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Albert F. Elcock
Researcher at General Instrument
Publications - 28
Citations - 751
Albert F. Elcock is an academic researcher from General Instrument. The author has contributed to research in topics: Closed captioning & Software. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 28 publications receiving 751 citations.
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Targeted advertisement distribution in an sdv environment
TL;DR: In this article, a system and method for distributing targeted advertisements in a switched digital video system is proposed, which monitors a content stream associated with a channel selected by a subscriber, where the content stream includes an advertisement segment having a start time and an end time, and an advertisement replacement opportunity inserted in the contents stream.
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Communication of automotive diagnostic data
TL;DR: In this article, the authors established wireless communication between a vehicle (105) having one or more on-board diagnostic systems and a mobile phone (708) to indicate, for example, that maintenance is required for the vehicle or the occurrence of an event such as an airbag deployment or security breach.
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Remote wireless device with epg display, intercom and emulated control buttons
Barry P. Falvo,Albert F. Elcock +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a user's remote wireless device (210) is used to send messages to targeted destinations within the user's home environment via an in-home network, and the messages may be set to be sent at a particular time (reminder messages) or sent immediately (intercom messages).
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Simulating short depth of field to maximize privacy in videotelephony
TL;DR: In this article, an arrangement for simulating a short depth of field in a captured videophone image is provided in which the background portion of the image is digitally segregated and blurred to render it indistinct.
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Distribution of Closed Captioning From a Server to a Client Over a Home Network
TL;DR: In this paper, a multimedia server distributes closed captioning over a network to a client device running a media player that does not support standardized closed-captioning, such as CEA-608-B or CEA 708-B, Advanced Television Systems Committee ATSC A/53 or the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers SCTE 20 and/orSCTE 21.