Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods to explain a trend in multi-dimensional time-series data are disclosed. An example method includes detecting a trend in multi-variate time-series data, providing data associated with the detected trend to a first machine learning model to cause summarization of the detected trend, and providing the summarization of the detected trend to a second machine learning model to cause preparation of an explanation of the summarization, the explanation of the summarization based on one or more documents made available to the second machine learning model.
Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed to provide media streams to client devices. An example local manager device within a streaming environment edits manifest files to remove the ability for client devices to perform adaptive bitrate resolution (ABR), thereby forcing the client devices within the streaming environment to stream media at specific resolutions. The local manager device assigns resolutions to the various client devices based on policies and client device groupings that are set globally by a managing organization.
H04N 21/84 - Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors
H04N 21/2662 - Controlling the complexity of the video stream, e.g. by scaling the resolution or bitrate of the video stream based on the client capabilities
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METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PROVIDE ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE (EPG) DATA
Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed. An example apparatus to provide electronic programming guide (EPG) data, the apparatus comprising: interface circuitry, machine readable instructions, and programmable circuitry to at least one of instantiate or execute the machine readable instructions to: obtain a request for EPG data from a client device within the private network, identify a first media stream corresponding to a first copy of content and second media stream corresponding to a second copy of the same content, and provide, in response to the request, EPG data of the first media stream but not the second media stream to the client device, the providing based on one or more EPG filtering policies set by a management organization of the private network.
H04N 21/262 - Content or additional data distribution scheduling, e.g. sending additional data at off-peak times, updating software modules, calculating the carousel transmission frequency, delaying a video stream transmission or generating play-lists
H04N 21/24 - Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. monitoring of server load, available bandwidth or upstream requests
Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed. An example apparatus includes programmable circuitry within a network to: obtain first packets from a first device within the network, the first packets structured according to a formatting protocol, the first device and the apparatus connected to one another with a wiring topology that includes the Internet Protocol, a given packet within the first packets including a header section and a data section, form second packets that are also structured according to the formatting protocol, the second packets having the same data sections but different header sections than the first packets, and transmit the second packets to a second device within the network, the second device and the apparatus connected to one another using a wiring topology that does not include the Internet Protocol.
A virtual reality (VR) system including a head mounted display (HMD), a sensor or input device, and options, selection, and display modules. The HMD displays a VR environment including sports content of a live game, a prerecorded game, or a sports channel. The options module generates an options signal to show viewing options in the VR environment. The viewing options define viewing aspects for viewing the sports content within the VR environment. The sensor or input device generates signals based on detection of movement of the HMD, movement of an eyeball of a user, user voice communication, or user contact with the input device. The selection module, based on the signals: selects the sports content and a viewing option; and generates a selection signal. The display module displays the sports content in the VR environment based on the selection signal.
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Downloadable mobile application for streaming of content; computer downloadable and recorded software for streaming audio and video content to a variety of network devices, namely, personal computers, mobile phones, tablet computers, set-top boxes, computer monitors, smartphones, laptops, and televisions; downloadable and recorded computer software for receiving digital video over a communication network; downloadable and recorded computer software for use in organizing, transmitting, receiving, playing, storing and reviewing data, image, audio and video files; downloadable video clips in the field of entertainment in the nature of television programs, movies and multimedia content, and graphics for display on televisions, computer monitors, personal computers, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers. Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, personal computers, tablet computers, and computer monitors; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia content by means of wired and wireless networks. Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics and information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for movies, series, television programs, webcasts, on-demand content and events.
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Downloadable mobile application for streaming of content; computer downloadable and recorded software for streaming audio and video content to a variety of network devices, namely, personal computers, mobile phones, tablet computers, set-top boxes, computer monitors, smartphones, laptops, and televisions; downloadable and recorded computer software for receiving digital video over a communication network; downloadable and recorded computer software for use in organizing, transmitting, receiving, playing, storing and reviewing data, image, audio and video files; downloadable video clips in the field of entertainment in the nature of television programs, movies and multimedia content, and graphics for display on televisions, computer monitors, personal computers, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers. Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, personal computers, tablet computers, and computer monitors; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia content by means of wired and wireless networks. Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics and information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for movies, series, television programs, webcasts, on-demand content and events.
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METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PERFORM DYNAMIC ADVERTISEMENT INSERTION IN MEDIA STREAMS
Disclosed examples include accessing a request corresponding to a set-top-box, the request received during receipt of a media stream at the set-top-box, the request to cause selection of an advertisement, the advertisement to be presented by the set-top-box during the media stream; accessing a break descriptor from the request, the break descriptor corresponding to a break in the media stream; based on the break descriptor, enabling the selection of the advertisement for the break of the media stream; and triggering generation of an advertisement decision for the set-top-box in association with the break descriptor, the advertisement decision to represent the advertisement.
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(1) Downloadable mobile application for streaming of content; computer downloadable and recorded software for streaming audio and video content to a variety of network devices, namely, personal computers, mobile phones, tablet computers, set-top boxes, computer monitors, smartphones, laptops, and televisions; downloadable and recorded computer software for receiving digital video over a communication network; downloadable and recorded computer software for use in organizing, transmitting, receiving, playing, storing and reviewing data, image, audio and video files; downloadable video clips in the field of entertainment in the nature of television programs, movies and multimedia content, and graphics for display on televisions, computer monitors, personal computers, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers (1) Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, personal computers, tablet computers, and computer monitors; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia content by means of wired and wireless networks
(2) Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics and information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for movies, series, television programs, webcasts, on-demand content and events
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
38 - Telecommunications services
41 - Education, entertainment, sporting and cultural services
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(1) Downloadable mobile application for streaming of content; computer downloadable and recorded software for streaming audio and video content to a variety of network devices, namely, personal computers, mobile phones, tablet computers, set-top boxes, computer monitors, smartphones, laptops, and televisions; downloadable and recorded computer software for receiving digital video over a communication network; downloadable and recorded computer software for use in organizing, transmitting, receiving, playing, storing and reviewing data, image, audio and video files; downloadable video clips in the field of entertainment in the nature of television programs, movies and multimedia content, and graphics for display on televisions, computer monitors, personal computers, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers (1) Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, personal computers, tablet computers, and computer monitors; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia content by means of wired and wireless networks
(2) Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics and information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for movies, series, television programs, webcasts, on-demand content and events
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
38 - Telecommunications services
41 - Education, entertainment, sporting and cultural services
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(1) Downloadable mobile application for streaming of content; computer downloadable and recorded software for streaming audio and video content to a variety of network devices, namely, personal computers, mobile phones, tablet computers, set-top boxes, computer monitors, smartphones, laptops, and televisions; downloadable and recorded computer software for receiving digital video over a communication network; downloadable and recorded computer software for use in organizing, transmitting, receiving, playing, storing and reviewing data, image, audio and video files; downloadable video clips in the field of entertainment in the nature of television programs, movies and multimedia content, and graphics for display on televisions, computer monitors, personal computers, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers (1) Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, personal computers, tablet computers, and computer monitors; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia content by means of wired and wireless networks
(2) Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics and information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for movies, series, television programs, webcasts, on-demand content and events
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Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
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Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics and information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for movies, series, television programs, webcasts, on-demand content and events.
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Methods and apparatus to detect dynamic ad insertion misalignment
Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed. An example apparatus to identify advertisement misalignment, the apparatus comprising: interface circuitry; machine-readable instructions; and programmable circuitry to at least one of instantiate or execute the machine-readable instructions to: identify a timestamp using a manifest file of a video stream, the timestamp corresponding to a start of a dynamic advertisement insertion (DAI); form a list of consecutive video segments, the list including at least a content segment that ends at the timestamp and a DAI segment that begins at the timestamp; determine that a transition from the content segment to the DAI segment fails to satisfy a quality threshold; and flag the timestamp as a misalignment.
