Patents Examined by Omar S Parra
  • Patent number: 11743525
    Abstract: An example system includes an in-vehicle content-delivery system (CDS) on a vehicle storing a library of content, and a content server including a content portal. The content portal may receive a request for a customized content manifest from the CDS, identify the vehicle, identify a customized content manifest, and provide the customized content manifest to the CDS. The customized content manifest may include a list of content customized for an itinerary and/or the vehicle, and wherein the customized content manifest differs from another content manifest customized for a different itinerary and/or a different vehicle. The CDS may remove first content from the library of content when the first content is not included in the list of content, and load second content to the library of content when the second content is included in the list of content and not already present in the library of content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: GOGO BUSINESS AVIATION LLC
    Inventors: Christopher M. Rippe, Ian Simpson, Grant Burton
  • Patent number: 11743555
    Abstract: Networks, systems and displays for providing derived data and predictive information for use in multivariable component systems and activities; and in particular for use in motor racing such as in NASCAR®, Indy Car, Grand-Am (sports car racing), and/or Formula 1® racing. More particularly, there are systems equipment and networks for the monitoring and collecting of raw data regarding races, both real time and historic. This raw data is then analyzed to provide derived data, predictive data, virtual data, and combinations and variations of this data, which depending upon the nature of this data may be packaged, distributed, displayed and used in various setting and applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: GENERAL MOTORS LLC
    Inventors: Erik Allen, Kyle Jensen, Gilman Callsen, Joshua Browne, Kevin Schaff, Paul Harraka, Joel Moxley
  • Patent number: 11736769
    Abstract: Various approaches relate to user defined content filtering in media playing devices of undesirable content represented in stored and real-time content from content providers. For example, video, image, and/or audio data can be analyzed to identify and classify content included in the data using various classification models and object and text recognition approaches. Thereafter, the identification and classification can be used to control presentation and/or access to the content and/or portions of the content. For example, based on the classification, portions of the content can be modified (e.g., replaced, removed, degraded, etc.) using one or more techniques (e.g., media replacement, media removal, media degradation, etc.) and then presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SoundHound, Inc
    Inventors: Thor S. Khov, Terry Kong
  • Patent number: 11729452
    Abstract: A media content playback device for a vehicle and a method therefor are provided. The media content playback device includes: a media information identifying device that requests a user terminal to transmit media information and identifies the media information, when there is a request to play media content, when communicatively connected with the user terminal; a cover art obtaining device that obtains a cover art image based on the media information; and a controller that displays the cover art image on a playback screen of the media content, when playing the media content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyun Woo Lee, Seo Hwan Choi, Seong Soo Yae, Kyowoong Choo
  • Patent number: 11706503
    Abstract: The inventive concept relates to a method for producing a multi-reactive video and providing a multi-reactive video service, and a program using the same. It is possible to grasp a user's reaction to a video by recording manipulation details for a specific user's multi-reactive video. For example, it is possible to grasp the object of interest and the degree of interest of a user and to grasp a user interest in the user, by grasping the number of touch manipulations to the user's multi-reactive video, a frame in which a touch manipulation has been performed, and an object in the frame, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Momenti, Inc.
