Patents by Inventor Jan Markus Harrie Van Balen

Jan Markus Harrie Van Balen 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).

  • Steering for Unstructured Media Stations
    Publication number: 20230376760
    Abstract: The present technology pertains to steering a playlisting service toward media items that are likely to receive positive feedback from a user operating a client device. The present technology permits a request to play media items without requiring an input context. A playlist service can begin to receive feedback on the playback of the media items and the received playback can be utilized by a steering service in response to a steering request to identify media items for playback that are likely to receive positive feedback based on the feedback received on a sequence of previously played media items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Mark H. Levy, Jan Markus Harrie Van Balen, Arvind S. Shenoy, Matthias Mauch, Daniel Cartoon
  • Steering for unstructured media stations
    Patent number: 11651204
    Abstract: The present technology pertains to steering a playlisting service toward media items that are likely to receive positive feedback from a user operating a client device. The present technology permits a request to play media items without requiring an input context. A playlist service can begin to receive feedback on the playback of the media items and the received playback can be utilized by a steering service in response to a steering request to identify media items for playback that are likely to receive positive feedback based on the feedback received on a sequence of previously played media items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mark H. Levy, Jan Markus Harrie Van Balen, Arvind S. Shenoy, Matthias Mauch, Daniel Cartoon
  • STEERING FOR UNSTRUCTURED MEDIA STATIONS
    Publication number: 20190079935
    Abstract: The present technology pertains to steering a playlisting service toward media items that are likely to receive positive feedback from a user operating a client device. The present technology permits a request to play media items without requiring an input context. A playlist service can begin to receive feedback on the playback of the media items and the received playback can be utilized by a steering service in response to a steering request to identify media items for playback that are likely to receive positive feedback based on the feedback received on a sequence of previously played media items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Mark H. Levy, Jan Markus Harrie Van Balen, Arvind S. Shenoy, Matthias Mauch, Daniel Cartoon