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20100046615 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MOTION-COMPENSATED FRAME-RATE UP-CONVERSION FOR BOTH COMPRESSED AND DECOMPRESSED VIDEO BITSTREAMS - A video receiver is operable to receive three-dimensional (3D) video bitstreams from a video transmitter. The received 3D video bitstreams comprises a plurality of video frames and corresponding coding information. The coding information, for example, block motion vectors, block coding modes, quantization levels, and/or quantized residual data, is extracted for performing frame-rate up-conversion on the received plurality of video frames. The coding information is generated at the video transmitter via entropy decoding on a compressed 3D video from a video feed from, for example, an IP TV network. When an uncompressed 3D video is received, the video receiver is operable to perform frame-rate up-conversion on the received uncompressed 3D video using extracted block motion vectors and associated confidence-consistence measure. When a compressed 3D video is received, the video receiver is configured to perform video decompression on the received compressed 3D video prior to the frame-rate up-conversion. | 02-25-2010 |
20100046623 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MOTION-COMPENSATED FRAME-RATE UP-CONVERSION FOR BOTH COMPRESSED AND DECOMPRESSED VIDEO BITSTREAMS - A video receiver is operable to receive video bitstreams from a video transmitter over, for example, a wireless high definition transmission link. The received video bitstreams comprises a plurality of video frames and corresponding coding information. The coding information such as, for example, block motion vectors, block coding modes, quantization levels, and/or quantized residual data, is extracted for performing frame-rate up-conversion on the received plurality of video frames. The coding information is generated at the video transmitter via entropy decoding on a compressed video from a video feed from, for example, an IP TV network. When an uncompressed video is received, the video receiver is operable to perform frame-rate up-conversion on the received uncompressed video using extracted block motion vectors and associated confidence-consistence measure. When a compressed video is received, the video receiver is configured to perform video decompression on the received compressed video prior to the frame-rate up-conversion. | 02-25-2010 |
20100074341 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLE RESOLUTION VIDEO DELIVERY - A scalable encoder is enabled to crop received video content to form multiple resolution video layers comprising a base video layer and one or more enhancement video layers in different spatial resolutions. The base video layer and the one or more enhancement video layers are successively encoded and combined to generate composite video to be communicated to one or more video reception units. Coding information of the base video layer is utilized for encoding each of the one or more enhancement video layers. A video reception unit is operable to decode first the coded base video layer followed by the coded enhancement video layer based on device requirement. The video reception unit adjusts resolution of the decoded base video layer to improve video quality based on corresponding decoded enhancement video layers. A logo inserted at a desired position inside a cropping window is processed accordingly at the video reception unit. | 03-25-2010 |
20100184414 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING AND DELIVERY OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENT BY AN INTEGRATED FEMTOCELL AND SET-TOP-BOX DEVICE - Aspects of a method and system for processing and delivery of multimedia content by an integrated femtocell and set-top-box device are provided. In this regard, a cellular enabled communication device may communicate its capabilities, preferences, and/or settings to an integrated femtocell and set-top-box device, wherein the integrated femtocell and set-top-box device may processes multimedia content for the cellular enabled communication device based on the capabilities, preferences, and/or settings of the cellular enabled communication device. Additionally, the cellular enabled communication device may receive the processed multimedia content from the integrated femtocell and set-top-box device by the cellular enabled communication device. The capabilities, preferences, and/or settings may comprise multimedia processing capabilities, preferences, and/or settings, communication capabilities, preferences, and/or settings, and/or power conditions, preferences, and/or settings. The integrated femtocell and set-top-box device may process the multimedia content to generate a plurality of subset datastreams. | 07-22-2010 |
20100210239 | SERVICE MOBILITY VIA A FEMTOCELL INFRASTRUCTURE - Aspects of a method and system for service mobility via a femtocell infrastructure are provided. In this regard, a mobile cellular enabled communication device may detect a femtocell operable to deliver content for one or more services to the mobile cellular enabled communication device, where the one or more services may be provided via a set-top-box communicatively coupled to the femtocell. The mobile cellular enabled communication device may communicate a user profile to the femtocell, wherein information in the profile may be utilized by the set-top-box to authenticate and/or authorize access to the services by the mobile cellular enabled communication device and thus the mobile cellular enabled communication device may receive the content from the set-top-box based on the authentication and/or authorization. The content may comprise voice, video, data, text and/or still images. The mobile cellular enabled communication device may detect the femtocell by receiving one or broadcast messages from the femtocell. | 08-19-2010 |
