Patents by Inventor Peter F. Kocks

Peter F. Kocks 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).

  • Patent number: 11886522
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for identifying and recommending electronic content to consumers. In accordance with an implementation, one or more elements of electronic content are identified based on video graph data. In an exemplary method, information associated with a first element of video content is received, and corresponding video graph data is obtained. One or more second elements of video content that are similar to the first element of video content are identified based on the obtained video graph data. A subset the first and second elements of video content is subsequently identified for delivery to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Peter F. Kocks, Guoning Hu, Ping-Hao Wu
  • Patent number: 11790933
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for displaying electronic multimedia content to a user. One computer-implemented method for manipulating electronic multimedia content includes generating, using a processor, a speech model and at least one speaker model of an individual speaker. The method further includes receiving electronic media content over a network; extracting an audio track from the electronic media content; and detecting speech segments within the electronic media content based on the speech model. The method further includes detecting a speaker segment within the electronic media content and calculating a probability of the detected speaker segment involving the individual speaker based on the at least one speaker model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Peter F. Kocks, Guoning Hu, Ping-Hao Wu
  • Patent number: 11669577
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for displaying available or recommended electronic multimedia content to a user, including electronic media content on the Internet. According to one implementation, a method is provided that includes receiving a request from a user, the request specifying electronic media content desired by the user; analyzing an indexed web history of a plurality of other users, based on the request for desired content; and selecting and sorting a subset of available content groups, based on the request for desired content and the indexed web history. The method also includes selecting and sorting, for each selected and sorted content group, a subset of available content; providing instructions to display, to a user, the selected and sorted content groups along a first axis of a two-dimensional grid; and further providing instructions to display, to the user, the selected available content for each content group along a second axis of the two-dimensional grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Peter F. Kocks, Moninder Jheeta, Brett Aladdin Barros
  • Patent number: 11303970
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for delivering video content over a network, such as the Internet. Videos are identified and pre-processed by a web service and then separated into a plurality of segments. Based on user interest, video segments may be pre-fetched and stored by a client associated with a user. Upon receiving a selection from a user to play a video, the first video segment may begin playing instantaneously from a local cache. While the first video segment plays, subsequent video segments are transmitted from the web service to the client, so that the subsequent video segments will be ready for viewing at the client when playback of the first video segment has finished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Peter F. Kocks, Rami El Mawas, Ping-Hao Wu
  • Publication number: 20220067116
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for identifying and recommending electronic content to consumers. In accordance with an implementation, one or more elements of electronic content are identified based on video graph data. In an exemplary method, information associated with a first element of video content is received, and corresponding video graph data is obtained. One or more second elements of video content that are similar to the first element of video content are identified based on the obtained video graph data. A subset the first and second elements of video content is subsequently identified for delivery to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Peter F. KOCKS, Guoning HU, Ping-Hao WU
  • Patent number: 11176213
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for identifying and recommending electronic content to consumers. In accordance with an implementation, one or more elements of electronic content are identified based on video graph data. In an exemplary method, information associated with a first element of video content is received, and corresponding video graph data is obtained. One or more second elements of video content that are similar to the first element of video content are identified based on the obtained video graph data. A subset the first and second elements of video content is subsequently identified for delivery to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Peter F. Kocks, Guoning Hu, Ping-Hao Wu
  • Publication number: 20200251128
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for displaying electronic multimedia content to a user. One computer-implemented method for manipulating electronic multimedia content includes generating, using a processor, a speech model and at least one speaker model of an individual speaker. The method further includes receiving electronic media content over a network; extracting an audio track from the electronic media content; and detecting speech segments within the electronic media content based on the speech model. The method further includes detecting a speaker segment within the electronic media content and calculating a probability of the detected speaker segment involving the individual speaker based on the at least one speaker model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Peter F. KOCKS, Guoning HU, Ping-Hao WU
  • Publication number: 20200162795
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for delivering video content over a network such as the Internet. Videos are identified and pre-processed by a web service and then separated into a plurality of segments. Based on user interest, video segments may be pre-fetched and stored by a client associated with a user. Upon receiving a selection from a user to play a video, the first video segment may begin playing instantaneously from a local cache. While the first video segment plays, subsequent video segments are transmitted from the web service to the client, so that the subsequent video segments will be ready for viewing at the client when playback of the first video segment has finished.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Peter F. KOCKS, Rami EL MAWAS, Ping-Hao WU
  • Patent number: 10657985
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for displaying electronic multimedia content to a user. One computer-implemented method for manipulating electronic multimedia content includes generating, using a processor, a speech model and at least one speaker model of an individual speaker. The method further includes receiving electronic media content over a network; extracting an audio track from the electronic media content; and detecting speech segments within the electronic media content based on the speech model. The method further includes detecting a speaker segment within the electronic media content and calculating a probability of the detected speaker segment involving the individual speaker based on the at least one speaker model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Oath Inc.
    Inventors: Peter F. Kocks, Guoning Hu, Ping-Hao Wu
  • Patent number: 10575064
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for delivering video content over a network, such as the Internet. Videos are identified and pre-processed by a web service and then separated into a plurality of segments. Based on user interests, video segments may be pre-fetched and stored by a client associated with a user. Upon receiving a selection from a user to play a video, the first video segment may begin playing instantaneously from a local cache. While the first video segment plays, subsequent video segments are transmitted from the web service to the client, so that the subsequent video segments will be ready for viewing at the client when playback of the first video segment has finished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Oath Inc.
