Patents by Inventor Hanson Wong

Hanson Wong has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Techniques to select advertisements using closed captioning data
    Patent number: 9712885
    Abstract: An apparatus to decode closed captioning data from video data and receive advertisement according to the decode closed captioning data includes a processor circuit; and a video display component for execution on the processor circuit to receive video data from a media server, the video data including closed captioning (CC) data. The apparatus further includes a CC decoder component for execution on the processor circuit to decode the CC data to obtain text; and an ad requesting component for execution on the processor circuit to: parse the text to obtain words; provide the words to the media server; receive an advertisement from the media server; and display the advertisement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: CBS Interactive Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Leung, Hanson Wong
  • TECHNIQUES TO SELECT ADVERTISEMENTS USING CLOSED CAPTIONING DATA
    Publication number: 20150264446
    Abstract: An apparatus to decode closed captioning data from video data and receive advertisement according to the decode closed captioning data includes a processor circuit; and a video display component for execution on the processor circuit to receive video data from a media server, the video data including closed captioning (CC) data. The apparatus further includes a CC decoder component for execution on the processor circuit to decode the CC data to obtain text; and an ad requesting component for execution on the processor circuit to: parse the text to obtain words; provide the words to the media server; receive an advertisement from the media server; and display the advertisement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: CBS INTERACTIVE INC.
    Inventors: Steven Leung, Hanson Wong
  • Peer-to-peer broadcast management system
    Publication number: 20070183342
    Abstract: A peer-to-peer broadcast management system is described. A system may include a peer detector to determine one or more peer computer systems associated with a predetermined locality; a peer list generator to generate a peer list of the determined peer computer systems; a communications module to receive a request for content; and a peer selector to process the request for content utilizing the peer list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: MEDIAZONE.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Hanson Wong, Paul Kelly, Chris Westall, Graham Golder, Michelle Wu, Wenjie Zhu, Weijun Li, Hao Chen, Dafu Deng