Patents by Inventor Heli Margit Järventie-Ahonen

Heli Margit Järventie-Ahonen 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).

  • Custom electronic program guides
    Patent number: 9215489
    Abstract: Custom electronic program guides are disclosed. An example method includes collecting identifying information associated with media using at least one of a microphone or camera of a consumer electronics device, determining a characteristic of the consumer electronics device, the characteristic being at least one of a length of time during which the identifying information was collected, a percentage of the identifying information corresponding to a same program, or a geographic location at which the identifying information was collected, and determining, based on the characteristic, whether the collected identifying information is to be used in generating a custom electronic program guide for a user associated with the consumer electronics device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: The Nielson Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Maini Williams, Heli Margit Järventie-Ahonen
  • CUSTOM ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDES
    Publication number: 20140157312
    Abstract: Custom electronic program guides are disclosed. An example method includes collecting identifying information associated with media using at least one of a microphone or camera of a consumer electronics device, determining a characteristic of the consumer electronics device, the characteristic being at least one of a length of time during which the identifying information was collected, a percentage of the identifying information corresponding to a same program, or a geographic location at which the identifying information was collected, and determining, based on the characteristic, whether the collected identifying information is to be used in generating a custom electronic program guide for a user associated with the consumer electronics device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Inventors: Maini Williams, Heli Margit Järventie-Ahonen