Joseph A Dara-Abrams

6456892, Sep 24, 2002

Oct 30, 1998

09/183163

Joseph Alexander Dara-Abrams - Los Altos CA
Harold Aaron Ludtke - San Jose CA
Thomas Edward Birmingham - San Jose CA
Neil David Matthews - Tadley, GB
Yoshifumi Yanagawa - Kyoto, JP
Wim Bronnenberg - Geldrop, NL

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

G05B 1500

700 83, 700 17, 709328, 710 10, 710 72

A method and system for providing a user interface for a networked target device within a home audio/visual network. The DDI allows any DDI target to describe its physical appearance including controls and displays, etc. , to a DDI controller. The controller can be a remote physical device or can be a software program resident on the same or separate device as the target. The controller interfaces with the target to obtain the DDI data and generates a user interface for the target including: 1) interactive controls; and 2) user display information pertinent to the target. The DDI allows the controller to trigger actions on the target as if a user had physically manipulated the controls of the target. The controller and the target are connected to the same communication network. A particular embodiment operates within the HAVi architecture.

6826512, Nov 30, 2004

Jun 28, 2001

09/896790

Joseph Dara-Abrams - Los Altos CA
Klaus Hofrichter - Santa Clara CA
Ravi Gauba - Fremont CA
David G. Gaxiola - San Jose CA
Jun Ouyang - Pleasanton CA

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

G06F 1122

702183, 702121, 702123

In one embodiment, when a problem with a consumer electronic device owned by a user is identified, a diagnostic procedure is provided to control the diagnosis of the potentially faulty consumer electronic device by a testing consumer electronic device. The testing consumer electronic device is a local device owned by the user that is operable to diagnose problems associated with the potentially faulty consumer electronic device. In one embodiment, the testing consumer electronic device and the potentially faulty consumer electronic device are part of a home network enabling their communication during the diagnosis. In another embodiment, the testing consumer electronic device and the potentially faulty consumer electronic device can communicate only during the diagnosis using a special purpose connectivity means. In yet another embodiment, the testing consumer device and the potentially faulty consumer electronic device can communicate using their user interfaces.

7260597, Aug 21, 2007

Nov 2, 2000

09/705478

Klaus Hofrichter - Santa Clara CA, US
Joseph Alexander Dara-Abrams - Los Altos CA, US
David Gabriel Gaxiola - San Jose CA, US

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

G06F 11/00
G06F 17/30

709200, 709228, 707 10, 707101, 707102, 714 46, 714 48

A process is provided for identifying and managing support service applications associated with consumer electronic devices. The process is executed by a gateway device communicatively coupled with each of the electronic devices via a home network, the gateway device being operative to access the Internet and being communicatively coupled with a display unit. The process includes the steps of: determining device ID information associated with a selected one of the electronic devices for which a support service application is required; providing the device ID information to a selected server computing system via the Internet; downloading a support service application associated with the selected device from the selected server computing system; and executing the downloaded support service application at the gateway device to provide a remote interactive support service process for the selected device. The support service may include a remote interactive manual service providing educational instructions to a user of the home network system regarding operation of a selected device, a remote interactive maintenance/diagnostic service for instructing a home network system user in solving maintenance problems associated with a selected device, or a combination remote interactive manual/maintenance/diagnostic service.

7271825, Sep 18, 2007

Nov 4, 2004

10/982003

Joseph Alexander Dara-Abrams - Los Altos CA, US

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

H04N 7/14

348 1401, 379 9317

A sending conversant uses a sending communication device to transmit voice and body state information over a communication network to a receiving communication device used by a receiving conversant. Model based rendering is used such that the model is transferred from the sending conversant to the receiving conversant along with the transmitted data. The sending device includes means for sensing the body state of the sending conversant, collected as body state measurements. The sending communication device also includes means for detecting speech uttered by the sending conversant, such as an audio microphone. The detected speech and body state measurements are encoded in a temporally synchronized manner and multiplexed into a communication signal which is transmitted to the receiving device.

20030120750, Jun 26, 2003

Dec 26, 2001

10/033407

David Gaxiola - San Jose CA, US
Joseph Dara-Abrams - Los Altos CA, US
Ravi Gauba - Fremont CA, US
Jun Ouyang - Sunnyvale CA, US
Klaus Hofrichter - Santa Clara CA, US

G06F015/16
G06F015/177

709/219000, 709/220000

The provisioning of user preferences to a device or service is described. According to one embodiment of the invention, upon detecting a coupling of a device, a presumed user of the device is determined. The user preferences of the presumed user are retrieved and used to configure the device. In addition, particular services are loaded and unloaded from the device based on the user preferences of the presumed user of the device.

20030126135, Jul 3, 2003

Dec 28, 2001

10/040504

David Gaxiola - San Jose CA, US
Joseph Dara-Abrams - Los Altos CA, US
Ravi Gauba - Fremont CA, US
Jun Ouyang - Sunnyvale CA, US
Klaus Hofrichter - Santa Clara CA, US

G06F007/00

707/010000

Remote resource management of local devices through a remote resource management service provider is described. The remote resource management service provider performs resource management operations on a local device upon an indication that resource management on the local device is necessary to perform a specific service.

20060074807, Apr 6, 2006

Oct 6, 2004

10/960383

Ravi Gauba - Fremont CA, US
Curtis Eubanks - Lakewood CO, US
Klaus Hofrichter - Santa Clara CA, US
Annie Wang - San Jose CA, US
Clement Lau - Los Altos CA, US
Joseph Dara-Abrams - Los Altos CA, US

H04L 9/00

705051000

A personal video recorder (PVR) enables delivery of audio-visual content and associated metadata to storage devices. The PVR is configured to access a plurality of services using a plurality of storage modules. Each storage module is dedicated to a single designated content provider. One or more of the storage modules are removably coupled to the PVR. A disconnected storage module can be reconnected to another PVR different from the PVR from which the storage module was disconnected. Where authorization is required to access content stored on the storage module, authentication is performed each time the removable storage module is reconnected to a PVR.

20060075441, Apr 6, 2006

Oct 6, 2004

10/960206

Ravi Gauba - Fremont CA, US
Curtis Eubanks - Lakewood CO, US
Klaus Hofrichter - Santa Clara CA, US
Annie Wang - San Jose CA, US
Clement Lau - Los Altos CA, US
Joseph Dara-Abrams - Los Altos CA, US

H04N 7/16
H04N 5/445
H04N 7/173

725089000, 725009000, 725042000, 725134000

A personal video recorder (PVR) enables delivery of audio-visual content and associated metadata to storage devices. The PVR is configured to access a plurality of services using a plurality of storage modules. Each storage module is dedicated to a single designated content provider. One or more of the storage modules are removably coupled to the PVR. A disconnected storage module can be reconnected to another PVR different from the PVR from which the storage module was disconnected. Where authorization is required to access content stored on the storage module, authentication is performed each time the removable storage module is reconnected to a PVR.