Patents by Inventor Mala Benn

Mala Benn 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).

  • APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDIA CONTENT SEARCHING
    Publication number: 20230409634
    Abstract: Media device systems and methods are operable to identify media content events. An exemplary embodiment receives a user defined keyword tag, associates an identifier of a media content event with the user defined keyword tag, stores the user defined keyword tag and the associated identifier in a database, receives a user specification of the user defined keyword tag, conducts a search of the user defined keyword tags in the database for instances where the user defined keyword tag of the second user specification matches with the stored user defined keyword tag of the first user specification, and generates a return message that indicates the associated identifier of the media content event for each instance where the user defined keyword tag matches with the stored user defined keyword tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventor: Mala Benn
  • Apparatus, systems and methods for media content searching
    Patent number: 11768872
    Abstract: Media device systems and methods are operable to identify media content events. An exemplary embodiment receives a user defined keyword tag, associates an identifier of a media content event with the user defined keyword tag, stores the user defined keyword tag and the associated identifier in a database, receives a user specification of the user defined keyword tag, conducts a search of the user defined keyword tags in the database for instances where the user defined keyword tag of the second user specification matches with the stored user defined keyword tag of the first user specification, and generates a return message that indicates the associated identifier of the media content event for each instance where the user defined keyword tag matches with the stored user defined keyword tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: DISH Technologies L.L.C.
    Inventor: Mala Benn
  • APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDIA CONTENT SEARCHING
    Publication number: 20220171807
    Abstract: Media device systems and methods are operable to identify media content events. An exemplary embodiment receives a user defined keyword tag, associates an identifier of a media content event with the user defined keyword tag, stores the user defined keyword tag and the associated identifier in a database, receives a user specification of the user defined keyword tag, conducts a search of the user defined keyword tags in the database for instances where the user defined keyword tag of the second user specification matches with the stored user defined keyword tag of the first user specification, and generates a return message that indicates the associated identifier of the media content event for each instance where the user defined keyword tag matches with the stored user defined keyword tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventor: Mala Benn
  • Apparatus, systems and methods for media content searching
    Patent number: 11281716
    Abstract: Media device systems and methods are operable to identify media content events. An exemplary embodiment receives a user defined keyword tag, associates an identifier of a media content event with the user defined keyword tag, stores the user defined keyword tag and the associated identifier in a database, receives a user specification of the user defined keyword tag, conducts a search of the user defined keyword tags in the database for instances where the user defined keyword tag of the second user specification matches with the stored user defined keyword tag of the first user specification, and generates a return message that indicates the associated identifier of the media content event for each instance where the user defined keyword tag matches with the stored user defined keyword tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: DISH TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.
    Inventor: Mala Benn
  • Detection and prevention of toxic gas
    Patent number: 9989507
    Abstract: Various arrangements for detecting and mitigating toxic gases are presented. Components of a home automation system may be used to monitor gas concentrations in home. Changes or elevated levels of gas concentrations may trigger mitigation or diagnosis procedures. Diagnosis procedures may include correlating the gas sensor readings with the activity of components of a home to identify possible causality. The activity of components may be changed and altered to test correlations or determine causality between components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: EchoStar Technologies International Corporation
    Inventor: Mala Benn
  • DETECTION AND PREVENTION OF TOXIC GAS
    Publication number: 20160091471
    Abstract: Various arrangements for detecting and mitigating toxic gases are presented. Components of a home automation system may be used to monitor gas concentrations in home. Changes or elevated levels of gas concentrations may trigger mitigation or diagnosis procedures. Diagnosis procedures may include correlating the gas sensor readings with the activity of components of a home to identify possible causality. The activity of components may be changed and altered to test correlations or determine causality between components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: EchoStar UK Holdings Limited
    Inventor: Mala Benn
  • APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDIA CONTENT SEARCHING
    Publication number: 20160037227
    Abstract: Media device systems and methods are operable to identify media content events. An exemplary embodiment receives a user defined keyword tag, associates an identifier of a media content event with the user defined keyword tag, stores the user defined keyword tag and the associated identifier in a database, receives a user specification of the user defined keyword tag, conducts a search of the user defined keyword tags in the database for instances where the user defined keyword tag of the second user specification matches with the stored user defined keyword tag of the first user specification, and generates a return message that indicates the associated identifier of the media content event for each instance where the user defined keyword tag matches with the stored user defined keyword tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: Eldon Technology Limited
    Inventor: Mala Benn