Patents Assigned to Lemi Technology, LLC
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Patent number: 9552428Abstract: A method for generating a media recommendation is disclosed. The method comprises receiving information about a user associated with a requesting device, identifying profile information based on the information about the user, receiving a media recommendation request from the requesting device, the media recommendation request comprising seed information comprising information identifying a media item, determining at least one related media item based on at least the information identifying the media item and the profile information, and providing information identifying the at least one related media item to the requesting device.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2016Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: Lemi Technology, LLCInventors: Hugh Svendsen, Eugene M. Farrelly
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Patent number: 9432423Abstract: A skip function for broadcast or multicast media content is disclosed. In general, a receiving device simultaneously receives two or more content streams transmitted for one or more receiving device and provides a skip function by buffering and switching between the two or more content streams. Initially, the receiving device provides playback of a first content stream of the two or more content streams. During playback of the first content stream, the receiving device buffers one or more most recently received content items from the other content streams. When a skip request is received, the receiving device performs a skip function by switching playback from the first content stream to a second content stream of the two or more content streams beginning at the start of the one or more most recently received content items from the second content stream that have been buffered at the receiving device.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2014Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: LEMI TECHNOLOGY, LLCInventors: Gregory M. Evans, Eugene Matthew Farrelly
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Patent number: 9288246Abstract: A system and method for providing proximity-based quality for multimedia content, including: transmitting multimedia content, and intentionally controlling a quality level of a presentation of the multimedia content based on geographic proximity of a user to a particular location including intentionally controlling the quality level of the presentation of the multimedia content in accordance to a defined quality level for each of a plurality of geographic proximity zones associated with the particular location with at least one first one of the plurality of geographic proximity zones having a first defined quality level that is higher than a second defined quality level of at least one second one of the plurality of geographic proximity zones.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2013Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: LEMI TECHNOLOGY, LLCInventors: Scott Curtis, Alfredo C. Issa, Greg Evans, Richard Walsh
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Patent number: 9275138Abstract: A system and medium for generating a media recommendation is disclosed. The system comprises a central server operably connected to a network that comprises at least one processor and memory containing software executable by the at least one processor. The central server is configured to receive information identifying a user associated with a requesting device, identify profile information based on the information identifying the user, receive a media recommendation request from the requesting device, the media recommendation request comprising seed information comprising information identifying a media item and a current location of the requesting device, determine at least one related media item based on at least the information identifying the media item and the profile information, and provide information identifying the at least one related media item to the requesting device.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2015Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: LEMI TECHNOLOGY, LLCInventors: Hugh Svendsen, Eugene M. Farrelly
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Patent number: 9099086Abstract: An Internet radio station program discovery service is provided. A plurality of Internet radio station programs is obtained. For each Internet radio station program of the plurality of Internet radio station programs, the Internet radio station program is dynamically categorized by mapping a dynamically identified topic of the Internet radio station program to a content classifier. A User is enabled to discover an Internet radio station program of interest from the plurality of Internet radio station programs based on the dynamic categorizations for the plurality of Internet radio station programs.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2012Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: Lemi Technology, LLCInventors: Alfredo C. Issa, Richard J. Walsh, Christopher M. Amidon
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Patent number: 9055037Abstract: A system for and method of per access-point streaming media customization and privacy protected feedback in a wireless network. The system is operative to: encrypt real time streamed media content from a streaming media source; multicast the streamed encrypted media content for availability to a user device for playback, the user device sending out unicast responses at the time of joining or dropping the multicast; aggregate the unicast responses in the form of a connect multicast state or a disconnect multicast state of the user device based on the joining or dropping of the multicast; and provide information back to the streaming media source based on the aggregated unicast responses.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2013Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: Lemi Technology, LLCInventors: Gregory M. Evans, Hugh Svendsen, Olivia Marie Marsh
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Patent number: 9020414Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide for optimizing operation of a radio program operated by a host process. Aspects include analyzing the contextual information received from the plurality of client devices participating in the radio program and enabling enable the host process to manage the participation of the plurality of client devices based at least in part on the contextual information.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: LEMI Technology, LLCInventors: Christopher M. Amidon, Alfredo C. Issa, Richard J. Walsh, Juan A. Pons, Gregory M. Evans
