Arris Enterprises LLC

Sony Corporation

Sony Electronics Inc

Rajesh Rao

William P Franks

Kaliraj Kalaichelvan

Takashi Hironaka

Ernest George Schmitt

Arpan Kumar Kaushal

Aniela Rosenberger

Peter Rae Shintani

Thomas Patrick Dawson

Robert Hardacker

Djung N Nguyen

Behram Mario Dacosta

Leo Pedlow

Rolf Toft

Ludovic Etienne Douillet

Edgar Allan Tu

Milton Massey Frazier

George Edward Williams

David Boyden

Mark Hanson

Ian Charles Matthews

Nicholas James Colsey

Jason R Meerbergen

Beena Devadathan

Mark Steven Schmidt

Yuko Nishikawa

Seth Hill

Max Wu

Kenneth Westfield

Jing Deng

Fabio Hashimoto

A system and method dynamically supporting the concurrent storage of both quadrature amplitude modulated formatted and Internet protocol formatted video content. In particular, this dynamic support is based, at least in part, upon the recognition of format of the content being stored or retrieved from a memory. This memory is typically a hard-disk drive associated with a media gateway appliance. The system and method enable the provision of an improved content viewing and storage experience for users.

System and method for adaptive storage of video data

A system and method enabling the seamless transition between viewing a recorded portion of a program and rejoining a live stream of that program. The system and method enable the rapid provision of live-streamed content upon the exhaustion of the playback of recorded content. This achieved by utilizing a universal resource locator associated with the source of the content.

System and method for seamless content transition

The disclosure relates to a methods and apparatus to perform improved trickplay for higher speeds and high-latency networks. In one aspect, the method comprises receiving, in a processor, data comprising a video or audiovisual signal formatted in a sequence of chunks downloaded sequentially over a communications medium. When the processor receives a command to display the data at a trickplay speed that is higher than normal speed, the processor can begin to skip a number of chunks before downloading a next chunk in the sequence of chunks, decoding, and displaying the decoded chunk. The number of skipped chunks between each downloaded chunk may be a preset number and/or may be dynamically determined in the event that a downloaded chunk is skipped because it is not downloaded in time or if the expected download time of the next chunk is longer than the display time of the current chunk.

Method and apparatus for presentation of video content

A method, system, and computer program product for trick play using partial video file chunks includes a processor to retrieve the selected video file from an HLS server, the video file having a plurality of video chunks, and each one of the video chunks beginning with an I-frame. The processor may determine an average size of the plurality of I-frames. The average I-frame size may be based on a bitrate speed of the video file. The processor may retrieve a portion equal to the average I-frame size of from the beginning of each one of the plurality of chunks of the video. The processor may receive a begin trick play request of the selected video and initiate trick play of the selected video. The trick play of the video includes displaying each portion of each one of the plurality of chunks of the video.

Methods and systems for trick play using partial video file chunks

A system and method dynamically adjusting the rate at which incoming content data is transferred into a media gateway appliance, and the rate at which outgoing content data is provided to one or more client devices by the media gateway appliance. This dynamic adjustment is performed in accordance with a predetermined program and as a function of real-time data streaming rates and predetermined rate parameters and preferences. The system and method enable the provision of an improved viewing and content acquisition experience for users.

System and method for dynamic adjustment of content streaming rates

A method and system are provided for simultaneously coupling to a plurality of client applications, receiving a first playback request from a first client application of the plurality of client applications, the first playback request being implemented in a first application specific protocol of the first client application, and a second playback request from a second client application of the plurality of client applications, the second playback request being implemented in a second application specific protocol of the second client application, wherein the first application specific protocol is different from the second application specific protocol and executing the first playback request and the second playback request by one or more players implemented in a single protocol.

Service based media player

A TV-set is equipped with HDMI and USB connections that allow it to display and run audio-video content from a variety of conventional consumer devices. The TV-set is further equipped to provide a secure HDMI-USB interface that will allow the transfer of licensed high definition content and Internet subscriber services. Such secure HDMI-USB interface also enables a selection of proprietary application modules to be attached. Downloadable user interface templates, much like XML style sheets, are rendered to a user interface displayed on the screen. These are associated with corresponding thumbnails and URI's that allow a user to surf through lists and catalogs of materials, and then to play them in the appropriate formats and provide the machine with a customized controller. A remote commander is simplified, yet expanded to control all the attached devices through interactions with the user interface. The functions of the remote commander's keys change depending on where the user is navigating and what device is being controlled, similar to so-called soft-keys.

Automatically reconfigurable multimedia system with interchangeable personality adapters

A communication error message is displayed on a TV when an error is noted on a control data link between the TV and an Internet adapter module connected thereto.

Communication error message for TV internet adapter

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San Marcos, CA, United States of America

Rajesh Rao