A system and method enabling the automated installation and configuration of universal low noise block satellite system premises devices. The system and method utilize a pre-programmed series of tests to systematically test for and recognize the availability and viability of particular interface connections, and then responsively configure and install a premises device. The system and method are also adapted to provide a consumer and/or satellite service provider with feedback regarding the installation and the connection of interface cables.

Introduced here are systems to manage and discover a processing offloader. A first multimedia device may identify a processing offloader in a networked environment. A first multimedia device may determine that a bandwidth of a second multimedia device in the networked environment falls below a threshold bandwidth, indicating that the second multimedia device may process instructions and render multimedia information with increased latency or delay. Based on this determination, the first multimedia device may forward instructions from the second multimedia device to the processing offloader for the processing offloader to process and render multimedia information on behalf of the second multimedia device based on the received instructions. The first multimedia device may forward rendered multimedia information from the processing offloader to the second multimedia device, and the second multimedia device may output the rendered multimedia information to an output device.

Disclosed are methods for supplementing the processing capabilities of multimedia devices in a networked environment. A method can include providing a processing offloader module to physically connect to a first multimedia device in the networked environment. The offloader can be internal and/or external to the device. The method can include identifying the offloader, identifying a second multimedia device, and determining that a bandwidth of the second device falls below a threshold bandwidth. Instructions can be forwarded from the second device to the offloader when the bandwidth of the second device exceeds the threshold bandwidth. The offloader is configured to process the instructions and render multimedia information based on the instructions. A first communication can be transmitted to the second multimedia device indicating a request to enable a proxy configured to output received rendered multimedia information and the rendered multimedia information can be forwarded from the offloader to the second device.

A network interface device includes an input-output port; an entry port; an upstream signal path configured to carry an upstream signal from the input-output port to the entry port; a noise suppressor, in the upstream signal path, that includes noise suppression paths between the input-output and entry ports; and a controller configured to: determine a first power level of the upstream signal in a first frequency band; determine a second power level of the upstream signal in a second frequency band; generate a control signal based on a first comparison of the first and second power levels, on a second comparison of the second power level with a threshold limit, or on the first comparison of the first and second power levels and on the second comparison of the second power level with the threshold limit; and select one of the noise suppression paths based on the control signal.

A plurality of customer premises equipment devices in a broadband network are periodically polled to determine a corresponding upstream interface port for each of the plurality of customer premises equipment devices. The determined corresponding upstream interface ports for each of the plurality of customer premises equipment devices are compared to stored data indicating authorized upstream interface ports for each of the plurality of customer premises equipment devices. Responsive to the comparing indicating that at least one of the determined corresponding upstream interface ports does not match a corresponding one of the authorized upstream interface ports, at least one remedial action is taken for a customer account associated with a corresponding one of the customer premises equipment devices in the broadband network.

The present invention relates to systems and methods suitable for real-time streaming over a decentralized or centralized network. In the decentralized network, the present invention relates to a system and method that utilizes a block-chain distributed network to securely and reliably stream multimedia in real-time. In the centralized network, the present invention utilizes a centralized stream manager to manage nodes within the distributed network to securely and reliably stream multimedia in real-time.

An improved system and method of capturing, transmitting, rating (exclusive content), continuously playing, selling and advertising listener and/or viewer data from vehicle Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) equipped infotainment systems capable of receiving and translating live broadcasts for Analog TV, Digital TV, HDTV, Satellite TV, Satellite Radio (SIRUS/XM), AM, FM, HD, DRM, UHF, VHF, Shortwave, Internet Podcasts and Bluetooth coupled media is described herein. The In-vehicle Listener and Viewer Data Capture System (LVDCS) is capable of recording, collecting and transmitting audience measurement data (from automobiles or other vehicles), using only the vehicle's OEM equipped communication network, including viewing and listening data for all audio and video content derived from the Infotainment System Module (ISM), Audio/Video Control Module (A/VCM), touchscreen or vehicle radio. The scope of viewing and listening data collected as well as communication method are unique to the LVDCS.

Additional unique features of the LVDCS are In-Vehicle Listener and Viewer Continuous Play Feature function and Radio Data System (RDS) Interactive Bubble Advertising. The In-Vehicle Listener and Viewer Continuous Play Feature is a Method of continuously playing an Over The Air (OTA) transmission including Analog TV, Digital TV, HDTV, AM, FM, HD, DRM, UHF, VHF and Shortwave broadcast, by transitioning to the live internet broadcast stream, via either a processor or LVDCS software equipped on the vehicles Gateway Module (GWM), ISM or A/VCM, when the strength of the OTA signal drops below a pre-defined value, the internet stream will transition to that station. Conversely, when the OTA signal reaches a pre-defined value, separate and greater than the value of the transition from the OTA signal to the internet stream, the converse transition from internet stream to OTA will take place.

RDS Interactive Bubble Advertising is a Method of Advertising onto an ISM, A/VCM, touchscreen or vehicle radio by overlaying RDS Radio Text (RT) data, transmitted Over-The-Air (OTA), included in the LVDCS for interactive display. RDS data specific to advertising segments, or in between broadcast segments, transmitted OTA and received by an ISM, A/VCM, touchscreen or vehicle radio onboard vehicle touchscreen or vehicle radio will be read and processed via an onboard processor and the LVDCS to execute protocols to display Interactive Bubble Advertising. Visual display includes interactive location map, logo, symbol, emoji or hyperlinked media.

RDS RT data triggers the start and stop of the Interactive Bubble Advertising by transmitting an encoded identifying bit to authentica

There is provided a system and method for latency compensation in a 360 VR video editing system. One embodiment involves a determination of the latency delay between the computer that stores and edits the video and a VR headset worn by the user. This delay might be caused by the need to read, prepare, and wirelessly transmit each video frame to the headset. The determined latency delay is used within the computer to adjust the timeline location of editing commands issued by the user so that they match the timeline locations seen by the user within the headset. This is done so that the user's edit commands are applied within the computer at the same video frame the user was viewing within the VR headset when the command was issued. In some embodiments the display device of the VR headset might be a smart phone.

In one embodiment, a method includes sending, to a social-networking system, a request to access a live-broadcast session associated with a broadcasting user of the social-networking system. The live-broadcast session includes a media stream, where the media stream is available in a video format or an audio format. The method also includes determining a format for the media stream based at least in part on availability of the media stream in the video format or the audio format and a network connectivity status associated with the client system. The method further includes receiving the media stream in the determined format.

A management device includes a storage management unit configured to store, in a storage unit in accordance with a priority, a plurality of pieces of transmission data having corresponding time information among a plurality of pieces of transmission data generated by dividing a plurality of pieces of content data each encoded for a channel.