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Patent number: 9015109Abstract: Methods and systems for generating media item recommendations are disclosed herein. According to an aspect, a method may include using at least a processor and memory for receiving candidate media items associated with one or more computing devices that either has recently played or is currently playing a media item currently being played by another computing device. The method may also include determining recommendation scores for the candidate media items based on occurrence counts of the media items within a predetermined time period. Further, the method may include generating a media item recommendation for the other computing device based on the recommendation scores.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2012Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Lemi Technology, LLCInventor: Hugh Blake Svendsen
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Patent number: 8983937Abstract: A system for presenting information identifying a media item associated with a geographic area is disclosed. In one embodiment the system includes a server and a user device. The server receives media item information identifying a media item and location information identifying a geographic location associated with the device at which the media item was interacted with; identifies a second media item played within a geographic area of interest; and provides information identifying the second media item. The user device interacts with the media item; provides information identifying the media item; provides location information identifying a geographic location associated with the device at which the media item was interacted with; receives an identification of a geographic area; receives information that identifies the second media item; and presents the information that identifies the second media item.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2014Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: LEMI Technology, LLCInventors: Hugh Svendsen, Scott Curtis
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Patent number: 8949718Abstract: Methods and systems for providing visual audio links for digital audio content include playing the digital audio content on an electronic device that has a display; displaying on the display visual audio links associated with terms of relevance from the digital audio content as the terms of relevance are played during playing of the digital audio content, wherein each of the visual audio links is a reference to additional content associated with the corresponding term of relevance; in response to receiving a user's selection of one of the visual audio links, presenting the additional content associated with the corresponding term of relevance, wherein the user is granted a license to the additional content; and when presentation of the additional content completes, playing the digital audio content at a point where the corresponding term of relevance was mentioned, such that the user is granted rewind rights based on the terms of relevance.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2008Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Lemi Technology, LLCInventors: Alfredo C. Issa, Gregory M. Evans
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Patent number: 8909667Abstract: Methods and systems for generating media item recommendations are disclosed herein. According to an aspect, a method may include using at least a processor and memory for receiving candidate media items associated with one or more computing devices that either has recently played or is currently playing a media item currently being played by another computing device. The method may also include determining recommendation scores for the candidate media items based on occurrence counts of the media items within a predetermined time period. Further, the method may include generating a media item recommendation for the other computing device based on the recommendation scores.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2012Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Lemi Technology, LLCInventor: Hugh Blake Svendsen
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Patent number: 8886666Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system are provided for generating media recommendations in a media recommendation network. Aspects of the method and system include receiving by a server a plurality of play histories of media items from a plurality of users of devices, wherein at least a portion of the media items are tagged with corresponding time and location data indicating a time and location of play; receiving by the server a media recommendation request from a requester, including receiving seed information indicating a current location of the requester; using at least one of user preferences of the requester and the seed information to identify correlated users from which to search corresponding play histories from among the plurality of play histories; comparing the seed information to the corresponding play histories and generating a list of related media items contained therein; and returning the list of related media items to the requester.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Lemi Technology, LLCInventors: Hugh Svendsen, Eugene Matthew Farrelly
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Patent number: 8874554Abstract: Systems and methods for presenting information identifying a media item associated with a geographic area are disclosed. In one embodiment, a user device comprises a media player adapted to interact with a media item. The user device comprises a communication interface adapted to provide media item information identifying the media item, and to provide location information identifying a geographic location associated with the user device at which the media item was interacted with. The user device comprises a location determination component adapted to receive an identification of a geographic area. The communication interface is further adapted to receive information that identifies a second media item, wherein location information associated with the second media item is associated with the identified geographic area. The user device further comprises a user interface adapted to present, via the user device, the information that identifies the second media item.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2013Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Lemi Technology, LLCInventors: Hugh Svendsen, Scott Curtis
