of the plurality of additional audio content and playing the first content while simultaneously playing the selected one of the plurality of additional audio content. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120066495 | MOBILE CONTENT DELIVERY OPTIMIZATION - A device receives, from a target user device, a request for encrypted content, where the request is sent via a wireless access network. The device identifies a donor user device that is available to provide the encrypted content via a local wireless network connection, where the donor user device has previously downloaded the encrypted content. The device sends, to the target user device and/or the donor user device, instructions to establish a peer-to-peer connection, via the local wireless network, to provide the encrypted content to the target user device, where the encrypted content is decrypted by the target user device using a license key provided over a different network than the local wireless connection. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120066338 | RECORDING VARIABLE-QUALITY CONTENT STREAM - A device may include a network interface and a processor. The network interface may receive data over a network and send data over the network. The processor may receive, from a remote device, a first portion of content at a first quality via the network interface. In addition, the processor may record the first portion of the content at the first quality, obtain bandwidth information, send the bandwidth information to a remote device via the network interface, and receive, from the remote device via the network interface, a second portion of the content at a second quality. Furthermore, the processor may record the second portion of the content at the second quality and schedule a download of the content at a fixed quality from a remote system. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120066226 | SOCIAL MEDIA ORGANIZER FOR INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA - A social media organizer for instructional or educational content may maintain one or more media clips relating to used-defined educational or instructional topics. In one implementation, a device may maintain user-created sets of media clips, where the media clips in a set of media clips include instructional media clips that relate to a particular subject. The device may further receive rankings from users relating to a quality of the sets of media clips and determine one or more of the sets of media clips that match a user search request. Additionally, the device may provide an interface that provides commands for the user to control playback of the media clips. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120066165 | TRACEROUTE DIAGNOSIS - A set of data obtained from a plurality of traceroutes is received in a computer. A set of variables indicating characteristics of the traceroutes is generated. The variables are used as input to a decision tree, the decision tree being configured to recursively partition the variables into groups according to respective round-trip times associated with the groups. Output is obtained from the decision tree reflecting an association of one or more network elements with a round-trip time. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120063776 | HYBRID SWITCH FOR OPTICAL NETWORKS - An optical switch and switching system includes a large scale switching device with a first input, a second input, a first output, and a second output. A small scale switching device includes a third input, a fourth input, and a third output, wherein the third input of the small scale switching device is coupled to the first output of the large scale switching device and the fourth input of the small scale switching device is coupled to the second output of the large scale switching device. A controller establishes a cross connect in the large scale switching device between the second input and the second output. The small scale switching device switches from the third input to the forth input upon establishment of the cross connect in the large scale switching device, | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062793 | SYNCHRONIZING VIDEOS - A device may receive a first video, receive a second video, and locate first frames, in the first video, in which a first change in scene occurs. In addition, the device may locate second frames, in the second video, in which a second change in scene occurs. Further, the device may determine whether the first change in scene matches the second change in scene and achieve synchronization when the first change in scene matches the second change in scene. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062473 | MEDIA EXPERIENCE FOR TOUCH SCREEN DEVICES - A method may include receiving and outputting a selected multimedia stream at a mobile device. It is determined that a user wishes to browse other available multimedia streams. The selected multimedia stream is paused while the user browses the other available multimedia streams. The selected multimedia stream is cached while the user browses the other available multimedia streams. It is determined that the user has finished browsing the other available multimedia streams. The cached multimedia stream is output. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120060188 | USER INTERFACES FOR FACILITATING ACCESS TO MEDIA CONTENT LISTINGS - An exemplary method includes a media content information system displaying, on a touch screen display, a first set of media content listings, a graphical representation of a timeline indicating a plurality of times, and a graphical selector to indicate a first position on the timeline, the first position corresponding to a first time within the plurality of times, detecting, a touch input provided by a user on the touch screen display to indicate a second position on the timeline, repositioning, in response to the touch input, the graphical selector to indicate the second position on the timeline, the second position corresponding to a second time within the plurality of times, identifying, a second set of media content listings associated with the second time, and dynamically replacing, the first set of media content listings with the second set of media content listings on the touch screen display. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120060177 | PERSPECTIVE DISPLAY SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Exemplary perspective display systems and methods are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes a perspective display system acquiring visual data representative of a camera view of a user space associated with a display screen, determining, based on the visual data, a position of a user within the user space, identifying, based on the position of the user, a viewable region of an image, and displaying, on the display screen, the viewable region of the image, the displayed viewable region of the image representing a perspective view of the image based on the position of the user. In certain examples, the method further includes the perspective display system detecting a movement of the user to another position within the user space and updating the display on the display screen in real time in accordance with the movement to display another viewable region of the image on the display screen. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120060096 | Methods and Systems for Managing Support Cases Based on Support Issues Received by way of Social Media Outlets - Exemplary systems and methods for managing support cases based on support issues received by way of social media outlets are disclosed. An exemplary method includes a social media management subsystem receiving data representative of a support issue by way of a social media outlet, establishing a support case based on the support issue, displaying a portal configured to facilitate management of a plurality of support cases including the support case, receiving a request to assign the support case to one or more backend support subsystems, transmitting data representative of the support case to the one or more backend support subsystems, and monitoring one or more actions performed by the one or more backend support subsystems to address the support issue. