# US 12,113,844 B2 · Digital data processing > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,113,844 B2 - Document ID: US12113844B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/446,886 - Filed: 2021-09-03 - Published: 2022-03-17 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2020-09-15 - Assignees: Carrier Corporation - Applicants: Carrier Corporation - Inventors: Richard W. Garmon - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12113844B2 ## CPC - H04L 65/70: Media network packetisation - 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)} - H04L 65/765: {intermediate} - H04N 21/2335: {involving reformatting operations of audio signals, e.g. by converting from one coding standard to another (details of audio signal transcoding G10L19/173)} - H04N 21/234309: {by transcoding between formats or standards, e.g. from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 or from Quicktime to Realvideo (conversion of standards in analog television systems H04N7/01)} - H04N 21/437: Interfacing the upstream path of the transmission network, e.g. for transmitting client requests to a VOD server {(flow control in data networks H04L47/10; streaming protocols, e.g. RTP or RTCP, H04L65/65; scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests in data packet switching networks H04L67/60)} - H04N 21/4396: {by muting the audio signal} - H04N 21/4398: {involving reformatting operations of audio signals (details of audio signal transcoding G10L19/173)} - H04N 21/6587: Control parameters, e.g. trick play commands, viewpoint selection - H04R 3/00: Circuits for transducers (arrangements for producing a reverberation or echo sound G10K15/08; amplifiers H03F) - H04N 21/4126: {The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones} - H04N 21/41407: {embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop (constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57)} - H04N 21/42203: {sound input device, e.g. microphone} - H04N 21/4223: Cameras (H04N23/00 takes precedence) - H04N 21/472: End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content {(end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612)} - H04R 2420/07: Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones - H04R 2499/11: Transducers incorporated or for use in hand-held devices, e.g. mobile phones, PDA's, camera's - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K) ## Abstract A media system and a method of operating a media system are provided. The media system includes a processing device and a media receiving device. The processing device is configured to transcode a digital data (e.g., at least one of: an audio component and a video component) from a first format to a second format. The processing device is configured to transmit the digital data in the second format. The media receiving device is in communication with the processing device. The media receiving device has at least one of: an obscured mode and a mute mode, and conversely at least one of an un-obscured mode and an un-mute mode. The processing device is configured to stop transcoding and transmitting at least a portion of the digital data to the media receiving device when the media receiving device is in at least one of the obscured mode and the mute mode. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A security monitoring system, comprising: a camera configured to transmit digital data in a first format, the digital data comprising an audio component and a video component; a server side processing device in communication with the camera, the server side processing device configured to transcode the digital data, received from the camera, from the first format to a second format, the server side processing device configured to transmit the digital data in the second format; and a user side media receiving device in communication with the server side processing device, the user side media receiving device configurable to switch between a mute mode and an un-mute mode, wherein the user side media receiving device is configured to: responsive to a user of the user side media receiving device switching the user side media receiving device to the mute mode, transmit a mute signal to the server side processing device, and wherein the server side processing device is configured to stop transcoding and transmitting the audio component of the digital data to the user side media receiving device when the mute signal is received from the user side media receiving device and continue transcoding and transmitting the video component of the digital data to the user side media receiving device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The security monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the user side media receiving device is configured to, responsive to the user switching the user side media receiving device to the un-mute mode, transmit an un-mute signal to the server side processing device, and wherein the server side processing device is configured to resume transcoding and transmitting the audio component of the digital data to the user side media receiving device when receiving the un-mute signal. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The security monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the camera comprises a microphone configured to capture the audio component of the digital data. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The security monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the transcoding and transmitting are completed in the server side processing device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The security monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the sever side processing device comprises at least one of: a mobile phone, a mobile tablet, or a computer, and wherein the transcoding and transmitting are completed in at least one of: the mobile phone, the mobile tablet, or the computer. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The security monitoring system of claim 2, wherein the user side media receiving device comprises at least one of: a mobile phone, a mobile tablet, or a computer. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The security monitoring system of claim 6, wherein the user side media receiving device comprises an application, and wherein the switching between the mute mode and the un-mute mode and the transmitting of the mute signal and the un-mute signal are completed in the application. ### Claim 8 A security monitoring system, comprising: a camera configured to transmit digital data in a first format, the digital data comprising an audio component and a video component; a server side processing device in communication with the camera, the server side processing device configured to transcode the digital data, received from the camera, from the first format to a second format, the server side processing device configured to transmit the digital data in the second format; and a user side media receiving device in communication with the server side processing device, the user side media receiving device configurable to switch between an obscured mode, an un-obscured mode, a mute mode, and an un-mute mode, wherein the user side media receiving device is configured to: responsive to a user of the user side media receiving device switching the user side media receiving device to the obscured mode, transmit an obscured signal to the server side processing device, and wherein the server side processing device is configured to: stop transcoding and transmitting the video component of the digital data to the user side media receiving device when the obscured signal is received from the user side media receiving device and continue transcoding and transmitting the audio component of the digital data to the user side media receiving side. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The security monitoring system of claim 8, wherein the user side media receiving device is configured to, responsive to the user switching the user side media receiving device to the un-obscured mode, transmit an un-obscured signal to the server side processing device, and wherein the server side processing device is configured to resume transcoding and transmitting the video component of the digital data to the user side media receiving device when receiving the un-obscured signal. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The security monitoring system of claim 8, wherein the transcoding and transmitting are completed in the server side processing device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The security monitoring system of claim 8, wherein the server side processing device comprises at least one of: a mobile phone, a mobile tablet, or a computer, and wherein the transcoding and transmitting are completed in at least one of: the mobile phone, the mobile tablet, or the computer. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The security monitoring system of claim 9, wherein the user side media receiving device comprises at least one of: a mobile phone, a mobile tablet, or a computer. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The security monitoring system of claim 12, wherein the user side media receiving device comprises an application, and wherein the switching between the obscured mode and the un-obscured mode and the transmitting of the obscured signal and the un-obscured signal are completed in the application. ### Claim 14 A method of operating a security monitoring system comprising a camera, a server side processing device, and a user side media receiving device, the method comprising: transcoding, with the server side processing device, digital data, transmitted by the camera in a first format, from the first format to a second format, the server side processing device configured to transmit the digital data in the second format to the user side media receiving device, wherein the user side media receiving device is configurable to switch between a mute mode, an un-mute mode, an obscured mode, and an un-obscured mode; responsive to a user of the user side media receiving device switching the user side media receiving device to the mute mode or the obscured mode, receiving, at the server side processing device, at least one of a mute signal and an obscured signal from the user side media receiving device; and discontinuing the transcoding and transmitting of at least a portion of the digital data by the server side processing device when at least one of the mute signal and the obscured signal is received and continuing the transcoding and transmitting of another portion of the digital data, wherein the portion of the digital data comprises one of: an audio component of the digital data or a video component of the digital data, and the other portion of the digital data comprises another one of the audio component or the video component. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the server side processing device is configured to discontinue the transcoding and transmitting of the audio component when receiving the mute signal and continue the transcoding and transmitting of the video component. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the server side processing device is configured to discontinue the transcoding and transmitting of the video component when receiving the obscured signal and continue the transcoding and transmitting of the audio component. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the user side media receiving device comprises an application, and the switching between at least one of: the mute mode and the un-mute mode, and the obscured mode and the un-obscured mode, and the transmitting of at least one of: the mute signal and an un-mute signal, and the obscured signal and an un-obscured signal are completed in the application.