Smith Micro Software, Inc.

Apple Inc.

Brainerd Sathianathan

Ronald Keryuan Huang

Dallas Blake De Atley

Jeffrey Alan Bush

Jerry Hauck

Arulkumaran Chandrasekaran

A streaming appliance having an internal quantizer is disclosed so that the bit rate of a streamed video can be adjusted based on the current conditions of a link between the streaming appliance and one or more target devices.

Video streaming apparatus with quantization and method thereof

Systems and methods for activating a mobile device for use with a service provider are described. In one exemplary method, a mobile device having a currently inserted SIM card may be prepared for activation using a signing process in which an activation server generates a signed activation ticket that uniquely corresponds to the combination of the device and SIM card, and that is securely stored on the mobile device. In another exemplary method the mobile device may be activated in an activation process in which the device verifies an activation ticket against information specific to the device and SIM card, and initiates activation when the verification of the activation ticket is successful.

Service provider activation

Video quantizer unit and method thereof

A transcoder is provided that achieves lower complexity without picture quality loss. The transcoder may be either an open loop transcoder or a closed loop transcoder.

Transcoder unit and method

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Brainerd Sathianathan