Johannes P Schmidt, 61Los Altos, CA

7689995, Mar 30, 2010

Jan 8, 2004

10/754443

Stephen S. Francis - Saratoga CA, US
Johannes Schmidt - Los Altos Hills CA, US
David Daney - San Jose CA, US
Kevin Shen - Sunnyvale CA, US

Avtrex, Inc. - San Jose CA

G06F 9/46

718104

Techniques for resolving scheduling conflicts for recording events are described. A user selects events that the user wishes to record. A PVR determines the times and sources at which each of recording can occur. The PVR determines a schedule for recording all of the user's requested events or as many events that can be recorded according to the resources available to the PVR. The PVR can be triggered to determine the schedule each time a new recording event is either added to deleted. The PVR can also determine the schedule each time the PVR receives updated or new scheduling information. If more than one schedule is determined, the PVR can present the schedules to the user for selection. The user's selection can be subsequently used to inform the PVR of the user's preferences the next time schedules are determined.

8607280, Dec 10, 2013

Jan 8, 2004

10/754891

Stephen S. Francis - Saratoga CA, US
Johannes Schmidt - Los Altos Hills CA, US
David Daney - San Jose CA, US
Kevin Shen - Sunnyvale CA, US

Intel Corporation - Santa Clara CA

H04N 7/18
G06F 3/00

725 78, 725 58, 725 59, 725 80, 725 83

Systems and techniques for sharing the capabilities of consumer electronic devices. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a task involving audio/video content from a user, identifying which device in an interconnected system of devices is operable to initiate the performance of the task, and assigning responsibility for the performance of the task to the identified device. The interconnected system includes two or more devices at remote locations.

2004021, Oct 21, 2004

Jan 8, 2004

10/754892

Stephen Francis - Saratoga CA, US
Johannes Schmidt - Los Altos Hills CA, US
David Daney - San Jose CA, US
Kevin Shen - Sunnyvale CA, US

Avtrex, Inc.

H04N007/16

725/025000, 725/030000

Systems and techniques for controlling access to content. In one implementation, a method includes receiving a criterion identifying acceptable television content for a certain accessor, receiving information describing features of currently available television content, comparing the features with the criterion, and allowing the accessor to view the television content only if the features of the television content meet the identifying criterion.

2013016, Jun 27, 2013

Feb 25, 2013

13/775315

Kevin Shen - Sunnyvale CA, US
David Daney - San Jose CA, US
Johannes P. Schmidt - Los Altos Hills CA, US
Steven S. Francis - Saratoga CA, US

G06F 17/30

707723, 707758

Method and systems for searching for media instances of interest to a user are described. User input specifying criteria for content is received and parameters are defined based on the user input. A plurality of databases are searched for media instances meeting the defined parameters, wherein the plurality of databases includes at least one database containing broadcast television content information and at least one database containing non-broadcast television content information. Information about the media instances meeting the defined parameters is retrieved from the plurality of databases. The retrieved information is provided to the user.

2022023, Jul 21, 2022

Apr 5, 2022

17/713966

- Cupertino CA, US
Thomas Alsina - Burlingame CA, US
Edward T. Schmidt - Burlingame CA, US
Elena Leyfman - Los Gatos CA, US
David P. Saracino - Alameda CA, US
Astrid Yi - Sunnyvale CA, US
Adam A. Sonnanstine - San Francisco CA, US
Jonathan A. Bennett - San Francisco CA, US
Gregory R. Chapman - San Jose CA, US
Aparna S. Akella - Mountain View CA, US
Shreyas Nandagudi Sreesha - Los Altos CA, US
Johannes P. Schmidt - Los Altos Hills CA, US

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

H04N 21/41
H04L 67/1061
H04N 21/4363
H04N 21/436
H04W 84/18
H04W 84/20
H04L 67/1042
H04L 67/104
H04N 21/482
H04L 67/1087
H02J 13/00

In some implementations, a system can be configured to allow remote control devices to quietly obtain status information related to various audio/video playback devices. For example, a streaming device (e.g., a user device, phone, etc.) can establish a streaming connection to a playback device. The playback device can be configured to only accept a single streaming connection (i.e., master connection). A remote control device (e.g., a user device, phone, etc.) can quietly connect (i.e., control connection) to the playback device without interrupting the master connection to obtain status information related to the playback device and or the media being streamed to the playback device. The remote control device can provide commands through the control connection to adjust the playback of the streamed media at the playback device.

