Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090063681 | Systems and methods for distributing video on demand - A method of providing content comprises making the content available on a central server, and surveying a plurality of peers for a portion of the content. The portion of the content from one of the peers is obtained when the portion of the content is available from the one of the peers, and obtained from the central server when the portion of the content is not available from the plurality of peers. | 03-05-2009 |
20090261943 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING PREMISE MONITORING - A method and apparatus for enabling the use of an IP based network that supports triple play services, comprising voice service, data service and video service, to provide premise monitoring are disclosed. For example, the method monitors a premise via at least one sensing device, and sends security related information to a headend office in a communication network when a security event is detected, wherein the communication network is a triple play service network supporting a voice service, a video service, and a data service. | 10-22-2009 |
20090276503 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COLLECTING, CORRELATING, AND AGGREGATING STRUCTURED EDITED CONTENT AND NON-EDITED CONTENT - Edited and non-edited multimedia content from a plurality of sources is formatted as a standardized data feed. The standardized data feed is correlating with a syndicated data feed as an aggregated data feed. The aggregated data feed is presented for display at a device. | 11-05-2009 |
20100058403 | Distributing On-Demand Multimedia Content - A disclosed method of distributing multimedia content to end users in a multimedia content distribution network includes segmenting time in a series of intervals referred to herein as limited-chain relay (LCR) intervals. The LCR intervals may have a duration of time T although an LCR interval may be terminated before the duration expires. During any interval, the LCR distribution method includes responding to a first request for a program of multimedia content (PMC) from a first requestor by delivering the PMC from a video server to the customer premises equipment (CPE) of the requestor and storing the PMC on the CPE of the first requestor. The method further includes responding to subsequent requests for the PMC that occur before the time T and before the interval terminates otherwise from subsequent requestors by delivering at least some portion of the PMC to the subsequent requestors from the CPE of at least one previous requestor. | 03-04-2010 |
20100058405 | Systems and Methods for Distributing Video on Demand - A method of receiving content includes joining an in-progress multicast stream to receive a first portion of a content. The method further includes sending a request to a peer for a catch-up portion of the content, the request including a deadline for delivery of the content, and receiving the catch-up portion of the content from the peer prior to the deadline. | 03-04-2010 |
20100070613 | Portable Communication Interface for Accessing Media Content - A method and apparatus for accessing media with a portable communication device presents media available for display to a user based on user preferences. A user can select media to be output from an external display by entering commands into the portable communications device. In addition, a second external display can be used to display a subset of the media available for display. | 03-18-2010 |
20100125800 | System and Method for Bridging Communication Services Between Virtual Worlds and the Real World - A system includes a gateway operative to couple the system to a user. The system further includes a first infolet coupled to the gateway, and operative to couple the system to a first virtual world application, a second infolet coupled to the gateway and to the first infolet, and operative to couple the system to a real world application. The system is operable to obtain first information requested by the user from the second infolet and send the first information to the virtual world application through the first infolet. | 05-20-2010 |
20100142515 | BLENDING TELEPHONY SERVICES IN AN INTERNET PROTOCOL MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM - An Internet protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) gateway application server includes an originating application server module adapted to invoke call control services in response to requests initiated by a voice over Internet Protocol (IP) (VoIP) client associated with a communication device such as an IP telephone. Disclosed gateway application servers include a proxy server module adapted to notify the communication client of session control messages intended for the communication device. | 06-10-2010 |
20100162149 | Systems and Methods to Provide Location Information - Systems and methods are provided to facilitate location based services based on locations in virtual worlds and locations in the real world. In one aspect, a location server obtains and provides the locations of avatars of users in different virtual worlds and the locations of mobile devices of the corresponding users in the real world. An application server, for example, may provide location based services in a virtual world based on the location of a mobile device in the real world, or provide location based services to a mobile device based on the location of an avatar in a virtual world, or provide location based services to an avatar in one virtual world based on the location of a related avatar in another virtual world. | 06-24-2010 |
20100223354 | Method for Creating and Providing Layered Syndicated Data for Multimedia Content to Users - A layered syndicated feed or content is provided having layers defined according to a media type (e.g., text, graphic, audio, or video) wherein each layer has a plurality of levels such that each level provides either inclusive or exclusive content of the layer's media type in varying degrees of detail or depth. Furthermore, a system is provided for requesting and storing user and mobile device profiles indicative of the syndicated content layers and levels that the user is interested in receiving and that the user's mobile device is capable of receiving. | 09-02-2010 |