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120060031 | SECURE VIDEO CONTENT PROVISIONING USING DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT - A method that includes receiving a first request for video content from a user of a user device; retrieving an identifier for the user device using an application programming interface; sending a second request to receive the video content that includes the identifier; receiving an instruction to provide payment to rent or purchase the video content; sending the payment in response to the instruction; receiving the video content and a token, where the video content is encrypted based on a key and where the token indicates that the payment was processed; sending a third request to obtain a license associated with the video content that includes the token and the identifier; receiving the license, which includes the key and terms under which the video content is to be processed; decrypting the video content, using the key, when the decrypting is performed in a manner permitted by the terms; and playing the decrypted video content. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120058744 | Mobile Services Access Management Methods and Systems - An exemplary method includes a mobile services access management system maintaining a mobile services access schedule associated with a mobile access device, the mobile services access schedule specifying one or more restricted access time periods during which access by the mobile access device to one or more mobile services requires entry of a predetermined access code, receiving a request to access at least one mobile service within the one or more mobile services during one of the one or more restricted access time periods, receiving entry of a predetermined access code in conjunction with the request, granting the mobile access device access to the at least one mobile service, and providing a notification of the access to a predetermined recipient. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057682 | TELEPHONY TESTING - In a computer, a test script is received that includes a first set of commands to be provided to an Internet protocol (IP) telephone. The test script is parsed to obtain the first set of commands. Parameters that identify the telephone are obtained. The parameters and at least one of the first set of commands are used to obtain at least one corresponding second command from a conversion table. A command script is generated to be executed by the telephone, the command script including the at least one corresponding second command. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057476 | MACHINE-TO-MACHINE COMMUNICATIONS OVER FIXED WIRELESS NETWORKS - One or more devices determine uplink signal strength for a machine-to-machine (M2M) device using a wireless access network. The one or more devices identify a default uplink transmission mode that requires the M2M device to employ transmission time interval (TTI) bundling, when the uplink signal strength is below a particular threshold, and identify a default uplink transmission mode that requires the M2M device to not employ TTI bundling, when the uplink signal strength is not below the particular threshold. The one or more devices store, in a memory, the default transmission mode for the M2M device. The one or more devices retrieve, from the memory and during a wake-up time window associated with the M2M device, the default transmission mode for the M2M device and construct, for the M2M device, an uplink scheduling grant based on the stored default transmission mode. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057462 | TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL (TCP) THROUGHPUT OPTIMIZATION IN POINT-TO-MULTIPOINT AND HETEROGENEOUS WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORKS - A device receives a packet provided in a wireless access network, and determines whether the packet is a payload packet or an acknowledgment (Ack) packet. The device also allocates, when the packet is an acknowledgement packet, the acknowledgment packet to an expedited priority queue, and allocates, when the packet is a payload packet, the payload packet to a regular priority queue. The device further delivers one or more acknowledgment packets provided in the expedited priority queue prior to delivering one or more payload packets provided in the regular priority queue. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120047539 | AUTOMATIC MOBILE IMAGE DIARY BACKUP AND DISPLAY - A method performed by a user device connected to a content server, via a public network, that includes sending, to a digital video recorder (DVR) server and via the public network, a request to display images on a display device associated with a local server; receiving, from the DVR server and via the public network, a notification to upload the images, the notification including an address for the content server; selecting a group of images stored on the user device; sending, to the content server and based on the address, the group of images; and sending, to the local server and via a local network, a notification to retrieve the group of images from the content server for display on the display device. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120047534 | MATRIX SEARCH OF VIDEO USING CLOSED CAPTION INFORMATION - Closed caption data for video programs, such as television programs, may be used to implement a video search. In one implementation, a device may perform a search to obtain video programs that are relevant to the search. The search may be performed using an index generated from closed caption data of video programs. The device may additionally present the video programs that are relevant to the search as a matrix of reduced-in-size images sampled from the video programs that are relevant to the search query. The images may be sampled from the video programs near a position in the video programs corresponding to the positions at which the search query is relevant to the video program. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120047210 | FEATURE DELIVERY PACKETS FOR PEER-TO-PEER BASED FEATURE NETWORK - A device communicates with feature peers, associated with a network, to obtain information associated with the feature peers, and receives a customer packet. The device also determines, based on the feature peer information, which of the feature peers support a feature associated with the customer packet, and selects, from the determined feature peers, a set of feature peers for the customer packet to traverse. The device further associates, with the customer packet, an additional packet used for delivering the feature associated with the customer packet, and forwards the customer packet and the additional packet to one of the feature peers in the selected set of feature peers. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120047081 | Methods and Systems for Real Estate Resource Consolidation - An exemplary method includes a real estate resource consolidation subsystem analyzing source data associated with a plurality of real estate resources and maintained by a plurality of distinct source data management subsystems, automatically generating one or more recommendations for consolidating the real estate resources based on the analyzing of the source data, providing the one or more recommendations for display in a portal, and performing at least one real estate consolidation operation associated with the real estate resources in accordance with at least one recommendation included in the one or more recommendations. Corresponding methods and systems are also described. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120042345 | CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT ARCHITECTURE FOR BUNDLED SERVICES IN A FIXED BROADBAND WIRELESS INSTALLATION - One or more network devices receive, at a location outside a customer premises, a broadband signal from a base station of a wireless network and a satellite television signal from a satellite antenna. The one or more network devices combine, at the location outside the customer premises, the broadband signal with the satellite television signal in a single coaxial cable and send, via the single coaxial cable, the broadband signal and the satellite television signal to one or more devices inside the customer premises. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120042058 | IP POOL NAME LISTS - A method including receiving a session request associated with a user equipment (UE); selecting one or more network address pool name lists based on a type of service to be provided to the UE; selecting one or more network address pool names from the one or more network address pool name lists based on a priority associated with the one or more network address pool names; selecting one or more network addresses from the one or more network address pool names; assigning the one or more network addresses to the UE; and establishing a session with the UE. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120041965 | LOAD BALANCING BASED ON DEEP PACKET INSPECTION - A device may receive a packet, determine a content identifier of the packet, identify a first processing device that has processed part of content associated with the content identifier, send the packet to the first processing device when the first processing device is identified, select a second processing device among a plurality of processing devices when the first processing device is not identified, and send the packet to the second processing device. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120041851 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCED SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT - An approach is provided for facilitating supply chain management based on point-of-sales or device usage data regarding a user device. A supply chain management platform receives an activation signal indicating activation of a device. The supply chain management platform then determines device information relating to the device based on the activation signal. Device information is then stored and subsequently analyzed to generate supply chain management information relating to production of the device. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120040664 | QUALIFYING LOCATIONS FOR FIXED WIRELESS SERVICES - A device receives an address from a computer terminal; determines a location associated with the address; and determines a current signal quality at the location by referencing a file that represents an area that includes the location. The device further determines whether the location qualifies for a fixed wireless service based on the current signal quality. The device also transmits information to the computer terminal. The information indicates whether the location qualifies for the fixed wireless service. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120040663 | CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION FOR BUNDLED SERVICES IN A FIXED BROADBAND WIRELESS INSTALLATION - A mobile device assists installation of an outdoor broadband unit on a customer premises. The device identifies one or more cell towers, associated with a broadband carrier, within a horizon of the customer premises. The device recognizes a connection with the outdoor broadband unit and receives, from the outdoor broadband unit and at multiple locations around the customer premises, RF signal readings of each of the one or more cell towers. The device provides, to a user, an indication of one or more optimal installation locations, based on the RF signal readings, for the outdoor broadband unit. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120039448 | TESTING CALL ROUTING - A device may automatically place a call to a call routing device based on one of a list of numbers or addresses. The call may be forwarded by the call routing device to a call agent device. The device may also establish a session with the call agent device to which the call is forwarded by the call routing device and automatically receive, from the call agent device, a message that includes an identifier for a virtual call agent. The device may extract the identifier from the received message, compare the extracted identifier to an identifier that is associated with the call, and determine whether the call routing device correctly forwarded the call based on the comparison. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120036549 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERACTING WITH A SET-TOP BOX BASED ON SENSOR EVENTS FROM A USER DEVICE - An approach is provided for controlling a set-top box based on sensor triggered events on a user device. A set-top box receives a control message from a user device, wherein the control message specifies an event corresponding to one or more sensors of the user device. The set-top box maps the event to an activity associated with an application that is executed by the set-top box. Also, the set-top box presents media content provided by the application according to the mapped activity. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120036543 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A SET-TOP BOX BASED ON DEVICE EVENTS - An approach is provided for controlling a set-top box based on a device event. A set-top box detects a wireless device. A communication channel is established with the wireless device configured to initiate a voice call. A command message is received, by the set-top box, over the communication channel. The command corresponds to a device event experienced by the wireless device. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120036541 | VIDEO CONTENT DELIVERY OVER WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORKS WITH QUALITY OF SERVICE (QOS) GUARANTEES - A device receives, from a content provider, traffic parameters associated with a video content request received from a fixed user device connected to a wireless access network, and determines, based on the traffic parameters, a trigger for creating a dedicated bearer for the fixed user device in the wireless access network. The device also provides the trigger to the wireless access network, where the wireless access network creates the dedicated bearer for the fixed user device based on the trigger, and the wireless access network assigns quality of service (QoS) parameters, based on the traffic parameters, to video content delivered to the fixed user device. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120036535 | SET TOP BOX APPARATUS HAVING A RADIO FREQUENCY ANTENNA AND AN ASSOCIATED METHOD - Systems, methods, and devices are provided for receiving media content comprising a plurality of media channels; transmitting information related to the media content to at least one remote control; receiving, responsive to the transmitted information, user input related to different media channels of the plurality of media channels; concurrently tuning, based on the user input, the media content to the different media channels; converting the media content in the different media channels into transmission signals; and selectively transmit the transmission signals to different network devices. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120036344 | CONTEXT-SENSITIVE USER DEVICE CONTROL PROFILE - A method including receiving control profile information that controls one or more operations of a user device during an event associated with a user; generating a control profile based on the control profile information; controlling the one or more operations of the user device based on the control profile for a duration of the event; and automatically setting the user device to a previous state or a new state after the event transpires. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120036282 | SMART CARD DRIVEN DEVICE CONFIGURATION CHANGES - A smart card determines if the smart card has been inserted into a device, and retrieves a device identifier and at least one application configuration value from the device if the smart card has been inserted into the device. The smart card compares the retrieved device identifier and the at least one application configuration value with a device identifier and at least one application configuration value previously stored in the smart card. The smart card causes the retrieved device identifier and the at least one application configuration value to be sent to an Over The Air (OTA) server if the comparison indicates that the retrieved device identifier or the at least one application configuration value is different than the previously stored device identifier or the at least one application configuration value, so that the OTA server can supply application parameter changes to the mobile device for future device operation. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120036273 | LOAD BALANCING SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL (SIP) SERVERS - A device receives Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) requests that include registration information, and load balances a SIP call based on the registration information of the SIP requests. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120036014 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF LOCATION AWARE MARKETING - A system for and method of location aware retail may include receiving, via a network, a location of a mobile user device, generating, using at least one programmed processor, one or more search results based at least in part on the location of the mobile user device and price preference data and proximity preference data of a user of the mobile user device, and providing, via the network, information to the mobile user device based at least in part on the one or more search results. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120034912 | OPTIMIZING SERVICES IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS FOR BUNDLED SERVICES IN A FIXED BROADBAND WIRELESS INSTALLATION - A device monitors temperature readings from a sensor associated with an outdoor broadband unit. When the temperature readings increase above a stored threshold value, the device sends, to a device at a core network, an alert signal that invokes, at the core network, an emergency profile associated with the outdoor broadband unit. When the temperature readings decrease below the stored threshold value, the device sends, to the device at the core network, a normal signal that invokes, at the core network, a default profile associated with the outdoor broadband unit. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032962 | POLYLINE VERTEX REDUCTION - Data is received that describes a polyline having a first endpoint, a second endpoint, and a plurality of intermediate vertices, each of the intermediate vertices lying between the first endpoint and the second endpoint. An estimation line segment is drawn between the first endpoint and the second endpoint. An intermediate vertex is identifies as a pivot vertex from the plurality of intermediate vertices that is a greatest distance from the estimation line segment. A flatness ratio is calculated by dividing a distance of the pivot vertex from the estimation line segment by a length of the estimation line segment In a computer, the flatness ratio is compared to a predetermined threshold value. If the flatness ratio does not exceed the predetermined threshold value, the intermediate vertices are discarded, thereby modifying the polyline. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120030721 | HOME AND NETWORK VIDEO CACHING - A method may include storing a number of programs on a digital video recorder (DVR) and assigning a score or ranking to each of the programs. The method may also include receiving a request to store another program on the DVR and determining whether the DVR has adequate storage space for the other program. The method may further include forwarding, when the DVR does not have adequate storage space for the other program, one of the programs having a lowest score or ranking to a secondary storage located remotely from the DVR. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030376 | USER-BASED PRIORITIZATION FOR CONTENT TRANSCODING - A system may include a server device. The server device may receive, from a device, a media item in a first format associated with the device, and determine a transcoding priority to be associated with transcoding of the media item based on information regarding a transcoding job request for one or more other media items received from the user and at least one of information associated with the media item or information associated with a user of the device. The server device may also select, based on the transcoding priority and at least one of the information associated with the media item or the information associated with the user, the media item, from among a number of media items, associated with one or more users, to be transcoded, and transcode the media item to a transcoded media item in a second format that is different than the first format. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030143 | CHARGING FOR DATA OFFLOADING - A method performed by a wireless node including receiving charging policies for data offloading; performing data offloading with respect to a user data flow; generating charging information associated with data offloading based on the charging policies; and sending the charging information to at least one of an on-line charging function or an off-line charging function. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030094 | DESIGN, DEPLOYMENT, AND USE OF AN AUTOMATED FLOW-MODEL-VIEW-CONTROLLER WORKFLOW - A system includes a storage device to store design elements for a workflow design that, when deployed to a network, create a workflow that permits products or services to be purchased via an electronic transaction with a user device. The design elements correspond to a group of stages that process the electronic transaction or to workflow logic that establishes conditions to transfer the electronic transaction between the stages. Each stage includes business logic, separate from the workflow logic, that permits changes to be made to a stage in a manner that does not interrupt the workflow operation. The system also includes a server device to receive a request to deploy the workflow design; deploy the design elements to create the workflow; and conduct the electronic transaction by transferring the electronic transaction between an initiation stage and another stage based on workflow logic associated with the initiation stage and information regarding operations performed by the initiation stage. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120027184 | PROVIDING CALLER-SPECIFIC INFORMATION - A method may include receiving a call from a caller and interacting with the caller, via an interactive voice response (IVR) unit, to identify first information associated with a reason for the call. The method may also include accessing a database storing second information associated with the caller, identifying third information to be provided to the caller based on the stored second information and providing the third information to the caller prior to forwarding the call to an agent. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120027021 | NETWORK SIMULATION RACK AND SYSTEM - Various exemplary illustrations are provided of systems and methods for simulating a communication network. An exemplary system may include a communication router rack in communication with an external network. The rack may include a structure supporting a plurality of network router cards, each including a plurality of communication ports configured to allow selective communication between communication devices connected to the router cards and the external network. The router rack may further include a switching circuit enclosed by the rack structure that is in physical communication with the plurality of network router cards. The switching circuit may be configured to determine a unique network identifier for each of the plurality of network router cards to the external network. The rack may further include an external communication port configured to be selectively connected to the external network to allow communication between the plurality of network router cards and the external network. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026278 | MERGING CONTENT - A device may detect an event, determine a display layout in accordance with the event, receive input video streams, merge two or more of the input video streams into a high definition output stream in accordance with the display layout, and send the high definition output stream to a content presentation device. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026032 | CROSS-POLARIZATION COMPONENT CANCELLATION - A system includes a remote station configured to transmit a first signal having a co-polarization component and a first cross-polarization component. A satellite is configured to receive the first signal and transmit a repeated signal that substantially includes the first signal. A monitoring station is configured to isolate the repeated signal received from the satellite. Isolating the repeated signal generates a second signal having the co-polarization component, the first cross-polarization component, and a second cross-polarization component. The monitoring station is further configured to substantially reduce the second cross-polarization component of the second signal. A method includes receiving a signal having a co-polarization component and a plurality of cross-polarization components, manipulating the co-polarization component, and introducing the manipulated co-polarization component to the plurality of cross-polarization components. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120023556 | IDENTITY MANAGEMENT AND SINGLE SIGN-ON IN A HETEROGENEOUS COMPOSITE SERVICE SCENARIO - A server device that includes a memory to store identity information for a group of users, policy information, and context information for a group user devices. The server device also includes a processor to receive, from another server device, a request for login credentials, associated with a user of a user device, that enable a third party application to access a service provider on behalf of the user, the request including identity information associated with the user and context information associated with the user device; verify the identity of the user based on a determination that particular identity information is stored in the memory; authorize the disclosure of the particular identity information based on a determination that the context information matches particular context information stored in the memory and that the policy information permits the disclosure of the particular identity information; and send the particular identity information, that includes the login credentials, to the other server device based on the verified identity and the authorized disclosure. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120023536 | CHANNEL PATH DISPLAY OF A VIDEO NETWORK - A device may receive selection of a channel provided by a video network, determine equipment, of the video network, associated with the selected channel, determine status information of the associated equipment, determine port level details of the associated equipment, combine the associated equipment, the status information, and the port level details into a path for the selected channel, and provide the selected channel path to a user. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120023528 | STATE-BASED RECOVERY SYSTEM - A method including receiving a request from another device to provide television content; sending a response that includes the television content; storing state information associated with the television content, wherein the state information includes an identifier of the other device and an identifier of the television content provided; detecting when an error occurs between the device and the other device; and resending a last television content that was successfully received by the other device before the error occurred. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120023523 | DATA DISTRIBUTION - A device may include a communication interface configured to receive programming information and index data associated with the programming information from a service provider multicast over a plurality of channels. The device may also include logic configured to request address information from the service provider, receive the address information, wherein the address information includes a first multicast address, and join a first multicast group corresponding to the first multicast address, wherein the first multicast group is associated with the index data. The logic may also be configured to receive, via the communication interface, the index data, identify a second multicast address associated with at least some of the programming information, join a second multicast group corresponding to the second multicast address, and receive, via the communication interface, at least some of the programming information. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120023360 | MOBILITY MANAGEMENT ENTITY FAILOVER - A method, performed by a first mobility management entity (MME) device in a network, includes receiving, from a second MME device, standby database information associated with user equipment (UE) registered with the second MME device; detecting that the second MME device has failed or lost connectivity; designating that the UEs registered with the second MME device will be registered with the first MME device, in response to detecting that the second MME device has failed or lost connectivity; detecting a request to activate a particular UE registered with the second MME device; and paging the particular UE to register with the first MME device, using the standby database information and in response to detecting the request to activate the particular UE. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120023265 | AUTOMATIC PERIPHERAL DISCOVERY, AUTHORIZATION, AND SHARING ACROSS AN INTERNET PROTOCOL NETWORK - A wireless mesh includes a plurality of user devices. A list is formed that includes information regarding peripheral devices associated with the user devices. One of the user devices identifies one or more of the peripheral devices that correspond to a particular type of peripheral device and selects, from the identified peripheral devices, a particular peripheral device. The particular peripheral device is associated with another user device, and the user device forms a session, with the other user device, that enables the user device to provide commands to the particular peripheral device via the other user device. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120023152 | Methods and Systems for Providing Location-Based Interactive Golf Content for Display by a Mobile Device - An exemplary method includes an interactive golf content computing system detecting a geographic location of a mobile device associated with a golfer while the golfer is playing a golf hole, selecting interactive golf content associated with one or more other golfers who played the golf hole previous to the playing of the golf hole by the golfer in accordance with the detected geographic location, and providing the selected interactive golf content for display by the mobile device. Corresponding methods and systems are also described. