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20100088746 | SECURE EBOOK TECHNIQUES - A computing system for delivering content includes one or more servers communicatively coupled to one or more ebooks. A given ebook may send a request for content at a specified location to a server. The request is received at the server with an identifier of the given ebook and/or user. The server determines if the ebook can access the content at the specified location based on the identifier of the ebook and/or user. If the ebook and/or user are allowed to access the content, the server streams a predetermined portion of the content to the ebook for display to a user. | 04-08-2010 |
20100095291 | SOFTWARE UPGRADE USING SINGLE SOURCE CHANNEL - An automatic data downloader (ADD) causes a source device communicating with the ADD to download available software for destination devices using a single predetermined update channel. The software is received by the ADD from the source device and stored. Upon connecting to destination device that is compatible with downloaded software, the ADD sends the software to the destination device. | 04-15-2010 |
20100194980 | Mobile consumer electronic applications on internet video platform - A request to transfer a consumer electronics (CE) application from a consumer electronics device to a TV device is received at the TV device. The CE application is received from the consumer electronics device. Application state information associated with the CE application is received from the consumer electronics device. The CE application and the application state information are stored to a memory. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 08-05-2010 |
20100242077 | TV search - A device consistent with certain embodiments has a television receiver and an Internet Protocol television (IPTV) receiver. A decoder decodes television programming from either of the television receiver or the IPTV receiver. A programmed processor(s) retrieves metadata relating to television programming, IPTV content, any installed Widgets, and the television (TV) receiver device's function, all of which are considered search targets. The programmed processor stores tags from the metadata in a database and associates the tags with their targets. A search engine searches the database for tags in response to a search query and to retrieve the associated target on command. The control processor executes the target by either tuning to the target's program content or by launching or resuming a Widget or TV device function. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 09-23-2010 |
20120008047 | Mobile Consumer Electronic Applications on Internet Video Platform - A request to transfer a consumer electronics (CE) executable application from a consumer electronics device to a TV device is received at the TV device. The CE executable application is received from the consumer electronics device. Application state information associated with the executable CE application is received from the consumer electronics device. The executable CE application and the application state information are stored to a memory. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 01-12-2012 |
20120084653 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENT RENDERING CONTROL - A system and method for controlling content rendering. The method includes rendering at a display device a content signal received on a predetermined input and sourced from a computer system and receiving at the display device a content rendering control command from a remote control device. The method further includes translating the content rendering control command to a media player control command recognizable by a media playback application of the computer system and sending the media player command to the computer system over a communication network to alter the content signal. | 04-05-2012 |
20120117179 | MEDIA PLAYBACK CONTROL THROUGH REMOTE DEVICE CONTROL - Methods and systems are provided for establishing a connection with a first processor-based device at a second processor-based device, receiving through the connection a control command from the first processor-based device implemented according to a first protocol, wherein the command corresponds to a remote control command received through a remote control device at the first processor-based device, translating the control command from the first protocol to a second protocol executable at the second processor-based device, and executing an event in response to the control command having been translated into the second protocol. | 05-10-2012 |
20140094112 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLE MEDIA OUTPUT - Certain aspects of an apparatus and method for multiple media output may include a network comprising one or more media rendering devices communicably connected to a media manager. The media manager may be operable to separate a received single media signal into a first channel carrying a first content and a second channel carrying a second content. The media manager may be operable to wirelessly transmit the first channel to a first media rendering device of the one or more media rendering devices and the second channel to a second media rendering device of the one or more media rendering devices. | 04-03-2014 |
20140289777 | TV SEARCH - A device consistent with certain embodiments has a television receiver and an Internet Protocol television (IPTV) receiver. A decoder decodes television programming from either of the television receiver or the IPTV receiver. A programmed processor(s) retrieves metadata relating to television programming, IPTV content, any installed Widgets, and the television (TV) receiver device's function, all of which are considered search targets. The programmed processor stores tags from the metadata in a database and associates the tags with their targets. A search engine searches the database for tags in response to a search query and to retrieve the associated target on command. The control processor executes the target by either tuning to the target's program content or by launching or resuming a Widget or TV device function. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 09-25-2014 |