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Patent number: 8825552Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for providing a radio station for playback at a user device using previously obtained Digital Rights Management (DRM) locked content for the radio station. In one embodiment, a radio station application and DRM locked content to be used by the radio station application are downloaded to a user device, which is preferably a mobile user device. The DRM locked content includes a number of DRM locked songs that may be used for the radio station. Thereafter, the radio station application obtains a playlist for the radio station, where the playlist for the radio station includes at least a subset of the DRM locked content provided to the user device for the radio station. Playback of the playlist for the radio station is then provided at the user device, and playback is reported to a remote service for royalty tracking.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2008Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Lemi Technology, LLCInventors: Gregory M. Evans, Kunal Kandekar, Alfredo C. Issa
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Publication number: 20140235161Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide for optimizing operation of a radio program operated by a host process. Aspects include analyzing the contextual information received from the plurality of client devices participating in the radio program and enabling enable the host process to manage the participation of the plurality of client devices based at least in part on the contextual information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: LEMI Technology, LLCInventors: Christopher M. Amidon, Alfredo C. Issa, Richard J. Walsh, Juan A. Pons, Gregory M. Evans
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Patent number: 8806047Abstract: A skip function for broadcast or multicast media content is disclosed. In general, a receiving device simultaneously receives two or more content streams transmitted for one or more radio stations and provides a skip function by buffering and switching between the two or more content streams. Initially, the receiving device provides playback of a first content stream of the two or more content streams. During playback of the first content stream, the receiving device buffers one or more most recently received content items from the other content streams. When a skip request is received, the receiving device performs a skip function by switching playback from the first content stream to a second content stream of the two or more content streams beginning at the start of the one or more most recently received content items from the second content stream that have been buffered at the receiving device.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2010Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Lemi Technology, LLCInventors: Gregory M. Evans, Eugene Matthew Farrelly
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Patent number: 8780778Abstract: A system and method of receiving a radio broadcast and simulcast of media content, including: receiving a digital radio broadcast comprising digital radio content over a terrestrial radio broadcast spectrum; receiving media content separately over a multicast network; time synchronizing the media content to the digital radio broadcast; and presenting the time synchronized media content and the digital radio content for playback by a client device. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2010Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Lemi Technology, LLCInventors: Greg M. Evans, Eugene Matthew Farrelly, Andrew V. Phillips
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Patent number: 8725117Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide for optimizing operation of a radio program operated by a host process. Aspects include analyzing the contextual information received from the plurality of client devices participating in the radio program and enabling at least one feature on the host process based at least in part on the contextual information.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2012Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Lemi Technology, LLCInventors: Christopher M. Amidon, Alfredo C. Issa, Richard J. Walsh, Juan A. Pons, Gregory M. Evans
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Publication number: 20140122590Abstract: Methods and systems for generating media item recommendations are disclosed herein. According to an aspect, a method may include using at least a processor and memory for receiving candidate media items associated with one or more computing devices that either has recently played or is currently playing a media item currently being played by another computing device. The method may also include determining recommendation scores for the candidate media items based on occurrence counts of the media items within a predetermined time period. Further, the method may include generating a media item recommendation for the other computing device based on the recommendation scores.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2012Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: LEMI TECHNOLOGY, LLCInventor: Hugh Blake Svendsen
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Publication number: 20140108607Abstract: A system and method for providing proximity-based quality for multimedia content, including: transmitting multimedia content, and intentionally controlling a quality level of a presentation of the multimedia content based on geographic proximity of a user to a particular location including intentionally controlling the quality level of the presentation of the multimedia content in accordance to a defined quality level for each of a plurality of geographic proximity zones associated with the particular location with at least one first one of the plurality of geographic proximity zones having a first defined quality level that is higher than a second defined quality level of at least one second one of the plurality of geographic proximity zones.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: LEMI TECHNOLOGY, LLCInventors: Scott Curtis, Alfredo C. Issa, Greg Evans, Richard Walsh