Arris Enterprises LLC

Other

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Arris Solutions, Inc.

Arris Group, Inc.

Poole, Andrew J. B.

Halverson, Christopher Ronald

Schiller, Jay B.

Matarese, Joseph R.

Jay B Schiller

Joseph R Matarese

Andrew J B Poole

Joseph H Matthews, Iii

James Armand Baldwin

Todd E Holmdahl

Doug Burger

Christopher R Halverson

Christopher Ronald Halverson

Andrew J Poole

A product container includes sensors and logic that detects a product's weight and communicates the weight to a user's device. An indication may be provided that the product weight has fallen below a set threshold value for reordering, and the user may be prompted to reorder the product. The user may electronically reorder the product or a similar product from their device using one or more software applications.

Weight sensing closed loop system

A set top box includes an interface to a video system configured to deliver data to an individual subscriber or subset of subscribers that are part of a larger group of subscribers, wherein the data is not delivered to the other subscribers of the larger group, the interface adapted to receive communications from one or more modulators of a modulator group of the video system. The set top further includes a decoder configured to extract a modulator group identifier periodically inserted into communications directed to the set top box from the one or more modulators, the modulator group identifier unique to a physical transmission path from a headend of the video system to the one or more modulators. The set top includes a video request interface to the video system, the video request interface configured to output a request for video data including the modulator group identifier.

Method and apparatus for identifying a signal route for delivery of video-on-demand to a subscriber terminal

Embodiments related to selecting advertisements for display to targeted viewers are disclosed. In one example embodiment, an advertisement is selected by, for each of a plurality of advertisements, aggregating a plurality of emotional response profiles from a corresponding plurality of prior viewers of the advertisement to form an aggregated emotional response profile for the advertisement, wherein each of the emotional response profiles comprises a temporal record of a prior viewer's emotional response to the advertisement. The method further includes identifying a group of potentially positively correlated viewers for the targeted viewer, filtering the aggregated emotional response profiles based on the group of potentially positively correlated viewers, selecting a particular advertisement from the plurality of advertisements based on a correlation of the filtered aggregated emotional response profiles, and sending the particular advertisement for display to the targeted viewer.

Selection of advertisements via viewer feedback

A method includes submitting one or more digital video program files for storage on behalf of one or more video servers; the act of submitting the video program files triggering logic to scan the program files to identify information about location and duration of ad breaks; storing the video program files and information about the location and duration of the ad breaks in a database external to the video program files in a manner that associates the video program files with corresponding information about the location and duration of the ad breaks, and in a manner that provides the video servers with access to both the video program files and information about the location and duration of the ad breaks; and removing the ad breaks from the video program files prior to streaming the video program files.

Generating ad insertion metadata at program file load time

A stream server system includes logic to provide an output stream to a machine data network; logic to specify to a stream splicer, without modifying the output stream, a playlist file as a file to provide ad content, the playlist file including identifications of multiple digital content files each comprising a separate advertisement; and logic to stream the multiple content files individually to a stream splicer as a Single Program Transport Stream and to identify the content from the multiple content files to the stream splicer as a single content segment.

Logical content ad insertion

A video-on-demand (VOD) service provider is configured to select advertising to provide with video-on-demand content, the advertising selected at least in part according to at least one of content metadata, ad schedules, or subscriber profile information, and to signal when the advertising is unavailable. The VOD service provider is configured to identify ad break points for the video-on-demand content to generate a playlist identifying the video-on-demand content and when the video-on-demand content is to be provided, and identifying content corresponding to selected advertising and when the content corresponding to the selected advertising is to be provided. The VOD server receives from a set top box a signal to pause or stop providing of the content to the set top box, and receives from the set top box a signal to resume providing the content to the set top box, and selects different advertising at least in part according to changed conditions when the signal to resume is received, and modifies the playlist to reference the different advertising.

Digital ad insertion for video-on-demand

A set top box includes an interface to a video on demand system, the interface adapted to receive communications from one or more modulators of a modulator group of the video on demand system. The set top further includes a decoder configured to extract a modulator group identifier periodically inserted into communications directed the set top box from the one or more modulators, the modulator group identifier unique to a physical transmission path from a headend of the video on demand system to the one or more modulators. The set top includes a video-on-demand request interface to the video on demand system, the video on demand request interface configured to output a request for video on demand data including the modulator group identifier.

Identifying a signal route for delivery of video-on-demand to a subscriber terminal

A method may include and/or involve identifying a received signal as an indication that advertising content should be provided, determining ad content to provide in response to the signal, specifying a playlist file as a file to provide the ad content, the playlist file including identifications of multiple digital content files including the ad content, and streaming the multiple content files as a Single Program Transport Stream.

A method and apparatus for identifying an appropriate video signal path is provided for delivery of video-on-demand (VOD) data to a subscriber in a VOD system. The signal path may be a portion of an hybrid fiber optic and cable (HFC) network so that other signal paths in the HFC network may service subscribers in other areas. Because each path need not service every area, the total bandwidth provided by the VOD server need not be provided to every area so that the bandwidth provided to each area can be commensurate with the needs of that area. When a subscriber requests VOD programming, the identification received by the subscriber's terminal from the VOD server is returned to the server along with the request. From the identification, the VOD server may determine the area in which the requesting subscriber is located and the VOD server may then transmit the requested programming to the area in which the subscriber is located for reception by the subscriber.

Embodiments of the present invention are systems and methods for delivering video programs to a video distribution center. An embodiment of the invention is a method for delivering video programming to a distribution center that provides broadcast programming and store-and-forward programming, such as video on demand based on video programming recorded at the distribution center. The method comprises sending a plurality of video programs to the distribution center. Wherein, the plurality of video programs is to be provided as broadcast programming by the distribution center. The method also comprises sending ancillary data to the distribution center. The ancillary data includes business rules that include permission for the distribution center to record one or more selected video programs of the plurality of video programs.

System and method for delivering video programs to a video distribution center

According to the invention, a human-propellable luggage which converts motion of the luggage into conditioned electrical power is provided. The luggage may have a body, chassis, wheel, generator and power supply circuit. The body may be configured to support an object and to be moved by a force exerted by a user. The wheel may define an axis of rotation and be coupled with the body. The wheel may be configured to be in contact with a surface and rotate about the axis of rotation when the body is moved relative to the surface. The generator may be coupled with the wheel and may be configured to convert the rotation of the wheel about the axis of rotation into electrical power. The power supply circuit may be coupled with the generator and be configured to receive the electrical power from the generator and condition the electrical power for use externally.

Growing community of inventors

Denver, CO, United States of America

Jay B Schiller