# US 11,044,522 B2 · Methods and apparatus for an embedded appliance > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,044,522 B2 - Document ID: US11044522B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/355,581 - Filed: 2016-11-18 - Published: 2017-03-09 - Granted: 2021-06-22 - Earliest claimed: 2011-06-30 - Assignees: Echo360, Inc. - Applicants: Echo360, Inc. - Inventors: John J. Smith; Stephen R. Titus; Douglas E. Rogers; David Henry Boyle; Keira Kaitlyn Johnson; Jonathan D. Bell - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11044522B2 ## CPC - H04N 21/440218: {by transcoding between formats or standards, e.g. from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 (conversion of standards in analogue television systems H04N7/01)} - G09G 5/005: {Adapting incoming signals to the display format of the display terminal} - G09G 5/008: {Clock recovery} - H04N 5/04: Synchronising (for television systems using pulse code modulation H04N7/56) - H04N 5/06: Generation of synchronising signals - H04N 7/01: Conversion of standards {, e.g. involving analogue television standards or digital television standards processed at pixel level} - H04N 7/0127: {by changing the field or frame frequency of the incoming video signal, e.g. frame rate converter} - H04N 9/8042: {involving data reduction} - H04N 9/8205: {involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal} - H04N 21/262: Content or additional data distribution scheduling, e.g. sending additional data at off-peak times, updating software modules, calculating the carousel transmission frequency, delaying a video stream transmission, generating play-lists {(scheduling strategies for dispatcher in multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/4881; arrangements for scheduling broadcast services or broadcast-related services H04H60/06; flow control in packet networks H04L47/10; establishing a time schedule or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/62)} - H04N 21/4223: Cameras (H04N23/00 takes precedence) - H04N 21/432: Content retrieval operation from a local storage medium, e.g. hard-disk {(details of retrieval of video data and associated meta data in video databases G06F16/739)} - G09G 2340/02: Handling of images in compressed format, e.g. JPEG, MPEG - G09G 2340/0407: Resolution change, inclusive of the use of different resolutions for different screen areas - G09G 2340/0435: Change or adaptation of the frame rate of the video stream - G09G 2340/06: Colour space transformation - G09G 2370/042: for monitor identification - G09G 2370/12: Use of DVI or HDMI protocol in interfaces along the display data pipeline - G09G 2370/22: Detection of presence or absence of input display information or of connection or disconnection of a corresponding information source - H04N 21/42203: {sound input device, e.g. microphone} - H04N 21/4334: {Recording operations (recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27)} - H04N 21/4402: involving reformatting operations of video signals for household redistribution, storage or real-time display {(details of conversion of video standards at pixel level H04N7/01; video transcoding H04N19/40; adapting incoming signals to the display format of the display terminal G09G5/005; media handling at the source in data packet switching networks H04L65/764)} - H04N 21/4788: communicating with other users, e.g. chatting {(arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104)} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) ## Abstract In some embodiments, an apparatus comprises a media module and a modification module included in an embedded appliance. The media module is configured to receive a first media signal associated with a first input port of the embedded appliance and a second media signal associated with a second input port of the embedded appliance. The media module is configured to identify a first set of media signal parameters based on the first media signal. The modification module is configured to receive a modification instruction associated with a session format having a second set of media signal parameters different from the first set of media signal parameters. The modification module is configured to modify the first media signal based on the first set of media signal parameters and the modification instruction to produce a first modified media signal in the session format and having the second set of media signal parameters. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to be executed by a processor, comprising code to cause the processor to: receive, at the processor, a first media signal and a second media signal, for a capture time window; identify, at the processor, a first plurality of media signal parameters based on the first media signal; calculate, at the processor, a modification associated with a session format having a second plurality of media signal parameters different from the first plurality of media signal parameters, the modification not being predetermined or from a list of predetermined modifications or based on a user selection; and modify, at the processor, the first media signal based on the modification to produce a first modified media signal in the session format and having the second plurality of media signal parameters. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the modification is independent of a format of the first media signal and a format of the second media signal. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the first plurality of media signal parameters include at least two of a resolution of the first media signal, a frame rate of the first media signal, a bit rate of the first media signal, or a clock rate of the first media signal. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the first media signal is modified by performing on the first media signal at least one of deinterleaving, decimating, resizing, color space converting, modifying gain, adjusting audio level, or audio multiplexing. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 1, wherein: the first media signal is an audio signal, the second media signal is at least one of (1) a visual-capture media signal, (2) a video media signal, or (3) a digital-image media signal. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 1, wherein: the first media signal is at least one of (1) a visual-capture media signal, (2) a video media signal, or (3) a digital-image media signal; and the second media signal is an audio signal. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 1, further comprising code to cause the processor to: send the first modified media signal and the second media signal such that the first modified media signal and the second media signal are synchronized. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the first session format is an intermediate format for transport to a control server and subsequent processing by the control server into a second session format. ### Claim 9 A method, comprising: receiving, at a processor, a first media signal and a second media signal, for a capture time window; identifying, at the processor, a first plurality of media signal parameters based on the first media signal; calculating, at the processor, a modification associated with a session format having a second plurality of media signal parameters different from the first plurality of media signal parameters, the modification not being predetermined or from a list of predetermined modifications or based on a user selection; and modifying, at the processor, the first media signal based on the modification to produce a first modified media signal in the session format and having the second plurality of media signal parameters. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the modification is independent of a format of the first media signal and a format of the second media signal. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the first plurality of media signal parameters include at least two of a resolution of the first media signal, a frame rate of the first media signal, a bit rate of the first media signal, or a clock rate of the first media signal. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the first media signal is modified by performing on the first media signal at least one of deinterleaving, decimating, resizing, color space converting, modifying gain, adjusting audio level, or audio multiplexing. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein: the first media signal is an audio signal, the second media signal is at least one of (1) a visual-capture media signal, (2) a video media signal, or (3) a digital-image media signal. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein: the first media signal is at least one of (1) a visual-capture media signal, (2) a video media signal, or (3) a digital-image media signal; and the second media signal is an audio signal. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising: sending the first modified media signal and the second media signal such that the first modified media signal and the second media signal are synchronized. ### Claim 16 A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to be executed by a processor, comprising code to cause the processor to: receive, at the processor, a first media signal and a second media signal; identify, at the processor, a media signal parameter from a first plurality of media signal parameters based on the first media signal, the first plurality of media signals being associated with the first media signal and a first session format; calculate, at the processor, a modification associated with a second session format having a second plurality of media signal parameters different from the first plurality of media signal parameters, the modification not being predetermined or from a list of predetermined modifications or based on a user selection; and modify, at the processor, the first media signal based on the modification to produce a first modified media signal in the second session format and having the second plurality of media signal parameters. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the modification is independent of the first session format and the second session format. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the modification is independent of a type of media capture device from which the first media signal is received. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 16, wherein: the first media signal is an audio signal, the second media signal is at least one of (1) a visual-capture media signal, (2) a video media signal, or (3) a digital-image media signal. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 16, wherein: the first media signal is at least one of (1) a visual-capture media signal, (2) a video media signal, or (3) a digital-image media signal; and the second media signal is an audio signal. ### Claim 21 (depends on 16) The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 16, the code further comprising code to cause the processor to: send the first modified media signal and the second media signal such that the first modified media signal and the second media signal are synchronized.