Intel Corporation

Ram R Rao

Sudheer Sirivara

Jeffrey S McVeigh

Vaughn Scott Iverson

Robert J Reese

Phillip G Austin

Gianni G Ferrise

Gary A Martz, Jr

Daniel R Wagner

Kenneth M Salzberg

Shobhana Subramanian

Carl S Marshall

Peter Munguia

Christopher J Cormack

Suresh Rangarajulu

Jeffrey Mcveigh

A system including a recording device in which multiple lesser quality recordings of a program, e.g., recordings at a reduced bit rate, are determined by transcoding a high quality version of the program. Since transcoded recordings are determined with respect to the high quality version, they will have the best quality available for a given bit rate. The system allows a user to manage recordings by associating retention policies and relative ranking attributes with recordings, where a policy manager may use these associated policies and attributes to select which high and lesser quality copies of the program are retained over time, thus gradually degrading retained copies in accord with user preferences.

Gradually degrading multimedia recordings

A method and apparatus to generate one or more graphics textures of a video image, wherein graphics textures have differing resolutions, and to render the video image as a graphics texture using the one or more graphics textures of differing resolutions. The one or more graphics textures have different resolutions, for example, a base resolution and one or more scaled resolutions. The graphics texture may be rendered and displayed on a surface of a multi-dimensional graphics object that may be manipulated on a display.

Apparatus and method for rendering a video image as a texture using multiple levels of resolution of the video image

A method for evaluating an end-user's subjective assessment of streaming media quality includes obtaining reference data characterizing the media stream, and obtaining altered data characterizing the media stream after the media stream has traversed a channel that includes a network. An objective measure of the QOS of the media stream is then determined by comparing the reference data and the altered data.

Delivery of streaming media

A media signal is controlled using a portable media content device. The media signal is received and encoded into an encoded media signal for a portable media content device. The encoded media signal is stored for playback on the portable media content device.

Transcoding media content from a personal video recorder for a portable device

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Ram R Rao