20100254370 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING COMMUNICATION SESSIONS - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server operably couplable to an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network and an Interactive Television (ITV) system, where the server includes a controller to receive a session transfer request from a first communication device operably connected to the ITV system and presenting media content where the session transfer request includes identification information associated with a second communication device operably connected to the ITV system, and transmit an INVITE message to the second communication device and transmit a media adjustment message to a Media Resource Function Processor (MRFP) of the IMS network, where the media content is adjusted and transmitted to the second communication device based on receipt of the media adjustment message, where the adjusted media content is generated by the MRFP based on the identification information associated with the second communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 10-07-2010 |
20100287037 | Payment of Highway Tolls via a Mobile Telecommunications Network - Disclosed are method and apparatus for processing of highway toll payments by a mobile telecommunications service provider. A mobile telecommunications device communicates with a mobile telecommunications service provider. The mobile telecommunications service provider receives a request to calculate a route to a destination. The mobile telecommunications service provider determines the location of the mobile telecommunications device from a global navigation satellite system or from a mobile telecommunications network and calculates a route. The mobile telecommunications service provider then identifies toll booths along the calculated route. The mobile telecommunications service provider pre-pays the tolls. The mobile telecommunications service provider sends turn-by-turn instructions to the mobile telecommunications device and tracks the location of the mobile telecommunications device and records the date and time at which the mobile telecommunications device passes through a toll booth. | 11-11-2010 |
20110085654 | Apparatus and Method for Providing Presence - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server having a controller to receive presence information from each presence source of a plurality of presence sources, wherein the presence information is associated with a user, receive a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) which identifies the user, wherein identification information associated with the user from each presence source is mapped to the SIP URI, select at least a portion of the received presence information to be utilized in determining a presence status of the user, determine the presence status of the user based on the selected presence information, and transmit the presence status and the SIP URI to a computing device operably coupled to an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 04-14-2011 |
20110126245 | Analyzing Internet Protocol Television Data to Support Peer-Assisted Video-on-Demand Content Delivery - A video-on-demand (VOD) server in an Internet protocol television (IPTV) network with a network of set-top boxes includes IPTV operational data and an analysis module that selects a content item. The VOD server divides the content item into sequential chunks, divides the chunks into stripes, pre-populates set-top boxes in a peering network with at least one stripe from each chunk, receives a request for the content item, and directs each set-top box to sequentially stream its stripes. A method includes selecting a content item based upon IPTV operational data, dividing the content item into sequential chunks, dividing the chunks into stripes, pre-populating set-top boxes in a peering network with at least one stripe from each chunk, receiving a request for the content item, and directing each set-top box to sequentially stream its stripes. | 05-26-2011 |
20110137856 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AGGREGATING AND TRANSLATING REAL-TIME USER INFORMATION TO UPDATE SOCIAL NETWORK PROFILES - A method, computer readable medium and apparatus for automatically updating social network profiles are disclosed. For example, the method receives one or more inputs from a subscriber, processes the one or more inputs in accordance with a policy defined by the subscriber to produce an update about the subscriber and publishes the update about the subscriber on one or more social network profiles associated with the subscriber. | 06-09-2011 |
20110145870 | Limited Chain Relay With Virtual Peer for Multimedia Distribution - A method includes at a first customer premises equipment (CPE) device coupled to a multimedia distribution network, generating a first request for multimedia content. The method also includes sending the first request to a network node of the multimedia distribution network. The method further includes receiving the multimedia content from a virtual peer located at the network node and storing the multimedia content at the first CPE device. The method also includes receiving a message via the multimedia distribution network, the message indicating a transmission of a second request for the multimedia content by a second customer premises equipment (CPE) device. The method further includes transmitting at least a portion of the stored multimedia content to the second CPE device. | 06-16-2011 |