2021039, Dec 16, 2021

Jun 23, 2021

17/356487

- Cupertino CA, US
Daniel C. KLINGLER - Mountain View CA, US
Kyle C. BROGLE - San Francisco CA, US
Johannes P. SCHMIDT - Los Altos Hills CA, US
Eric A. ALLAMANCHE - Sunnyvale CA, US
Thomas ALSINA - Saratoga CA, US
Bob BRADLEY - San Jose CA, US
Alex T. NELSON - Portland OR, US
Rudolph VAN DER MERWE - Portland OR, US
Joseph M. TRISCARI - West Linn OR, US
Keun Sup LEE - Sunnyvale CA, US
Pedro MARI - Santa Cruz CA, US
Aaron M. ELDER - Los Gatos CA, US
Richard M. POWELL - Mountain View CA, US

H04L 29/06
H04W 12/06
G06F 21/00
G06F 21/45
H04W 12/50

The embodiments set forth a technique for enabling a computing device to securely configure a peripheral computing device. According to some embodiments, the method can include the steps of (1) approving a request received from the peripheral computing device to engage in a setup procedure for the peripheral computing device, (2) receiving, from the peripheral computing device: (i) an audio signal that encodes a password and timing information, and (ii) a light signal. Additionally, the method can involve, in response to identifying that the timing information correlates with the light signal: (3) extracting the password from the audio signal, and (4) establishing a communication link with the peripheral computing device based on the password. In turn, the method can involve (5) providing configuration information to the peripheral computing device over the communication link.

2021001, Jan 14, 2021

Sep 29, 2020

17/036235

- Santa Clara CA, US
Johannes P. Schmidt - Los Altos Hills CA, US

INTEL CORPORATION - SANTA CLARA CA

G06F 9/451
H04N 21/488
H04N 21/6587
H04N 21/845
H04N 21/47
H04N 21/4405

Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with content consumption are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus may include a decoder, a user interface engine, and a presentation engine. The decoder may be configured to receive and decode a streaming of the content. The user interface engine may be configured to receive user commands. The presentation engine may be configured to present the content as the content is decoded from the stream, in response to received user commands. Further, the decoder, the user interface engine, the presentation engine, and/or combination/sub-combination thereof, may be arranged to adapt the presentation to enhance user experience during response to a skip back command, where the adaption is in addition to a nominal response to the skip back command, e.g., display of closed captions. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

2020022, Jul 9, 2020

Dec 19, 2019

16/720783

- Cupertino CA, US
Craig M. Federighi - Los Altos Hills CA, US
Adam A. Sonnanstine - San Francisco CA, US
Taylor G. Carrigan - San Francisco CA, US
Johannes P. Schmidt - Los Altos Hills CA, US
Astrid Yi - Sunnyvale CA, US
Deepak Iyer - Sunnyvale CA, US
Thomas Alsina - Saratoga CA, US
Jonathan A. Bennett - San Francisco CA, US
Patrick L. Coffman - San Francisco CA, US
Cesar de Camargo Barscevicius - San Mateo CA, US

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

H04N 21/466
H04N 21/436
H04N 21/442

In some implementations, a user device can predictively route media content to a remote playback device based on playback context information obtained by the user device. The playback context can include local playback context information related to the state and/or context of the user device. The playback context can include remote playback context information related to the state and/or context of available remote playback devices. Based on the playback context information obtained by the user device, the user device can generate a predictive score for each available playback device that indicates or predicts the likelihood that the user will want to send media content to the corresponding playback device. The user device can generate and present a graphical user interface that can identify the playback devices having predictive scores over a threshold score. In some instances, the user device can automatically route selected media content to a predicted playback device.