    Inventors: Peter F. Kocks, Rami El Mawas, Ping-Hao Wu
  • Publication number: 20190392011
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for identifying and recommending electronic content to consumers. In accordance with an implementation, one or more elements of electronic content are identified based on video graph data. In an exemplary method, information associated with a first element of video content is received, and corresponding video graph data is obtained. One or more second elements of video content that are similar to the first element of video content are identified based on the obtained video graph data. A subset the first and second elements of video content is subsequently identified for delivery to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Peter F. KOCKS, Guoning Hu, Ping-Hao WU
  • Publication number: 20180301161
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for displaying electronic multimedia content to a user. One computer-implemented method for manipulating electronic multimedia content includes generating, using a processor, a speech model and at least one speaker model of an individual speaker. The method further includes receiving electronic media content over a network; extracting an audio track from the electronic media content; and detecting speech segments within the electronic media content based on the speech model. The method further includes detecting a speaker segment within the electronic media content and calculating a probability of the detected speaker segment involving the individual speaker based on the at least one speaker model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Peter F. KOCKS, Guoning Hu, Ping-Hao Wu
  • Patent number: 10032465
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for displaying electronic multimedia content to a user. One computer-implemented method for manipulating electronic multimedia content includes generating, using a processor, a speech model and at least one speaker model of an individual speaker. The method further includes receiving electronic media content over a network; extracting an audio track from the electronic media content; and detecting speech segments within the electronic media content based on the speech model. The method further includes detecting a speaker segment within the electronic media content and calculating a probability of the detected speaker segment involving the individual speaker based on the at least one speaker model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: OATH INC.
    Inventors: Peter F. Kocks, Guoning Hu, Ping-Hao Wu
  • Patent number: 9860604
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for delivering video content over a network, such as the Internet. Videos are identified and pre-processed by a web service and then separated into a plurality of segments. Based on user interests, video segments may be pre-fetched and stored by a client associated with a user. Upon receiving a selection from a user to play a video, the first video segment may begin playing instantaneously from a local cache. While the first video segment plays, subsequent video segments are transmitted from the web service to the client, so that the subsequent video segments will be ready for viewing at the client when playback of the first video segment has finished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Oath Inc.
    Inventors: Peter F. Kocks, Rami El Mawas, Ping-Hao Wu
  • Patent number: 9489626
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for manipulating electronic multimedia content to a user. One method includes generating a plurality of biometric models, each biometric model corresponding to one of a plurality of people; receiving electronic media content over a network; extracting image or audio data from the electronic media content; detecting biometric information in the image or audio data; and calculating a probability of the electronic media content involving one of the plurality of people, based on the biometric information and the plurality of biometric models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: AOL Inc.
    Inventors: Peter F. Kocks, Guoning Hu, Abhinav Sarje
  • Publication number: 20160259861
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for displaying available or recommended electronic multimedia content to a user, including electronic media content on the Internet. According to one implementation, a method is provided that includes receiving a request from a user, the request specifying electronic media content desired by the user; analyzing an indexed web history of a plurality of other users, based on the request for desired content; and selecting and sorting a subset of available content groups, based on the request for desired content and the indexed web history. The method also includes selecting and sorting, for each selected and sorted content group, a subset of available content; providing instructions to display, to a user, the selected and sorted content groups along a first axis of a two-dimensional grid; and further providing instructions to display, to the user, the selected available content for each content group along a second axis of the two-dimensional grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Peter F. KOCKS, Moninder JHEETA, Brett Aladdin BARROS
  • Patent number: 9405833
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for searching for files on the Internet. In one embodiment, the method may provide an application crawler that assembles and dynamically instantiates all components of a web page. The instantiated web application may then be analyzed to locate desired components on the web page. This may involve finding and analyzing all clickable items in the application, driving the web application by injecting events, and extracting information from the application and writing it to a file or database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy D. Tuttle, Adam L. Beguelin, Peter F. Kocks
  • Publication number: 20160182957
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for displaying electronic multimedia content to a user. One computer-implemented method for manipulating electronic multimedia content includes generating, using a processor, a speech model and at least one speaker model of an individual speaker. The method further includes receiving electronic media content over a network; extracting an audio track from the electronic media content; and detecting speech segments within the electronic media content based on the speech model. The method further includes detecting a speaker segment within the electronic media content and calculating a probability of the detected speaker segment involving the individual speaker based on the at least one speaker model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Peter F. KOCKS, Guoning Hu, Ping-Hao Wu
  • Patent number: 9367615
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for displaying available or recommended electronic multimedia content to a user, including electronic media content on the Internet. According to one implementation, a method is provided that includes receiving a request from a user, the request specifying electronic media content desired by the user; analyzing an indexed web history of a plurality of other users, based on the request for desired content; and selecting and sorting a subset of available content groups, based on the request for desired content and the indexed web history. The method also includes selecting and sorting, for each selected and sorted content group, a subset of available content; providing instructions to display, to a user, the selected and sorted content groups along a first axis of a two-dimensional grid; and further providing instructions to display, to the user, the selected available content for each content group along a second axis of the two-dimensional grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: AOL Inc.
    Inventors: Peter F. Kocks, Moninder Jheeta, Brett Aladdin Barros
  • Patent number: 9311395
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for displaying electronic multimedia content to a user. One computer-implemented method for manipulating electronic multimedia content includes generating, using a processor, a speech model and at least one speaker model of an individual speaker. The method further includes receiving electronic media content over a network; extracting an audio track from the electronic media content; and detecting speech segments within the electronic media content based on the speech model. The method further includes detecting a speaker segment within the electronic media content and calculating a probability of the detected speaker segment involving the individual speaker based on the at least one speaker model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: AOL Inc.
    Inventors: Peter F. Kocks, Guoning Hu, Ping-Hao Wu