H04N 21/23 - Processing of content or additional dataElementary server operationsServer middleware
H04N 21/234 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs
H04N 21/262 - Content or additional data distribution scheduling, e.g. sending additional data at off-peak times, updating software modules, calculating the carousel transmission frequency, delaying a video stream transmission or generating play-lists
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Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, personal computers, tablet computers, and computer monitors; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia content by means of wired and wireless networks Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, online and non-downloadable movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics being animations and motion graphics and entertainment information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of a providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials being multimedia content relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online television programming and scheduling information for movies, series, television programs, webcasts, on-demand content and events
41 - Education, entertainment, sporting and cultural services
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Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, personal computers, tablet computers, and computer monitors; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia content by means of wired and wireless networks Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, online and non-downloadable movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics being animations and motion graphics and entertainment information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of a providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials being multimedia content relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online television programming and scheduling information for movies, series, television programs, webcasts, on-demand content and events
41 - Education, entertainment, sporting and cultural services
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Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, personal computers, tablet computers, and computer monitors; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia content by means of wired and wireless networks Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, online and non-downloadable movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics being animations and motion graphics and entertainment information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of a providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials being multimedia content relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online television programming and scheduling information for movies, series, television programs, webcasts, on-demand content and events
41 - Education, entertainment, sporting and cultural services
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Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, personal computers, tablet computers, and computer monitors; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia content by means of wired and wireless networks Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics and information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of a providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for movies, series, television programs, webcasts, on-demand content and events
41 - Education, entertainment, sporting and cultural services
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Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, personal computers, tablet computers, and computer monitors; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia content by means of wired and wireless networks Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, online and non-downloadable movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics being animations, motion graphics and entertainment information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of a providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials being multimedia content relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online television programming and scheduling information for movies, series, television programs, webcasts, on-demand content and events
41 - Education, entertainment, sporting and cultural services
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Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, personal computers, tablet computers, and computer monitors; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia content by means of wired and wireless networks Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics and information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of a providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for movies, series, television programs, webcasts, on-demand content and events
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Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, personal computers, tablet computers, and computer monitors; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia content by means of wired and wireless networks Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics and information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of a providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for movies, series, television programs, webcasts, on-demand content and events
41 - Education, entertainment, sporting and cultural services
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Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, personal computers, tablet computers, and computer monitors; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia content by means of wired and wireless networks Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics and information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of a providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for movies, series, television programs, webcasts, on-demand content and events
41 - Education, entertainment, sporting and cultural services
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Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, personal computers, tablet computers, and computer monitors; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia content by means of wired and wireless networks Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics and information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of a providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for movies, series, television programs, webcasts, on-demand content and events
Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed. An example mobile device includes memory; machine-readable instructions; and programmable circuitry to at least one of instantiate or execute the machine-readable instructions to: receive a first ultra-wide band (UWB) communication from an antenna device; determine the antenna device is located at a second position based on the first UWB communication; determine a receivability score based on estimated signal strengths of one or more broadcast signals at the second position; report the receivability score to a user; determine the antenna device has moved to a third position based on a second UWB communication; update the receivability score based on signal strengths at the third position; and report the updated receivability score to the user.
H04N 21/442 - Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed or the storage space available from the internal hard disk
H04N 21/414 - Specialised client platforms, e.g. receiver in car or embedded in a mobile appliance
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Downloadable software in the nature of a mobile application for streaming of content; downloadable and recorded computer software for streaming audio and video content to a variety of network devices, namely, personal computers, mobile phones, tablet computers, set-top boxes, computer monitors, smartphones, laptops, and televisions; downloadable and recorded computer software for receiving digital video over a communication network; downloadable and recorded computer software for use in organizing, transmitting, receiving, playing, storing and reviewing data, image, audio and video files; downloadable video clips in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation entertainment in the nature of television programs, movies and multimedia content, and graphics for display on televisions, computer monitors, personal computers, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, personal computers, tablet computers, and computer monitors; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia content by means of wired and wireless networks Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, online and non-downloadable movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics being animations and motion graphics and entertainment information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of a providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials being multimedia content relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online television programming and scheduling information for movies, series, television programs, webcasts, on-demand content and events
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38 - Telecommunications services
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Downloadable software in the nature of a mobile application for streaming of content; downloadable and recorded computer software for streaming audio and video content to a variety of network devices, namely, personal computers, mobile phones, tablet computers, set-top boxes, computer monitors, smartphones, laptops, and televisions; downloadable and recorded computer software for receiving digital video over a communication network; downloadable and recorded computer software for use in organizing, transmitting, receiving, playing, storing and reviewing data, image, audio and video files; downloadable video clips in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation entertainment in the nature of television programs, movies and multimedia content, and graphics for display on televisions, computer monitors, personal computers, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, personal computers, tablet computers, and computer monitors; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia content by means of wired and wireless networks Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, online and non-downloadable movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics being animations and motion graphics and entertainment information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of a providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials being multimedia content relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online television programming and scheduling information for movies, series, television programs, webcasts, on-demand content and events
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
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Downloadable software in the nature of a mobile application for streaming of content; downloadable and recorded computer software for streaming audio and video content to a variety of network devices, namely, personal computers, mobile phones, tablet computers, set-top boxes, computer monitors, smartphones, laptops, and televisions; downloadable and recorded computer software for receiving digital video over a communication network; downloadable and recorded computer software for use in organizing, transmitting, receiving, playing, storing and reviewing data, image, audio and video files; downloadable video clips in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation entertainment in the nature of television programs, movies and multimedia content, and graphics for display on televisions, computer monitors, personal computers, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, personal computers, tablet computers, and computer monitors; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia content by means of wired and wireless networks Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, online and non-downloadable movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics being animations and motion graphics and entertainment information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of a providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials being multimedia content relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online television programming and scheduling information for movies, series, television programs, webcasts, on-demand content and events
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Downloadable mobile application for streaming of content; computer downloadable and recorded software for streaming audio and video content to a variety of network devices, namely, personal computers, mobile phones, tablet computers, set-top boxes, computer monitors, smartphones, laptops, and televisions; downloadable and recorded computer software for receiving digital video over a communication network; downloadable and recorded computer software for use in organizing, transmitting, receiving, playing, storing and reviewing data, image, audio and video files; downloadable video clips in the field of entertainment in the nature of television programs, movies and multimedia content, and graphics for display on televisions, computer monitors, personal computers, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, personal computers, tablet computers, and computer monitors; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia content by means of wired and wireless networks Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, online non-downloadable movies, ongoing television programs, non-downloadable video clips, graphics being animations and motion graphics and information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for movies, series, television programs, webcasts, on-demand content and events
Advertising, marketing, and promotion services; Advertising, marketing, and promotion services, namely, selling advertising space and inventory, namely, television, digital and broadcast advertising space; Targeted advertising services for political advertisements; namely, digital, satellite, streaming, on-demand, and linear television advertising services that feature automated systems for targeting specific audience profiles or consumer segments; Marketing services, namely, conducting analysis of audience and viewer behavior and insights through data analytics, including in connection with addressable and targeted advertising; Analyzing and compiling business data, namely, viewership data for potential advertisers; sales volume tracking for others, in particular, brand lift, brand awareness, recall and purchase consideration; Business research and evaluations in business matters in the fields of advertising and marketing; Preparation of business reports and market insight reports; Business consulting and information services in the fields of advertising and marketing; Analysis and reporting of online marketing and performance for marketing and advertising purposes; Developing and providing marketing campaigns for advertisers, marketers, and content providers
Advertising, marketing, and promotion services; Advertising, marketing, and promotion services, namely, providing advertising space, namely, television, digital and broadcast advertising space; Targeted advertising services for political advertisements, namely, digital, satellite, streaming, on-demand, and linear television advertising services that feature automated systems for targeting specific audience profiles or consumer segments; Marketing services, namely, conducting analysis of audience and viewer behavior and insights through data analytics, including in connection with addressable and targeted advertising; Analyzing and compiling business data, namely, viewership data for potential advertisers; sales volume tracking for others, in particular, brand lift, brand awareness, recall and purchase consideration; Business research and evaluations in business matters in the fields of advertising and marketing; Preparation of business reports and market insight reports; Business consulting and information services in the fields of advertising and marketing; Analysis and reporting of online marketing and performance for marketing and advertising purposes; Developing and providing marketing campaigns for advertisers, marketers, and content providers
Advertising, marketing, and promotion services; Advertising, marketing, and promotion services, namely, selling advertising space and inventory, namely, television, film, video, online, and broadcast advertising space; Addressable and targeted advertising services for political advertisements; Addressable and targeted advertising services, namely, digital, satellite, streaming, on-demand, and linear television advertising services that feature automated systems for targeting specific audience profiles or consumer segments; Marketing services, namely, conducting analysis of audience and viewer behavior and insights through data analytics, including in connection with addressable and targeted advertising; Analyzing and compiling business data, namely, viewership data for potential advertisers; sales volume tracking for others, in particular, brand lift, brand awareness, recall and purchase consideration; Business research and evaluations in business matters in the fields of advertising and marketing; Preparation of business reports and market insight reports; Business consulting and information services in the fields of advertising and marketing; Analysis and reporting of online marketing and performance for marketing and advertising purposes; Developing and providing marketing campaigns for advertisers, marketers, and content providers
Advertising, marketing, and promotion services; Advertising, marketing, and promotion services, namely, selling advertising space and inventory, namely, television, film, video, online, and broadcast advertising space; Addressable and targeted advertising services for political advertisements; Addressable and targeted advertising services, namely, digital, satellite, streaming, on-demand, and linear television advertising services that feature automated systems for targeting specific audience profiles or consumer segments; Marketing services, namely, conducting analysis of audience and viewer behavior and insights through data analytics, including in connection with addressable and targeted advertising; Analyzing and compiling business data, namely, viewership data for potential advertisers; sales volume tracking for others, in particular, brand lift, brand awareness, recall and purchase consideration; Business research and evaluations in business matters in the fields of advertising and marketing; Preparation of business reports and market insight reports; Business consulting and information services in the fields of advertising and marketing; Analysis and reporting of online marketing and performance for marketing and advertising purposes; Developing and providing marketing campaigns for advertisers, marketers, and content providers
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METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PRESENT VISUAL INTERFACES
Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed. An example method includes: playing a first media stream in full screen; determining a user has selected a visual interface; after the user has selected the visual interface, presenting, in a first region of the visual interface, a group of tabs relevant to the user; after the user has selected the visual interface, playing, in a second region of the visual interface, the first media stream; determining the user has selected a second tab within the group; after the user has selected of the second tab, playing, in the second region of the visual interface, a second media stream corresponding to the second tab; after the user has selected of the second tab, determining the user has exited the visual interface without performing an additional selection; and after exiting the visual interface, playing the second media stream in full screen.
Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods to generate customized customer messages are disclosed. An example method includes selecting a prompt template based on an intended purpose of the customized customer message and a type of communication of the customized customer message, generating a prompt based on the customer data for an identified customer and the prompt template, providing the prompt to a large language model to cause generation of the customized customer message, and causing transmission of the customized customer message.
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Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand programs via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices in the nature of mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, personal computers, tablet computers, and computer monitors; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia material by means of wired and wireless networks Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, movies, ongoing television programs, non-downloadable graphics and entertainment information relating to movies and television programs, all featuring comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, provided via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic images, videos, audio recordings, video clips in the nature of video recordings, and ongoing multimedia programs, relating to movies and television programs, all in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and television and radio scheduling information, in the field of movies, film and television series, television programs, webcasts, and video-on-demand transmission services
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Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed. An example system of client devices, includes a first client device comprising: programmable circuitry; a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed or instantiated by the programmable circuitry, facilitate performance of operations including: receiving a datagram using User Datagram Protocol (UDP) from a server device, the datagram corresponding to a media segment of a media stream; after receiving the datagram, transmitting a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) communication including a request for the media segment; and responsive to transmitting the HTTP communication, receiving metadata corresponding to the media segment from the server device.
Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed to synchronize media playback at devices in a multicast environment. Disclosed is a system to synchronize media playback, the system comprising programmable circuitry, and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed or instantiated by the programmable circuitry, facilitate performance of operations, comprising transmitting, using a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP), a first request in a first HTTP message to a first client device and to a second client device, receiving, from the first client device in response to the first request. a first time stamp associated with a first presentation, the first time stamp representing a first playback time within the first presentation, receiving, from the second client device in response to the first request, a second time stamp associated with a second presentation, the second time stamp representing a second playback time within the second presentation, calculating a time difference between the first time stamp and the second time stamp, determining whether the time difference satisfies a threshold, transmitting a second HTTP message to the first client device and the second client device in response to a determination that the time difference fails to satisfy the threshold, the second HTTP message to cause the first client device to pause the first presentation and the second client device to pause the second presentation, transmitting seek instructions in a third HTTP message to the second client device, the seek instructions to cause the second client device to synchronize the second presentation to the first presentation by setting the first and second playback times equal, and transmitting a fourth HTTP message to cause the first client device to resume the first presentation and the second client device to resume the second presentation.
Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed. An example system includes programmable circuitry; a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed or instantiated by the programmable circuitry, facilitate performance of operations, comprising: forming a data structure representing a request to a content provider for a media stream; modifying the data structure to represent a request to a local manager for the media stream, the modified request data structure including an address corresponding to the local manager; transmitting a request to the local manager as a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request, the request based on the modified data structure; and receiving a response from the local manager as a user datagram protocol (UDP) stream.
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Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, personal computers, tablet computers, and computer monitors; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia content by means of wired and wireless networks, all of the foregoing for entertainment purposes and none of the foregoing pertaining to data analysis Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, provision of online non-downloadable movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics and information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of a providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and multimedia entertainment content relating to movies and ongoing television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online television programming and scheduling information for movies, ongoing television series, television programs, webcasts, on-demand multimedia entertainment content and events
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Methods and apparatus for synchronous HTTP media playback
Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed to synchronize media playback at devices in a multicast environment. Disclosed is a system to synchronize media playback, the system comprising programmable circuitry, and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed or instantiated by the programmable circuitry, facilitate performance of operations, comprising transmitting, using a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP), a first request in a first HTTP message to a first client device and to a second client device, receiving, from the first client device in response to the first request. a first time stamp associated with a first presentation, the first time stamp representing a first playback time within the first presentation, receiving, from the second client device in response to the first request, a second time stamp associated with a second presentation, the second time stamp representing a second playback time within the second presentation, calculating a time difference between the first time stamp and the second time stamp, determining whether the time difference satisfies a threshold, transmitting a second HTTP message to the first client device and the second client device in response to a determination that the time difference fails to satisfy the threshold, the second HTTP message to cause the first client device to pause the first presentation and the second client device to pause the second presentation, transmitting seek instructions in a third HTTP message to the second client device, the seek instructions to cause the second client device to synchronize the second presentation to the first presentation by setting the first and second playback times equal, and transmitting a fourth HTTP message to cause the first client device to resume the first presentation and the second client device to resume the second presentation.
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Downloadable mobile application for streaming of content; computer hardware and downloadable and recorded software for streaming audio and video content to a variety of network devices, namely, personal computers, mobile phones, tablet computers, set-top boxes, computer monitors, smartphones, laptops, and televisions; downloadable and recorded computer software for receiving digital video over a communication network; downloadable and recorded computer software for use in organizing, transmitting, receiving, playing, storing and reviewing data, image, audio and video files; downloadable video clips in the field of entertainment in the nature of television programs, movies and multimedia content, and graphics for display on televisions, computer monitors, personal computers, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers; set-top boxes; digital video recorders and players; downloadable and recorded computer operating software for use with set-top boxes and digital video recorders and players; remote controls for set-top boxes, digital video recorders and players, televisions, and hardware and equipment for watching television programs; computer network interconnection hardware; downloadable and recorded computer software programs for interfacing with computer hardware in computer communications networks; telecommunications products, namely, computer hardware and downloadable software for receiving, converting, transmitting, streaming, and reviewing audio, video, images, and data; downloadable computer software for operating telecommunications products; downloadable software in the nature of a mobile application for operating telecommunications products Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, personal computers, tablet computers, and computer monitors; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia by means of wired and wireless networks; electronic data transmission Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, non-downloadable movies, ongoing television programs, non-downloadable video clips, non-downloadable graphics and information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of a providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for movies, series, television programs, webcasts, on-demand content and events; television programming in the nature of a package of entertainment, news, financial and sports channels; distribution of television programs for others
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Downloadable mobile application for streaming of content; computer hardware and downloadable and recorded software for streaming audio and video content to a variety of network devices, namely, personal computers, mobile phones, tablet computers, set-top boxes, computer monitors, smartphones, laptops, and televisions; downloadable and recorded computer software for receiving digital video over a communication network; downloadable and recorded computer software for use in organizing, transmitting, receiving, playing, storing and reviewing data, image, audio and video files; downloadable video clips in the field of entertainment in the nature of television programs, movies and multimedia content, and graphics for display on televisions, computer monitors, personal computers, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers; set-top boxes; digital video recorders and players; downloadable and recorded computer operating software for use with set-top boxes and digital video recorders and players; remote controls for set-top boxes, digital video recorders and players, televisions, and hardware and equipment for watching television programs; computer network interconnection hardware; downloadable and recorded computer software programs for interfacing with computer hardware in computer communications networks; telecommunications products, namely, computer hardware and downloadable software for receiving, converting, transmitting, streaming, and reviewing audio, video, images, and data; downloadable computer software for operating telecommunications products; downloadable software in the nature of a mobile application for operating telecommunications products; Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, personal computers, tablet computers, and computer monitors; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia by means of wired and wireless networks; electronic data transmission Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, non-downloadable movies, ongoing television programs, non-downloadable video clips, non-downloadable graphics and information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of a providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for movies, series, television programs, webcasts, on-demand content and events; television programming in the nature of a package of entertainment, news, financial and sports channels; distribution of television programs for others
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Downloadable mobile application for streaming of content; computer downloadable and recorded software for streaming audio and video content to a variety of network devices, namely, personal computers, mobile phones, tablet computers, set-top boxes, computer monitors, smartphones, laptops, and televisions; downloadable and recorded computer software for receiving digital video over a communication network; downloadable and recorded computer software for use in organizing, transmitting, receiving, playing, storing and reviewing data, image, audio and video files; downloadable video clips in the field of entertainment in the nature of television programs, movies and multimedia content; downloadable graphics for display on televisions, computer monitors, personal computers, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, personal computers, tablet computers, and computer monitors; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia content by means of wired and wireless networks Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics and information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of a providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for movies, series, television programs, webcasts, on-demand content and events
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Method to insert program boundaries in linear video for adaptive bitrate streaming
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for indicating a program boundary in an adaptive bitrate media stream, where the system includes a memory and a processor that performs operations including generating multiple transcoded media output streams of different bit rates from an input linear media stream, fragmenting the multiple transcoded media output streams into chunks, detecting a program boundary in the input linear media stream, and supplying a program change indicator in a manifest file for implementing program change features in mobile communication devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.
H04L 67/02 - Protocols based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
H04L 67/10 - Protocols in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network
H04L 69/24 - Negotiation of communication capabilities
H04N 21/2343 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements
H04N 21/235 - Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
H04N 21/414 - Specialised client platforms, e.g. receiver in car or embedded in a mobile appliance
H04N 21/437 - Interfacing the upstream path of the transmission network, e.g. for transmitting client requests to a VOD server
Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a first hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) communication, the first HTTP communication including a first request for a media segment from a first client device; transmitting metadata in a second HTTP communication to the first client device, the metadata corresponding to the media segment; transmitting a datagram using User Datagram Protocol (UDP), the datagram transmitted to the first client device and a second client device, the first client device and the second client device causing presentation of a same media stream; receiving a third HTTP communication after the transmissions, the third HTTP communication including a second request for the media segment, the third HTTP communication from the second client device; and transmitting, by executing an instruction with a processor, the metadata in a fourth HTTP communication to the second client device.
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Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, personal computers, tablet computers, and computer monitors; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia by means of wired and wireless networks; electronic data transmission Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics and information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of a providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for movies, series, television programs, webcasts, on-demand content and events; television programming in the nature of a package of entertainment, news, financial and sports channels; distribution of television programs for others
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Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, personal computers, tablet computers, and computer monitors; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia by means of wired and wireless networks; electronic data transmission Downloadable mobile application for streaming of content; downloadable and recorded software for streaming audio and video content to a variety of network devices, namely, personal computers, mobile phones, tablet computers, set-top boxes, computer monitors, smartphones, laptops, and televisions; downloadable and recorded computer software for receiving digital video over a communication network; downloadable and recorded computer software for use in organizing, transmitting, receiving, playing, storing and reviewing data, image, audio and video files; downloadable video clips in the field of entertainment in the nature of television programs, movies and multimedia content, and graphics for display on televisions, computer monitors, personal computers, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers; downloadable and recorded computer operating software for use with set-top boxes and digital video recorders and players; downloadable and recorded computer software programs for interfacing with computer hardware in computer communications networks; telecommunications products, namely, downloadable software for receiving, converting, transmitting, streaming, and reviewing audio, video, images, and data; downloadable computer software for operating telecommunications products; downloadable software in the nature of a mobile application for operating telecommunications products Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, non-downloadable movies, ongoing television programs, non-downloadable video clips, non-downloadable graphics and information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of a providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for movies, series, television programs, webcasts, on-demand content and events; television programming in the nature of a package of entertainment, news, financial and sports channels; distribution of television programs for others
Devices, computer-readable media, and methods for pre-loading video chunks of a video program at an edge server are disclosed. For example, a processor may receive a manifest file for a video program, determine a bitrate for a first segment of the video program, request a video chunk of the first segment at the first bitrate from an edge server in accordance with the manifest file, and request a subset of a video chunk of a second segment of the video program from the edge server.
G06F 15/16 - Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs
H04L 65/612 - Network streaming of media packets for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio for unicast
H04L 65/65 - Network streaming protocols, e.g. real-time transport protocol [RTP] or real-time control protocol [RTCP]
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for indicating a program boundary in an adaptive bitrate media stream, where the system includes a memory and a processor that performs operations including generating multiple transcoded media output streams of different bit rates from an input linear media stream, fragmenting the multiple transcoded media output streams into chunks, detecting a program boundary in the input linear media stream, and supplying a program change indicator in a manifest file for implementing program change features in mobile communication devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.
H04L 67/02 - Protocols based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
H04L 67/10 - Protocols in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network
H04L 69/24 - Negotiation of communication capabilities
H04N 21/2343 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements
H04N 21/235 - Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
H04N 21/414 - Specialised client platforms, e.g. receiver in car or embedded in a mobile appliance
H04N 21/437 - Interfacing the upstream path of the transmission network, e.g. for transmitting client requests to a VOD server
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Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia by means of wired and wireless networks; all the foregoing relating to a user interface that aggregates sports content Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics and information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of sports and current events, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of a providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials relating to television programs in the fields of sports and current events; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for series, television programs, webcasts, on-demand content and events; all the foregoing relating to a user interface that aggregates sports content
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Downloadable mobile application for streaming of content; computer hardware and downloadable and recorded software for streaming audio and video content to a variety of network devices, namely, personal computers, mobile phones, tablet computers, set-top boxes, televisions; downloadable and recorded computer software for receiving digital video over a communication network; downloadable and recorded computer software for use in organizing, transmitting, receiving, playing, storing and reviewing data, image, audio and video files
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(1) Set-top boxes; digital video recorders and players; computer operating software for use with set-top boxes and digital video recorders and players; remote controls for set-top boxes; computer network interconnection hardware; computer programs for interfacing with computer hardware in computer communications networks; telecommunications products, namely, computer hardware and software for receiving, converting, transmitting, streaming, and reviewing video and images; downloadable computer software for operating telecommunications products, namely, set-top boxes and digital video recorders and players; downloadable software in the nature of a mobile application for operating telecommunications products, namely, set-top boxes and digital video recorders and players; downloadable video clips in the field of entertainment in the nature of television programs, movies and multimedia content, and graphics for display on televisions, computer monitors, personal computers, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers; computer hardware and downloadable and recorded software for streaming video content to a variety of network devices, namely, televisions, computer monitors, personal computers, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers; downloadable and recorded computer software for receiving digital video over a communication network; downloadable and recorded computer software for use in organizing, transmitting, receiving, playing, storing and reviewing image and video files (1) Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to computer monitors, personal computers, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of images, graphics and video by means of wired and wireless networks; satellite television broadcasting; satellite transmission services; video-on-demand television transmission services; streaming of video content via the Internet, other computer networks, wireless networks and electronic communication networks; electronic transmission of voice, image, graphic, audio, video, and multimedia content
(2) Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphic, webcasts, on-demand content and events, and information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via satellite, the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wired and wireless communications networks; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics, webcasts, on-demand content and events
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Set-top boxes; digital video recorders and players; computer operating software for use with set-top boxes and digital video recorders and players; remote controls; computer network interconnection hardware; computer programs for interfacing with computer hardware in computer communications networks, not in the field of cryptocurrency and other miscellaneous digital asset products and services, namely not for the creation of tokens, security tokens, stablecoins, nonfungible tokens (NFTs), virtual currencies, or central bank digital currency (CBDCs), and not for payment processing, and distributed ledger technology and related services, namely not for maintaining blockchain and asset databases shared and stored across a decentralized network of different users; telecommunications products, namely, computer hardware and software for receiving, converting, transmitting, streaming, and reviewing audio, video, images, and data, not in the field of cryptocurrency and other miscellaneous digital asset products and services, namely not for the creation of tokens, security tokens, stablecoins, nonfungible tokens (NFTs), virtual currencies, or central bank digital currency (CBDCs), and not for payment processing, and distributed ledger technology and related services, namely not for maintaining blockchain and asset databases shared and stored across a decentralized network of different users; downloadable computer software for operating telecommunications products, not in the field of cryptocurrency and other miscellaneous digital asset products and services, namely not for the creation of tokens, security tokens, stablecoins, nonfungible tokens (NFTs), virtual currencies, or central bank digital currency (CBDCs), and not for payment processing, and distributed ledger technology and related services, namely not for maintaining blockchain and asset databases shared and stored across a decentralized network of different users; downloadable software in the nature of a mobile application for operating telecommunications products, not in the field of cryptocurrency and other miscellaneous digital asset products and services, namely not for the creation of tokens, security tokens, stablecoins, nonfungible tokens (NFTs), virtual currencies, or central bank digital currency (CBDCs), and not for payment processing, and distributed ledger technology and related services, namely not for maintaining blockchain and asset databases shared and stored across a decentralized network of different users; downloadable video clips in the field of entertainment in the nature of television programs, movies and multimedia content, and graphics for display on televisions, computer monitors, personal computers, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers; computer hardware and downloadable and recorded software for streaming audio and video content to a variety of network devices, namely, televisions, computer monitors, personal computers, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers; downloadable and recorded computer software for receiving digital video over a communication network, not in the field of cryptocurrency and other miscellaneous digital asset products and services, namely not for the creation of tokens, security tokens, stablecoins, nonfungible tokens (NFTs), virtual currencies, or central bank digital currency (CBDCs), and not for payment processing, and distributed ledger technology and related services, namely not for maintaining blockchain and asset databases shared and stored across a decentralized network of different users; downloadable and recorded computer software for use in organizing, transmitting, receiving, playing, storing and reviewing data, image, audio and video files, not in the field of cryptocurrency and other miscellaneous digital asset products and services, namely not for the creation of tokens, security tokens, stablecoins, nonfungible tokens (NFTs), virtual currencies, or central bank digital currency (CBDCs), and not for payment processing, and distributed ledger technology and related services, namely not for maintaining blockchain and asset databases shared and stored across a decentralized network of different users. Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to computer monitors, personal computers, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia by means of wired and wireless networks; satellite television broadcasting; satellite transmission services; video-on-demand television transmission services; streaming of audio and video content via the Internet, other computer networks, wireless networks and electronic communication networks; electronic data transmission. Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphic, webcasts, on-demand content and events; entertainment services in the nature of providing information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via satellite, the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wired and wireless communications networks; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics, webcasts, on-demand content and events.
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Method to insert program boundaries in linear video for adaptive bitrate streaming
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for indicating a program boundary in an adaptive bitrate media stream, where the system includes a memory and a processor that performs operations including generating multiple transcoded media output streams of different bit rates from an input linear media stream, fragmenting the multiple transcoded media output streams into chunks, detecting a program boundary in the input linear media stream, and supplying a program change indicator in a manifest file for implementing program change features in mobile communication devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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(1) Set-top boxes; digital video recorders and players; computer operating software for use with set-top boxes and digital video recorders and players; remote controls for set-top boxes; computer network interconnection hardware; computer programs for interfacing with computer hardware in computer communications networks; telecommunications products, namely, computer hardware and software for receiving, converting, transmitting, streaming, and reviewing video and images; downloadable computer software for operating telecommunications products, namely, set-top boxes and digital video recorders and players; downloadable software in the nature of a mobile application for operating telecommunications products, namely, set-top boxes and digital video recorders and players; downloadable video clips in the field of entertainment in the nature of television programs, movies and multimedia content, and graphics for display on televisions, computer monitors, personal computers, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers; computer hardware and downloadable and recorded software for streaming video content to a variety of network devices, namely, televisions, computer monitors, personal computers, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers; downloadable and recorded computer software for receiving digital video over a communication network; downloadable and recorded computer software for use in organizing, transmitting, receiving, playing, storing and reviewing image and video files (1) Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to computer monitors, personal computers, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of images, graphics and video by means of wired and wireless networks; satellite television broadcasting; satellite transmission services; video-on-demand television transmission services; streaming of video content via the Internet, other computer networks, wireless networks and electronic communication networks; electronic transmission of voice, image, graphic, audio, video, and multimedia content
(2) Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphic, webcasts, on-demand content and events, and information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via satellite, the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wired and wireless communications networks; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics, webcasts, on-demand content and events
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
38 - Telecommunications services
41 - Education, entertainment, sporting and cultural services
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Set-top boxes; digital video recorders and players; downloadable and recordable computer operating software for use with set-top boxes and digital video recorders and players; remote controls for set-top boxes; computer network interconnection hardware; downloadable and recordable computer programs for interfacing with computer hardware in computer communications networks, not in the field of cryptocurrency and other miscellaneous digital asset products and services, namely not for the creation of tokens, security tokens, stablecoins, nonfungible tokens (NFTs), virtual currencies, or central bank digital currency (CBDCs), and not for payment processing, and distributed ledger technology and related services, namely not for maintaining blockchain and asset databases shared and stored across a decentralized network of different users; telecommunications products, namely, computer hardware and downloadable software for receiving, converting, transmitting, streaming, and reviewing video, images, and data, not in the field of cryptocurrency and other miscellaneous digital asset products and services, namely not for the creation of tokens, security tokens, stablecoins, nonfungible tokens (NFTs), virtual currencies, or central bank digital currency (CBDCs), and not for payment processing, and distributed ledger technology and related services, namely not for maintaining blockchain and asset databases shared and stored across a decentralized network of different users; downloadable computer software for operating telecommunications products, not in the field of cryptocurrency and other miscellaneous digital asset products and services, namely not for the creation of tokens, security tokens, stablecoins, nonfungible tokens (NFTs), virtual currencies, or central bank digital currency (CBDCs), and not for payment processing, and distributed ledger technology and related services, namely not for maintaining blockchain and asset databases shared and stored across a decentralized network of different users; downloadable software in the nature of a mobile application for operating telecommunications products, not in the field of cryptocurrency and other miscellaneous digital asset products and services, namely not for the creation of tokens, security tokens, stablecoins, nonfungible tokens (NFTs), virtual currencies, or central bank digital currency (CBDCs), and not for payment processing, and distributed ledger technology and related services, namely not for maintaining blockchain and asset databases shared and stored across a decentralized network of different users; downloadable video clips in the fields of action, comedy, drama, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, in the nature of television programs, movies and multimedia content, and graphics for display on televisions, computer monitors, personal computers, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers; computer hardware and downloadable and recorded software for streaming video content to a variety of network devices, namely, televisions, computer monitors, personal computers, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers; downloadable and recorded computer software for receiving digital video over a communication network, not in the field of cryptocurrency and other miscellaneous digital asset products and services, namely not for the creation of tokens, security tokens, stablecoins, nonfungible tokens (NFTs), virtual currencies, or central bank digital currency (CBDCs), and not for payment processing, and distributed ledger technology and related services, namely not for maintaining blockchain and asset databases shared and stored across a decentralized network of different users; downloadable and recorded computer software for use in organizing, transmitting, receiving, playing, storing and reviewing data, image, and video files, not in the field of cryptocurrency and other miscellaneous digital asset products and services, namely not for the creation of tokens, security tokens, stablecoins, nonfungible tokens (NFTs), virtual currencies, or central bank digital currency (CBDCs), and not for payment processing, and distributed ledger technology and related services, namely not for maintaining blockchain and asset databases shared and stored across a decentralized network of different users. Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to computer monitors, personal computers, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of data, images, graphics, and video by means of wired and wireless networks; satellite television broadcasting; satellite transmission services; video-on-demand television transmission services; streaming of video content via the internet, other computer networks, wireless networks and electronic communication networks; electronic data transmission. Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphic, webcasts, on-demand content and events; information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via satellite, the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wired and wireless communications networks; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics, webcasts, on-demand content and events.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
38 - Telecommunications services
Goods & Services
Set-top boxes; digital video recorders and players; downloadable and recordable computer operating software for use with set-top
boxes and digital video recorders and players; remote controls for set-top boxes, digital video recorders and players, televisions,
and hardware and equipment for watching television programs; downloadable and recordable computer programs for interfacing
with computer hardware in computer communications networks, not in the field of cryptocurrency or for payment processing;
telecommunications products, namely, downloadable software for receiving, converting, transmitting, streaming, and reviewing
video, images, and data, not in the field of cryptocurrency or for payment processing; downloadable computer software for
operating telecommunications products, not in the field of cryptocurrency or for payment processing; downloadable software in the
nature of a mobile application for operating telecommunications products, not in the field of cryptocurrency or for payment
processing; downloadable video clips in the fields of action, comedy, drama, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events
and entertainment news, documentary and animation, in the nature of television programs, movies and multimedia content, and
graphics for display on televisions, computer monitors, personal computers, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet
computers; computer hardware in the nature of audio-video receivers that can be activated by voice command or remote control;
downloadable and recorded software for streaming video content to a variety of network devices, namely, televisions, computer
monitors, personal computers, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers; downloadable and recorded
computer software for receiving digital video over a communication network, not in the field of cryptocurrency or for payment
processing; downloadable and recorded computer software for use in organizing, transmitting, receiving, playing, storing and
reviewing data, image, and video files, not in the field of cryptocurrency or for payment processing Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and electronic transmission of video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to computer monitors, personal computers, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of data, images, graphics, and video by means of wireless networks; satellite television broadcasting; satellite transmission services; video-on demand television transmission services; streaming of video content via the Internet, other computer networks, wireless networks and electronic communication networks; electronic data transmission
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Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to computer monitors, personal computers, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia by means of wired and wireless networks; satellite television broadcasting; satellite transmission services; video-on-demand transmission services in the field of transmission of television; streaming of audio and video content via the Internet, other computer networks, wireless networks and electronic communication networks; electronic data transmission Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, the provision of movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphic, webcasts, on-demand content and events, and information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via satellite, the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wired and wireless communications networks; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics, webcasts, on-demand content and events; providing television programs, not downloadable, via video-on-demand transmission services
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Set-top boxes; digital video recorders and players; downloadable and recordable computer operating software for use with set-top
boxes and digital video recorders and players; remote controls for set-top boxes, digital video recorders and players, televisions,
and hardware and equipment for watching television programs; computer network interconnection hardware; downloadable and
recordable computer programs for interfacing with computer hardware in computer communications networks, not in the field of
cryptocurrency or for payment processing and other miscellaneous digital asset products and services, and distributed ledger
technology and related services; telecommunications products, namely, computer hardware and downloadable software for
receiving, converting, transmitting, streaming, and reviewing video, images, and data, not in the field of cryptocurrency or for
payment processing and other miscellaneous digital asset products and services, and distributed ledger technology and related
services; downloadable computer software for operating telecommunications products, not in the field of cryptocurrency or for
payment processing and other miscellaneous digital asset products and services, and distributed ledger technology and related
services; downloadable software in the nature of a mobile application for operating telecommunications products, not in the field of
cryptocurrency or for payment processing and other miscellaneous digital asset products and services, and distributed ledger
technology and related services;; downloadable video clips in the fields of action, comedy, drama, variety, adventure, sports,
musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, in the nature of television programs, movies and
multimedia content, and graphics for display on televisions, computer monitors, personal computers, mobile phones,
smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers; computer hardware and downloadable and recorded software for streaming video
content to a variety of network devices, namely, televisions, computer monitors, personal computers, mobile phones,
smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers; downloadable and recorded computer software for receiving digital video over a
communication network, not in the field of cryptocurrency or for payment processing and other miscellaneous digital asset
products and services, and distributed ledger technology and related services; downloadable and recorded computer software for
use in organizing, transmitting, receiving, playing, storing and reviewing data, image, and video files, not in the field of
cryptocurrency or for payment processing and other miscellaneous digital asset products and services, and distributed ledger
technology and related services
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Downloadable mobile application for streaming of content; computer hardware and downloadable and recorded software for streaming audio and video content to a variety of network devices, namely, personal computers, mobile phones, tablet computers, set-top boxes, televisions; downloadable and recorded computer software for receiving digital video over a communication network; downloadable and recorded computer software for use in organizing, transmitting, receiving, playing, storing and reviewing data, image, audio and video files. Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia by means of wired and wireless networks. Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics and information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of a providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for movies, series, television programs, webcasts, on-demand content and events.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
38 - Telecommunications services
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(1) Downloadable mobile application for streaming of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on demand content; downloadable mobile application for streaming of television programs, movies, multimedia content, and graphics for display; computer hardware and downloadable and recorded software for streaming audio and video content to a variety of network devices, namely, personal computers, mobile phones, tablet computers, set-top boxes, televisions; downloadable and recorded computer software for receiving digital video over a communication network; downloadable and recorded computer software for use in organizing, transmitting, receiving, playing, storing and reviewing audio files; downloadable and recorded computer software for use in organizing, transmitting, receiving, playing, storing and reviewing image files; downloadable and recorded computer software for use in organizing, transmitting, receiving, playing, storing and reviewing video files; downloadable mobile application for streaming of movies, television shows, and audio and video content; (1) Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia by means of wired and wireless networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers;
(2) Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics and information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of a providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for events; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for movies; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for on-demand content; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for television programs; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for webcasts;
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Satellite and television transmission services; Video-on-demand transmission; Television, audio, and video broadcasting; broadcasting programs via a global computer network; satellite television broadcasting services and provision of telecommunication access to films and tv programs provided via a video-on-demand service; streaming of sound, data, and audio-visual recordings and television content and live events via the internet; data transmission and reception services via telecommunication means; electronic, electric, and digital transmission of voice, data, images, signals, and messages; pay-per-view television transmission services; Broadcasting of television programs in the field of sports; broadcasting of video and audio programming in the field of sports via a global computer network Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, live sports events, on-going television programs, and related non-downloadable video clips in the field of sports provided via television, internet, video-on-demand, and other forms of media distribution; entertainment services, namely, providing continuing television programs and information in the field of sports via a global computer network; provision of non-downloadable television programs via a video-on-demand service; production of television and video programs, namely, television and video production services; production of sporting events for television being television show production; television programming; television scheduling; video editing; distribution of television programs for others; providing information relating to sports and sporting events
Devices, computer-readable media, and methods for pre-loading video chunks of a video program at an edge server are disclosed. For example, a processor may receive a manifest file for a video program, determine a bitrate for a first segment of the video program, request a video chunk of the first segment at the first bitrate from an edge server in accordance with the manifest file, and request a subset of a video chunk of a second segment of the video program from the edge server.
G06F 15/16 - Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs
H04L 67/5681 - Pre-fetching or pre-delivering data based on network characteristics
H04L 67/02 - Protocols based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
H04L 65/65 - Network streaming protocols, e.g. real-time transport protocol [RTP] or real-time control protocol [RTCP]
H04L 65/612 - Network streaming of media packets for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio for unicast
In one example, the present disclosure describes a device, computer-readable medium, and method for transcoding digital media in an optimized manner based on media priority. For instance, in one example, a method includes obtaining a plurality of media content items awaiting transcoding before being distributed over a content distribution network, identifying a plurality of transcoding resources available to transcode the plurality of media items, and generating a schedule for transcoding the plurality of media content items using the plurality of transcoding resources, wherein the schedule prioritizes those media content items of the plurality of media content items that have the highest relative business value.
H04L 67/62 - Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
H04L 67/288 - Distributed intermediate devices, i.e. intermediate devices for interaction with other intermediate devices on the same level
H04L 67/2895 - Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data provider application, e.g. reverse proxies
H04L 67/61 - Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources taking into account QoS or priority requirements
H04L 67/565 - Conversion or adaptation of application format or content
H04N 21/2343 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements
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Satellite and television transmission services; Video-on-demand transmission; Television, audio, and video broadcasting; broadcasting programs via a global computer network; satellite television broadcasting services and provision of telecommunication access to films and tv programs provided via a video-on-demand service; streaming of sound, data, and audio-visual recordings and television content and live events via the internet; data transmission and reception services via telecommunication means; electronic, electric, and digital transmission of voice, data, images, signals, and messages; pay-per-view television transmission services; Broadcasting of television programs in the field of sports; broadcasting of video and audio programming in the field of sports via a global computer network Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, live sports events, on-going television programs, and related non-downloadable video clips in the field of sports provided via television, internet, video-on-demand, and other forms of media distribution; entertainment services, namely, providing continuing television programs and information in the field of sports via a global computer network; provision of non-downloadable television programs via a video-on-demand service; production of television and video programs, namely, television and video production services; production of sporting events for television being television show production; television programming; television scheduling; video editing; distribution of television programs for others; providing information relating to sports and sporting events
According to one embodiment, a channel device includes a memory, an interface, and a processor. The memory stores a watch list. The watch list includes n predetermined number of channels, wherein n is an integer and the predetermined number of channels are ranked from one to n. The interface is configured to receive program information for a first channel, wherein the first channel is a channel of a watch list. The processor is further configured to determine a change from a previous channel to a current channel. The processor dynamically updates the watch list to include the previous channel, wherein the previous channel is ranked as one. The processor removes the channel ranked as n from the watch list.
