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Phil Kortum, Houston, TX US
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| 20100088149 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PRESENTING TRANSACTION-SPECIFIC MARKETING AT THE POINT-OF-SALE AND RELATED DEVICES - A notification of a transaction is received via a device associated with a point-of-sale. A transaction-specific offer from a credit source is presented to a user at the point-of-sale responsive to receiving the notification. The transaction may be completed using the credit source associated with the transaction-specific offer responsive to presenting the transaction-specific offer. | 04-08-2010 |
Philip T. Kortum, Austin, TX US
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| 20090185748 | Multi-Resolution Foveation for Bandwidth Reduction of Moving Images - A scene of an image sequence is 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. Another scene of the image sequence is compressed using a different number of foveation zones, each foveation zone being weighted based on a probability of a viewer looking at a corresponding portion of the second scene. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20110075727 | VIDEO QUALITY TESTING BY ENCODING AGGREGATED CLIPS - A method includes receiving a first video clip and a second video clip. The first video clip and the second video clip are variable-bit-rate (VBR)-encoded to form a VBR-encoded aggregated video content item. The VBR-encoding of the first video clip is based on an encoding complexity of the second video clip. | 03-31-2011 |
Philip T. Kortum, Houston, TX US
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| 20100299693 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANAGING VIDEO STREAMS TO A SET TOP BOX - A particular method includes determining whether a recording at a set top box is in progress. When the recording is in progress, a program provided by a video stream transmitted to the set top box is recorded. After the recording is complete, a request is automatically sent to a content source to turn off the video stream. When the recording is not in progress, a warning is transmitted for display at a display device that the video stream will be turned off after a timeout period. After the timeout period has elapsed, the request is automatically sent to the content source to turn off the video stream. | 11-25-2010 |
Philip Ted Kortum, Houston, TX US
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| 20100275236 | Feedback for Unavailable Content - A particular method includes searching a database associated with a content provider. The database includes content items available from the content provider as well as content items that are not available from the content provider. The database is searched based on a search query received from a set-top box to generate a list of content items. The list of content items includes at least one entry corresponding to a particular content item that is unavailable and includes a feedback control. The method further includes receiving a request that the content provider make the particular content item available and automatically determining to acquire rights to provide access to the particular content item based at least in part on the request. | 10-28-2010 |
Philip Ted Kortum, Austin, TX US
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| 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 |
Phillip T. Kortum, Houston, TX US
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| 20090109050 | System and Method for Illumination of a Data Cable - A data cable includes a plurality of illumination devices, an application module, and a lighting control module. The plurality of illumination devices are adapted to receive a control signal to change an illumination characteristic of the plurality of illumination devices, and the control signal is indicative of a signal characteristic for data to be transmitted over the data cable. The application module is adapted to analyze the data communicated over the data cable to determine the signal characteristic. The lighting control module is connected to the application module and adapted to light the plurality of illumination devices at the data cable based on the signal characteristic. | 04-30-2009 |