Mark L Schaffer

US Patent:

8631454, Jan 14, 2014

Filed:

Sep 5, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/205397

Inventors:

Mark L. Schaffer - Carlsbad CA, US
Todd T. Kassman - Encinitas CA, US
James M. Stowe - San Diego CA, US
Kevin S. Wirick - Olivenhain CA, US

Assignee:

Motorola Mobility LLC - Libertyville IL

International Classification:

H04N 7/173

US Classification:

725114, 725116, 370485

Abstract:

A method of distributing video program material, includes receiving a first multi-program transport stream (MPTS) containing multiple video services and distribution constraint data specifying at least one of the video services, and creating a second transport stream that contains at least the specified video service and complies with at least one constraint specified in the distribution constraint.

US Patent:

20110254917, Oct 20, 2011

Filed:

Apr 16, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/761822

Inventors:

Mark L. Schaffer - Carlsbad CA, US
Siu-Wai Wu - San Diego CA, US

Assignee:

General Instrument Corporation - Horsham PA

International Classification:

H04N 13/00

US Classification:

348 43, 348E13001

Abstract:

Method, apparatus and computer readable media for receiving a multiprogram program transport service that includes one or more compressed video services and one or more 3D-2D conversion options, generating an uncompressed video signal by performing a decoding portion of a transcoding operation for one of the one or more of the video services, determining from the 3D-2D conversion option whether a 3D-2D conversion is to be performed, performing a scale conversion on the uncompressed video according to a specified type of 3D-2D conversion, generating a compressed video service by performing an encoding portion of a transcoding operation on the uncompressed video that has been scale converted, and generating a second multiprogram program transport service that includes the compressed video signal that has been 3D-2D converted.

US Patent:

20120102249, Apr 26, 2012

Filed:

Oct 5, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/253381

Inventors:

Cristian Duroiu - San Diego CA, US
Jaya Prakash Subramaniam Ganasan - Youngsville NC, US
Vinod Chamarty - San Diego CA, US
Mark Michael Schaffer - Raleigh NC, US
Joshua H. Stubbs - Boulder CO, US
Robert N. Gibson - Boulder CO, US
Kris Tiri - San Diego CA, US
Moinul H. Khan - San Diego CA, US
Bohuslav Rychlik - San Diego CA, US
Serag GadelRab - Ontario, CA
Simon Booth - San Diego CA, US

Assignee:

QUALCOMM INCORPORATED - San Diego CA

International Classification:

G06F 13/368

US Classification:

710110

Abstract:

Devices, systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums for arbitrating bus transactions on a communications bus based on health information are disclosed. Health information of master devices can be used to adjust priorities of bus transactions from master devices to meet quality of service requirements of the master devices. In one embodiment, a bus interconnect is provided and configured to communicate bus transactions from any of a plurality of master devices to slave device(s) coupled the bus interconnect. The bus interconnect is further configured to map health information for each of the plurality of master devices into virtual priority space. The bus interconnect is further configured to translate the virtual priority space into a physical priority level for each of the plurality of master devices. The bus interconnect is further configured to arbitrate bus transactions for the plurality of master devices based on physical priority level for the plurality of master devices.

US Patent:

20120124636, May 17, 2012

Filed:

Nov 17, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/948264

Inventors:

Mark L. Schaffer - Carlsbad CA, US

Assignee:

GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION - Horsham PA

International Classification:

H04N 7/173

US Classification:

725131

Abstract:

A device is provided for use with an input signal and a selecting signal. The input signal has a first format, and the selecting signal has a first state and a second state. The device comprises a receiving portion and a transcoder portion. The receiving portion can receive the input signal and output a received signal. The transcoder portion is arranged to receive the selecting signal and can output a first transcoded signal when the selecting signal is in the first state and can output a second transcoded signal when the selecting signal is in the second state. The first transcoded signal is based on the received signal and is in a second format. The second transcoded signal is based on the received signal and is in a third format, wherein the first format is different from the second format, the first format is different from the third format and the second format is different from the third format.