H04N 21/482 - End-user interface for program selection
G06F 16/735 - Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
G06F 16/78 - Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
H04N 21/41 - Structure of clientStructure of client peripherals
H04N 21/422 - Input-only peripherals, e.g. global positioning system [GPS]
H04N 21/438 - Interfacing the downstream path of the transmission network originating from a server, e.g. retrieving encoded video stream packets from an IP network
H04N 21/45 - Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies or resolving scheduling conflicts
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
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Set-top boxes; digital video recorders and players; downloadable and recordable computer operating software for use with set-top boxes and digital video recorders and players; remote controls for set-top boxes, digital video recorders and players, televisions, and hardware and equipment for watching television programs; downloadable and recordable computer programs for interfacing with computer hardware in computer communications networks, not in the field of cryptocurrency or for payment processing and other miscellaneous digital asset products and services, and distributed ledger technology and related services; telecommunications products, namely, downloadable software for receiving, converting, transmitting, streaming, and reviewing video, images, and data, not in the field of cryptocurrency or for payment processing and other miscellaneous digital asset products and services, and distributed ledger technology and related services; downloadable computer software for operating telecommunications products, not in the field of cryptocurrency or for payment processing and other miscellaneous digital asset products and services, and distributed ledger technology and related services; downloadable software in the nature of a mobile application for operating telecommunications products, not in the field of cryptocurrency or for payment processing and other miscellaneous digital asset products and services, and distributed ledger technology and related services; downloadable video clips in the fields of action, comedy, drama, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, in the nature of television programs, movies and multimedia content, and graphics for display on televisions, computer monitors, personal computers, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers; computer hardware in the nature of audio-video receivers that can be activated by voice command or remote control; downloadable and
recorded software for streaming video content to a variety of network devices, namely, televisions, computer monitors, personal computers, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers; downloadable and recorded computer software for receiving digital video over a communication network, not in the field of cryptocurrency or for payment processing and other miscellaneous digital asset products and services, and distributed ledger technology and related services; downloadable and recorded computer software for use in organizing, transmitting, receiving, playing, storing and reviewing data, image, and video files, not in the field of cryptocurrency or for payment processing and other miscellaneous digital asset products and services, and distributed ledger technology and related services
Advertising, marketing, and promotion services; Advertising and marketing services, namely, promoting the goods and services of others; Dissemination of advertising and marketing materials for others via the Internet and other communications networks and platforms; Developing and providing advertising and marketing material, and advertising marketing campaigns, for others; Advertising, marketing, and promotion services, namely, to enable the selling of advertising space and provide a portal connecting qualified providers and buyers of advertising space; Direct buying and selling of advertising space across satellite and digital television platforms in the nature of television advertising; Advertising and consumer marketing research; Planning, marketing, creation, facilitation, and integration of addressable and targeted advertising; Addressable and targeted advertising services, namely, satellite and digital television advertising services that feature automated systems for targeting specific audience profiles or consumer segments; Sales volume tracking for others, in particular, brand lift, brand awareness, recall and purchase consideration; Consulting in the fields of advertising, marketing, business, and business data analytics; Analyzing and compiling business data, including viewership data for potential advertisers; Business research, evaluation, and information services; Preparation of business reports and market insight reports
Advertising, marketing, and promotion services; Advertising and marketing services, namely, promoting the goods and services of others; Dissemination of advertising and marketing materials for others via the Internet and other communications networks and platforms; Developing and providing advertising and marketing material, and advertising marketing campaigns, for others; Advertising, marketing, and promotion services, namely, to enable the selling of advertising space and provide a portal connecting qualified providers and buyers of advertising space; Direct buying and selling of advertising space across satellite and digital television platforms in the nature of television advertising; Advertising and consumer marketing research; Planning, marketing, creation, facilitation, and integration of addressable and targeted advertising; Addressable and targeted advertising services, namely, satellite and digital television advertising services that feature automated systems for targeting specific audience profiles or consumer segments; Sales volume tracking for others, in particular, brand lift, brand awareness, recall and purchase consideration; Consulting in the fields of advertising, marketing, business, and business data analytics; Analyzing and compiling business data, including viewership data for potential advertisers; Business research, evaluation, and information services; Preparation of business reports and market insight reports
Advertising, marketing, and promotion services; Advertising and marketing services, namely, promoting the goods and services of others; Dissemination of advertising and marketing materials for others via the Internet and other communications networks and platforms; Developing and providing advertising and marketing material, and advertising marketing campaigns, for others; Advertising, marketing, and promotion services, namely, to enable the selling of advertising space and provide a portal connecting qualified providers and buyers of advertising space; Direct buying and selling of advertising space across satellite and digital television platforms in the nature of television advertising; Advertising and consumer marketing research; Planning, marketing, creation, facilitation, and integration of addressable and targeted advertising; Addressable and targeted advertising services, namely, satellite and digital television advertising services that feature automated systems for targeting specific audience profiles or consumer segments; Sales volume tracking for others, in particular, brand lift, brand awareness, recall and purchase consideration; Consulting in the fields of advertising, marketing, business, and business data analytics; Analyzing and compiling business data, including viewership data for potential advertisers; Business research, evaluation, and information services; Preparation of business reports and market insight reports
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(1) Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; transmission of voice, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia by means of wired and wireless networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers;
(2) Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics and information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of providing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation via a website; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for events; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for movies; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for on-demand content; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for television programs; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for webcasts;
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(1) Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; transmission of voice, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia by means of wired and wireless networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers;
(2) Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics and information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of providing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation via a website; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for events; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for movies; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for on-demand content; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for television programs; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for webcasts;
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Downloadable mobile application for streaming of content; computer hardware and downloadable and recorded software for streaming audio and video content to a variety of network devices, namely, personal computers, mobile phones, tablet computers, set-top boxes, televisions; downloadable and recorded computer software for receiving digital video over a communication network; downloadable and recorded computer software for use in organizing, transmitting, receiving, playing, storing and reviewing data, image, audio and video files. Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia by means of wired and wireless networks. Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics and information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of a providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for movies, series, television programs, webcasts, on-demand content and events.
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(1) Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; transmission of voice, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia by means of wired and wireless networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers;
(2) Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics and information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of providing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation via a website; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for events; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for movies; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for on-demand content; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for television programs; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for webcasts;
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Downloadable mobile application for streaming of content; computer hardware and downloadable and recorded software for streaming audio and video content to a variety of network devices, namely, personal computers, mobile phones, tablet computers, set-top boxes, televisions; downloadable and recorded computer software for receiving digital video over a communication network; downloadable and recorded computer software for use in organizing, transmitting, receiving, playing, storing and reviewing data, image, audio and video files. Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia by means of wired and wireless networks. Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics and information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of a providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for movies, series, television programs, webcasts, on-demand content and events.
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Devices for presenting video program segments in accordance with definition documents
Devices, computer-readable media, and methods for presenting segments of at least one video program in accordance with a definition document are disclosed. For example, a processor may load a definition document for at least one video program. The definition document may specify segments of the at least one video program for presentation and further specify segment types for the segments. The segment types may identify whether a segment is to include video content, include audio content, or include both video and audio content. The processor may further obtain the at least one video program, present a first segment of the at least one video program in accordance with the definition document, and present a second segment of the plurality of segments of the at least one video program in accordance with the definition document.
H04N 21/235 - Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
H04N 21/84 - Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors
H04N 21/845 - Structuring of content, e.g. decomposing content into time segments
H04N 21/472 - End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or servicesEnd-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification or for manipulating displayed content
In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for managing playback of content delivered to a mobile device with a pause and resume functionality. The method and system including receiving delivered content on a mobile device, initiating playback of the delivered content, pausing playback of the content being delivered to the mobile device in response to an action and resuming delivery of the content upon a request.
H04N 21/234 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs
H04N 21/414 - Specialised client platforms, e.g. receiver in car or embedded in a mobile appliance
G06F 16/78 - Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
G06F 16/48 - Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
G06F 16/435 - Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
G06F 16/487 - Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
G06F 16/957 - Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
H04W 4/18 - Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
H04M 15/00 - Arrangements for metering, time-control or time-indication
G06F 21/10 - Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material
H04H 20/26 - Arrangements for switching distribution systems
H04L 67/10 - Protocols in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network
H04N 21/262 - Content or additional data distribution scheduling, e.g. sending additional data at off-peak times, updating software modules, calculating the carousel transmission frequency, delaying a video stream transmission or generating play-lists
H04L 45/302 - Route determination based on requested QoS
H04W 88/06 - Terminal devices adapted for operation in multiple networks, e.g. multi-mode terminals
H04W 4/06 - Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]Services to user groupsOne-way selective calling services
H04W 4/02 - Services making use of location information
H04N 21/2387 - Stream processing in response to a playback request from an end-user, e.g. for trick-play
H04N 21/6587 - Control parameters, e.g. trick play commands or viewpoint selection
A method and system for displaying an advertisement at a user device comprising receiving a content stream at the user device comprising an advertisement queuing point, monitoring the content stream for the advertisement queuing point at a client stream assembler module of the user device, communicating an advertisement query signal comprising client metadata from the client stream assembler module to a decision proxy, receiving an advertisement decision signal comprising an advertisement location identifier at the client stream assembler module, requesting an advertisement based on the advertisement location identifier and receiving and displaying the advertisement corresponding to the advertisement location identifier on a display associated with the user device.
A gateway device includes a first communication system, a second communication system and a network processor. The first communication system and the network processor communicate first network signals therebetween. The first network signals comprising first higher priority network signals and first lower priority network signals. The second communicate system and the network processor communicating second network signals therebetween. The second network signals comprising second higher priority network signals and second lower priority network signals. The network processor communicates a first congestion notification request signal to the first communication system. The first communication system modifies the first lower priority network signals at the first communication system in response to the first congestion notification signal to form first modified network signals and communicates the first modified network signals from the gateway device.
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting a plurality of mobile devices in proximity to a device. Further embodiments can include identifying a user identifier associated with each of the plurality of mobile devices resulting in a plurality of user identifiers. Additional embodiments can include obtaining a user profile associated with each of the plurality of user identifiers resulting in a plurality of user profiles. Also, embodiments can include identifying a first user profile having a first priority among the plurality of user profiles. Further embodiments can include provisioning the first user profile on a media processor or set top box and providing media content for presentation on a display according to the first user profile. Other embodiments are disclosed.
H04N 21/45 - Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies or resolving scheduling conflicts
H04N 21/442 - Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed or the storage space available from the internal hard disk
H04N 21/475 - End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. PIN [Personal Identification Number] or preference data
H04W 4/02 - Services making use of location information
H04N 21/436 - Interfacing a local distribution network, e.g. communicating with another STB or inside the home
H04N 21/466 - Learning process for intelligent management, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies
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Method and apparatus for recording advertised media content
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining social network information associated with a first user, wherein the social network information includes information identifying a second user who is related to the first user. A determination is made that the first user had selected, during a presentation of a first media content item by a first media processing device of the first user, recording of a second media content item that had been advertised during the presentation of the first media content item. Responsive to the determining that the first user had selected the recording of the second media content item, a second media processing device of the second user is directed to record the second media content item. Other embodiments are disclosed.
