Patents by Inventor Jonathan Percy Barker

Jonathan Percy Barker 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).

  • System and method for determining the desirability of video programming events using keyword matching
    Patent number: 7434247
    Abstract: The desirability of programming events may be determined using metadata for programming events that includes goodness of fit scores associated with categories of a classification hierarchy one or more of descriptive data and keyword data. The programming events are ranked in accordance with the viewing preferences of viewers as expressed in one or more viewer profiles. The viewer profiles may each include preference scores associated with categories of the classification hierarchy and may also include one or more keywords. Ranking is performed through category matching and keyword matching using the contents of the metadata and the viewer profiles. The viewer profile keywords may be qualified keywords that are associated with specific categories of the classification hierarchy. The ranking may be performed such that qualified keyword matches generally rank higher than keyword matches, and keyword matches generally rank higher than category matches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Meevee, Inc.
    Inventors: Gil Gavriel Dudkiewicz, Dale Kittrick Hitt, Jonathan Percy Barker
  • System and method for determining the desirability of video programming events using keyword matching
    Patent number: 6973665
    Abstract: The desirability of programming events may be determined using metadata for programming events that includes goodness of fit scores associated with categories of a classification hierarchy one or more of descriptive data and keyword data. The programming events are ranked in accordance with the viewing preferences of viewers as expressed in one or more viewer profiles. The viewer profiles may each include preference scores associated with categories of the classification hierarchy and may also include one or more keywords. Ranking is performed through category matching and keyword matching using the contents of the metadata and the viewer profiles. The viewer profile keywords may be qualified keywords that are associated with specific categories of the classification hierarchy. The ranking may be performed such that qualified keyword matches generally rank higher than keyword matches, and keyword matches generally rank higher than category matches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: MYDTV, Inc.
    Inventors: Gil Gavriel Dudkiewicz, Dale Kittrick Hitt, Jonathan Percy Barker
  • System and method for determining the desirability of video programming events using keyword matching
    Publication number: 20020087979
    Abstract: The desirability of programming events may be determined using metadata for programming events that includes goodness of fit scores associated with categories of a classification hierarchy one or more of descriptive data and keyword data. The programming events are ranked in accordance with the viewing preferences of viewers as expressed in one or more viewer profiles. The viewer profiles may each include preference scores associated with categories of the classification hierarchy and may also include one or more keywords. Ranking is performed through category matching and keyword matching using the contents of the metadata and the viewer profiles. The viewer profile keywords may be qualified keywords that are associated with specific categories of the classification hierarchy. The ranking may be performed such that qualified keyword matches generally rank higher than keyword matches, and keyword matches generally rank higher than category matches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Gil Gavriel Dudkiewicz, Dale Kittrick Hitt, Jonathan Percy Barker