20120066463 | Managing Presence in Communications Systems - Raw presence data from a plurality of presence data sources is collected and processed into unified presence data. Unified presence data over a period of time before a first time is stored in a historical presence data archive. A probability of a presence variable having a specific value is generated based on unified presence data collected and processed at a second time on or after the first time, the historical presence data archive, and user profile data. Presence information is generated based on the probability and the user profile data. Presence data sources include both Session Initiation Protocol based and non Session Initiation Protocol based presence data sources. In an embodiment, non Session Initiation Protocol based unified presence data is transformed into Session Initiation Protocol based unified presence data. | 03-15-2012 |
20120150974 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILE PRESENCE AGGREGATION - A method, computer readable medium for performing mobile presence aggregation are disclosed. For example, the method acquires presence information associated with a user, packages the presence information into a message and forwards the message containing the presence information via a non-session initiated protocol based transport protocol to a presences access layer server. In another embodiment, the method receives a message containing presence information in a non-session initiated protocol based transport protocol, identifies the presence information in the message, translates the presence information into a presence information data format and forwards the presence information in the presence information data format to a presence server. | 06-14-2012 |
20120254358 | METHOD FOR CREATING AND PROVIDING LAYERED SYNDICATED DATA FOR MULTIMEDIA CONTENT TO USERS - A layered syndicated feed or content is provided having layers defined according to a media type (e.g., text, graphic, audio, or video) wherein each layer has a plurality of levels such that each level provides either inclusive or exclusive content of the layer's media type in varying degrees of detail or depth. Furthermore, a system is provided for requesting and storing user and mobile device profiles indicative of the syndicated content layers and levels that the user is interested in receiving and that the user's mobile device is capable of receiving. | 10-04-2012 |
20130054804 | System for Consolidating Heterogeneous Data Centers Through Virtualization of Services - A system for resource provisioning for content delivery of multiple services is disclosed. The system may be configured to offer multiple services, wherein at least one first offered service is delivery of prerecorded content and at least one second offered service is content delivered according to a deadline. In at least one embodiment, the first offered service may be video content, and the second offered service may be broadcast television content. The system may also be configured to deliver at least a portion of the first offered service in advance of use of that portion of the first offered service such that resource demand in connection with delivery of service content of the second offered service at peak delivery may be reduced. As such, fewer resources are needed to provide uninterrupted service of the first and second offered services. | 02-28-2013 |
20130074135 | Limited Chain Relay with Virtual Peer for Multimedia Distribution - A method includes at a first customer premises equipment (CPE) device, generating a first request for multimedia content. The method also includes sending the first request to a network node of the multimedia distribution network. The method further includes receiving the multimedia content from a virtual peer located at the network node and storing the multimedia content at the first CPE device. The method also includes receiving a message via the multimedia distribution network, the message indicating a second request for the multimedia content by a second customer premises equipment (CPE) device. The method further includes transmitting at least a portion of the stored multimedia content to the second CPE device. | 03-21-2013 |
20130084878 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE RANKED NETWORK PRIORITY - Methods, systems and apparatus are disclosed to facilitate ranked network priority. An example method includes obtaining a bid value associated with a first wireless device, calculating a rank of the first wireless device with a plurality of wireless devices based on the bid value, operating characteristics of the first wireless device, and a scheduling model, and allocating a first portion of wireless network resources to the first wireless device based on the rank of the first wireless device. | 04-04-2013 |
20130091410 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING A CONTEXT-AWARE PERSONALIZED BLOGGING AGENT - A mobile multimedia content aggregation and dissemination platform is provided that aims to automate the creation, collection, aggregation, and dissemination of RSS and non-RSS information for and to interested parties. This platform may be used for the construction of a personalized blogging agent as well as for a personalized news aggregator. | 04-11-2013 |
20130099941 | VEHICULAR COMMUNICATIONS USING A SCALABLE AD HOC GEOGRAPHIC ROUTING PROTOCOL - Vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications are accomplished via a scalable ad hoc geographic routing protocol. As vehicles move along roadways, they can query other vehicles and entities for information. Responses to queries can be used to determine information such as traffic conditions, a retail store sale, that a restaurant has tables available, and/or that parking spaces are available, for example. Businesses, vehicles, and other entities along roadways can geocast pertinent information to vehicles passing by. Vehicles can cache information as it is received. | 04-25-2013 |
