39 patents
Utility
Break State Detection for Reduced Capability Devices
28 Dec 23
Systems, methods, and devices are described herein for placing secondary content into a break of unknown duration in a stream of primary content.
Benjamin Aaron Miller, Jason D. Justman, Lora Clark Bouchard, Michael Ellery Bouchard, Kevin James Cotlove, Mathew Keith Gitchell, Stacia Lynn Haisch, Jonathan David Kersten, Matthew Karl Marchio, Peter Arthur Pulliam, George Allen Smith, Todd Christopher Tibbetts
Filed: 22 Jun 23
Utility
Atsc 3.0 and D2M Broadcast Co-exist Aligned 5G O-ran
19 Oct 23
Disclosed herein are method and apparatus for Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3.0 and non-ATSC 3.0 broadcast Direct to Mobile (D2M) co-exist aligned open radio access network (O-RAN).
Michael J. SIMON, Mark A. AITKEN, Louis Herbert LIBIN
Filed: 3 Feb 23
Utility
User interface for content and media management and distribution systems
10 Oct 23
Systems, devices, and methods are described herein for providing a graphical user interface for configuring presentations of content and controlling distribution of content, for example, through in conjunction with a management system.
Benjamin Aaron Miller, Jason D. Justman, Lora Clark Bouchard, Michael Ellery Bouchard, Kevin James Cotlove, Mathew Keith Gitchell, Stacia Lynn Haisch, Jonathan David Kersten, Todd Christopher Tibbetts
Filed: 6 Oct 20
Utility
ATSC 3.0 single frequency networks used for positioning navigation timing and synergy 4G / 5G networks
15 Aug 23
According to some embodiments, a method includes selecting a length for an advanced television system committee (ATSC) 3.0 frame for transmission by a single frequency network (SFN) transmitter and aligning the SFN transmitter with a global positioning system (GPS) epoch.
Michael J. Simon, Mark A. Aitken, Ebenezer K. Kofi, Louis Herbert Libin
Filed: 27 Aug 21
Utility
Break state detection for reduced capability devices
15 Aug 23
Systems, methods, and devices are described herein for placing secondary content into a break of unknown duration in a stream of primary content.
Benjamin Aaron Miller, Jason D. Justman, Lora Clark Bouchard, Michael Ellery Bouchard, Kevin James Cotlove, Mathew Keith Gitchell, Stacia Lynn Haisch, Jonathan David Kersten, Matthew Karl Marchio, Peter Arthur Pulliam, George Allen Smith, Todd Christopher Tibbetts
Filed: 25 Feb 21
Utility
Content presentation analytics and optimization
30 May 23
Techniques are described herein for optimizing the presentation of content through obtaining viewership metrics, generating multiple renditions of presentations of content, and selecting optimized renditions of content.
Benjamin Aaron Miller, Jason D. Justman, Lora Clark Bouchard, Michael Ellery Bouchard, Kevin James Cotlove, Mathew Keith Gitchell, Stacia Lynn Haisch, Jonathan David Kersten, Matthew Karl Marchio, Peter Arthur Pulliam, George Allen Smith, Todd Christopher Tibbetts
Filed: 24 Nov 20
Utility
Rights Management and Syndication of Content
27 Apr 23
Systems, devices, and methods are described herein for distributing syndicated content or content with one or more distribution restrictions.
Benjamin Aaron Miller, Jason D. Justman, Lora Clark Bouchard, Michael Ellery Bouchard, Kevin James Cotlove, Mathew Keith Gitchell, Stacia Lynn Haisch, Jonathan David Kersten, Matthew Karl Marchio, Peter Arthur Pulliam, George Allen Smith, Todd Christopher Tibbetts
Filed: 4 Nov 22
Utility
Rights management and syndication of content
13 Dec 22
Systems, devices, and methods are described herein for distributing syndicated content or content with one or more distribution restrictions.
Benjamin Aaron Miller, Jason D. Justman, Lora Clark Bouchard, Michael Ellery Bouchard, Kevin James Cotlove, Mathew Keith Gitchell, Stacia Lynn Haisch, Jonathan David Kersten, Matthew Karl Marchio, Peter Arthur Pulliam, George Allen Smith, Todd Christopher Tibbetts
Filed: 21 Oct 21
Utility
Cooperative Access Fronthaul (Caf) Atsc Broadcast Using LDM for SFN Densification
20 Oct 22
Some aspects of this disclosure are direct to a system that includes a first scheduler configured to receive an input packet and generate a first packet to be transmitted using a first radio unit (RU).
Michael J. SIMON, Louis Herbert LIBIN, Mark A. AITKEN
Filed: 19 Apr 22
Utility
Methods and systems for extending ATSC 3.0 physical layer broadcast to enable convergence with unicast 5G
12 Jul 22
The ATSC 3.0 physical layer broadcast standard is extended with new OFDM numerology, L1 signaling and frame structure aligned with 5G.
