Adeia Guides Inc.

Charter Communications Operating, LLC

Rovi Guides, Inc.

Dhananjay Lal

Reda Harb

Andrew Ip

Dell Wolfensparger

Matthew Ringenberg

Serhad Doken

Mun G Choi

Tao Chen

Ning Xu

Mustafa Coskun

Vehbi Cagri Gungor

Gyanveer Singh

Cato Yang

Kamal J Koshy

Kyle Beckemeyer

Jean-Yves Couleaud

Tatu V J Harviainen

Zhiyun Li

Yu Charlie Hu

Antti Heikkinen

Mikko Uitto

Omar Alami

Anup Basu

Zhaoning Jonny Kong

Christian G Loera

Jiayi Meng

Systems and methods are described for selecting a 3D object for display in an extended reality environment. A space in an extended reality environment is determined for placement of a 3D object. A set of space parameters are determined comprising: an amount of memory available for generating the display of the extended reality environment and an amount of computing power available for generating the display of the extended reality environment. The 3D object is selected for display in the space based on the amount of memory and the amount of computing power available.

Methods and systems for selecting a 3D object for display in an extended reality environment

Systems and methods are described for generating subtitles. Utterance data is received. First subtitles are generated for the utterance data. A first term is identified in the first subtitles. Contextual data relating to the utterance data is determined. A replacement term for the first term is determined based on the contextual data. Second subtitles are generated for the utterance data. The second subtitles comprise the replacement term.

Methods and systems for generating subtitles

Systems and methods are provided herein for manipulating a stereoscopic display so that portions of the stereoscopic display are located at varying planes. This may be accomplished by a device comprising a plurality of microdisplays receiving a piece of three-dimensional (3D) content. The device may determine that a portion of the 3D content comprises a 3D object at a location within the 3D content. The device may then change the position of a first microdisplay according to the location of the 3D object within the 3D content. The device may display the 3D content using the plurality of microdisplays, wherein the first microdisplay displays the 3D object. The first microdisplay changing positions according to the location of the 3D object within the 3D content provides depth for rendering the 3D object at a suitable accommodation distance and reduces or eliminates the vergence-accommodation conflict for the user.

Adaptive displays to address the vergence-accommodation conflict

Systems and methods for bandwidth-adaptive light field video transmission on mobile and portable devices is disclosed. An upstream bandwidth is estimated. A request for a service tier for capture and transmission of light field content is received, wherein the light field content comprises an image array of a plurality of sub-aperture images. When the requested service tier is greater than the estimated upstream bandwidth, a reduced service tier is determined based on the estimated upstream bandwidth. A number of sub-aperture images comprising a reduced image array is determined based on the reduced service tier. The image array is reduced to the reduced image array based on feature saliency and adjacency of sub-aperture images. Resources corresponding to the reduced service tier are provided for capture and transmission of the reduced image array.

Bandwidth-adaptive light field video transmission on mobile and portable devices

Systems and methods are described for replacing an object being presented in a livestream with a secondary object that is personalized to a user that is consuming the livestream and rendering the livestream with the secondary object are described. The methods identify a target object in a livestream based on certain selection factors. A secondary object that is contextually related to the target object and selected based on selection factors is selected. A 2D-to-3D conversion of the scene description is performed to generate a 3D model. A replacement option is selected. The attributes of the secondary object based on its 3D model are matched with attributes of the target object based on its generated 3D model. Quality checks and scalability options are explored. The livestream is re-rendered with the secondary object having replaced the target object.

Systems and methods for switching between alternate scene objects during livestreaming

Systems and methods are provided herein for providing a system to reconfigure a user's access network to provide varying quality of service (QOS) based on flow identification. For example, a policy server (PS) may transmit a plurality of addresses of virtual private network (VPN) servers associated with a priority status to a cable modem (CM) and/or cable modem termination system (CMTS) associated with a client device. The CMTS may notify the PS when the CM and/or CMTS detects VPN traffic between the client device and a VPN server associated with the priority status. In response to the notification, the PS may transmit an update message to the CMTS, wherein the update message comprises an updated configuration. The updated configuration may be used to update the CM and/or CMTS so that the updated CM and/or CMTS process future data packets according to an updated QoS policy.

Quality-of-service enabled network communication for virtual private network clients

Systems and methods are provided for dynamically adjusting a personal boundary of an avatar in an XR environment. The system identifies a first avatar in an extended reality (XR) environment based on rule data stored in a storage. In response to the system detecting that the first avatar has entered a portion of the XR environment at a communicable distance from a second avatar, the system does the following steps. The system determines an offensiveness rating of the first avatar. The system retrieves, from the storage, an offensiveness tolerance of the second avatar. The system compares the offensiveness rating of the first avatar and offensiveness tolerance of the second avatar. In response to determining, based on the comparing, that the offensiveness rating of the first avatar exceeds the offensiveness tolerance of the second avatar, the system automatically censors one or more messages from the first avatar to the second avatar.