20150135072 | MEDIA PLAYBACK CONTROL THROUGH REMOTE DEVICE CONTROL - Methods and systems are provided for establishing a connection with a first processor-based device at a second processor-based device, receiving through the connection a control command from the first processor-based device implemented according to a first protocol, wherein the command corresponds to a remote control command received through a remote control device at the first processor-based device, translating the control command from the first protocol to a second protocol executable at the second processor-based device, and executing an event in response to the control command having been translated into the second protocol. | 05-14-2015 |
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20080225937 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PROVIDING A HIGH SPEED TOMLINSON-HARASHIMA PRECODER - Herein described are at least a method and a system for implementing a high speed Tomlinson-Harashima Precoder. The method comprises using an L-tap transpose configuration of a Tomlinson-Harashima Precoder and processing a first discrete time sampled sequence using said L coefficients and L state variables by clocking the L-tap Tomlinson-Harashima Precoder using a clock signal wherein the clock signal has a clock rate equal to one half the symbol rate of the discrete time sampled sequence. In a representative embodiment, an L-tap Tomlinson-Harashima Precoder comprises a single integrated circuit chip, wherein the integrated circuit chip comprises at least one circuitry for processing a discrete time sampled sequence using L coefficients and L state variables by way of clocking the discrete time sampled sequence using a clock signal having a clock rate that is one half the symbol rate of the discrete time sampled sequence. | 09-18-2008 |
20100228810 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UNCONSTRAINED FREQUENCY DOMAIN ADAPTIVE FILTERING - Aspects of a method and system for unconstrained frequency domain adaptive filtering include one or more circuits that are operable to select one or more time domain coefficients in a current filter partition. A value may be computed for each of the selected one or more time domain coefficients based on a corresponding plurality of frequency domain coefficients. The corresponding plurality of frequency domain coefficients may be adjusted based on the computed values. A subsequent plurality of frequency domain coefficients in a subsequent filter partition may be adjusted based on the computed values. Input signals may be processed in the current filter partition based on the adjusted corresponding plurality of frequency domain coefficients. A time-adjusted version of the input signals may be processed in a subsequent filter partition based on the adjusted subsequent plurality of frequency domain coefficients. | 09-09-2010 |
20110069794 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION - Aspects of a method and system for interference cancellation substantially as shown in and/or described in connection with at least one of the figures, as set forth more completely in the claims. In this regard, a receiver may be operable to receive a differential signal via a differential channel, and to sense a common mode signal on the differential channel. A frequency range in which interference is present in the common mode signal may be determined. The differential signal and the common mode signal may be filtered to attenuate frequencies outside the determined frequency range. A phase and/or amplitude of the filtered common mode signal may be adjusted based on the filtered differential signal and the adjusted and filtered common mode signal may be subtracted from the received differential signal. The common mode signal may be sensed via a pair of resistors coupled to the differential channel. | 03-24-2011 |
20120002711 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVE TONE CANCELLATION FOR MITIGATING THE EFFECTS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE - Aspects of a method and system for adaptive tone cancellation for mitigating the effects of interference are provided. In this regard, an Ethernet PHY may receive one or more signals via a corresponding one or more physical channels and generate one or more estimate signals, each of which approximates interference present in a corresponding one of the received signals. The Ethernet PHY may subtract each one of the estimate signals from a corresponding one of the received signals. The subtracting may occur at the input of one or more slicers in the Ethernet PHY. The received signals may be processed via one or more equalizers in the Ethernet PHY. A decision output of a slicer in the Ethernet PHY may be subtracted from one of the said one or more received signals, and a signal resulting from the subtraction may be utilized to generate the one or more estimate signals. | 01-05-2012 |
20130142206 | HIGHER DIMENSIONAL CONSTELLATIONS AND INTERLEAVING FOR 10GBASE-T - Systems and methods of processing Ethernet physical layer frames are disclosed. One such system includes processing circuitry operable to map a plurality of bits in an Ethernet media access control (MAC) frame into a plurality of symbols selected from a first multi-dimensional constellation. The first multi-dimensional constellation has a dimension higher than that of a second multi-dimensional constellation defined by IEEE 803.2an. The symbols in the first multi-dimensional constellation have a minimum separation not less than that of the second multi-dimensional constellation. The system also includes second processing circuitry operable to provide noise protection for a plurality of additional bits produced by the mapper as a result of the dimension of the first multi-dimensional constellation being higher than that of the second multi-dimensional constellation. | 06-06-2013 |
20130308695 | Method and System for Adaptive Tone Cancellation for Mitigating the Effects of Electromagnetic Interference - Aspects of a method and system for adaptive tone cancellation for mitigating the effects of interference are provided. In this regard, an Ethernet PHY may receive one or more signals via a corresponding one or more physical channels and generate one or more estimate signals, each of which approximates interference present in a corresponding one of the received signals. The Ethernet PHY may subtract each one of the estimate signals from a corresponding one of the received signals. The subtracting may occur at the input of one or more slicers in the Ethernet PHY. The received signals may be processed via one or more equalizers in the Ethernet PHY. A decision output of a slicer in the Ethernet PHY may be subtracted from one of the the one or more received signals, and a signal resulting from the subtraction may be utilized to generate the one or more estimate signals. | 11-21-2013 |
