Patents by Inventor Jean Michel Pierre Bourdon

Jean Michel Pierre Bourdon 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).

  • Publication number: 20240031645
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented for transferring an interactive feature from a first device to a second device. Two users may be consuming a media asset. Upon receipt of a command to active an interactive feature, a determination is made whether a user who did not activate the interactive feature is interested in the media asset. Upon that determination, a timer is activated that tracks an amount of time for which the interactive feature is active and a determination is made whether a threshold time period has been met. Once the threshold time period is met, a device associated with the user that activated the interactive feature is identified and the users are prompted to transfer the interactive feature to the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: John Blake, Milan Patel, Rowena Young, Jean Michel Pierre Bourdon
  • Publication number: 20230421845
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for efficiently “catching-up” a user that is interested in a media asset when that user has missed a portion of the media asset while consuming the media asset together with other people. The system may detect that multiple people are consuming a media asset and may determine, based on a respective profile of each person, whether that person is interested in the media asset. When the system detects that the user is disregarding the media asset, the missed portion of the media asset is stored if the user is interested in the media asset, and is not stored if the user is not interested in the media asset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: John Blake, Milan Patel, Rowena Young, Jean Michel Pierre Bourdon
  • Patent number: 11792478
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for efficiently “catching-up” a user that is interested in a media asset when that user has missed a portion of the media asset while consuming the media asset together with other people. The system may detect that multiple people are consuming a media asset and may determine, based on a respective profile of each person, whether that person is interested in the media asset. When the system detects that the user is disregarding the media asset, the missed portion of the media asset is stored if the user is interested in the media asset, and is not stored if the user is not interested in the media asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: John Blake, Milan Patel, Rowena Young, Jean Michel Pierre Bourdon
  • Patent number: 11729462
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented for transferring an interactive feature from a first device to a second device. Two users may be consuming a media asset. Upon receipt of a command to active an interactive feature, a determination is made whether a user who did not activate the interactive feature is interested in the media asset. Upon that determination, a timer is activated that tracks an amount of time for which the interactive feature is active and a determination is made whether a threshold time period has been met. Once the threshold time period is met, a device associated with the user that activated the interactive feature is identified and the users are prompted to transfer the interactive feature to the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: John Blake, Milan Patel, Rowena Young, Jean Michel Pierre Bourdon
  • Publication number: 20220248085
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for efficiently “catching-up” a user that is interested in a media asset when that user has missed a portion of the media asset while consuming the media asset together with other people. The system may detect that multiple people are consuming a media asset and may determine, based on a respective profile of each person, whether that person is interested in the media asset. When the system detects that the user is disregarding the media asset, the missed portion of the media asset is stored if the user is interested in the media asset, and is not stored if the user is not interested in the media asset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: John Blake, Milan Patel, Rowena Young, Jean Michel Pierre Bourdon
  • Patent number: 11259083
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for efficiently “catching-up” a user that is interested in a media asset when that user has missed a portion of the media asset while consuming the media asset together with other people. The system may detect that multiple people are consuming a media asset and may determine, based on a respective profile of each person, whether that person is interested in the media asset. When the system detects that the user is disregarding the media asset, the missed portion of the media asset is stored if the user is interested in the media asset, and is not stored if the user is not interested in the media asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: John Blake, Milan Patel, Rowena Young, Jean Michel Pierre Bourdon
  • Publication number: 20210152884
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented for transferring an interactive feature from a first device to a second device. Two users may be consuming a media asset. Upon receipt of a command to active an interactive feature, a determination is made whether a user who did not activate the interactive feature is interested in the media asset. Upon that determination, a timer is activated that tracks an amount of time for which the interactive feature is active and a determination is made whether a threshold time period has been met. Once the threshold time period is met, a device associated with the user that activated the interactive feature is identified and the users are prompted to transfer the interactive feature to the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: John Blake, Milan Patel, Rowena Young, Jean Michel Pierre Bourdon
  • Patent number: 10939164
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented for transferring an interactive feature from a first device to a second device. Two users may be consuming a media asset. Upon receipt of a command to active an interactive feature, a determination is made whether a user who did not activate the interactive feature is interested in the media asset. Upon that determination, a timer is activated that tracks an amount of time for which the interactive feature is active and a determination is made whether a threshold time period has been met. Once the threshold time period is met, a device associated with the user that activated the interactive feature is identified and the users are prompted to transfer the interactive feature to the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: John Blake, Milan Patel, Rowena Young, Jean Michel Pierre Bourdon
  • Publication number: 20190320224
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for efficiently “catching-up” a user that is interested in a media asset when that user has missed a portion of the media asset while consuming the media asset together with other people. The system may detect that multiple people are consuming a media asset and may determine, based on a respective profile of each person, whether that person is interested in the media asset. When the system detects that the user is disregarding the media asset, the missed portion of the media asset is stored if the user is interested in the media asset, and is not stored if the user is not interested in the media asset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: John Blake, Milan Patel, Rowena Young, Jean Michel Pierre Bourdon
  • Publication number: 20170332140
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented for transferring an interactive feature from a first device to a second device. Two users may be consuming a media asset. Upon receipt of a command to active an interactive feature, a determination is made whether a user who did not activate the interactive feature is interested in the media asset. Upon that determination, a timer is activated that tracks an amount of time for which the interactive feature is active and a determination is made whether a threshold time period has been met. Once the threshold time period is met, a device associated with the user that activated the interactive feature is identified and the users are prompted to transfer the interactive feature to the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: John Blake, Milan Patel, Rowena Young, Jean Michel Pierre Bourdon
  • Publication number: 20170332139
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for efficiently “catching-up” a user that is interested in a media asset when that user has missed a portion of the media asset while consuming the media asset together with other people. The system may detect that multiple people are consuming a media asset and may determine, based on a respective profile of each person, whether that person is interested in the media asset. When the system detects that the user is disregarding the media asset, the missed portion of the media asset is stored if the user is interested in the media asset, and is not stored if the user is not interested in the media asset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: John Blake, Milan Patel, Rowena Young, Jean Michel Pierre Bourdon