Patents Assigned to Comcast Interactive Media, LLC
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Patent number: 11966383Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for maintaining contact information associated with a contact. In some embodiments a request associated with a contact may be received. Contact information may be obtained from one or more external or internal sources. One or more confidence scores may be generated for the obtained contact information and for one or more values received with the request. Based on the confidence score(s), one or more values associated with the contact may be incorporated in one or more data stores. In some embodiments, suggestions for contact related information may be generated or one or more data stores may be automatically updated.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Comcast Interactive Media, LLCInventors: Peter Lester, Justin Miller, Hendrick Lee, Aseem Sharma, Galen Trevor Gattis, Amber Dixon, Huy Tuan Nguyen, Derek McGowan, John McCrea
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Patent number: 11843661Abstract: A system for providing a web service on a network of addressable nodes, said web service comprising a plurality of discrete, individually-addressable microservices, said system comprising: (a) at least one load balancer configured for routing a request from a node for a microservice to one of a plurality of virtual addresses, each virtual address corresponding to a unique microservice, and (b) one or more physical nodes associated with each virtual address, each physical node comprising one or more microservices, each microservice comprising a microservice-specific module for executing a particular function, said microservice-specific module linked to an interface for communicating over said network, each microservice being one of a plurality of individually-addressable microservices constituting a web service.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Comcast Interactive Media, LLCInventor: Jonathan T. Moore
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Patent number: 11799683Abstract: A communication network device facilitates communication between devices and/or applications in a network without requiring each device to register with every other device or application. The communication network device may generate and assign a unique identifier to each device or application upon registration and store a role of the device or application (e.g., sender or receiver or both) in addition to capability and compatibility information. The communication network device may then dynamically broker and manage communications from each of the devices or applications to other devices and applications in real-time. Using a communication network device, communications may be directed to devices or applications without requiring a sending device to know of the recipient's network address. Additionally, the communication network device allows for the direct targeting of communications to specific applications.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Comcast Interactive Media, LLCInventors: Christopher Dixon, James Poder
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Patent number: 11531668Abstract: A method may comprise comparing a first data set with a second data set, the first data set associating a first plurality of names with a first plurality of roles, and the second data set associating a second plurality of names with a second plurality of roles. The method may further comprise generating a third data set based on an outcome of the comparing, such that the third data set associates a subset of the first plurality of names with a subset of the second plurality of roles. Apparatuses, methods, and software for performing these and other functions are also described.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2008Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Comcast Interactive Media, LLCInventor: Robert Rubinoff
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Patent number: 11494367Abstract: An apparatus, method, system, and computer-readable medium are provided for maintaining contact information associated with a contact. In some embodiments a request associated with a contact may be received. Contact information may be obtained from one or more external or internal sources. One or more confidence scores may be generated for the obtained contact information and for one or more values received with the request. Based on the confidence score(s), one or more values associated with the contact may be incorporated in one or more data stores. In some embodiments, suggestions for contact related information may be generated. Responses to the suggestions may be used to update the generated confidence score(s).Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Comcast Interactive Media, LLCInventors: Peter Lester, Justin Miller, Hendrick Lee, Aseem Sharma, Galen Trevor Gattis, Amber Dixon, Huy Tuan Nguyen, Derek McGowan, John McCrea
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Patent number: 11468109Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to identifying media items relevant to a selected subject matter including, for example, determining the subject matter of a first media item, which may comprise at least one of audio content or video content; determining the classification within an ontology of the subject matter of the first media item; analyzing the ontology to identify other subject matter related to the subject matter of the first media item; and performing a search for other media items relevant to the subject matter of the first media item as a function of at least the other related subject matter according to the ontology.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Comcast Interactive Media, LLCInventors: Leslie Eugene Chipman, Evelyne Tzoukermann, Anthony R. Davis, David F. Houghton, Ryan M. Farrell, Hongzhong Zhou, Oliver Jojic, Vladimir Kronrod, Bageshree Shevade, Geetu Ambwani
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Patent number: 11398947Abstract: A communication interface and a device control, management and monitoring system are provided to enable the networking of and communication between a multiple devices operating under different protocols. The communication interface may act as a translator or protocol converter that reformats transmissions from one protocol to another based on protocol compatibility between the recipient and transmitting devices. The device control and monitoring system may store predefined rules that are triggered when specified conditions associated with the networked devices are detected. The rules may specify an action to take such as transmitting a discount offer to a user or turning off a light. According to one or more arrangements, the communication interface may act as an intermediary between the networked devices and the device control system so that the device control system is not required to understand or be compatible with the various other protocols used by the networked devices.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2019Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Comcast Interactive Media, LLCInventors: Christopher Dixon, James Poder