20130315357 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION - Aspects of a method and system for interference cancellation substantially as shown in and/or described in connection with at least one of the figures, as set forth more completely in the claims. In this regard, a receiver may be operable to receive a differential signal via a differential channel, and to sense a common mode signal on the differential channel. A frequency range in which interference is present in the common mode signal may be determined. The differential signal and the common mode signal may be filtered to attenuate frequencies outside the determined frequency range. A phase and/or amplitude of the filtered common mode signal may be adjusted based on the filtered differential signal and the adjusted and filtered common mode signal may be subtracted from the received differential signal. The common mode signal may be sensed via a pair of resistors coupled to the differential channel. | 11-28-2013 |
20140079101 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UNCONSTRAINED FREQUENCY DOMAIN ADAPTIVE FILTERING - Aspects of a method and system for unconstrained frequency domain adaptive filtering include one or more circuits that are operable to select one or more time domain coefficients in a current filter partition. A value may be computed for each of the selected one or more time domain coefficients based on a corresponding plurality of frequency domain coefficients. The corresponding plurality of frequency domain coefficients may be adjusted based on the computed values. A subsequent plurality of frequency domain coefficients in a subsequent filter partition may be adjusted based on the computed values. Input signals may be processed in the current filter partition based on the adjusted corresponding plurality of frequency domain coefficients. A time-adjusted version of the input signals may be processed in a subsequent filter partition based on the adjusted subsequent plurality of frequency domain coefficients. | 03-20-2014 |
20150350096 | 2.5 GBPS/5GBPS ETHERNET COMMUNICATIONS OVER A FULL DUPLEX COMMUNICATION CHANNEL - Transceiver architecture includes circuitry and a method to transmit and receive high speed WAP data over lower speed cabling such as Cat5e. The method begins by measuring quality of a wired bi-directional communications channel. The method continues by selecting a maximum possible data transmission rate over the wired bi-directional communications channel for the measured quality level and when the maximum possible data transmission rate is a reduced data transmission rate less than a maximum data transmission rate of the transceivers, proportionally adjusting clock rates of circuit elements of the first and second transceiver to transfer the data at the reduced data transmission rate. The method includes dividing data frames of the data to be transmitted N times, where N=number of layers of at least a portion of identical transceiver processing circuitry which is connected to twisted wiring pairs of the wired bi-directional communications channel. | 12-03-2015 |
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20160043967 | DEMAND POLICY-BASED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND ALLOCATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates generally to improving the management and provisoning of configurable computing resources. Certain techniques are disclosed herein for managing and provisoning the configurable computing resources based on resource policies. One of the techniques includes determining a value indicating a real-time demand for a resource within a resource pool based on an aggregate of request data. The aggregate of the request data is obtained from any number of previously received orders for services that included the resource as at least a part of enabling the service. The technique may also include generating or updating one or more demand policies for allocation of the resource based on the determined value indicating the real-time demand for the resource, pre-creating the resource based on the one or more demand policies, and allocating the pre-created resource to one or more users based on the one or more demand policies. | 02-11-2016 |
20160043968 | PLACEMENT POLICY-BASED ALLOCATION OF COMPUTING RESOURCES - Techniques are disclosed for managing and allocating resources based on resource policies in response to user requests. A resource management system can receive a request for a service. A request may indicate preferences for allocation resources (e.g., a resource definition) to enable the service. A resource definition may indicate a topology of the computing resources to allocate for the user. The topology may indicate what computing resources to allocate and how to allocate those computing resource. Based on the information indicated by a request, the resource management system may determine a placement policy for allocation of computing resources indicated by the request. A placement policy may indicate a placement of one or more computing resources requested by a user. The placement policy may indicate where and how computing resources are to be placed once allocated. The computing resources may be allocated based on the placement policy and the resource definition. | 02-11-2016 |
20160043970 | CONTRIBUTION POLICY-BASED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND ALLOCATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates generally to improving the management and provisoning of configurable computing resources. Certain techniques are disclosed herein for managing and provisoning the configurable computing resources based on resource policies. One of the techniques includes receiving a resource submission from a user. The resource submission identifies a contributable resource. The technique may also include identifying a contribution policy for the resource submission, and sending, based on the identified contribution policy, one or more resource types of requestable resources to a client computing system associated with the user. The technique may also include receiving, from the client computing system, information indicating a selection by the user of a resource type of the one or more resource types of the requestable resources. | 02-11-2016 |