20130125185 | Method and Apparatus for Managing Communication Sessions - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server operably coupleable to an internet protocol multimedia subsystem network and an interactive television system, where the server receives a session transfer request from a first communication device, where the session transfer request includes identification information associated with a second communication device, and where the server transmits a message to the second communication device and transmits a media adjustment message to a media resource server of the internet protocol multimedia subsystem network. The media content is adjusted and transmitted to the second communication device responsive to the media adjustment message, where the adjusted media content is generated by the media resource server based on the identification information associated with the second communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 05-16-2013 |
20130259032 | Blending Telephony Services in an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem - An Internet protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) gateway application server includes an originating application server module adapted to invoke call control services in response to requests initiated by a voice over Internet Protocol (IP) (VoIP) client associated with a communication device such as an IP telephone. Disclosed gateway application servers include a proxy server module adapted to notify the communication client of session control messages intended for the communication device. | 10-03-2013 |
20130339453 | PRESENCE INFORMATION BASED MESSAGING - Methods and devices for providing presence based messaging are disclosed. For example, a method receives a message including a message content, an identifier of a recipient and a presence parameter. The presence parameter may comprise a speed parameter pertaining to a speed of a device associated with the recipient or a mood parameter pertaining to a mood of the recipient. The method then stores the message and delivers the message to the device associated with the recipient when the presence parameter is satisfied. | 12-19-2013 |
20140016515 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FULL DUPLEX CANCELLATION - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for enabling improved cancellation of self-interference in full-duplex communications, or the transmitting and receiving of communications in a single frequency band without requiring time, frequency, or code divisions. The system estimates the signal strength and phase of a self-interference signal, generates a cancellation signal based on this estimate, then uses the cancellation signal to suppress the self-interference before sampling received analog signal. After applying the cancellation signal, the system samples and digitizes the remaining analog signal. The digitized signal is then subjected to additional digital cancellation, allowing for extraction of the desired signal. | 01-16-2014 |
20140016516 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL ENABLING BOTH FULL-DUPLEX AND HALF-DUPLEX COMMUNICATIONS - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for a modified MAC protocol which can facilitate communications with both full-duplex and half-duplex devices. A system configured according to the disclosed method can enable communications between an Access Point (AP) and a client in either full duplex or half duplex. The system can similarly enable peer-to-peer communications in both full duplex and half duplex communication modes. | 01-16-2014 |
20140078940 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FULL-DUPLEX MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL USING REQUEST-TO-SEND SIGNALING - A system and method for full-duplex communications provided by modifying the Media Access Control sub-layer of communication node protocols. The modification allows communication nodes to communicate with one another in full-duplex, where each node transmits and receives data simultaneously with other nodes in a single frequency. A timing of the simultaneous data transmissions, acknowledgments, and short-interframe-space waiting periods can be determined based on network-allocation-vector data transmitted in association with request-to-send or clear-to-send signals. | 03-20-2014 |
20140142848 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING GEOSPATIAL AND TEMPORAL NAVIGATION - A method and apparatus for processing at least one information feed are disclosed. For example, the method receives at least one content via at least one automated feed. The method associates the at least one content to one or more geographical locations on a map, wherein the one or more geographical locations are determined from the at least one content. The method then presents an access to the at least one content to a user via the map. | 05-22-2014 |
20140146715 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WINDOWING IN FULL-DUPLEX COMMUNICATIONS - A system and method for establishing windows that govern the exchange of acknowledgements in a full-duplex communication. The window is established for two nodes which transmit asymmetric frame sizes in full-duplex mode. The window is related to the size of the asymmetric frames. Frames are exchanged in full-duplex between the two nodes, and the window size is defined as enabling the nodes to send data until the number of unacknowledged frames at the nodes is less than or equal to the window size, at which point acknowledgments are exchanged simultaneously. In sending the acknowledgment, both nodes can send acknowledgments simultaneously in full-duplex in the same frequency bin. | 05-29-2014 |
20140169232 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAC DESIGN OF A FULL-DUPLEX CENTRALIZED CELLULAR NETWORK - Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for scheduling full-duplex communications between half-duplex mobile devices and a full-duplex capable access point. The system receives, within a time window, tones from a plurality of mobile devices, the tones indicating that each device in the plurality of devices are performing one of uploading data and downloading data. The system pairs the plurality of devices into pairs of an uploading device and a downloading device, where the pairing is based on an interference each device in the plurality of devices causes with remaining devices in the plurality of devices, to yield a list of paired devices. Upon communicating the list of paired devices to the plurality of devices, one device of each pair transmits data to the base station in a frequency channel while the other device receives data from the base station in the same frequency. | 06-19-2014 |