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Patent number: 11323508Abstract: A system for providing a web service on a network of addressable nodes, said web service comprising a plurality of discrete, individually-addressable microservices, said system comprising: (a) at least one load balancer configured for routing a request from a node for a microservice to one of a plurality of virtual addresses, each virtual address corresponding to a unique microservice, and (b) one or more physical nodes associated with each virtual address, each physical node comprising one or more microservices, each microservice comprising a microservice-specific module for executing a particular function, said microservice-specific module linked to an interface for communicating over said network, each microservice being one of a plurality of individually-addressable microservices constituting a web service.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2009Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Comcast Interactive Media, LLCInventor: Jonathan T. Moore
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Patent number: 10863248Abstract: A program guide, such as an electronic program guide (EPG), may be used to display information regarding upcoming scheduled transmissions of content. The display may include thumbnail images for selected groups of programs, and the images may be positioned in a pseudo-random location, and moved along a randomly generated trajectory on the display.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Comcast Interactive Media, LLCInventors: Thomas Loretan, Kevin Mercer, Jill Mclaughlin, Aparna Ramchandran, Katherine Inglis, Arpit Mathur, Jesse Mullen, Meredith Kenney, Dheyvi Velagapudi
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Patent number: 10797904Abstract: A communication network device facilitates communication between devices and/or applications in a network without requiring each device to register with every other device or application. The communication network device may generate and assign a unique identifier to each device or application upon registration and store a role of the device or application (e.g., sender or receiver or both) in addition to capability and compatibility information. The communication network device may then dynamically broker and manage communications from each of the devices or applications to other devices and applications in real-time. Using a communication network device, communications may be directed to devices or applications without requiring a sending device to know of the recipient's network address. Additionally, the communication network device allows for the direct targeting of communications to specific applications.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2010Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Comcast Interactive Media, LLCInventors: Christopher Dixon, James Poder
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Patent number: 10691672Abstract: An apparatus, method, system, and computer-readable medium are provided for maintaining contact information associated with a contact. In some embodiments a request associated with a contact may be received. Contact information may be obtained from one or more external or internal sources. One or more confidence scores may be generated for the obtained contact information and for one or more values received with the request. Based on the confidence score(s), one or more values associated with the contact may be incorporated in one or more data stores. In some embodiments, suggestions for contact related information may be generated. Responses to the suggestions may be used to update the generated confidence score(s).Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Comcast Interactive Media, LLCInventors: Peter Lester, Justin Miller, Hendrick Lee, Aseem Sharma, Galen Trevor Gattis, Amber Dixon, Huy Tuan Nguyen, Derek McGowan, John McCrea
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Patent number: 10635709Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to identifying media items relevant to a selected subject matter including, for example, determining the subject matter of a first media item, which may comprise at least one of audio content or video content; determining the classification within an ontology of the subject matter of the first media item; analyzing the ontology to identify other subject matter related to the subject matter of the first media item; and performing a search for other media items relevant to the subject matter of the first media item as a function of at least the other related subject matter according to the ontology.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2016Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Comcast Interactive Media, LLCInventors: Leslie Eugene Chipman, Evelyne Tzoukermann, Anthony R. Davis, David F. Houghton, Ryan M. Farrell, Hongzhong Zhou, Oliver Jojic, Vladimir Kronrod, Bageshree Shevade, Geetu Ambwani
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Patent number: 10559301Abstract: Speech recognition may be improved by generating and using a topic specific language model. A topic specific language model may be created by performing an initial pass on an audio signal using a generic or basis language model. A speech recognition device may then determine topics relating to the audio signal based on the words identified in the initial pass and retrieve a corpus of text relating to those topics. Using the retrieved corpus of text, the speech recognition device may create a topic specific language model. In one example, the speech recognition device may adapt or otherwise modify the generic language model based on the retrieved corpus of text.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Comcast Interactive Media, LLCInventors: David F. Houghton, Seth Michael Murray, Sibley Verbeck Simon
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Patent number: 10545946Abstract: An apparatus, method, system, and computer-readable medium are provided for maintaining contact information associated with a contact. In some embodiments a request associated with a contact may be received. Contact information may be obtained from one or more external or internal sources. One or more confidence scores may be generated for the obtained contact information and for one or more values received with the request. Based on the confidence score(s), one or more values associated with the contact may be incorporated in one or more data stores. In some embodiments, suggestions for contact related information may be generated. Responses to the suggestions may be used to update the generated confidence score(s).Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2010Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Comcast Interactive Media, LLCInventors: Peter Lester, Justin Miller, Hendrick Lee, Aseem Sharma, Galen Trevor Gattis, Amber Dixon, Huy Tuan Nguyen, Derek McGowan, John McCrea
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Patent number: 10298452Abstract: A communication interface and a device control, management and monitoring system are provided to enable the networking of and communication between a multiple devices operating under different protocols. The communication interface may act as a translator or protocol converter that reformats transmissions from one protocol to another based on protocol compatibility between the recipient and transmitting devices. The device control and monitoring system may store predefined rules that are triggered when specified conditions associated with the networked devices are detected. The rules may specify an action to take such as transmitting a discount offer to a user or turning off a light. According to one or more arrangements, the communication interface may act as an intermediary between the networked devices and the device control system so that the device control system is not required to understand or be compatible with the various other protocols used by the networked devices.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2015Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Comcast Interactive Media, LLCInventors: Christopher Dixon, James S. Poder
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Publication number: 20190035388Abstract: Speech recognition may be improved by generating and using a topic specific language model. A topic specific language model may be created by performing an initial pass on an audio signal using a generic or basis language model. A speech recognition device may then determine topics relating to the audio signal based on the words identified in the initial pass and retrieve a corpus of text relating to those topics. Using the retrieved corpus of text, the speech recognition device may create a topic specific language model. In one example, the speech recognition device may adapt or otherwise modify the generic language model based on the retrieved corpus of text.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2017Publication date: January 31, 2019Applicant: Comcast Interactive Media, LLCInventors: David F. Houghton, Seth Michael Murray, Sibley Verbeck Simon
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Patent number: 10162847Abstract: An apparatus, method, system, and computer-readable medium are provided for maintaining contact information associated with a contact. In some embodiments a request associated with a contact may be received. Contact information may be obtained from one or more external or internal sources. One or more confidence scores may be generated for the obtained contact information and for one or more values received with the request. Based on the confidence score(s), one or more values associated with the contact may be incorporated in one or more data stores. In some embodiments, suggestions for contact related information may be generated. Responses to the suggestions may be used to update the generated confidence score(s).Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2014Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Comcast Interactive Media, LLCInventors: Peter Lester, Justin Miller, Hendrick Lee, Aseem Sharma, Galen Trevor Gattis, Amber Dixon, Huy Tuan Nguyen, Derek McGowan, John McCrea
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Patent number: 10140432Abstract: Content access may be provided and processed by assigning responsibility for obtaining entitlement data to the client's browser. Thus, in one example, the client may be configured to synchronize and coordinate data lookups associated with a content request, rather than relying on the server to do so. The network architecture may use a mediator design pattern, in which the client's browser acts as the mediator (i.e., middleman) between a content server and an entitlement data server. Accordingly, synchronous calls between server-side services might not be required. Instead, data necessary for the content server to process a client request for access to protected content may be received in the incoming request from the client's browser.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2015Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: Comcast Interactive Media, LLCInventor: Jonathan T. Moore
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Patent number: 10025832Abstract: Content items and other entities may be ranked or organized according to a relevance to a user. Relevance may take into consideration recency, proximity, popularity, air time (e.g., of television shows) and the like. In one example, the popularity and age of a movie may be used to determine a relevance ranking. Popularity (i.e., entity rank) may be determined based on a variety of factors. In the movie example, popularity may be based on gross earnings, awards, nominations, votes and the like. According to one or more embodiments, entities may initially be categorized into relevance groupings based on popularity and/or other factors. Once categorized, the entities may be sorted within each grouping and later combined into a single ranked list.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Comcast Interactive Media, LLCInventors: Ken Iwasa, Seth Michael Murray, Goldee Udani
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Patent number: 9892730Abstract: Speech recognition may be improved by generating and using a topic specific language model. A topic specific language model may be created by performing an initial pass on an audio signal using a generic or basis language model. A speech recognition device may then determine topics relating to the audio signal based on the words identified in the initial pass and retrieve a corpus of text relating to those topics. Using the retrieved corpus of text, the speech recognition device may create a topic specific language model. In one example, the speech recognition device may adapt or otherwise modify the generic language model based on the retrieved corpus of text.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2009Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Comcast Interactive Media, LLCInventors: David F. Houghton, Seth Michael Murray, Sibley Verbeck Simon