Oblong Industries, Inc.

Motorola Mobility LLC

Ucentric Systems, Inc.

Motorola Corporation

General Instrument Corporation

Ucentric Holdings, Inc.

Carlton J Sparrell

John Stephen Underkoffler

Kwindla Hultman Kramer

Paul Yarin

Navjot Singh

Kate Hollenbach

Harald Belker

John Andrew Watlington

Alexander D Vasilevsky

Kate Hollenback

Michael L Charlier

Thomas M Tirpak

Yaxin Zhang

Sergio Parise

Peter A Kaczowka

Chester Ruszczyk

Jinyou Zhang

Brandon Lee Walter Harvey

Peter Joseph Hawkes

Sergey N Baranov

Joong Thye Lee

Embodiments described herein includes a system comprising a processor coupled to display devices, sensors, remote client devices, and computer applications. The computer applications orchestrate content of the remote client devices simultaneously across the display devices and the remote client devices, and allow simultaneous control of the display devices. The simultaneous control includes automatically detecting a gesture of at least one object from gesture data received via the sensors. The detecting comprises identifying the gesture using only the gesture data. The computer applications translate the gesture to a gesture signal, and control the display devices in response to the gesture signal.

Operating environment with gestural control and multiple client devices, displays, and users

Embodiments described herein includes a system comprising a processor coupled to display devices, sensors, remote client devices, and computer applications. The computer applications orchestrate content of the remote client devices simultaneously across at least one of the display devices and the remote client devices, and allow simultaneous control of the display devices. The simultaneous control includes automatically detecting a gesture of at least one object from gesture data received via the sensors. The gesture data is absolute three-space location data of an instantaneous state of the at least one object at a point in time and space. The detecting comprises aggregating the gesture data, and identifying the gesture using only the gesture data. The computer applications translate the gesture to a gesture signal, and control at least one of the display devices and the remote client devices in response to the gesture signal.

Operating environment comprising multiple client devices, multiple displays, multiple users, and gestural control

Systems and methods for display. Program instructions of a client application are accessed. The client application is an application of a client device that is located within a viewable region of a display device. Display output of a first display system application is generated by executing the accessed program instructions. A first absolute position of the client device is determined. A display area for the display output of the display system application is determined. A first pixel region of the display device is determined. The first display region corresponds to the determined display area and the first absolute position of the client device. The display output of the display system application is displayed by using the determined first pixel region.

Spatially mediated augmentations of and interactions among distinct devices and applications via extended pixel manifold

A system comprising an input device includes a detector coupled to a processor. The detector detects an orientation of the input device. The input device has multiple modal orientations corresponding to the orientation. The modal orientations correspond to multiple input modes of a gestural control system. The detector is coupled to the gestural control system and automatically controls selection of an input mode in response to the orientation.

Spatial, multi-modal control device for use with spatial operating system

A method of collaborative transcoding includes discovering capabilities of devices within a network; exchanging information about content stored within the network; anticipating a request for a content item in a target format; identifying a location of the content item by referencing the information about content stored within the network; and, if the content item is not in the target format, selecting a the device within the network to transcode the content into the target format. A system for collaborative transcoding includes a network, the network comprising a first networked device and at least one other networked device, the first networked device receiving a request for a content item in a target format; a shared content history; the shared content history comprising a list of content available on the network, the first networked device searching the shared content history to determine if another networked device can provide the content item; a capability list comprising a native format and transcoding capabilities of the networked devices, the first networked device searching the capability list to determine if any the networked device is configured to transcode the content item from a source format to a target format.

Collaborative transcoding

An arrangement is provided in which a mobile media rendering device such as a video-enabled mobile phone utilizes a graphical user interface ('GUI') to inform its user as to whether a remote recorder, such as a digital video recorder ('DVR') disposed in a set top box (&#x201c;STB&#x201d;), is recording a media program, such as a television show or movie, that is being simulcast to both the mobile phone and the remote recorder. A service verifies that the mobile phone and STB are associated with a valid service subscription. If so verified, then the service sends a control signal over a network to the STB to activate the DVR to record the selected simulcast media program. Various icons on the GUI are provided to let the user know that the DVR is recording the selected simulcast media program to long term storage, for example, or to indicate that the DVR is recording the program to more temporary storage. Or, if there is an issue that prevents the DVR from recording the selected simulcast media program then that is brought to the user's attention using a different icon displayed on the GUI.

On screen alert to indicate status of remote recording

A centralized Digital Video Recording (DVR) and reproduction system links several reproduction and control units (such as television receivers, etc.) and a centralized server via a home area network. This allows programming to be distributed throughout the premises, and novelly allows live-pause recording and playback to be effected from more than one reproduction and control unit in a seamless manner. For example, during a live-pause episode, a viewer can pause a program from one control and reproduction unit, and resume viewing the program from the same pause point at another control and reproduction unit on the premises. The present invention also allows a viewer to view multiple programs from the server on the same monitor using a multiple picture-in-picture display.

Centralized digital video recording and playback system accessible to multiple reproduction and control units via a home area network

A system [] includes an audio reception device [] to receive audio from a person speaking and convert the audio to a text format. An intelligent agent [] receives the text format and detects at least one key term in the text format based on predetermined criteria. A logic engine [] compares the at least one key term with a listener knowledge base [] corresponding to a listener to determine context information corresponding to the at least one key term. A search device [] searches for multimedia content corresponding to the context information. A communication device [] communicates display content comprising at least one of: the multimedia content, and a link to the multimedia content to an electronic display device [] adapted to display the display content.

Automatic creation of an interactive log based on real-time content

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Marblehead, MA, United States of America

Carlton J Sparrell