Patents by Inventor Shahid Choudhry

Shahid Choudhry 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).

  • Ranking video articles
    Patent number: 8189685
    Abstract: An information retrieval system is provided for processing queries for video content. A server receives a query for video content and returns video articles, as received from broadcast systems or other content providers. Queries are formulated using text, video images, and/or visual content associated with a video article. Various video-oriented characteristics associated with the results of the queries are determined and a rank score is calculated for each. The ranked video articles are displayed in a representation to the user, from which the user can play the video article either within the representation or independent of it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
  • Video image-based querying for video content
    Patent number: 8185543
    Abstract: An information retrieval system is provided for processing queries for video content. A server receives a query for video content and returns video articles, as received from broadcast systems or other content providers. Queries are formulated using text, video images, and/or visual content associated with a video article. Content data is associated with video article images and search queries are generated based on user selection of an image. The resulting set of video articles is ranked and a representation of each video article is displayed to the user. The user can play the video article either within the representation or independent of it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
  • Ranking video articles
    Patent number: 7933338
    Abstract: An information retrieval system is provided for processing queries for video content. A server receives a query for video content and returns video articles, as received from broadcast systems or other content providers. Queries are formulated using text, video images, and/or visual content associated with a video article. Various video-oriented characteristics associated with the results of the queries are determined and a rank score is calculated for each. The ranked video articles are displayed in a representation to the user, from which the user can play the video article either within the representation or independent of it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011