Patents by Inventor Ryan Steelberg

Ryan Steelberg 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: 9307299
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method of a digital video recorder. The apparatus, system and method include at least one memory device, a plurality of communication access points for receiving at least one program play, and an open application programming interface associated with the at least one memory device for programming a plurality of applications to operate on the at least one program play. Each of the plurality of applications correspondent to said open application programming interface manipulates metadata associated with ones of the programs plays. The metadata may relate to interactivity with detailed, non-topical aspects of the ones of the program plays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Patent number: 9294727
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a system and method for the creation and management of advertising inventory utilizing associated metadata. The system generally includes a media streaming system that is used with a video player in connection with the playback of at least one audio/video work. The media streaming system includes a media distribution system that supplies metadata associated with the audio/video work to the video player. The metadata has a hierarchical taxonomy that defines a plurality of attributes associated with one or more objects present in the audio/video work. The system also includes an ad inventory engine that determines available ad inventory based on the metadata and matches the available inventory with advertisement data based on the hierarchical taxonomy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: VERITONE, INC.
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Patent number: 9282370
    Abstract: A digital video recorder is disclosed. The digital video recorder includes at least one memory device, a plurality of communication access points for receiving at least one program play, an open application programming interface associated with the at least one memory device, and at least one correlation engine in communication with the open application programming interface. The plurality of applications correspondent to the open application programming interface allow a user to manipulate metadata associated with ones of the programs plays and the metadata relates to interframe interactivity with detailed aspects of the ones of the program plays. The at least one correlation engine provides for correlation among at least for the interframes of the program play to ones of the interframes of other ones of the program plays, and among the interframe interactivity to the interframes of the program play to interframe interactivity with the other ones of the interframes of the other ones of the program plays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Publication number: 20160034979
    Abstract: A method of creating and delivering an on-demand audio asset for inclusion in a creative is described. The method includes the steps of accessing a central processing environment, requesting at least one recording of at least a portion of an audio transmission generated from a communication device, generating at least one audio asset, adding the audio asset to a pool of related assets stored in a vault connected to the central processing environment, selecting the generated audio asset and at least one other related asset from the pool of related assets to form a creative, then requesting delivery of the creative to another communication device, and finally delivering the creative to the other communication device. The method is performed in part by a creative composition engine, which is also described. The engine includes a central processing environment having a processor, a digital recorder and a digital asset storage vault.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Publication number: 20160019101
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the transcription of audio, and, more particularly, to an engine, system and method of providing audio transcriptions for use in content resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Patent number: 9129021
    Abstract: A computer-based search engine for performing a search for a keyword, comprising a result responsive to a search, a database comprising a plurality of terms organized by categories wherein at least one of the categories includes the keyword, and relational ones of the plurality of terms to the keyword; a heuristic engine comprising a plurality of rules which, when executed by a processor, applies the rules in accordance with the relational ones of the plurality of terms to a networked site to assess the keyword as a primary subject of the networked site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: VERITONE, INC.
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Publication number: 20150213513
    Abstract: A clearinghouse apparatus, system and method for content, including an ad generator, an ad generator interface by which a user can interact with the ad generator, wherein, in an interaction with the ad generator using the ad generator interface, at least one content item other than content owned by the user is requested for inclusion in a creative, a content provision rules engine having a plurality of rules asserted by the owner of the content to govern the inclusion of the content in the creative, including at least one upsell rule, and a content provision interface by which the owner of the content can interact with the content rules engine to assert the plurality of rules. The invention may additionally include an approval engine, wherein ones of the plurality of rules necessitate that the creative be reviewed and approved by the owner prior to the inclusion of the content, and an approval engine interface by which the owner can interact with the approval engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Publication number: 20140337911
    Abstract: A digital video recorder is disclosed. The digital video recorder includes at least one memory device, a plurality of communication access points for receiving at least one program play, an open application programming interface associated with the at least one memory device, and at least one correlation engine in communication with the open application programming interface. The plurality of applications correspondent to the open application programming interface allow a user to manipulate metadata associated with ones of the programs plays and the metadata relates to interframe interactivity with detailed aspects of the ones of the program plays. The at least one correlation engine provides for correlation among at least for the interframes of the program play to ones of the interframes of other ones of the program plays, and among the interframe interactivity to the interframes of the program play to interframe interactivity with the other ones of the interframes of the other ones of the program plays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Patent number: 8875027
    Abstract: The present invention is and includes a device, system and method for providing an image enhancement widget. The device, system and method include a javascript component that, upon execution, obtains at least one subject of primary content on a networked page, and at least one permission for enhancement of the primary content, ones of a plurality of content produced remotely from the javascript component and according to the javascript component, and an enhancement widget. The enhancement widget may be a flash widget.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Brand Affinity Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Ryan Steelberg