20140169233 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FULL-DUPLEX MAC TIMING MODIFICATIONS - A system, method, and computer-readable storage media for reducing monopolization of a frequency channel during full-duplex communications. The MAC layer of governing communications can be modified to reduce likelihood of monopolization by (1) in networks which are exclusively filled with full-duplex devices, configuring non-communicating devices to ignore data collisions of communicating devices, requiring the communicating devices to wait for an standard backoff time after the data transmission is complete; and/or (2) in mixed half-duplex/full-duplex networks, requiring a half-duplex nodes and/or a full- duplex node to wait an extended duration after the data transmission is complete, while the non-communicating devices do not wait an extended duration. | 06-19-2014 |
20140233669 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining channel gains for a group of transmitters based on transmitted training symbols; and performing analog time domain cancellation and digital time domain cancellation responsive to a determination that a total interference does not satisfy a threshold range of the analog-to-digital converter, where the total interference is determined based on the channel gains. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 08-21-2014 |
20140245364 | Systems and Methods for Distributing Video on Demand - A method of receiving content includes joining an in-progress multicast stream to receive a first portion of a content. The method further includes sending a request to a peer for a catch-up portion of the content, the request including a deadline for delivery of the content, and receiving the catch-up portion of the content from the peer prior to the deadline. | 08-28-2014 |
20140274097 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE RANKED NETWORK PRIORITY - Methods, systems and apparatus are disclosed to facilitate ranked network priority. An example method includes calculating a rank of a first wireless device relative to a plurality of wireless devices based on a first bid value associated with the first wireless device, allocating a first bit rate to the first wireless device based on the rank of the first wireless device at a first time, and in response to detecting a change in availability of the first bit rate at a second time, applying a second bid value for a second bit rate when the first wireless device is located in a first geographic area, and applying a third bid value for the second bit rate when the first wireless device is located in a second geographic area different from the first geographic area. | 09-18-2014 |
20140317132 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COLLECTING, CORRELATING, AND AGGREGATING STRUCTURED EDITED CONTENT AND NON-EDITED CONTENT - Edited and non-edited multimedia content from a plurality of sources is formatted as a standardized data feed. The standardized data feed is correlating with a syndicated data feed as an aggregated data feed. The aggregated data feed is presented for display at a device. | 10-23-2014 |
20140317133 | COLLECTING SENSOR DATA - Edited and non-edited multimedia content from a plurality of sources is formatted as a standardized data feed. The standardized data feed is correlating with a syndicated data feed as an aggregated data feed. The aggregated data feed is presented for display at a device. | 10-23-2014 |
20140348033 | System and Method for Medium Access Control Enabling Both Full-Duplex and Half-Duplex Communications - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for a modified MAC protocol which can facilitate communications with both full-duplex and half-duplex devices. A system configured according to the disclosed method can enable communications between an Access Point (AP) and a client in either full duplex or half duplex. The system can similarly enable peer-to-peer communications in both full duplex and half duplex communication modes. | 11-27-2014 |
20140351230 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AGGREGATING AND TRANSLATING REAL-TIME USER INFORMATION TO UPDATE SOCIAL NETWORK PROFILES - A method, computer readable medium and apparatus for automatically updating social network profiles are disclosed. For example, the method receives one or more inputs from a subscriber, processes the one or more inputs in accordance with a policy defined by the subscriber to produce an update about the subscriber and publishes the update about the subscriber on one or more social network profiles associated with the subscriber. | 11-27-2014 |
20150029906 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING INTER-CELLSITE INTERFERENCE IN FULL-DUPLEX COMMUNICATIONS - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage devices for reducing inter-cellsite interference during full-duplex communication. A system receives a channel amplitude and a phase estimate between a first station and a second station, the first station and the second station creating inter-cellsite interference on a channel during full-duplex communications. The system calculates a level of the inter-cellsite interference between the first station and the second station based on the channel amplitude and the phase estimate and generates a cancellation signal based on the inter-cellsite interference. The system then communicates the cancellation signal to the first station for transmission with additional data during additional full-duplex communications. | 01-29-2015 |