Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090010555 | MULTI-POINT PREDICTIVE FOVEATION FOR BANDWIDTH REDUCTION OF MOVING IMAGES - A scene of an image sequence is transmitted that has been compressed using a number of foveation zones, each foveation zone being weighted based on a probability of a viewer looking at a corresponding portion of the first scene. | 01-08-2009 |
20090034697 | SEQUENTIAL PRESENTATION OF LONG INSTRUCTIONS IN AN INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE SYSTEM - A method of presenting instructions to a user sending an incoming communication to a service center includes presenting a menu to the user. The menu includes a plurality of procedure descriptors to the user. The user is presented, according to a selection of one of the procedure descriptors by the user, a sequence of instructions which enable completion of a procedure described by the selected procedure descriptor. The incoming communication is transferred at a position in the sequence of instructions to a representative. The incoming communication is also transferred back to the same position in the sequence of instructions. | 02-05-2009 |
20090073321 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING A VIDEO STREAM - The present disclosure is generally directed to a video stream processing system and to a system and method of displaying a video stream. In a particular embodiment, the method includes receiving a video stream to be displayed on a display device. During a first time period, a low resolution version of the video stream is displayed while a full resolution version of the video stream is being recovered. The method further includes synchronizing the low resolution version of the video stream with the full resolution version of the video stream, and, during a second time period after the first time period, switching between display of the low resolution version of the video stream to display of the full resolution version of the video stream. | 03-19-2009 |
20090115904 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING A VIDEO STREAM - The present disclosure is generally directed to a video stream processing system and to a method of displaying a video stream. In a particular embodiment, the method includes, during a first time period, displaying a first version of a received video stream while recovering a second version of the received video stream, the first version of the received video stream having a lower video display quality than the second version of the received video stream. The first time period begins no more than approximately 100 milliseconds after a detected channel change. The method also includes switching from display of the first version of the received video stream to display of the second version of the received video stream during a second time period. | 05-07-2009 |
20090319920 | System and Method for Collaborative Call Management - A system and method for collaborative call management are disclosed. A particular method includes displaying a host graphical user interface (GUI) on a device associated with a call host of a collaborative call. The host GUI includes a listing of names of call participants of the collaborative call and one or more controls. The method also includes updating the host GUI after at least one other call participant indicates a desire to speak during the collaborative call by displaying an indicator next to the name of the at least one other call participant. | 12-24-2009 |
20100040152 | Human Factors Based Video Compression - Systems and method to compress digital video based on human factors expressed as a desirability score are provided. A particular method includes selecting a compression level based on the desirability score for the particular media content. A first compression level is selected when the desirability score is a first desirability score and a second compression level that is higher than the first compression level is selected when the desirability score is a second desirability score that is higher than the first desirability score. The method also includes providing the compression level to an encoder. The encoder compresses the media content based on the compression level. | 02-18-2010 |
20130019275 | HANDSET FOR USE WITH AN ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM - A handset is configurable to communicate with an entertainment system. The handset includes a front side that includes a first set of controls configured to control an audio stream or a video stream of the entertainment system. The handset also includes a back side that is opposite the front side, the back side including a first phone call disposition control corresponding to a first disposition action. | 01-17-2013 |
20130148023 | System and Method of Displaying a Video Stream - A particular method includes receiving a video stream to be displayed on a display device. The method also includes, during a first time period, sending a low resolution version of the video stream to the display device while recovering a full resolution version of the video stream. The method further includes synchronizing the low resolution version of the video stream with the full resolution version of the video stream. The method also includes, during a second time period after the first time period, switching from sending the low resolution version of the video stream to the display device to sending the full resolution version of the video stream to the display device. | 06-13-2013 |
20130205351 | Device, System, and Method for Managing Television Tuners - A method at a first set top box includes transmitting to a second set top box a request to use a television tuner associated with the second set top box. The method further includes receiving a return recording option from the second set top box. The method also includes generating an indication of a rejection of the request from the second set top box based on the received return recording option. The indication includes a graphical message specifying the rejection of the request. | 08-08-2013 |
20150040178 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRE-CACHING A FIRST PORTION OF A VIDEO FILE ON A MEDIA DEVICE - A method includes determining an available bandwidth of a data interface connected to a media device. The method includes receiving a first portion of each of a plurality of video files and storing the first portion of each of the plurality of video files in a memory. A size of the memory to store each first portion is determined based on a pre-cache file size associated with a video file of the plurality of video files. The pre-cache file size is based on the available bandwidth. The method further includes, in response to detecting a change in the available bandwidth, adjusting the pre-cache file size associated with the video file, where the pre-cache file size decreases when the available bandwidth increases to a second available bandwidth. | 02-05-2015 |