Ashwini A Sule

US Patent:

20100115575, May 6, 2010

Filed:

Nov 3, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/264116

Inventors:

Ke Yu - Alpharetta GA, US
Nicholas P. Hill - Atlanta GA, US
Troy C. Meuninck - Newnan GA, US
William A. Brown - Woodstock GA, US
Scott Morris - Decatur GA, US
Ashwini Sule - Atlanta GA, US

Assignee:

AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. - Reno NV

International Classification:

H04N 7/00

US Classification:

725142

Abstract:

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a digital video recording (DVR) system having a controller to record video content supplied by an interactive television (iTV) communication system, receive from a communication device of one of said users a request for a portion of the recorded video content, identify a need to transcode the requested portion of the recorded video content according to one or more operating characteristics of the communication device, transcode the requested portion of the recorded video content to conform with the one or more operating characteristics of the communication device, partition the transcoded video content into a plurality of transcoded portions, and transmit to the communication device the plurality of transcoded portions. The communication device can begin a presentation of the transcoded video content before all of the plurality of transcoded portions have been received. Other embodiments are disclosed.

US Patent:

20120143612, Jun 7, 2012

Filed:

Dec 3, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/960008

Inventors:

KE YU - ALPHARETTA GA, US
ASHWINI SULE - ATLANTA GA, US

Assignee:

AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. - RENO NV

International Classification:

G10L 19/00

US Classification:

704500

Abstract:

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a controller configured to obtain information associated with media content, to generate a first group of tones representative of the information associated with the media content, and to generate a media stream comprising the media content and the first group of tones; and a communication interface configured to transmit the media stream to a media device whereby the media device presents the media content and a sequence of tones, where the sequence of tones is generated based at least in part on the first group of tones, where the first group of tones comprises high frequency tones and low frequency tones, and where one of the high and low frequency tones represents a binary one and the other of the high and low frequency tones represents a binary zero. Other embodiments are disclosed.

US Patent:

20100111504, May 6, 2010

Filed:

Nov 3, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/264098

Inventors:

Ke Yu - Alpharetta GA, US
Nicholas P. Hill - Atlanta GA, US
Troy C. Meuninck - Newnan GA, US
William A. Brown - Woodstock GA, US
Scott Morris - Decatur GA, US
Ashwini Sule - Atlanta GA, US

Assignee:

AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. - Reno NV

International Classification:

H04N 5/00
H04N 7/00

US Classification:

386124, 725 38

Abstract:

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a digital video recording (DVR) system having a controller to record video content supplied by an interactive television (iTV) communication system as directed by a plurality of users of the iTV communication system, receive from a communication device of one of the plurality of users a request for a portion of the recorded video content, identify a need to transcode the requested portion of the recorded video content according to one or more operating characteristics of the communication device, transcode the requested portion of the recorded video content to conform with the one or more operating characteristics of the communication device, and transmit to the communication device the transcoded video content. The DVR system can be located outside of the premises of each of the plurality of users. Other embodiments are disclosed.

US Patent:

20150172781, Jun 18, 2015

Filed:

Feb 27, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/633501

Inventors:

- Atlanta GA, US
Ashwini Sule - Marietta GA, US

International Classification:

H04N 21/81
H04N 21/426
H04N 21/858
H04N 21/4722
H04N 21/658
H04N 21/41
H04N 21/439

Abstract:

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a controller configured to obtain information associated with media content, to generate a first group of tones representative of the information associated with the media content, and to generate a media stream comprising the media content and the first group of tones; and a communication interface configured to transmit the media stream to a media device whereby the media device presents the media content and a sequence of tones, where the sequence of tones is generated based at least in part on the first group of tones, where the first group of tones comprises high frequency tones and low frequency tones, and where one of the high and low frequency tones represents a binary one and the other of the high and low frequency tones represents a binary zero. Other embodiments are disclosed.