William J Franks

US Patent:

20120079054, Mar 29, 2012

Filed:

Mar 24, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/071337

Inventors:

Paul Moroney - La Jolla CA, US
William P. Franks - San Diego CA, US
Ajay K. Luthra - San Diego CA, US
Haifeng Xu - San Diego CA, US
Arjun Ramamurthy - San Diego CA, US

Assignee:

GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION - Horsham PA

International Classification:

G06F 15/167

US Classification:

709213

Abstract:

A content moving device which enables providing content stored on a first user device, such as a DVR, in a first format and resolution to be provided to a second user device, such as a portable media player (PMP) in a second format and resolution. The content moving device identifies content on the first user device as candidate content which may be desired by the PMP and assigns a priority level to the content. The content moving device transcodes the candidate content in order of highest priority first and lowest priority last. The content moving device may also use the priority level to manage deletion of the transcoded content from the storage on the content moving device. The lowest priority level content may be deleted first as storage space is needed.

US Patent:

20120179745, Jul 12, 2012

Filed:

Jan 5, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/344607

Inventors:

Kuang M. Chen - San Diego CA, US
William P. Franks - San Diego CA, US
Paul Moroney - La Jolla CA, US

Assignee:

GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION - Horsham PA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709203

Abstract:

In an embodiment, a content array represents media content available from a media server. The content array, sent by a media server in response to a request, lists content program objects that represent media content to be available from the media server. The media server receives a message for altering a transcoding priority of the selected content program object that represents media content not previously transcoded by the media server, and sends a return code for indicating whether the transcoding priority was successfully altered in response to the message. In a further embodiment, a media server system includes a transcoding queue with references to a plurality of content program objects that include an object method for altering a transcoding priority, and includes a transcoder configured to transcode media content associated with the content program objects according to the transcoding priority of each content program object of the transcoding queue.

US Patent:

20220321624, Oct 6, 2022

Filed:

Feb 10, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/669031

Inventors:

- Suwanee GA, US
William P. Franks - San Diego CA, US
Kali Kalaichelvan - San Diego CA, US
Arpan Kumar Kaushal - San Diego CA, US
Rajesh K. Rao - San Marcos CA, US
Ernest George Schmitt - Maple Glen PA, US

Assignee:

ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC - Suwanee GA

International Classification:

H04L 65/613
H04L 65/60
H04L 65/1023
H04L 65/80

Abstract:

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.

US Patent:

20220321942, Oct 6, 2022

Filed:

Feb 15, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/671835

Inventors:

- Suwanee GA, US
William P. Franks - San Diego CA, US
Kaliraj Kalaichelvan - San Diego CA, US
Arpan Kumar Kaushal - San Diego CA, US
Rajesh K. Rao - San Marcos CA, US
Ernest G. Schmitt - Maple Glen PA, US

Assignee:

ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC - Suwanee GA

International Classification:

H04N 21/438
H04L 65/611
H04N 21/2187
H04N 21/433
H04N 21/472
H04N 21/845
H04N 21/858

Abstract:

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.

US Patent:

20220321947, Oct 6, 2022

Filed:

Feb 8, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/667204

Inventors:

- Suwanee GA, US
William P. Franks - San Diego CA, US
Kaliraj Kalaichelvan - San Diego CA, US
Arpan Kumar Kaushal - San Diego CA, US
Rajesh K. Rao - San Marcos CA, US
Ernest George Schmitt - Maple Glen PA, US

Assignee:

ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC - Suwanee GA

International Classification:

H04N 21/433
H04N 21/462

Abstract:

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.

US Patent:

20220303602, Sep 22, 2022

Filed:

Jun 8, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/835375

Inventors:

- Suwanee GA, US
William P. Franks - San Diego CA, US
Paul Moroney - La Jolla CA, US

Assignee:

ARRIS Enterprises LLC - Suwanee GA

International Classification:

H04N 21/2662
H04N 19/40
H04N 21/234
H04N 21/2343
H04N 21/433
H04N 21/24
H04N 21/442
H04N 21/845
H04N 21/438
H04N 21/4402

Abstract:

A method is provided for streaming transcoded HLS video from a video asset to allow a minimum startup delay time. A method includes pre-transcoding a first number of the HLS chunks. Then, once a request is received from a remote HLS client for the HLS video asset, transmitting a number of the pre-transcoded chunks to the remote HLS player. The pre-transcoded chunks are transmitted during a startup period until real-time transcoded chunks can be received and processed by the remote HLS player at a time position to allow seamless transition from the pre-transcoded chunks.

US Patent:

20170359609, Dec 14, 2017

Filed:

Jun 13, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/621467

Inventors:

- Suwanee GA, US
William P. Franks - San Diego CA, US
Paul Moroney - La Jolla CA, US

International Classification:

H04N 21/2662
H04N 21/433
H04N 19/40
H04N 21/2343
H04N 21/24
H04N 21/234

Abstract:

A method is provided for streaming transcoded HLS video from a video asset to allow a minimum startup delay time. A method includes pre-transcoding a first number of the HLS chunks. Then, once a request is received from a remote HLS client for the HLS video asset, transmitting a number of the pre-transcoded chunks to the remote HLS player. The pre-transcoded chunks are transmitted during a startup period until real-time transcoded chunks can be received and processed by the remote HLS player at a time position to allow seamless transition from the pre-transcoded chunks.

US Patent:

20160173552, Jun 16, 2016

Filed:

Dec 12, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/568987

Inventors:

- Suwanee GA, US
Krishna Prasad Panje - Bangalore, IN
William P. Franks - San Diego CA, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/06

Abstract:

Modern audio and video content typically provides multiple programming, such as multiple alternate video versions, multiple language options, and possibly also closed captioning or subtitles in multiple languages. Gateway conditioned media streaming provides systems and methods for conditioning multimedia content according to the preferences of a recipient client device, such that the device receives the preferred video, audio, and/or closed captioning automatically and regardless of the application used to play the content. When a gateway server receives a request for content, the gateway server identifies the requesting client device from recorded information, and uses the recorded preferences to modify the content stream according to those preferences. The modified content stream is then sent to the requesting client device.