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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018

Filed:

Aug. 02, 2016
Applicant:

Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Loc Phan, San Jose, CA (US);

Satvir Singh Bhatia, Milpitas, CA (US);

Stephen D. Rank, San Jose, CA (US);

Christopher J. Ullrich, Ventura, CA (US);

Jean Francois Dionne, Outremont, CA;

Hugues Antoine Oliver, Montreal, CA;

Assignee:

IMMERSION CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 6/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/6379 (2011.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/236 (2011.01); H04N 21/6336 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01); H04N 21/854 (2011.01); H04N 19/44 (2014.01); H04N 19/46 (2014.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04N 21/233 (2011.01); H04N 21/438 (2011.01); H04N 21/4385 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/6379 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G08B 6/00 (2013.01); H04L 65/607 (2013.01); H04N 19/44 (2014.11); H04N 19/46 (2014.11); H04N 21/233 (2013.01); H04N 21/23614 (2013.01); H04N 21/234336 (2013.01); H04N 21/4382 (2013.01); H04N 21/4385 (2013.01); H04N 21/6336 (2013.01); H04N 21/6582 (2013.01); H04N 21/845 (2013.01); H04N 21/85406 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes receiving digital content data including audio data and/or video data, generating haptic data using at least some of the received digital content data, encoding the haptic data for efficient transmission over a communication network, multiplexing the encoded haptic data with the received digital content data, embedding information for decoding the encoded haptic data in metadata of the multiplexed data stream, and sending the multiplexed data stream over the communication network. The method may include analyzing the haptic data to determine at least one characteristic of the haptic data, and the encoding the haptic data may include encoding, based on the determined characteristic, the haptic data to meet a pre-defined criteria.


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