Dynamically adjusting a personal boundary of an avatar in an XR environment

Systems, methods and apparatuses are described for providing a summary associated with a virtual meeting. In response to detecting a break in presence (BIP) at a first computing device for a first user in the virtual meeting, each of one or more second computing devices participating in the virtual meeting and corresponding to at least one second user may be caused to locally monitor reactions of the corresponding at least one second user to the virtual meeting during the BIP. The server may receive one or more parameters associated with the locally monitored reactions and corresponding to a portion of the virtual meeting during the BIP. In response to determining to generate a summary associated with a corresponding portion of the virtual meeting during the BIP, based on the received one or more parameters, the summary may be generated and provided to the first computing device.

Systems and methods for decentralized generation of a summary of a virtual meeting

Systems and methods are described for generating for display a media asset, and receiving a query regarding an object depicted in the media asset at a first time point within a presentation duration of the media asset. The system and methods may, based on receiving the query, determine one or more second presentation points within the presentation duration of the media asset related to the object, identify the one or more second presentation points as supplemental content, and generate for display the supplemental content while the media asset is being generated for display.

Systems and methods for providing supplemental content related to a queried object

Methods and systems are described for improved delivery of foveated rendering streams for media content delivery. Received video data is separated into a high acuity (HA) stream and a low acuity (LA) stream. The HA stream is marked to indicate HA transmission. A communication device that retransmits the HA stream based on the marking transmits the HA stream at a lower latency and a higher reliability than the LA stream. A receiving device receives the HA stream and the LA stream. A display device generates for display a combined stream including the HA stream and the LA stream. Artificial intelligence systems, including neural networks, are trained for improving the foveated rendering. Models are developed for the foveated rendering. Related apparatuses, devices, techniques, and articles are also described.

Delivery of foveated rendering streams for media content delivery

Systems and methods for generating a CAPTCHA challenge in a virtual environment are disclosed. The methods display a spatially anchored virtual 3D object in a virtual environment where certain features of the 3D object are hidden or occluded. The methods provide general, specific, or no instructions to a user for manipulating the displayed 3D virtual object. Upon determining that the manipulations performed follow the instructions, the occluded feature is revealed. Varying degrees of CAPTCHA challenges are provided that include moving real life objects, leveraging user background in generating customized CAPTCHA challenges, and camouflaging the virtual objects to make solving the CAPTCHA more challenging. The methods query the user to provide an input that reflects the revealed occluded feature, and, if the response to the query meets the predetermined response, access to the secured data requested in granted.

Systems and methods for using occluded 3D objects for mixed reality CAPTCHA

An augmented reality (AR) device captures a first image frame of a first scene in a real world. The AR device compresses the first image frame using a same bitrate across an entirety of the first image frame to generate a first compressed image frame. The AR device wirelessly sends, to a server, the first compressed image frame. The AR device receives, from the server, object detection results that identify locations of objects depicted in the first image frame.

Efficient offloading of video frame processing tasks in edge-assisted augmented reality

Depth sensing measurements are performed for an area in all directions surrounding a user. Based on the depth sensing measurements, a horizontal plane the area, as well as a plurality of obstructions in the area are identified. A three-dimensional shape representing the maximum volume of contiguous open space is generated based on the horizontal plane and the plurality of obstructions. The three-dimensional shape is then truncated to create a maximally sized convex shape. The largest possible play area is then constructed using the convex shape.

Systems and methods for automatic configuration of a virtual reality play area and physical harm avoidance

Systems and methods are described for receiving a first request to access a media asset; identifying a first portion of the media asset to be provided for display based on the first request, wherein the first portion of the media asset corresponds to a first timepoint of the media asset; identifying a second portion of the media asset corresponding to a second timepoint of the media asset, wherein the second timepoint occurs prior to the first timepoint of the media asset; receiving a second request to cause simultaneous display of the first portion of the media asset corresponding to the first timepoint and the second portion of the media asset corresponding to the second timepoint; and in response to receiving the second request, providing for simultaneous display the first portion of the media asset and the second portion of the media asset.

Systems and methods for providing simultaneous display of portions of a media asset

Systems and methods are provided herein for streaming immersive content to a device. This may be accomplished by a system displaying a piece of media on a display in a first format and determining that the piece of media is approaching a segment of the piece of media that is available in a second format (e.g., light field content). In response to determining that the upcoming segment is available in the second format, the system can use one or more sensors to determine a position of a user in relation to the display. The system can then send a request for the piece of media in the second format, wherein the request comprises the position of the user. The system can then receive and display the segment of the piece of media in the second format, wherein the segment is customized according to the position of the user.

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Englewood, CO, United States of America

Dhananjay Lal