20100215029 | MULTICASTING OR BROADCASTING VIA A PLURALITY OF FEMTOCELLS - Aspects of a method and system for servicing a plurality of users via a plurality of femtocells are provided. In this regard, a cellular enabled communication device may receive portions of a datastream from a plurality of femtocells, reconstruct the datastream from the received portions of the datastream, and process the reconstructed datastream for presentation to a user of the cellular enabled communication device. The received portions may be buffered in the cellular enabled communication device. The portions of the datastream may be associated with a plurality of CDMA channel access codes. The portions of the datastream may be received via a plurality of cellular frequencies. The portions of the datastream may be received during a plurality of TDMA timeslots. Portions of the datastream may be received from a cellular base station. Portions of the datastream may be received from a WiMAX base station. | 08-26-2010 |
20100220642 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PEER-TO-PEER CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS - Aspects of a method and system for peer-to-peer cellular communications are provided in which one or more cellular communication channels may be established between a femtocell and a plurality of communication devices. The femtocell may control routing of data between the plurality of communication devices via the one or more cellular communication channels. The femtocell may enable multicasting and/or broadcasting data from one of the communication devices to two or more remaining ones of the communication devices. The multicast and/or broadcast data may be communicated via the cellular communication channels and may be additionally communicated via an IP connection to the femtocell. Data may be communicated over the cellular communication channels in compliance with 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) standards and/or 3rd generation partnership project 2 (3GPP2) standards. The femtocell may reformat data prior to communicating it to one or more of the plurality of communication devices. | 09-02-2010 |
20100220692 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NETWORK SYNCHRONIZATION VIA A FEMTOCELL - Aspects of a method and system for communication are provided. In this regard, a femtocell may receive messages from a plurality of different sources comprising one or more other femtocells, one or more cellular enabled communication devices, and one or more non-cellular network nodes. The femtocell may select, based on the received messages, a master clock within one of the plurality of different sources as a master clock for synchronization of the plurality of different sources. A femtocell clock, a global navigational satellite signal (GNSS) clock, a cellular base station clock, or a cellular enabled communication device clock may be selected as the master clock. The femtocell may transmit and/or receive synchronization messages to and/or from the one or more cellular enabled communication devices and the one or more non-cellular network nodes. | 09-02-2010 |
20100220731 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING A PLURALITY OF PROVIDERS VIA A SINGLE FEMTOCELL - Aspects of a method and system for supporting a plurality of providers via a single femtocell are provided. In this regard, a femtocell may determine characteristics of one or more VLANs to which it is virtually communicatively coupled via a non-cellular connection and via a cellular connection. Based on the determined characteristics of the one or more VLANs, a cellular transmitter and/or receiver of the femtocell may be controlled to transmit and/or receive packets belonging to the one or more VLANs via the non-cellular connection and/or via the cellular connection. The characteristics of the one or more VLANs may comprise one or more of: cellular standards utilized by the one or more VLANs, cellular frequencies utilized in the one or more VLANs, access technologies utilized by the one or more VLANs, and a duplexing method utilized by the one or more VLANs. | 09-02-2010 |
20100222054 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS AND UTILIZATION OF FEMTOCELLS VIA A NETWORK BASED SERVICE - Aspects of a method and system for controlling access and utilization of femtocells via a network based service are provided. In this regard, a femtocell management entity communicatively coupled to a network and operable to manage one or more femtocells may be accessed via an end-user communication device. In this manner, the femtocell(s) may be managed via the end-user device such as one of the cellular enabled communication devices. The femtocell management entity may enable establishing one or more SLAs between the femtocell(s) and the cellular enabled communication device(s). The SLA(s) may enable the cellular enabled communication device(s) to establish one or more cellular communication channels with the femtocell(s). The SLA(s) may determine when the cellular communication channels may be established. The SLA(s) may determine how a femtocell owner/operator may be compensated for providing cellular service. The femtocell(s) may be accessed utilizing Internet Protocol. | 09-02-2010 |
20100222069 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MITIGATING INTERFERENCE AMONG FEMTOCELLS VIA INTELLIGENT CHANNEL SELECTION - Aspects of a method and system for mitigating interference among femtocells via intelligent channel selection are provided. In this regard, signals which may interfere with cellular communications between a femtocell and a cellular communication device may be detected via the femtocell. Based on the detection, the femtocell may be configured to transmit and/or receive signals on one or more frequencies and/or channels. The one or more frequencies and/or channels may be determined in the femtocell and/or in a network management entity. Detecting interfering signals and configuring the one or more femtocells may occur periodically, upon installation of a femtocell, upon power-up of a femtocell, and/or upon command from a network administrator. The results of the detection may be communicated to one or more other femtocells and/or to a network management entity. | 09-02-2010 |
20100238836 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TIMELY DELIVERY OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENT VIA A FEMTOCELL - Aspects of a method and system for timely delivery of multimedia content via a femtocell are provided. In this regard, a femtocell may receive data via an upstream path and transmit data via a downstream path. One of the upstream path and downstream path may comprise a cellular path and the other may comprise a non-cellular path. One or both of the upstream path and the downstream path may be audio video bridging (AVB) paths. Data may be stored in the femtocell based on timing characteristics of one or both of the upstream path and the downstream path. Data may be delivered to the femtocell utilizing best effort delivery and the data may be forwarded by the femtocell with guaranteed quality of service. Resources in the femtocell may be reserved and/or synchronized, utilizing AVB protocols, for communication of one or more data streams. | 09-23-2010 |
20100254319 | JOINT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN A FEMTOCELL NETWORK - A Femtocell gateway is operable to determine resource usage information among associated Femtocells in a Femtocell network. The Femtocell gateway may be enabled to allocate resources for distributing traffic among the associated Femtocells based on the determined resource usage information comprising IP usage information, radio access usage, and/or physical layer capabilities among the Femtocells. The Femtocell gateway may be enabled to identify Femtocells with excess resources assigned and Femtocells with a need for additional resources to support a particular traffic based on the determined resource usage information. The Femtocell gateway is operable to allocate and/or reallocate at least a portion of excess resources to the Femtocells with the need for the additional resource to support the particular traffic. The Femtocells that share resources with other Femtocells in the Femtocell network is rewarded with credits. The particular traffic is redirected to the Femtocells with excess resources and distributed to destinations. | 10-07-2010 |
20120190349 | Method and System for Timely Delivery of Multimedia Content Via a Femtocell - Aspects of a method and system for timely delivery of multimedia content via a femtocell are provided. In this regard, a femtocell may receive data via an upstream path and transmit data via a downstream path. One of the upstream path and downstream path may comprise a cellular path and the other may comprise a non-cellular path. One or both of the upstream path and the downstream path may be audio video bridging (AVB) paths. Data may be stored in the femtocell based on timing characteristics of one or both of the upstream path and the downstream path. Data may be delivered to the femtocell utilizing best effort delivery and the data may be forwarded by the femtocell with guaranteed quality of service. Resources in the femtocell may be reserved and/or synchronized, utilizing AVB protocols, for communication of one or more data streams. | 07-26-2012 |
20130012197 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NETWORK SYNCHRONIZATION VIA A FEMTOCELL - Aspects of a method and system for communication are provided. In this regard, a femtocell may receive messages from a plurality of different sources comprising one or more other femtocells, one or more cellular enabled communication devices, and one or more non-cellular network nodes. The femtocell may select, based on the received messages, a master clock within one of the plurality of different sources as a master clock for synchronization of the plurality of different sources. A femtocell clock, a global navigational satellite signal (GNSS) clock, a cellular base station clock, or a cellular enabled communication device clock may be selected as the master clock. The femtocell may transmit and/or receive synchronization messages to and/or from the one or more cellular enabled communication devices and the one or more non-cellular network nodes. | 01-10-2013 |
20130111213 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIDEO TRANSMISSION AND PROCESSING WITH CUSTOMIZED WATERMARKING DELIVERY | 05-02-2013 |
20130170566 | VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH LAYERED VIDEO CODING FOR FAST CHANNEL CHANGE AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A video processing system includes a video encoder that encodes a video stream into an independent video layer stream and a first dependent video layer stream based on a motion vector data or grayscale and color data. | 07-04-2013 |
20130272433 | ERROR CONCEALMENT FOR MPEG DECODING WITH PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDING FUNCTIONALITY - Error concealment for motion picture expert group (MPEG) decoding with personal video recording functionality. Error concealment of MPEG data may take place within various components within playback, recording, reading and writing data systems. The error concealment may be provided within existing systems whose components may not be capable of accommodating errors within MPEG data. In certain embodiments, the available data that contain no errors is maximized to conceal those portions of the data that do include errors. | 10-17-2013 |
20130310005 | SERVICE MOBILITY VIA A FEMTOCELL INFRASTRUCTURE - Aspects of a method and system for service mobility via a femtocell infrastructure are provided. In this regard, a mobile cellular enabled communication device may detect a femtocell operable to deliver content for one or more services to the mobile cellular enabled communication device, where the one or more services may be provided via a set-top-box communicatively coupled to the femtocell. The mobile cellular enabled communication device may communicate a user profile to the femtocell, wherein information in the profile may be utilized by the set-top-box to authenticate and/or authorize access to the services by the mobile cellular enabled communication device and thus the mobile cellular enabled communication device may receive the content from the set-top-box based on the authentication and/or authorization. The content may comprise voice, video, data, text and/or still images. The mobile cellular enabled communication device may detect the femtocell by receiving one or broadcast messages from the femtocell. | 11-21-2013 |
20140105273 | Adaptive power management within media delivery system - Adaptive power management within media delivery system. Power management is performed for one or more devices within a media or signal delivery system. Depending upon one or more local and/or remote considerations associated with one or more of the devices within the system, various processing operations may undergo appropriate provisioning among the respective devices. Considering devices that are battery-powered, certain processing operations that may be highly power or energy consumptive may be offloaded to other devices having sufficient power or energy to effectuate such operations or that are not so limited or constrained by power energy (e.g., being wall powered or non-battery-powered). Operation of one or more of the devices in compliance with a power or energy constraint may be directed by a power management application resident on one or more of the devices within the system. | 04-17-2014 |
20140115330 | Set Top Box Architecture Supporting Mixed Secure and Unsecure Media Pathways - A media processing device, such as a set top box, having a plurality of selectable hardware and software components for supporting multiple media pathways providing differing levels of security. In general, each security level corresponds to a particular certification service boundary definition(s) or key/authentication and security management scheme for managing resources such as hardware acceleration blocks and software interfaces. Different sets of components may be adaptively employed to ensure composited compliance with one or more security constraints and to address component unavailability. Security constraints may be applied, for example, on a source or media specific basis, and different versions of a media item may be provided over multiple pathways providing corresponding levels of security. In one embodiment, a service operator or content provider may provide requisite certification or security requirements, or otherwise assist in selection of pathway components. | 04-24-2014 |
20140115624 | Security and Certification in a Set Top Box Device Having a Mixed Operating System or Framework Environment - A set top box or similar device incorporating key management and certification support functions for establishing and maintaining compliance and flexibility with respect to applicable certification procedures and security measures when integrating untrusted components with an underlying secure operating system environment of the device. In various embodiments, the device incorporates untrusted software framework, such as an Android framework supported by a secure Linux operating system environment. The key management and certification support system operates to select hardware and software components of the device for use in establishing media pathways conforming to a desired level of security, and may be further operable to restrict access to a pathway in response to detection of an attempt to exploit the media pathway in an unauthorized manner. In one embodiment, a service operator or content provider may provide requisite certification or security requirements, or otherwise assist in selection of pathway components. | 04-24-2014 |
20140115718 | Set Top Box Architecture With Application Based Security Definitions - A media processing device, such as a set top box, having selectable hardware and software components for forming media pathways compliant with security definitions provided by downloaded or preinstalled software applications. Such applications may include, for example, a downloadable conditional access security or DRM element/definition. A corresponding certification process can entail certifying a portion of an overall secure pathway, with one or more applications providing the final portion of the certification. Alternatively, predefined conditional access mechanisms are provided, with an application establishing which mechanism is to be used. In various embodiments, a set top box or resident software application may exchange capabilities with other devices in a media consumption network to compare against the requirements of the software application. Once the information exchange is complete, the software application may select which one or more modes of operation or media pathways, if any, that it will permit. | 04-24-2014 |
20140160956 | Gateway based and centric network management and coordination - Gateway based and centric network management and coordination. Coordination and management of delivery of a source sequence, that has possibly undergone adaptive bit rate (ABR) encoding upstream to generate a number of respective fragments that may have different respective bit rates associated therewith, to one or more downstream, user, or client devices is achieved via appropriate communication network management and coordination performed by one or more communication devices within the system. In one instance, a home gateway communication device operates to perform such coordination management of a convergent network or convergent digital home network (CDHN). Consideration of any one or more local and/or remote conditions, parameters, etc. may be employed by such an application to ensure effective delivery of a source sequence to one or more client devices. | 06-12-2014 |