David W Weaver

US Patent:

7447815, Nov 4, 2008

Filed:

Sep 26, 2001

Appl. No.:

10/381114

Inventors:

David John Weaver - Noblesville IN, US
William Henry Mengel - Westfield IN, US
Lawrence Carl Pesce - Fishers IN, US

Assignee:

Thomson Licensing - Boulogne-Billancourt

International Classification:

G06F 3/00

US Classification:

710 72, 710 8, 710 9, 710 10, 710 11, 709202, 709203, 713 1, 713 2, 725 39, 725 44, 725 47, 725118, 725120

Abstract:

An architecture for automatically optimizing audio and video modes available from interconnected multimedia devices. When one multimedia device is connected with another multimedia device, the devices communicate with each other to determine the modes available from both devices. The devices then compare the different combinations of available audio and video modes and determine which mode combination yields the optimal operating efficiency for outputting a media service.

US Patent:

7844836, Nov 30, 2010

Filed:

Jul 13, 2000

Appl. No.:

10/030601

Inventors:

David John Weaver - Noblesville IN, US
Richard Allen Norman - Indianapolis IN, US
Thomas Patrick Newberry - Westfield IN, US

Assignee:

Thomson Licensing - Boulogne Billancourt

International Classification:

G06F 11/30

US Classification:

713194, 713189, 726 26, 726 27, 726 30

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for using an integrated circuit card to facilitate downloading reusable content from a server into a terminal. Specifically, the method comprises the steps of verifying that an entitlement contained in the integrated circuit card is correct for receiving the reusable content from the server and downloading the reusable content from the server into a memory of the terminal. The apparatus comprises a terminal, coupled to a remote server and an integrated circuit card, coupled to the terminal via the interface circuit, for enabling the server to download the reusable content in the terminal. The terminal comprises a processor for processing the download of the content from the server, a memory for receiving the downloaded content and an integrated circuit card interface circuit.

US Patent:

20090094660, Apr 9, 2009

Filed:

Jun 16, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/990896

Inventors:

David John Weaver - Noblesville IN, US
David Jon Nicoson - Indianapolis IN, US
Dhanuskodi Manikandan - Westfield IN, US

International Classification:

H04N 7/173

US Classification:

725131

Abstract:

An IP settop box for use in a network is described, including the apparatus and a method for updating the apparatus in a network. The method includes interfacing the device to a network, launching a service related to interfacing the network to the device, determining if the service is operating properly, requesting information related to the service if it is not operating properly, and updating the service using the requested information without restarting the device. The apparatus includes a network interface for communicating with a network including a request for an update related to a service and an updated value related to a service, a memory for storing a value related to the service, and a processor operatively coupled to the network interface and memory for managing the update related to the service in the apparatus by allowing a change to the value in the memory without restarting the apparatus.

US Patent:

20100083113, Apr 1, 2010

Filed:

Sep 26, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/239714

Inventors:

David John Weaver - Noblesville IN, US
William Henry Mengel - Westfield IN, US
Lawrence Carl Pesce - Fishers IN, US

Assignee:

THOMSON LICENSING INC. - Princeton NJ

International Classification:

G06F 3/00

US Classification:

715716

Abstract:

An architecture for automatically optimizing audio and video modes available from interconnected multimedia devices. When one multimedia device is connected with another multimedia device, the devices communicate with each other to determine the modes available from both devices. The devices then compare the different combinations of available audio and video modes and determine which mode combination yields the optimal operating efficiency for outputting a media service.

US Patent:

20100269131, Oct 21, 2010

Filed:

Nov 20, 2006

Appl. No.:

12/308592

Inventors:

Thomas Patrick Newberry - Westfield IN, US
David John Weaver - Fishers IN, US
Mark Allen McCleary - Indianapolis IN, US

Assignee:

THOMSON LICENSING - Boulogne-Billancourt

International Classification:

H04N 5/93
H04N 7/025

US Classification:

725 32, 386 52, 386E05003

Abstract:

The present application provides a method and system for the control of trick mode suppression schemes in media content such that trick mode support can be re-enabled for the received content. In one embodiment of the present invention, a method for trick mode suppression control includes examining a received media content signal to identify trick mode disabled portion (s) of the media content. The method further includes monitoring identified trick mode disabled portions of the media content to determine which portion (s) of a trick mode disabled portion of the media content have been viewed. In one embodiment, trick mode functionality is then restored for the portions of the trick mode disabled media content that satisfy the preview conditions defined in the media content as it is being viewed.

US Patent:

20110004894, Jan 6, 2011

Filed:

Mar 31, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/736142

Inventors:

Thomas Patrick Newberry - Westfield IN, US
David John Weaver - Fishers IN, US

International Classification:

H04N 7/16
H04N 5/445

US Classification:

725 25, 725 38

Abstract:

The display server apparatus and associated methods provide audio and video data to a plurality of displays. The apparatus and methods enable monitoring of the content being viewed on a secondary display on a primary display. A secondary display may be used to view the content being displayed on a primary display when provided with appropriate authorization information. The apparatus is further capable of scaling and sizing provided audio and video streams in accordance with the characteristics and capabilities of each remote device.

US Patent:

20120294586, Nov 22, 2012

Filed:

Nov 11, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/294211

Inventors:

David John Weaver - Fishers IN, US
Martin Vincent Davey - Indianapolis IN, US
Chaminda Jayamanne - Fisher IN, US

International Classification:

H04N 9/80

US Classification:

386248, 386E09011

Abstract:

A device for recording a scheduled program comprises a means adapted for receiving data from a multi-program transport stream system that is configured to transmit multiple audio or video programs over a channel in multiple streams, the multi-program transport stream system further providing program identifiers to the streams in the channel that identifies a first program identifier with a first stream having at least a portion of a scheduled program and indentifies a second program identifier with a second stream having the scheduled program in its entirety; and a storage means adapted for identifying the scheduled program by the second program identifier and recording the scheduled program in its entirety while the unscheduled interrupting program is provided in real time.

US Patent:

20130254425, Sep 26, 2013

Filed:

Dec 21, 2010

Appl. No.:

13/991628

Inventors:

Keith Robert Broerman - Carmel IN, US
David John Weaver - Fishers IN, US

Assignee:

Thomson Licensing - Issy de Moulineaux

International Classification:

H04L 12/56

US Classification:

709238

Abstract:

In a multi-core platform in which secondary processor cores do not have direct WAN connectivity, methods and apparatus are described that enable the secondary cores to provide DNS resolution services to their network applications or to attached client devices. In an exemplary embodiment, a primary processor core having direct WAN connectivity includes a DNS forwarder which shares with the platform's secondary processing cores DNS server IP address information acquired from a WAN-side DHCP server. Each secondary core implements a compatible DNS forwarder client to request DNS information from the primary core DNS forwarder, receive the information, and make it available to its operating system's DNS resolver module. Additionally, or alternatively, the primary core DNS forwarder may push updated DNS server information to each secondary core following a primary core DHCP client lease renewal.