Christopher T Ward

US Patent:

6567986, May 20, 2003

Filed:

Feb 23, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/255949

Inventors:

Christopher Ward - Glen Ridge NJ
Charles M. Wine - Princeton NJ

Assignee:

Sarnoff Corporation - Princeton NJ

International Classification:

H04N 7173

US Classification:

725118, 725 98, 348512, 348521, 348722, 348536

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for distributing time and frequency information to a plurality of studios such that the studios can then use the time and frequency information frequency and timelock their studio components to the global reference. The apparatus includes various embodiments for facilitating the distribution of time and frequency depending upon the type of digital network that is used for distributing the television signals.

US Patent:

6600520, Jul 29, 2003

Filed:

Feb 19, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/253281

Inventors:

Christopher Ward - Glen Ridge NJ
Charles M. Wine - Princeton NJ
David B. Homan - Hopewell NJ

Assignee:

Sarnoff Corporation - Princeton NJ

International Classification:

H04N 5222

US Classification:

348722, 348552, 348553, 725 91, 725 92, 725 94, 725114, 725138, 725146

Abstract:

A command and control architecture for a compressed digital television broadcast studio. The architecture includes provisions for session management, real-time control of studio activities, the use of proxy objects to establish communications with objects not providing a high level of control, control of studio filter devices and stream management. The invention includes an object architecture particularly suited to a digital studio.

US Patent:

6785289, Aug 31, 2004

Filed:

Jan 12, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/481350

Inventors:

Christopher Ward - Glen Ridge NJ

Assignee:

Sarnoff Corporation - Princeton NJ

International Classification:

H04L 1228

US Classification:

370412, 370413, 370429

Abstract:

A method and concomitant apparatus for incorporating one or more relatively low bitrate information streams (e. g. , MPEG) into a relatively high bitrate information stream (e. g. , SDTI) in a manner aligning low bitrate sub-stream splice entrance points and splice exit points within the frame boundaries of the high bitrate information stream. In this manner, the splicing of the relatively high bitrate information stream at appropriate In Frames and Out Frames will provide relatively seamless splicing of information sub-streams. The packing and unpacking methods are implemented such that the temporal offset between elementary streams carried within relatively low bitrate information stream is removed, i. e. , the elementary streams are synchronized.

US Patent:

6909743, Jun 21, 2005

Filed:

Oct 29, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/430631

Inventors:

Christopher Ward - Glen Ridge NJ, US
Robert Norman Hurst - Hopewell NJ, US

Assignee:

Sarnoff Corporation - Princeton NJ

International Classification:

H04B001/66

US Classification:

37524001, 37524025, 37524026, 37524028, 348584, 348473

Abstract:

A method for generating a transition stream and processing video, audio or other data within the transition stream using, respectively, pixel domain processing, audio domain processing or other data domain processing.

US Patent:

6912251, Jun 28, 2005

Filed:

Jul 2, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/347213

Inventors:

Christopher Ward - Glen Ridge NJ, US
Clifford Pecota - Lebanon NJ, US
Xiaobing Lee - Monmouth Junction NJ, US
Gary Hughes - Chelmsford MA, US

Assignee:

Sarnoff Corporation - Princeton NJ

International Classification:

H04B001/66

US Classification:

375240, 37524026, 386 52, 386111, 348584, 348473, 3484321

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for effecting a seamless, frame accurate splicing of MPEG-like transport streams by constructing a transition stream or clip with portions from each stream proximate respective splice points.

US Patent:

7254175, Aug 7, 2007

Filed:

Jun 1, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/141955

Inventors:

Christopher Ward - Glen Ridge NJ, US
Clifford Pecota - New Egypt NJ, US
Xiaobing Lee - Nashua NH, US
Gary Hughes - Chelmsford MA, US

Assignee:

CrystalMedia Technology, Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

H04B 1/66

US Classification:

37524001, 37524025, 37524024, 37524026, 37524015, 382233, 382235, 382238, 382236

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for generating universal splice point adapters, where during a splicing operation an “out-point splicing adapter” is used to transition from an exit stream, while an “in-point splicing adapter” is used to transition to an entry stream.

US Patent:

8301613, Oct 30, 2012

Filed:

Sep 20, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/885705

Inventors:

Genady Grabarnik - Scarsdale NY, US
Gabriela P. Marcu - Neuried, DE
Larisa Shwartz - Scarsdale NY, US
Christopher Ward - Glen Ridge NJ, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707706, 707707

Abstract:

Disclosed is a method, system and a computer program for correlating an incident service ticket with an incident resource ticket. The method includes, in response to a creation of an incident service ticket in a certain service category; searching with a data processor for open incident resource tickets of the same or similar category; searching with the data processor based on a set of similarity rules for corresponding critical configuration items defined in business service configuration items and, if both searches succeed, searching with the data processor found incident resource tickets ordered by time using found critical configuration items and, if a match is found, declaring the incident service ticket to be correlated with the matching incident resource ticket. The exemplary embodiments further provide that, if both searches do not succeed, or if a match is not found, obtaining input from a dependency tree for the business service configuration items and if no related service configuration items for the service category are identified then concluding the performance of the method, otherwise searching with the data processor found incident resource tickets ordered by time using found related service configuration items. If no associated resource tickets are available then the method performs constraint adaptive probing of resources determined from the dependency tree to attempt to generate at least one corresponding resource ticket, and to search on any corresponding resource tickets that are generated for related configuration items.

US Patent:

8438117, May 7, 2013

Filed:

Dec 20, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/314373

Inventors:

Jean-Marc Berthaud - Villeneuve Loubet, FR
Melissa Buco - New York NY, US
Rong N. Chang - Pleasantville NY, US
Joel D. Dalsky - Streamwood IL, US
Shih-Chung Fang - Schaumburg IL, US
Laura Zaihua Luan - Putnam Valley NY, US
Lee Tsiao - Hoffman Estates IL, US
Christopher Ward - Glen Ridge NJ, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00
G06F 11/30
G21C 17/00

US Classification:

705302, 702184

Abstract:

A method and system for managing a service level of a service provided by a service provider to a customer under a service level agreement. The actual measurement data is adjudicated to correct the measurement data in accordance with at least one adjudication element that provides information relating to how to correct the measurement data. The adjudicated measurement data is transformed into operational data by being reorganized into one or more groups of data. The operational data is evaluated by applying a formula to the operational data, resulting in the operational data being configured for being subsequently qualified. The operational data is qualified by comparing the evaluated operational data with specified service level targets for at least one service level period and identifying operational data points meeting and/or not meeting the specified service level targets.