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20100049583 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTION OF INFORMATION - Personal and/or group records of actions and events are kept, and statistical correlations between such actions and events are established. Actions undertaken by a user of an electronic device are monitored. If the statistical correlation between the first action that has been undertaken and a second action, e.g. a buying action, exceeds a threshold, information relating to the second action is selected and sent to the electronic device. The invention identifies and makes use of iamiliar paths leading to a second action and reacts to the undertaking of a first action preceding the second action by sending information to the user. Sending information is timed with the occurrence of an action which is a part of a path that is familiar to the user and leads to the second action. | 02-25-2010 |
20100131985 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMIZED INFORMATION - A method for providing customized information to a plurality of portable communication devices. A customer premises equipment (CPE) synchronizes with at least one of the plurality of portable communication devices. The CPE extracts descriptive data of media content stored in the at least one portable communication device. The CPE searches for a descriptive data of content available at the CPE based on the descriptive data extracted from the at least one portable communication device. The CPE determines that the extracted descriptive data matches the descriptive data of content available at the CPE. The CPE makes the content available to the at least one portable communication device. | 05-27-2010 |
20100275228 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING MEDIA CONTENT - A method and apparatus for delivering media content. A method and apparatus for delivering media content that marks user specified events for playback such that the user would not miss significant events or events that are of interest to the user. The method and apparatus also flexibly moves the start point and/or extend the end point of the media content buffer. | 10-28-2010 |
20110191153 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING ADVERTISEMENTS - The present invention provides a method for presenting advertisements to a user at an electronic device ( | 08-04-2011 |
20120030436 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHING PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYER CONTENT WITH STORAGE SPACE OPTIMIZATION - A device is provided for use with a content provider that is operable to provide content, which includes a plurality of content components. The device includes a communication portion, a memory portion, a parsing portion, a counting portion and a processing portion. The communication portion can receive the content from the content provider. The parsing portion can parse the content into the plurality of content components and can store the parsed plurality of content components within the memory portion. The counting portion can provide a counter for each of the parsed plurality of content components within the memory portion, respectively. The processing portion can retrieve and process one of the parsed plurality of content components within the memory portion. The counting portion can further increment the counter associated with the retrieved one of the parsed plurality of content components within the memory portion. | 02-02-2012 |
20120155833 | Method of Processing a Sequence of Coded Video Frames - A method of processing a sequence of coded video frames conveyed by a digital data stream, where each frame represents an image, includes receiving the sequence of coded video frames at a recording device, determining a frame interval between presentation of an ith coded frame of the sequence and an (i+1)th coded frame of the sequence, calculating a stream time stamp for the ith coded frame, and calculating a stream time stamp for the (i+1)th coded video frame based on the stream time stamp for the ith coded video frame and the previously determined frame interval. | 06-21-2012 |
20120328267 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPTIMIZING STORAGE OF RECORDED VIDEO PROGRAMS - A method of managing video programs and associated program components on a storage unit of an electronic device is provided. A total number of playbacks of each video program stored in the storage unit and a total number of playbacks of each program component stored in the storage unit for each of the video programs are tracked. A percentage of playbacks of each program component stored on the storage unit relative to the total number of playbacks of its corresponding video program is determined. From this, candidates of program components for deletion from the storage unit are identified based on the values of the determined percentages. The tracking, determining and identifying steps of the method are performed by electronic components of the electronic device. A device is also disclosed. | 12-27-2012 |
20130107118 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORT STREAM SYNC BYTE DETECTION WITH TRANSPORT STREAM HAVING MULTIPLE EMULATED SYNC BYTES | 05-02-2013 |
20130129309 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECORDIGN VIDEO CONTENT - An aspect of the present invention provides a device for use with a stream of video content and a video display. The device includes a receiver, a circular buffer, an output portion, a controller and a second buffer. The receiver receives the stream of video content. The circular buffer stores up to a predetermined first length of the stream of video content as buffered video content. The output portion outputs a first video signal, based on the buffered video content, to the video display. The controller controls the output portion to output the first video signal as one of the buffered video content playing in real time, a paused portion of the buffered video content, and a previously played portion of the buffered video content. The second buffer stores a portion of the buffered video content as stored video content. The output portion outputs a second video signal, based on the stored video content, to the video display. The circular buffer continues to store the stream of video content when the controller controls the output portion to output the first video signal as one of the paused portion of the buffered video content and the previously played portion of the buffered video content. When the circular buffer stores the stream of video content for a second length that is greater than the first length, the controller can further control the second buffer to store a predetermined portion of the second length as the portion of the buffered video content. | 05-23-2013 |
20130160046 | Systems and Methods for In-Home and On-The-Go Targeted Content Delivery - A method and apparatus for streaming content is disclosed. A streamer ( | 06-20-2013 |
20140059244 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STREAMING MULTIMEDIA DATA WITH ACCESS POINT POSITIONING INFORMATION - A method and apparatus for streaming multimedia data over a network is provided. A playlist file for a selected multimedia presentation is downloaded by a client device over the network from a streaming server using a transfer protocol. The playlist file provides a list of URIs for media files each providing compressed video data corresponding to a segment of the multimedia presentation. The compressed video data includes reference frames used for video compression. A data file that is associated with the playlist file is also downloaded by the client device over the network from the streaming server using a transfer protocol and provides information identifying a location, a size, and a time stamp for each the reference frames contained in the media files listed by the playlist file. This information can be used by the client device to perform trick plays and to switch and stitch between variant streams. | 02-27-2014 |
20140099079 | Method of Processing a Sequence of Coded Video Frames - A method of processing a sequence of coded video frames conveyed by a digital data stream, where each frame represents an image, includes receiving the sequence of coded video frames at a recording device, determining a frame interval between presentation of an ith coded frame of the sequence and an (i+1)th coded frame of the sequence, calculating a stream time stamp for the ith coded frame, and calculating a stream time stamp for the (i+1)th coded video frame based on the stream time stamp for the ith coded video frame and the previously determined frame interval. | 04-10-2014 |
20140119429 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A MEDIA ENCODING FORMAT OF A MEDIA STREAM - A device and a method are disclosed. The device contains a network interface configured to receive a media stream, a processing device coupled to the network interface and configured to implement the method to determine an unknown media encoding format of a media stream, and a decoder device configured to decode media frames of the media stream. | 05-01-2014 |
20140129618 | METHOD OF STREAMING MULTIMEDIA DATA OVER A NETWORK - A method of streaming multimedia data over a network to a client device is provided. At least one playlist file is downloaded using a transfer protocol, such as HLS, from a streaming server over the network for a selected multimedia presentation. The client device subscribes to an update event notification service with the streaming server or an intermediate server with respect to the at least one playlist file for the selected multimedia presentation and then listens for an update event notification. Only when such a notification is transmitted by the streaming server or the intermediate server to the client device is an updated version of the at least one playlist file downloaded by the client device from the streaming server over the network using the transfer protocol. | 05-08-2014 |
20140280750 | PROVIDING USER CONTENT WITH STREAMED MEDIA CHUNKS - In a streaming server, companion content may be received and incorporated along with media that is streamed to clients. The companion content may originate from one of the clients, in some cases. In other cases, the companion content may originate from a source other than a client. The companion content may be any media relates to the media being streamed to the clients or directives that control the processing of the media being streamed to the clients. | 09-18-2014 |
20140281010 | STREAMING MEDIA FROM A SERVER DELIVERING INDIVIDUALIZED CONTENT STREAMS TO CLIENTS - A method for preparing media content to be streamed to a client divides a stream of the media content at the server into multiple media segments. Each of the multiple media segments is to be stored as an individual file in a memory in a transfer protocol compliant format. A top-level manifest file is generated, which has a plurality of Universal Resource Locators (URLs). The plurality of URLs indicates an ordering of the multiple media segments to recreate the stream of media content. Responsive to a client request received over a network to present the media content in a trick play mode of operation, a modified manifest file is obtained based on the top-level manifest file. The modified manifest file includes a subset of the plurality of URLs indicating an ordering of media segments that create a representation of the stream of media content presentable in the trick play mode of operation. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282760 | METHODS OF IMPLEMENTING TRICKPLAY - A method of operating an IP client device for presentation of video content to a viewer includes the step of transmitting a trickplay request to a server. The client device receives from the server a manifest that references at least first and second consecutive video content fragments. The first fragment contains a sequence of N1 frames and the second fragment contains a sequence of N2 frames, and defines a set of M1 frames of the first fragment, where M1 is less than N1, and a set of M2 frames of the second fragment, where M2 is less than N2. The client device transmits a request for the M1 frames and the M2 frames and receives the M1 frames and the M2 frames. The client device presents the M1 frames and the M2 frames consecutively at the uniform, predetermined frame rate. The sequence of the M1 frames and the M2 frames has a presentation duration of (M1+M2)/F. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282771 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVE BIT RATE CONTENT DELIVERY - A method performed by an apparatus provides for adaptive bit rate content delivery to one or more client devices. The method includes: receiving data presentation content encoded into a first data stream using a first set of encoding parameters, wherein the first data stream comprises a first plurality of frames corresponding to a first encoded bit rate, wherein each frame in the first plurality of frames includes as payload a portion of the data presentation content; receiving a request, for a client device, for a second data stream having a second bit rate that is lower than the first encoded bit rate; determining a first subset of the first plurality of frames, which corresponds to the second bit rate, and generating the second data stream using the first subset of the first plurality of frames, for delivering the data presentation content to the client device. | 09-18-2014 |
20140337411 | PROXY FOR FACILITATING STREAMING OF MEDIA FROM SERVER TO CLIENT - A method for preparing streaming media content to be rendered by a media player employs a proxy for the media player. The proxy sends a request over a network to a content server. In response, a rolling manifest file is received by the proxy. The manifest file includes a sequence of media segment URLs indicating an ordering of the media segments that create a representation of a portion of the content stream. The URLs follow a predefined naming convention that allows URLs occurring prior to and subsequent to the URLs included in the manifest file to be predicted. The proxy predicts additional URLs that occur prior to and/or subsequent to the URLs included in the manifest file. The manifest file is modified by inserting the additional media segment URLs into the manifest file. The additional URLs are sequentially located before or after the URLs included in the manifest file. | 11-13-2014 |
20140337904 | METHODS OF IMPLEMENTING MULTI MODE TRICKPLAY - A method of operating a server and an IP client device for presentation of video content to a viewer that includes a trickplay function. The server partitions media chunks into several sub chunks and includes information about the sub chunks in a manifest. The client plays the needed sub chunks to implement a desired play rate. As an alternative to providing sub chunk information in the manifest, the server sends key frame information in the manifest. The client plays needed frames of the key frames to implement a desired play rate. The sub chunk information as well as key frame information is encoded into the manifest as a standard comment or chunk filename. In another alternative, the IP client sends a trickplay request and based on that, the server signals either the sub chunks to be played or the key frames to be played to affect the desired speed. In yet another variation, the server can also remove the unwanted sub chunks or key frames to affect the desired play rate at the IP client. | 11-13-2014 |