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120023126 | INTERNET VIDEO CONTENT DELIVERY TO TELEVISION USERS - A method for delivering video content to a user, including accessing a website that hosts a plurality of video content, causing a search to be performed of the website based on a keyword in the set of keywords, identifying, based on a result of the search, a set of video content, of the plurality of video content, related to the keyword, identifying a format of a particular video content in the set of video content, determining whether the format is compatible with a video client device, and outputting identifying information that identifies the particular video content when the format is compatible with the video client device, where the identifying information allows the video client device to access the particular video content. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120023074 | SCALABLE RULE-BASED DATA SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Exemplary scalable, rule-based data synchronization systems and methods are disclosed. An exemplary method includes at least one computing device executing a database trigger process in response to a database trigger event, the database trigger process including writing a general data message to a general message repository. The method further includes the at least one computing device executing an independent process including monitoring the general message repository, detecting the general data message in the general message repository, and processing, in response to the detecting of the general data message in the general message repository, the general data message in accordance with a predefined set of rules. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120022986 | NETWORK USAGE COLLECTION SYSTEM - A system includes a first database to associate a sub-interface identifier with customer information, a second database to store a history of customer usage records, and a first device. The first device may receive information from a routing device, where the information includes the sub-interface identifier for a sub-interface of the routing device and information identifying an amount of network traffic received at or transmitted from the sub-interface over a time period, use the sub-interface identifier to obtain the associated customer information from the first database, associate the customer information with the information identifying an amount of network traffic received at or transmitted from the sub-interface over a time period to create a new customer usage record, and store the new customer usage record in the second database. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120020650 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING DUPLICATIVE MEDIA CONTENT RECORDINGS - Exemplary systems and methods for preventing duplicative media content recordings are disclosed. An exemplary method includes a media content access subsystem detecting that a media content instance is scheduled to be recorded, determining, based on an operations log of one or more past operations of the media access subsystem, that the scheduled recording of the media content instance is duplicative of a past recording, and selectively canceling the scheduled recording of the media content instance in response to the determination that the scheduled recording is duplicative of the past recording. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120020350 | APPLICATION SERVICE INVOCATION BASED ON FILTER CRITERIA - An Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) device includes a memory configured to store a subscriber profile, where the subscriber profile includes at least one criterion relating to an event that occurs after a session request has been forwarded to a terminating party. The IMS device further includes a processor configured to invoke at least one application service for a session based on the at least one criterion in the subscriber profile. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120020260 | DATA OFFLOADING WITH DISTRIBUTED IP MANAGEMENT AND ROUTING - A method performed by a wireless node includes receiving policies for data offloading; identifying a user associated with a data flow to which a user device is attached; determining whether data offloading is permitted for the user based on the policies; and performing data offloading when it is determined that data offloading is permitted for the user, wherein data offloading includes routing the data flow away from at least one of a higher layer traffic aggregation device relative to the wireless node or a higher hierarchical controlling device relative to the wireless node. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120017250 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CONTROL OF SET-TOP BOXES - An approach is provided for controlling one or more set-top boxes. Communications is established among a plurality of set-top boxes. One of the set-top boxes is designated as a master set-top box that is configured to control one or more of remaining ones of the set-top boxes. A control message is generated to configure the remaining ones of the set-top boxes as child set-top boxes. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120017216 | DYNAMIC MACHINE-TO-MACHINE COMMUNICATIONS AND SCHEDULING - A method may include obtaining traffic loading and resource utilization information associated with a network for the network time domain; obtaining machine-to-machine resource requirements for machine-to-machine tasks using the network; receiving a target resource utilization value indicative of a network resource limit for the network time domain; calculating a probability for assigning each machine-to-machine task to the network time domain, wherein the probability is based on a difference between the target resource utilization value and the traffic loading and resource utilization associated with the network; calculating a probability density function based on an independent and identically distributed random variable; generating a schedule of execution of the machine-to-machine tasks within the network time domain based on the probabilities associated with the machine-to-machine tasks and the probability density function; and providing the schedule of execution of the machine-to-machine tasks. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120017178 | FILE MANAGEMENT AND TRANSFER USING A REMORA - A user device to receive a request to open an application associated with a file; retrieve information regarding a remora user interface (UI) associated with the application via which operations on the file are automatically performed, where the information regarding the remora UI includes information associated with a UI corresponding to the application, and information associated with a group of remora icons that correspond to a group of other applications, each of the group of remora icons corresponding to a respective different one of the group of other applications; present, for display, the remora UI based on the information regarding the remora UI; receive, via the remora UI, an instruction to transfer the file to one of the group of remora icons; and performs the operation on the file using a particular application, of the group of other applications, that corresponds to the one of the group of remora icons. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120017110 | FAULT-TOLERANCE AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN A NETWORK - A method including receiving network topology and resource management information; generating a mapping between the network topology of a network and resource reservation paths associated with flows using the network based on the network topology and resource management information; generating a failure recovery plan (FRP) based on the mapping, wherein the FRP instructs one or more other network devices on how to manage a failure such that one or more resource reservation paths associated with flows impacted by the failure are not deleted; and loading the FRP on the one or more other network devices. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120016528 | REMOTE ENERGY MANAGEMENT USING PERSISTENT SMART GRID NETWORK CONTEXT - A server device includes a storage device to store policies that govern the manner in which a curtailment operation or a replenish operation are performed. The policies include a threshold associated with a quantity of power consumption permitted by smart grid devices or another threshold associated with a minimum quantity of power to be supplied by a smart grid device. The server device also includes a processor to obtain, via a web service enabled by a tunneling protocol, a quantity of power consumed by the smart grid devices and another quantity of power to be supplied by the smart grid device; compare the threshold with the quantity of power; send an instruction to perform the curtailment operation when the quantity of power exceeds the threshold; compare the other threshold with the other quantity of power, when the quantity of power is less than the threshold; and send another instruction to perform the replenish operation when the other quantity of power is less than the other threshold. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120011558 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING MEDIA VIA A SET-TOP BOX - An approach is provided for presenting media via a set-top box. A set-top box detects a wireless device according to a predetermined communication protocol. A communication channel is established with the wireless device according to the communication protocol. A command message is received, according to the communication protocol, from the wireless device over the communication channel, wherein the command message specifies playback of media resident on the wireless device via the set-top box. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120011553 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING SERVICES VIA A SET-TOP BOX - An approach is provided for supporting messaging services via a set-top box. A set-top box establishes communications with a user device. The set-top box receives a message from the user device, and stores the message for inclusion in a messaging log. The set-top box presents content of the messaging log via a display coupled to the set-top box. According to one embodiment, the set-top box receives network address information of the user device, maps the network address information to location information, and retrieves information from a data repository based on the location information. In another embodiment, the user device acquires information about a program being experience by a user via the set-top box, and generates a message to provide presence status information to a social network service based on the program information. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120011215 | MULTIMEDIA PORTAL - A system receives, from a first user, a communication request for a second user and determines, in response to receiving the communication request, whether a trigger is satisfied. The system may aggregate, in response to determining that the trigger is satisfied, content of different types to form multimedia content and provide the multimedia content to the first user. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008754 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF MEASURING CALLER INTERACTIONS DURING A CALL SESSION - A system for and method of monitoring caller interactions during a call session is presented. The system and method for monitoring caller interaction may include receiving information from a call session between a caller and an automated voice portal system via a communication network, monitoring caller interaction points accumulated during the call session, comparing a sum of caller interaction points accumulated during the call session with the automated voice portal system with the caller interaction threshold, and taking one or more actions in response to the sum of the caller interaction points exceeds the caller interaction threshold. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120005614 | ACCOUNT CONVERSION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS - A device may convert accounts maintained by a first information technology system to a second information technology system. In one implementation, the device may convert a first set of attributes corresponding to an account in the first information technology system to a second set of attributes corresponding to the account in the second information technology system. The device may validate the second set of attributes by converting the second set of attributes back to a third set of attributes corresponding to the account in the first information technology system. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120005595 | USERS AS ACTORS IN CONTENT - A method may include receiving a plurality of images of a face of a user, wherein each image of the face of the user is associated with one of a plurality of different expressions. The method may also include receiving a first video, wherein the first video comprises images of an actor including images of a face of the actor, wherein each image of the face of the actor is associated with one of the plurality of different expressions. Further, the method may include replacing the images of the face of the actor with corresponding images of the face of the user in a same expression to create a second video and transmitting the second video to the user. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120005245 | UNIVERSAL FILE NAMING FOR PERSONAL MEDIA OVER CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORKS - A device receives, from a content provider device, a personal media file with a custom name and generates a universal file name for the file based on a digital fingerprint extracted from the file. The device associates the universal file name with the custom name and determines that the universal file name is associated with a previously-stored file, where the previously-stored file and the file with the custom name have an identical digital fingerprint. The device discards the file with the custom name, and associates the custom name with the universal file name for later retrieval. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120005177 | AUTOMATED DEVICE REPORTING - A method performed by a device includes detecting a first condition to generate a report record associated with the device; generating the report record associated with the device, in response to detecting the first condition, where generating the report record includes recording environment conditions associated with the device, recording device conditions associated with the device, and recording signal conditions associated with the device; detecting a second condition to send the generated report record to a server device; and sending the generated report record to the server device, in response to detecting the second condition. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120005041 | MOBILE CONTENT DISTRIBUTION WITH DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT - A server distributes, to a mobile device, a catalog of available digital content and receives, from the mobile device, a request to download multiple digital content files based on the catalog. The server sends, to the mobile device, the multiple digital content files, where the each of the multiple digital content files includes access restrictions to prevent unauthorized rendering. The server receives, from the mobile device, a request to render one of the multiple digital content files on the mobile device and determines whether rendering of the one of the multiple digital content files on the mobile device is authorized. The server sends, to the mobile device, information to enable rendering of the one of the multiple digital content files if the mobile device is authorized and applies charges, to a user account associated with the mobile device, based on the sending the information to enable the rendering. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120004947 | INTEGRATED DATA MANAGEMENT FOR NETWORK SERVICE PROVIDERS AND CUSTOMERS - A system receives, from a user device, a request for a joint business and services tracking tool. The system obtains business data associated with the customer and retrieve service management data associated with the customer. The system generates, in response to the request, a user interface, where the user interface includes a time-based graphical representation of the business data, a time-based graphical representation of the service management data, and a linking object to link the business data and the service management data over a particular time period. The system further provides a service management dashboard, associated with the linking object, to present the customer business data and the service management data within the particular time period. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120002953 | NON-LINEAR REWIND OF VIDEO PROGRAMS - A rewind or fast forward operation may be performed in which a series of reduced-in-size images frame previous frames in a video program may be presented to the viewer. In one implementation, a device may obtain sampled images corresponding to select frames of the video program and output a series of the sampled images in an order in which a sampling time corresponding to each of the sampled images in the video program monotonically increases or decreases in the output series. Differences in the sample times between successive images in the series of sampled images may not be uniform. The device may receive a selection of one of the images in the output series of sampled images and change a current output location of the video program to a location corresponding to the sampling time of the selected image. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120002541 | FLOW-BASED PROACTIVE CONNECTION ADMISSION CONTROL (CAC) IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - A device receives available capacity and used capacity associated with a network, receives a connection request from a user device in the network, and receives a maximum capacity threshold associated with the network. The device calculates a minimum capacity threshold and a medium capacity threshold, associated with the network, based on the maximum capacity threshold. The device also determines whether to admit or deny the connection request based on the available capacity, the used capacity, the minimum capacity threshold, the medium capacity threshold, and the maximum capacity threshold. The device further allocates, when the connection request is to be admitted and based on resource availability associated with the network, a particular bit rate, for a particular quality of service (QoS) class, to the connection request. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120002537 | BASE STATION FAILOVER USING NEIGHBORING BASE STATIONS AS RELAYS - A method performed by a base station in a network, includes detecting a malfunction associated with a backhaul link to the network; identifying one or more neighboring base stations located within a transmission range of the base station; selecting at least one of the one or more neighboring base stations based on one or more parameters, associated with the one or more neighboring base stations, in response to detecting the malfunction; receiving, by a radio frequency (RF) transceiver associated with the base station, a signal from a user equipment; and transmitting, by an RF transceiver associated with the base station, the signal to the selected at least one of the one or more neighboring base stations. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20110321178 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF DYNAMIC EXTENSION ASSIGNMENT - A system for and method of system for performing dynamic extension assignment is presented. In one exemplary embodiment, the method may comprise receiving, via a network, an extension assignment request associated with a network endpoint, identifying the network endpoint based on one or more properties of the network endpoint, applying one or more rules to identify an extension to be assigned to the network endpoint based on the one or more properties of the endpoint, and assigning the extension to the network endpoint. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110321009 | IMPLEMENTING ENCRYPTION VIA ASPECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING - A device may include a processor. The processor may be configured to read an aspect, and identify, within a program, code for instantiating an object output stream object based on the aspect. In addition, the processor may be configured to replace, within the program, the code for instantiating the object output stream object with code for instantiating secure object output stream object. Furthermore, the processor may be configured to generate a compiled program from code obtained by replacing, in the program, the code for instantiating the object output stream object with the code for instantiating the secure object output stream object. The processor may be configured to write the compiled program to a file. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110320961 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING VIRTUAL WORKSPACES - An approach is provided for sharing the virtual workspaces of a plurality of user devices. One of the plurality of devices is designated as the only active device. The active device submits an update of the virtual workspace of the active device. Then an update of the virtual workspaces of the other devices is initiated that includes the workspace of the active device. A request from one of the other devices to become active is granted and the previously active device is undesignated as active. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110320888 | Load Balancing in Broker-Based Messaging Systems and Methods - An exemplary method includes a message broker subsystem receiving a message intended for delivery to a recipient software application instance, determining that the recipient software application instance is included in a plurality of functionally equivalent software application instances that are registered with a global directory service subsystem that is communicatively coupled to the message broker subsystem, automatically selecting a software application instance from the plurality of software application instances for receipt of the message in accordance with a load balancing heuristic, and attempting to deliver the message to the selected software application instance. Corresponding methods and systems are also described. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110320449 | TELEPHONE NUMBER GROUPS - A method includes receiving a list of sequential telephone numbers, and iteratively: identifying a first number and a last number of the list, selecting a group size, creating a group of sequential telephone numbers from the list of sequential telephone numbers based on the selected group size, and removing the created group from the list of sequential telephone numbers. Creating the group may include determining whether a first number in the list of sequential telephone numbers ends with a predetermined digit, assigning the first number as a start number of the group, and identifying an end number in the group based on the start number and the selected group size. | 12-29-2011 |