H04N 21/458 - Scheduling content for creating a personalised stream, e.g. by combining a locally stored advertisement with an incoming streamUpdating operations, e.g. for OS modules
H04N 21/433 - Content storage operation, e.g. storage operation in response to a pause request or caching operations
H04N 21/4722 - End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or servicesEnd-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification or for manipulating displayed content for requesting additional data associated with the content
H04N 21/44 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to encoded video stream scene graphs
H04N 21/472 - End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or servicesEnd-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification or for manipulating displayed content
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Method and system for viewing sports content within a virtual reality environment
A virtual reality (VR) system including a head mounted display (HMD), a sensor or input device, and options, selection, and display modules. The HMD displays a VR environment including sports content of a live game, a prerecorded game, or a sports channel. The options module generates an options signal to show viewing options in the VR environment. The viewing options define viewing aspects for viewing the sports content within the VR environment. The sensor or input device generates signals based on detection of movement of the HMD, movement of an eyeball of a user, user voice communication, or user contact with the input device. The selection module, based on the signals: selects the sports content and a viewing option; and generates a selection signal. The display module displays the sports content in the VR environment based on the selection signal.
A user receiving device includes a proximity circuit configured to repeatedly detect a proximity of a first mobile device relative to the user receiving device. An interruption circuit is configured to, based on the detection of a first mobile device, generate an interrupt signal to interrupt a program or a video being played out on a display when the proximity is less than a predetermined range and ceasing to generate the interrupt signal when the proximity is greater than the predetermined range. A control circuit is configured to, when the interrupt signal is no longer generated, resume playing the program or video on the display.
H04N 21/436 - Interfacing a local distribution network, e.g. communicating with another STB or inside the home
H04N 21/45 - Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies or resolving scheduling conflicts
H04N 21/41 - Structure of clientStructure of client peripherals
H04N 21/442 - Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed or the storage space available from the internal hard disk
The ability to control media content play is provided. A media content user interface component that controls playback of the media content in a media player is activated. The component includes a circular progress bar and a progress marker that coincides with the circular progress bar. As the media content plays in the media player, the progress marker moves around the circular progress bar. User input moves the progress marker along the circular progress bar to rewind or fast forward the media content.
G06F 3/04847 - Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
G06F 3/0488 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
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Customized recommendations of multimedia content streams
Customized recommendations of multimedia content streams are provided herein. A method can include facilitating, by a network device of a wireless network and comprising a processor, an output of a recommendation of a first multimedia content stream at a communications device based on a monitored interaction determined to have been performed by an identified entity at the communications device. The method can also include facilitating, by the network device, a first transmission of the first multimedia content stream to the communications device in response to an acceptance of the recommendation of the first multimedia content stream received from the communications device. The first multimedia content stream can be renderable for consumption at the communications device.
H04N 21/262 - Content or additional data distribution scheduling, e.g. sending additional data at off-peak times, updating software modules, calculating the carousel transmission frequency, delaying a video stream transmission or generating play-lists
G06F 16/435 - Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
H04N 21/442 - Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed or the storage space available from the internal hard disk
H04N 21/45 - Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies or resolving scheduling conflicts
H04N 21/25 - Management operations performed by the server for facilitating the content distribution or administrating data related to end-users or client devices, e.g. end-user or client device authentication or learning user preferences for recommending movies
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and apparatus for controlling access of a custom browser function are disclosed. For example, the method includes a processor that sends a request to a third party website, receives a hypertext markup language code and a browser script, renders the hypertext markup language code, detects that the browser script is trying to access a custom browser function, compares one or more parameters associated with the custom browser function to an access control list to control an access of the custom browser function, and executes the custom browser function when a match of the one or more parameters is found in the access control list.
H04L 67/00 - Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications
H04L 67/02 - Protocols based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
G06F 21/62 - Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules
G06F 21/52 - Monitoring users, programs or devices to maintain the integrity of platforms, e.g. of processors, firmware or operating systems during program execution, e.g. stack integrity, buffer overflow or preventing unwanted data erasure
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Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia by means of wired and wireless networks Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics and information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of a providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for movies, series, television programs, webcasts, on-demand content and events
Devices, computer-readable media, and methods for pre-loading video chunks of a video program at an edge server are disclosed. For example, a processor may receive a manifest file for a video program, determine a bitrate for a first segment of the video program, request a video chunk of the first segment at the first bitrate from an edge server in accordance with the manifest file, and request a subset of a video chunk of a second segment of the video program from the edge server.
A method and system for synchronizing an audio signal and a video signal includes a source device receiving an audio-video signal comprising the audio signal and the video signal. The video signal has a video time stamp. The source device communicates the audio signal from the source device to a first sink device through a wireless network with a second time stamp and communicates the video signal to the second sink device with the video time stamp. The second sink device generates a synchronization (synch) signal and communicates the synch signal to the first sink device. The first sink device compares the synch signal to the second time stamp, adjusts a relative timing of the playback of the audio signal in response to comparing and generates an audible signal from the audio signal.
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Downloadable mobile application for streaming of content; computer hardware and downloadable and recorded software for streaming audio and video content to a variety of network devices, namely, personal computers, mobile phones, tablet computers, set-top boxes, televisions; downloadable and recorded computer software for receiving digital video over a communication network; downloadable and recorded computer software for use in organizing, transmitting, receiving, playing, storing and reviewing data, image, audio and video files Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia by means of wired and wireless networks Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics and information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of a providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for movies, series, television programs, webcasts, on-demand content and events
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Downloadable mobile application for streaming of content; computer hardware and downloadable and recorded software for streaming audio and video content to a variety of network devices, namely, personal computers, mobile phones, tablet computers, set-top boxes, televisions; downloadable and recorded computer software for receiving digital video over a communication network; downloadable and recorded computer software for use in organizing, transmitting, receiving, playing, storing and reviewing data, image, audio and video files Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia by means of wired and wireless networks Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics and information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of a providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for movies, series, television programs, webcasts, on-demand content and events
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Downloadable mobile application for streaming of content; computer hardware and downloadable and recorded software for streaming audio and video content to a variety of network devices, namely, personal computers, mobile phones, tablet computers, set-top boxes, televisions; downloadable and recorded computer software for receiving digital video over a communication network; downloadable and recorded computer software for use in organizing, transmitting, receiving, playing, storing and reviewing data, image, audio and video files Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia by means of wired and wireless networks Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics and information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of a providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for movies, series, television programs, webcasts, on-demand content and events
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Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia by means of wired and wireless networks Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics and information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of a providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for movies, series, television programs, webcasts, on-demand content and events
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Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia by means of wired and wireless networks Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics and information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of a providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for movies, series, television programs, webcasts, on-demand content and events
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Broadcasting, webcasting, streaming, and transmission of audio, video, subscription television, and video-on-demand content via the internet and electronic communications networks; television broadcasting to personal computers and mobile devices, namely, mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, and tablet computers; telecommunication services, namely, transmission of voice, data, images, graphics, audio, video, and multimedia by means of wired and wireless networks Entertainment services in the nature of providing entertainment programs and content, namely, movies, ongoing television programs, video clips, graphics and information relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation, via the internet, electronic communications networks, computer networks and wireless communications networks; interactive online entertainment in the nature of a providing a website containing non-downloadable photographic, video, audio and prose presentations, video clips and other multimedia materials relating to movies and television programs in the fields of comedy, drama, action, variety, adventure, sports, musicals, current events and entertainment news, documentary and animation; providing entertainment information in the nature of online programming and scheduling information for movies, series, television programs, webcasts, on-demand content and events
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Method of controlling a content displayed in an in-vehicle system
A system and method for controlling an in-vehicle infotainment system to control content in using a primary display includes a mobile device and the in-vehicle infotainment system in communication with the mobile device. The in-vehicle infotainment system comprises the primary display and a first secondary display. The in-vehicle infotainment system receives a first content selection signal for a first content. The first secondary display displays the first content in response to the first content selection signal. The primary display displays a content identifier corresponding to the first content.
H04N 21/414 - Specialised client platforms, e.g. receiver in car or embedded in a mobile appliance
H04N 21/41 - Structure of clientStructure of client peripherals
H04N 21/45 - Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies or resolving scheduling conflicts
B60K 35/00 - Instruments specially adapted for vehiclesArrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
G01C 21/36 - Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
H04N 21/422 - Input-only peripherals, e.g. global positioning system [GPS]
H04N 21/433 - Content storage operation, e.g. storage operation in response to a pause request or caching operations
H04N 21/845 - Structuring of content, e.g. decomposing content into time segments
H04N 21/436 - Interfacing a local distribution network, e.g. communicating with another STB or inside the home
H04N 21/454 - Content filtering, e.g. blocking advertisements