  • Publication number: 20140301713
    Abstract: A video engine, system and method for use with a video player, including a presenter that presents at least two audio/visual works, at least one software application capable of at least one metadata-related interaction with the audio/visual works, communication points over which the audio/visual works are received, and over which at least a portion of the at least one meta-data interaction occurs, and a hierarchical taxonomy that effects a common metadata reference to each recurrence of a particular object across the audio/visual works, and across each of the at least one metadata-related interaction. The video engine, system, and method may additionally include a prioritization data for use with the metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Publication number: 20140244443
    Abstract: A search engine, system and method for locating and rating a plurality of electronic mentions of respective ones of a plurality of brands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: BRAND AFFINITY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Publication number: 20140244615
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for an open indexing system, which includes an indexing engine associated with at least one processor and having one or more open inputs for inputting of indexing criteria, at least one computerized search engine for obtaining information across at least one computing network in accordance with the indexing criteria, at least one repository comprising at least one computing memory for storing information obtained via the at least one computerized search engine and corresponded to the indexing criteria, and at least one reporting engine, wherein an output of the reporting engine is manipulable responsive to modification to one or more categorizations dependent on the indexing criteria, and wherein the output is dependent solely on the information in said at least one repository.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Brand Affinity Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Publication number: 20140244379
    Abstract: An endorsed advertising engine, system and method, which includes at least one vault having media assets, a recommendation engine that matches the media assets from the vault with at least one requested creative, and a delivery engine that integrates the requested creative with the matched media assets from the vault.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Brand Affinity Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Patent number: 8819756
    Abstract: A digital video recorder is disclosed. The digital video recorder includes at least one memory device, a plurality of communication access points for receiving at least one program play, an open application programming interface associated with the at least one memory device, and at least one correlation engine in communication with the open application programming interface. The plurality of applications correspondent to the open application programming interface allow a user to manipulate metadata associated with ones of the programs plays and the metadata relates to interframe interactivity with detailed aspects of the ones of the program plays. The at least one correlation engine provides for correlation among at least for the interframes of the program play to ones of the interframes of other ones of the program plays, and among the interframe interactivity to the interframes of the program play to interframe interactivity with the other ones of the interframes of the other ones of the program plays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Publication number: 20140236721
    Abstract: The present invention is and includes a device, system and method for providing an image enhancement widget. The device, system and method include a javascript component that, upon execution, obtains at least one subject of primary content on a networked page, and at least one permission for enhancement of the primary content, ones of a plurality of content produced remotely from the javascript component and according to the javascript component, and an enhancement widget. The enhancement widget may be a flash widget.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: Chad Steelberg, Ryan Steelberg
  • Patent number: 8806329
    Abstract: The present invention is and includes a device, system and method for providing an image enhancement widget. The device, system and method include a javascript component that, upon execution, obtains at least one subject of primary content on a networked page, and at least one permission for enhancement of the primary content, ones of a plurality of content produced remotely from the javascript component and according to the javascript component, and an enhancement widget. The enhancement widget may be a flash widget.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Inventor: Ryan Steelberg
  • Publication number: 20140222566
    Abstract: The present invention is and includes a device, system and method for providing an image enhancement widget. The device, system and method include a javascript component that, upon execution, obtains at least one subject of primary content on a networked page, and at least one permission for enhancement of the primary content, ones of a plurality of content produced remotely from the javascript component and according to the javascript component, and an enhancement widget. The enhancement widget may be a flash widget.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventor: Ryan Steelberg
  • Patent number: 8798436
    Abstract: A video engine, system and method for use with a video player, including a presenter that presents at least two audio/visual works, at least one software application capable of at least one metadata-related interaction with the audio/visual works, communication points over which the audio/visual works are received, and over which at least a portion of the at least one meta-data interaction occurs, and a hierarchical taxonomy that effects a common metadata reference to each recurrence of a particular object across the audio/visual works, and across each of the at least one metadata-related interaction. The video engine, system, and method may additionally include a prioritization data for use with the metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Publication number: 20140200981
    Abstract: The present invention relates to providing a system for allowing coupon-based transaction, and, more particularly, to system and method for facilitating point-of-sale transaction based on the use of coupons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Inventor: Ryan Steelberg
  • Patent number: 8751479
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for an open indexing system, which includes an indexing engine associated with at least one processor and having one or more open inputs for inputting of indexing criteria, at least one computerized search engine for obtaining information across at least one computing network in accordance with the indexing criteria, at least one repository comprising at least one computing memory for storing information obtained via the at least one computerized search engine and corresponded to the indexing criteria, and at least one reporting engine, wherein an output of the reporting engine is manipulable responsive to modification to one or more categorizations dependent on the indexing criteria, and wherein the output is dependent solely on the information in said at least one repository.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Brand Affinity Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg