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Slacker, Inc.

Texas Instruments Corporation

Cirrus Logic Inc.

Moovel North America, LLC

Celite Milbrandt

Bradley D Kindig

Michael Allan Kost

Safdar M Asghar

Brian Robert Wiese

Krista S Jacobsen

Pedro Larios

Bradley Kindig

Systems and methods are disclosed for providing devices capable of the reception and playback of one or more crafted media channels transmitted over an intermittent connection. The one or more channels may be customized by the end user to bias the programming towards individual tastes or moods. The channels may be delivered over an intermittent, unidirectional link, for example a Satellite Radio receiver in a home or car. Content may also be delivered over an intermittent, bidirectional link, for example to a portable media player via a wireless 802.11 or other networked connection.

Methods and systems for personalized rendering of digital media content

Systems and methods for secure communications between mobile applications installed on a user's mobile device. In some embodiments, a first application installed on a user's mobile device generates a key and transmits the key and a message to a server, where the message is to be communicated to a second application. According to disclosed embodiments, there is no limit on the size or a type of data included in the message. The server receives the message and the key from the first application. The first application shares the key with the second application which is then transmitted to the server for authenticating the second application. Upon authenticating the second application, the server transmits the message to the second application. In some embodiments, the applications and/or the server exchanges data with goods/services providers associated with the applications.

Secure interprocess communications between mobile device applications using phone-generated keys

An electronic system includes a controller that controls switching in a switching power converter in accordance with a dynamically determined, minimum line voltage switching threshold based on one or more operating parameters of the electronic system. In at least one embodiment, the one or more operating parameters of the electronic system include power utilization of a load. The controller utilizes the dynamically determined, minimum line voltage switching threshold to determine when to enable and disable switching in the switching power converter. Since the controller bases determination of the dynamically determined, minimum line voltage switching threshold on power utilization of the load, the controller operates more efficiently by reducing switching losses while still meeting power demand by the load.

Variable minimum input voltage based switching in an electronic power control system

Systems and methods are disclosed for providing devices capable of the reception and playback of one or more crafted media channels transmitted over an intermittent connection. An exemplary method of personalized rendering of media content includes receiving media files and file metadata defining attributes of the media files over a data link at a receiver. The method further includes executing, using a processor of the receiver, instructions stored in a memory of the receiver. The instructions cause the processor to store certain ones of the media files characterized by file metadata consistent with one or more channel profiles in the memory, remove certain of the ones of the media files stored within the memory, and sequence the ones of the media files stored within the memory for rendering based upon one or more of the channel profiles.

Systems and devices for personalized rendering of digital media content

A system, method, and machine-readable medium are disclosed for the controlled, non-real-time conveyance of digital content for playback. Digital content and associated metadata are marked, rated, categorized, and then converted into encoded digital data. The resulting encoded digital data is transmitted as a plurality of data streams through a communications facility such as a satellite, wireless, or physical network. The data streams are received by a content receiver where they are decoded into metadata and digital content for controlled conveyance and playback. A digital content management module comprising a content selection algorithm compares metadata associated with candidate digital content to a predetermined content selection profile. If the metadata matches predetermined selection parameters of the selection profile, the candidate digital content and its associated metadata are stored in a machine-readable medium for controlled conveyance and playback.

Method and apparatus for interactive distribution of digital content

A system for determining the transmit power of a communication device operating on a twisted pair subscriber line includes a communication server coupled to a first subscriber line and a second subscriber line. The communication server comprises a communication device that communicates a signal using the first subscriber line. A memory coupled to the communication server stores noise information and cross-channel-coupling information for the first subscriber line and the second subscriber line. A processor coupled to the memory determines the transmit power of the communication device based upon the noise information and the cross-channel-coupling information.

System and method for determining the transmit power of a communication device operating on digital subscriber lines

A system for verifying spectral compatibility of a communication system that utilizes at least one digital subscriber line protocol includes a plurality of digital subscriber line access multiplexers and a communications channel coupling the plurality of digital subscriber line access multiplexers. Each digital subscriber line access multiplexer is operable to transmit and receive at least one message over the communications channel. The message comprises information related to a training of a digital subscriber line modem by a carrier.

Method and system for verifying spectral compatibility of digital subscriber line connections

The present invention provides a system and method of an upstream power back-off in a very high rate Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL) system. The method is based on a global desired receive PSD (GDR PSD), which is used to determine an upstream power back-off algorithm. The GDR PSD is transmitted from the transceiver at the LT to the NT during initialization. The NT determines an upstream transmit power spectral density for data transmission using the received GDR PSD and a determined insertion loss of the loop on which it resides.

Upstream power back-off

A system for determining the data rate capacity of a digital subscriber line includes a communication server coupled to a number of subscribers using twisted pair subscriber lines. A memory coupled to the communication server stores attenuation information and noise information for the twisted pair subscriber lines. A processor coupled to the memory determines the data rate capacity of a selected twisted pair subscriber line using the attenuation information and the noise information.

System and method for determining the data rate capacity of digital subscriber lines

A system for determining a communication protocol of a communication device operating on digital subscriber lines includes a communication server coupled to a number of subscribers using a number of subscriber lines. The communication server comprises a first communication device that communicates with a second communication device using a particular subscriber line. A processor coupled to the communication server determines that the first communication device is inoperable to communicate with the second communication device using a first communication protocol. In response, the processor initiates the operation of the first communication device using a second communication protocol.

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