Michael J. Simon, Mark A. Aitken
Filed: 27 Nov 19
Utility
Enabling efficient deterministic virtualized broadcast spectrum sharing and usage validation
14 Jun 22
Disclosed herein are methods, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium product for sharing broadcast resources and validating usage of the broadcast resources according to an agreement between a plurality of broadcast virtual network operators (BVNOs).
Michael John Simon, Mark A. Aitken, Ebenezer K. Kofi, Louis Herbert Libin
Filed: 4 Mar 20
Utility
Atsc 3.0 Single Frequency Networks Used for Positioning Navigation Timing and Synergy 4G / 5G Networks
3 Mar 22
According to some embodiments, a method includes selecting a length for an advanced television system committee (ATSC) 3.0 frame for transmission by a single frequency network (SFN) transmitter and aligning the SFN transmitter with a global positioning system (GPS) epoch.
Michael J. SIMON, Mark A. AITKEN, Ebenezer K. KOFI, Louis Herbert LIBIN
Filed: 27 Aug 21
Utility
Rights Management and Syndication of Content
24 Feb 22
Systems, devices, and methods are described herein for distributing syndicated content or content with one or more distribution restrictions.
Benjamin Aaron Miller, Jason D. Justman, Lora Clark Bouchard, Michael Ellery Bouchard, Kevin James Cotlove, Mathew Keith Gitchell, Stacia Lynn Haisch, Jonathan David Kersten, Matthew Karl Marchio, Peter Arthur Pulliam, George Allen Smith, Todd Christopher Tibbetts
Filed: 21 Oct 21
Utility
Band segmented bootstraps and partitioned frames
19 Oct 21
An apparatus and a method are provided for generating and transmitting one or more band segmented bootstrap signals.
Michael J. Simon
Filed: 20 Sep 19
Utility
Rights Management and Syndication of Content
29 Jul 21
Systems, devices, and methods are described herein for distributing syndicated content or content with one or more distribution restrictions.
Benjamin Aaron Miller, Jason D. Justman, Lora Clark Bouchard, Michael Ellery Bouchard, Kevin James Cotlove, Mathew Keith Gitchell, Stacia Lynn Haisch, Jonathan David Kersten, Matthew Karl Marchio, Peter Arthur Pulliam, George Allen Smith, Todd Christopher Tibbetts
Filed: 12 Apr 21
Utility
Break State Detection for Reduced Capability Devices
8 Jul 21
Systems, methods, and devices are described herein for placing secondary content into a break of unknown duration in a stream of primary content.
Benjamin Aaron Miller, Jason D. Justman, Lora Clark Bouchard, Michael Ellery Bouchard, Kevin James Cotlove, Mathew Keith Gitchell, Stacia Lynn Haisch, Jonathan David Kersten, Matthew Karl Marchio, Peter Arthur Pulliam, George Allen Smith, Todd Christopher Tibbetts
Filed: 25 Feb 21
Utility
Break State Detection in Content Management Systems
29 Apr 21
Systems, methods, and devices are described herein for placing secondary content into a break of unknown duration in a stream of primary content.
Benjamin Aaron Miller, Jason D. Justman, Lora Clark Bouchard, Michael Ellery Bouchard, Kevin James Cotlove, Mathew Keith Gitchell, Stacia Lynn Haisch, Jonathan David Kersten, Matthew Karl Marchio, Peter Arthur Pulliam, George Allen Smith, Todd Christopher Tibbetts
Filed: 6 Jan 21
Utility
Break state detection for reduced capability devices
6 Apr 21
Systems, methods, and devices are described herein for placing secondary content into a break of unknown duration in a stream of primary content.
Benjamin Aaron Miller, Jason D. Justman, Lora Clark Bouchard, Michael Ellery Bouchard, Kevin James Cotlove, Mathew Keith Gitchell, Stacia Lynn Haisch, Jonathan David Kersten, Matthew Karl Marchio, Peter Arthur Pulliam, George Allen Smith, Todd Christopher Tibbetts
Filed: 21 Nov 18
Utility
Content Presentation Analytics and Optimization
18 Mar 21
Techniques are described herein for optimizing the presentation of content through obtaining viewership metrics, generating multiple renditions of presentations of content, and selecting optimized renditions of content.
Benjamin Aaron Miller, Jason D. Justman, Lora Clark Bouchard, Michael Ellery Bouchard, Kevin James Cotlove, Mathew Keith Gitchell, Stacia Lynn Haisch, Jonathan David Kersten, Matthew Karl Marchio, Peter Arthur Pulliam, George Allen Smith, Todd Christopher Tibbetts
Filed: 24 Nov 20
Utility
Broadcast relaying via cooperative multi-channel transmission
16 Mar 21
Systems and methods for relaying in broadcast single-frequency networks are disclosed herein.
Michael John Simon, Louis Herbert Libin
Filed: 8 Nov 18