    Inventor: Chul Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 11706480
    Abstract: A computer implemented method that includes receiving first user usage data and second user usage data indicative of user usage during consumption of a first content and of a second content, respectively. The method includes determining a first user usage pattern for the first content and a second user usage pattern for the second content based on the first user usage data and on the second user usage data, respectively. The method determines potential content overlap between the first content and the second content based on a comparison of the first usage pattern and the second usage pattern and performs an optimization operation based on the potential content overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Vikram Makam Gupta, Vishwas Sharadanagar Panchaksharaiah
  • Patent number: 11695984
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving first data from each media publishing system of a plurality of media publishing systems which facilitate a presentation of media content with one or more procurable media content slots, where the first data from each media publishing system have incompatible data structures; mapping the first data from each media publishing system to second data which has a common data structure; receiving a target description from a media procurement system, the target description including information to procure media content slots provided by one or more of the plurality of media publishing systems; comparing the target description to the second data in the common data format; identifying from the comparing at least one procurable media content slot provided by one or more media publishing systems that correlates to the target description; receiving first viewership data associated with viewership of media content presentations that include the at least
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Hoffert, Brendan Greene, Craig Miller
  • Patent number: 11694726
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include accessing media segments that correspond to respective media items. At least one of the media segments may be divided into discrete video shots. The method may also include matching the discrete video shots in the media segments to corresponding video shots in the corresponding media items according to various matching factors. The method may further include generating a relative similarity score between the matched video shots in the media segments and the corresponding video shots in the media items, and training a machine learning model to automatically identify video shots in the media items according to the generated relative similarity score between matched video shots. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Netflix, Inc.
    Inventors: Dong Liu, Lezi Wang, Rohit Puri
  • Patent number: 11683562
    Abstract: Example invertible metering apparatus and related methods are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes at least one processor and memory including instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to at least: determine an orientation of a housing; determine if a housing is in a mounting orientation; in response to determining that the housing is not in the mounting orientation, initiate a first alarm; in response to determining that the housing is in the mounting orientation, determine an orientation of a stencil; determine if the stencil is in an upright orientation; in response to determining that stencil is not in the upright orientation, initiate a second alarm; and in response to at least one of the housing being in the mounting orientation or the stencil being in the upright orientation, assign a light pattern to a plurality of lights associated with the stencil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Scott Cooper, Saso Vranek, Andrej Barbis
  • Patent number: 11678016
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for real-time enablement of over-the-top media service applications. An embodiment operates by receiving a device identifier from a customer device including a disabled third-party over-the-top (OTT) application, determining a verification status of the customer device based on the device identifier, determining a customer identifier associated with the customer device, and determining an entitlement status based on the customer identifier. The embodiment further operates by assigning a vendor-issued identifier to the customer identifier, generating a third-party token based on the verification status and the entitlement status, and sending the third-party token to the customer device and a third-party service associated with the disabled third-party OTT application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: CSC Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Jaison Antony, Heitor Almeida, John Markowski, Peter Caramanica
  • Patent number: 11671644
    Abstract: A programmable and universal video platform enabling digital ads from ad sales teams, online digital exchanges, demand side platforms or other digital video advertising aggregators, to be inserted into linear television cable programming feeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Viamedia, Inc.
    Inventors: Randy Lykes, Wendell Decker, James T O'Neill, Adam Lynch, Paul Cavins
  • Patent number: 11671650
    Abstract: A set-top box with enhanced behavioral controls and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the set-top box, a wireless transceiver is located within a housing, which also interconnectively includes a signal input, a signal output, a processor, and memory. The set-top box may pair with an electronic door locking apparatus coupled to a door that is room-collocated with the set-top box in a hospitality establishment. The set-top box may then reprogram the electronic door locking apparatus as well as control amenities, such as a display, in response to presence signal from the electronic door locking apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Enseo, LLC
    Inventor: William C. Fang
  • Patent number: 11665378
    Abstract: A computing system identifies multiple matching points between (i) query fingerprints representing a media stream being received by a client and (ii) reference fingerprints, each identified matching point defining a respective match between a query fingerprint timestamped with client time defined according to a clock of the client and a reference fingerprint timestamped with true time defined according to a timeline within a known media stream. Further, the computing system performs linear regression based on the timestamps of the matching points, to establish a mapping between true time and client time. The computing system then uses the mapping to determine a client-time point at which the client should perform a content revision or other action with respect to the media stream being received by the client. And the computing system causes the client to perform the content revision or other action at the determined client-time point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: ROKU, INC.