US Patent:

62366823, May 22, 2001

Filed:

Mar 8, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/027783

Inventors:

Takaaki Ota - Englewood NJ
Mark Schaffer - Hackensack NJ

Assignee:

Sony Corporation - Tokyo
Sony Corporation of America - Park Ridge NJ

International Classification:

H04N 712

US Classification:

37524016

Abstract:

Motion vectors from one video frame to another are detected by segmenting a present frame of video data into plural blocks and then comparing a block in the present frame to a corresponding block in a preceding frame to detect rotational and zoom movement of the present block relative to the preceding block, in addition to rectilinear movement.

US Patent:

61633453, Dec 19, 2000

Filed:

Jan 4, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/369674

Inventors:

Fujio Noguchi - Ridgewood NJ
Gail Karen White - Hackensack NJ
Richard Gioscia - Mahwah NJ
Peter Jordan - New Hope PA
Setsuko Watanabe Blaszkowski - San Diego CA
Kazuhiko Akaike - Tokyo, JP
Mark Schaffer - Hackensack NJ
Noriko Kotabe - Canton Cardiff, GB
Takashi Otani - Soka, JP
Tadashi Kajiwara - San Diego CA

Assignee:

Sony Corportion - Tokyo
Sony Electronics, Inc. - Park Ridge NJ

International Classification:

H04N 5445

US Classification:

348564

Abstract:

An innovative but easy to use on-line guide is provided to provide the user of a multiple channel television broadcast system a wealth of programming information in a simple format that is easy to understand. The guide enables the user to easily select a particular program to watch. In particular, when the guide is presented to the user, the guide covers only a portion of the actual television screen or display. The remaining portion of the television screen continues to broadcast the audio and video of the currently selected program. As a user scans through the guide and moves the pointer from one station to another, the system responds by automatically tuning to the channel pointed to by the pointer and provides the audio and displays the video in the portion of the screen not covered by the guide. Thus, the user can easily get an idea of the broadcast on a particular station without exiting the guide and without expressly selecting a particular channel. Furthermore, a written description of the program currently broadcasted on a station that the cursor currently points to is also shown.

US Patent:

59266139, Jul 20, 1999

Filed:

Sep 27, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/722628

Inventors:

Mark Lindsay Schaffer - San Diego CA

Assignee:

Sony Corporation - Tokyo
Sony Electronics - Park Ridge NJ

International Classification:

H04N 591
H04N 701

US Classification:

386131

Abstract:

A digital bit stream including video data is transmitted via a digital video transmission system for presentation on a television receiver. The video data is suitable for viewing on a television receiver having a first aspect ratio. Transmitted within a predefined field of the digital bit stream are pan-edit vectors which, when applied to the video data, produce a resulting signal suitable for presentation on a television receiver having a second aspect ratio. The digital video signal may comprise an MPEG video stream. The digital video transmission system may include a transmission link, such as a satellite transmission system, for transmission of the digital bit stream.

US Patent:

55963730, Jan 21, 1997

Filed:

Jan 4, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/369673

Inventors:

Gail K. White - Hackensack NJ
Fujio Noguchi - Ridgewood NJ
Kazuhiko Akaike - Tokyo, JP
Mark Schaffer - Hackensack NJ

Assignee:

Sony Corporation - Tokyo
Sony Electronics, Inc. - Park Ridge NJ

International Classification:

H04N 550

US Classification:

348569

Abstract:

An innovative but easy to use on-line program list is provided to provide the user of a multiple channel television broadcast system a wealth of programming information in a simple format that is easy to understand. The guide enables the user to easily select a particular program to watch or to watch in the future. Unlike prior art television guides, the present invention presents a program list that is oriented according to the program instead of the channel. In particular, the program list provides program information and the times the program is broadcasted the displayed timeframe. This is particularly useful for viewing in one simple and easy-to-read format the start times of a pay-per-view program, which may, for example, be broadcasted every 1/2 hour over a variety of channels.