Comcast Cable Communications, LLC

Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC

Advancing Technologies, LLC

Telcordia Technologies, Inc., a Corp. of Delaware

Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research

Zimmer Gmbh

Telcordia Technologies, Inc.

Zimmer Technology, Inc.

Windsor, Russell

Letson, D. Douglas

Michael J Cook

Michael Patrick Connelly

Jim Poder

James Poder

Bhagabati Maharana

Louis Rubin

Jeffrey Lewis

James Tobin

Sharma Kanchinadham

Bavani Subramaniam

Mark A Vickers

David De Andrade

Bruce Bradley

Labeeb K Ismail

Hari Venkatram Pedaprolu

Dan E Holden

Daniel Grady

Jason Smith

Daniel Herscovici

Shaun Gehring

Charlie Herrin

Robert Philibert

Thomas Wlodkowski

Walt Michel

John Edward Meyers

Ivan Ong

Christian F Huitema

Jeff Blaylock

David G Lewallen

Arlen Dale Hanssen

Rodney L Bays

Adam M Griner

Darek A Smyk

Vincent A Webster

Thomas C Ely

Ron Donkers

Marvin Figueroa

Maleata Hall

Russell Windsor

Bill H Haywood

Bill N Sisk

Gary J Sommese

Frederick Obrock

Louis Cahl

Mauricio Arango

John A Manno

Frank Harper

Douglas Grant

James S Poder

Scott Dykema

D Douglas Letson

Jerry Aikins

Arlen D Hannsen

A user device may join an ongoing communication of another user device by sending a request to the other user device to join the ongoing communication. The other user device may provide an option for the user of the other device to accept the request. Alternatively, the other user device may automatically add the user device to the ongoing communication or decline to the add the user device to the ongoing communication.

Joining ongoing communications

Aspects of the disclosure relate to measuring and managing data traffic in one or more networks. In some embodiments, a monitor may measure the traffic at one or more locations within the network(s) or devices associated therewith to determine whether the traffic exceeds a threshold. When the traffic exceeds the threshold, one or more actions may be taken, such as issuing or transmitting a command or directive. The command or directive may advise a device or an application to throttle or reduce an input or stimulus responsible for generating the traffic. In some embodiments, a throttling may be effectuated to reduce the data traffic.

Resource measurement and management

In some embodiments, a system may process a user interface to identify textual or graphical items in the interface, and may prepare a plurality of audio files containing spoken representations of the items. As the user navigates through the interface, different ones of the audio files may be selected and played, to announce text associated with items selected by the user. A computing device may periodically determine whether a cache offering the interface to users stores audio files for all of the interface's textual items, and if the cache is missing any audio files for any of the textual items, the computing device may take steps to have a corresponding audio file created.

Voice-enabled screen reader

Methods, systems, and devices for displaying additional or targeted content to a user are disclosed. An image or data capture device associated with a display device may capture an image of an environment associated with the user or capture data related to what is being viewed by the viewer's eyes. Objects in the captured image may be recognized, and additional content may be provided based on presence or absence of recognized objects.

Environment object recognition

A method, apparatus, and software are provided for using an optically-readable code such as a quick-response (QR) code. The optically-readable code may represent a uniform resource identifier (URI) including parameters that represent a query, such as a query for content and/or other data. The query results may be used to command a content consumption device to record or otherwise obtain an item of content. The optically-readable code may additionally or alternatively be determined based upon a status of the device, such as what content, or portion thereof, is currently being displayed, and/or what error condition is being experienced.

Optically readable codes in a content delivery system

A media server is hosted in a service provider's network so that media content can be stored from or rendered to a private network such as a Digital Living Network Alliance network. Media content may be stored by accessing the media server or by downloading the media content to the media server. Support of set top boxes interacting with voice-on-demand (VOD) controllers and computers interacting with IP-based video content servers are integrated through the media server. Consequently, VOD assets can be played on IP-based devices and IP-based content can be played on set top boxes. A gateway function converts IP-based content to a VOD asset, and renders the VOD asset to a set top box while mapping digital rights management information for the VOD asset. Conversely, the gateway function may convert a VOD asset to IP-based content that can be played on an IP-based device.

Internet protocol (IP) to video-on-demand (VOD) gateway

Graphical descriptor data associated with a particular video asset may include data for one or more graphical descriptor images and graphical descriptor metadata related to each graphical descriptor image. The graphical descriptor images can be simultaneously presented on a display screen with the video asset content and used to navigate to different content in that video asset. The graphical descriptors can also be used to navigate to content of one or more different assets.

Video assets having associated graphical descriptor data

Methods, systems, and devices for displaying additional or targeted content to a user are disclosed. An image or data capture device associated with a display device may capture an image of a space associated with the user or capture data related to what is being viewed by the viewer's eyes. Objects in the captured image or objects being viewed may be recognized, including any identifiable image, item, detail, or article and the like. A recognized object may then be compared to a target list to determine a match. If matched, and if there is additional content associated with the target object, the additional content may be presented to the user.

A system may receive application data in a client-incompatible format and convert at least a portion of the application data into an alternate client-compatible format. In one example, the incompatible format may comprise Enhanced Binary Interchange Format (EBIF) while a client-compatible format may include a web format such as JavaScript, XML or HTML. Interactions (e.g., commands and user input) associated with the application may be received and converted. The interactions may then be processed using the application.

Application support for network devices

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