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Non-television Experience Triggers
12 Jan 23
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for distributing content outside the confides of a television so as to enhance user experience of the content.
Samir Tiongson SAXENA
Filed: 19 Sep 22
Utility
Power Control for Speaker Devices in a Wireless Media System
12 Jan 23
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for a wireless media system including a wireless speaker device and a host device forming a peer-to-peer wireless network.
Neil KRAEWINKELS, Richard JØRGENSEN, Michael SMITH
Filed: 12 Jul 21
Utility
Using non-audio data embedded in an audio signal
10 Jan 23
Embodiments included herein generally relate to measuring a latency of a playback device.
Thomas Richard Henry Dewey
Filed: 16 Dec 20
Utility
Content-modification system with probability-based selection feature
3 Jan 23
In one aspect, a method includes identifying an upcoming content modification opportunity on a channel.
Matthew George Grover
Filed: 21 Apr 20
Utility
Video fingerprinting based on Fourier transform of histogram
3 Jan 23
A content device and method is disclosed to include a processing device to process streaming video content.
Juikun Chen
Filed: 3 Jul 19
Utility
System and method for an extender device
3 Jan 23
Many customers have difficulty setting up a new extender device in the customer premises environment to improve their multimedia service.
Amalavoyal Narasimha Chari, Jim Funk, Sujatha Jagannathan, Liang-Jong Huang, Jason Schmidlapp, Tito Thomas, Ilya Asnis
Filed: 2 Oct 20
Utility
Do not disturb functionality for voice responsive devices
3 Jan 23
Provided herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for enabling Do Not Disturb functionality in voice responsive devices.
Ali M. Vassigh, Shubhada Hebbar, Christopher James Tegethoff
Filed: 4 Mar 20
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Automatic content recognition (ACR) fingerprinting and video encoding
27 Dec 22
A processing device and method are disclosed to generate automatic content recognition (ACR) fingerprints.
Andrew Ashbacher, Marcus Liassides
Filed: 26 May 21
Utility
Content-modification system with jitter effect mitigation feature
27 Dec 22
One high-level aspect of a content-modification system and related methods may involve facilitating content modification by a content-presentation device of received broadcast content in a controlled manner, while under circumstances in which some events that can impact timing may be unpredictable.
Shashank Merchant, Bruce William Randall, Brian Johnson, Chungwon Seo, Seunghyeong Lee, Paul Jeffrey Holmquist
Filed: 19 Feb 21
Utility
Voice Control Device with Push-To-Talk (PTT) and Mute Controls
22 Dec 22
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for a voice control device including a microphone, a mute control, and a push-to-talk (PTT) control.
Dustin VERHOEVE, Ralph BIRT
Filed: 16 Jun 21
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Tracking Proximities of Devices and/or Objects
22 Dec 22
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method, and/or computer program product embodiments for tracking proximities of devices and/or objects.
Joseph HOLLINGER
Filed: 3 Aug 22
Utility
Content-modification system with feature for detecting and responding to content modifications by tuner devices
20 Dec 22
In one aspect, a method includes identifying a group of multiple content-presentation devices that are tuned to the same channel and that are each scheduled to perform, at a modification start-time, a respective content-modification operation that comprises modifying a modifiable content-segment in connection with an upcoming content-modification opportunity on the channel.
Steven Michael Cormie, Brian Patrick Jentz, Stefanos Christakis Liassides
Filed: 29 Jan 21
Utility
Intelligent User Interface Customization for One-handed Use
15 Dec 22
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments for intelligently customizing a user interface on a remote control.
David LOUIE, Karina Levitian
Filed: 11 Jun 21
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Content-modification system with jitter effect mitigation feature
13 Dec 22
One high-level aspect of a content-modification system and related methods may involve facilitating content modification by a content-presentation device of received broadcast content in a controlled manner, while under circumstances in which some events that can impact timing may be unpredictable.
Shashank Merchant, Bruce William Randall, Brian Johnson, Chungwon Seo, Seunghyeong Lee, Paul Jeffrey Holmquist
Filed: 19 Feb 21
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Cloud Computation for Applications on Media Devices
8 Dec 22
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for operating a user application including a user rendered context operating on a user device and maintaining a current render tree, and a user programmer context operating on a cloud computing system.
Mark YOUNG, John Roberts, Chakri Kodali, Cameron Esfahani, David Lee Stern, Anthony John Wood, Benjamin Combee, Ilya Asnis
Filed: 26 May 22
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Overriding Multimedia Device
8 Dec 22
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for switching the output of an overriding multimedia device from a first input to a second input or a combination of the first input and the second input.
Eric Casten RIEPLING
Filed: 2 Jun 21
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Interactive Content When the Secondary Content Is Server Stitched
8 Dec 22
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for providing interactive content to a user.
Louqman Ackandy PARAMPATH, Douglas Corey REHER, Cameron BAHARLOO, Scott ROSENBERG
Filed: 15 Aug 22
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Content-modification system with jitter effect mitigation feature
6 Dec 22
One high-level aspect of a content-modification system and related methods may involve facilitating content modification by a content-presentation device of received broadcast content in a controlled manner, while under circumstances in which some events that can impact timing may be unpredictable.
Shashank Merchant, Bruce William Randall, Brian Johnson, Chungwon Seo, Seunghyeong Lee, Paul Jeffrey Holmquist
Filed: 19 Feb 21
Utility
Content-modification system with content segment frequency feature
6 Dec 22
In one aspect, a method includes determining that a content-presentation device is scheduled to receive a content segment on a channel to which the content-presentation device is tuned.
Brian Jentz
Filed: 15 Jun 21
Utility
Secure remote-less configuration of a media playback device
6 Dec 22
The present disclosure is directed to embodiments for securely reconfiguring a media playback device.
Cameron Esfahani, Brian King, Mark Young, Alex Bishop
Filed: 22 Nov 21