    Inventors: Peter Dunker, Markus K. Cremer, Shashank C. Merchant, Kurt R. Thielen
  • Patent number: 11659227
    Abstract: An audio and video processing method, includes: displaying a video creation interface of a target audio, where the video creation interface includes n audio clips of the target audio and video recording entries corresponding to the n audio clips respectively, n?2; receiving a trigger signal acting on a target video recording entry on the video creation interface, where the target video recording entry is a video recording entry corresponding to a target audio clip; acquiring a target video corresponding to the target audio clip based on the trigger signal, where the target video is a video clip of which the video duration is less than a duration threshold; and sending a video creation request carrying the target video to a server, where the video creation request is used to instruct to play picture information of the target video when the target audio is played.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU KUGOU COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chongjie Zhao, Shengcan Xu, Chao Xu, Yudong Dai, Yabin Yang, Qianyi Wang, Xun Guo, Wentao Li, Meihua Ye
  • Patent number: 11653056
    Abstract: A set-top box with enhanced behavioral controls and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the set-top box, a wireless transceiver is located within a housing, which also interconnectively includes a signal input, a signal output, a processor, and memory. The set-top box may pair with an electronic door locking apparatus coupled to a door that is room-collocated with the set-top box in a hospitality establishment. The set-top box may then reprogram the electronic door locking apparatus as well as control amenities, such as a display, in response to presence signal from the electronic door locking apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Enseo, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas R. Miller, Vanessa Ogle, William C. Fang
  • Patent number: 11641287
    Abstract: A local communication network (LCN) is contemplated. The LCN may be established within an existing network by leveraging network capabilities in order to facilitate local communications of the type whereby point-to-point (P-to-P) or other types of messaging and/or signaling may be communicated directly between devices without having to be relayed through a headend, a termination system or other processing entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Padden, Luther E. Smith, David Daniel Smith, Luis Alberto Campos
  • Patent number: 11638049
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and machine-readable media for audio/video recognition and adaptive packet transmission are disclosed. A first content item that includes audio content and video content may be received and processed to detect a set of one or more video characteristics and/or a set of one or more audio characteristics that may be analyzed to identify the first content item as corresponding to a service provider system. The first content item may be transferred for display with an endpoint media device. At least one electronic signal may be received and processed, the at least one electronic signal indicative of execution of at least one operation of a set of one or more operations relating to one or more images of the first content item consequent to the display of the first content with the endpoint media device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: DISH Network L.L.C.
    Inventors: Jorg Nonnenmacher, Kate Megan Carney Landow
  • Patent number: 11632592
    Abstract: In a system for integrating authentication of pay television streams for a sports gaming event using a graphical interface of a computing device application, the system including: a processor configured to: receive authentication information from a user; verify the authentication information with a media service provider; display a live video stream on the graphical interface in response to the verification of the authentication information; receive sports data about the sporting event via a network; access a database of historical statistics relating to the sporting event and to players playing in the sporting event; select at least one betting scenario from a betting scenario database based on the sports data and the historical statistics; display the at least one betting scenario on the graphical interface; and receive a response to the at least one betting scenario from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: SCORETRADE INC.
    Inventor: Bhuvanesh Srinivasan
  • Patent number: 11617010
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described that relate to stitching different streams of high dynamic range (HDR) content together and handling HDR metadata mismatches between the differently produced content streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yongjun Wu, Charles Benjamin Franklin Waggoner, Sitaraman Ganapathy, Vasanthakumar Soundararajan, Alon Dulce
  • Patent number: 11615622
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices relating to determining an introduction portion in a video program are described herein. A method may determine first and second hard-matching pairs of video segments in first and second video content such that video fingerprints of the first hard-matching pair match and video fingerprints of the second hard-matching pair also match. The method may classify a third pair of video segments in the first and second video content, sequentially between the first and second hard-matching pairs, as a soft-matching pair of video segments of an introduction portion. The method may use the classification of the third pair of video segments as a soft-matching pair to determine a model configured to determine that a pair of video segments in two video content items are a soft-matching pair of video segments of an introduction portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Ehsan Younessian, Faisal Ishtiaq, Anthony Braskich, Benjamin Spier