Patents by Inventor Yizhe Tang
Yizhe Tang 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).
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Patent number: 9477721Abstract: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture for providing list of a plurality of media programs responsive to a user search query is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of accepting an general search query from a user computer, identifying a synonym for the general search query, identifying a category for the general search query according to the identified synonym, performing a categorical search of a media program database using the identified synonym and the identified category to obtain a search result, and transmitting the search result to the user computer for presentation on a display communicatively coupled to the user computer.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2013Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: HULU, LLCInventors: Ting-hao Yang, Zhibing Wang, Yizhe Tang, Qian Chang
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Patent number: 8782709Abstract: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for presenting a program guide for a video-on-demand system describing a plurality of media programs, each media program having a plurality of video frames. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of accepting a search request from a user, the search request comprising a search parameter having a search value; searching the media program database for the search value, the media program database having first metadata associated with a first individual video frame of the media program; and providing the program guide comprising a thumbnail depicting the first individual video frame of the media program associated with the first metadata to the user if the first metadata includes the search value.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2009Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Hulu, LLCInventors: Zhibing Wang, Ting-hao Yang, Yizhe Tang, Qian Chang
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Patent number: 8661017Abstract: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture for generating a media program database having a plurality of media programs is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method is comprises the steps of receiving first media program metadata from a first source, searching the Internet to find second media program metadata from a second source distinct from the first source, determining if the first media program metadata and the second media program metadata are associated with the same media program, merging the first media program metadata and the second media program metadata if the first media program metadata and the second media program metadata are associated with the same media program, and storing the merged first media program metadata and second media program metadata in the media program database.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2012Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Hulu, LLCInventors: Zhibing Wang, Yizhe Tang, Qian Chang, Ting-hao Yang
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Publication number: 20140040240Abstract: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture for providing list of a plurality of media programs responsive to a user search query is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of accepting an general search query from a user computer, identifying a synonym for the general search query, identifying a category for the general search query according to the identified synonym, performing a categorical search of a media program database using the identified synonym and the identified category to obtain a search result, and transmitting the search result to the user computer for presentation on a display communicatively coupled to the user computer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2013Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: Hulu, LLCInventors: Ting-hao Yang, Zhibing Wang, Yizhe Tang, Qian Chang
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Patent number: 8364707Abstract: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture for providing list of a plurality of media programs responsive to a user search query is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of accepting an general search query from a user computer, identifying a synonym for the general search query, identifying a category for the general search query according to the identified synonym, performing a categorical search of a media program database using the identified synonym and the identified category to obtain a search result, and transmitting the search result to the user computer for presentation on a display communicatively coupled to the user computer.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2012Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Hulu, LLCInventors: Ting-hao Yang, Zhibing Wang, Yizhe Tang, Qian Chang
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Publication number: 20120209827Abstract: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture for generating a media program database having a plurality of media programs is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method is comprises the steps of receiving first media program metadata from a first source, searching the Internet to find second media program metadata from a second source distinct from the first source, determining if the first media program metadata and the second media program metadata are associated with the same media program, merging the first media program metadata and the second media program metadata if the first media program metadata and the second media program metadata are associated with the same media program, and storing the merged first media program metadata and second media program metadata in the media program database.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2012Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: HULU LLCInventors: Zhibing Wang, Yizhe Tang, Qian Chang, Ting-hao Yang
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Patent number: 8185513Abstract: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture for generating a media program database having a plurality of media programs is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method is comprises the steps of receiving first media program metadata from a first source, searching the Internet to find second media program metadata from a second source distinct from the first source, determining if the first media program metadata and the second media program metadata are associated with the same media program, merging the first media program metadata and the second media program metadata if the first media program metadata and the second media program metadata are associated with the same media program, and storing the merged first media program metadata and second media program metadata in the media program database.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2008Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Hulu LLCInventors: Zhibing Wang, Yizhe Tang, Qian Chang, Ting-hao Yang
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Publication number: 20120117074Abstract: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture for providing list of a plurality of media programs responsive to a user search query is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of accepting an general search query from a user computer, identifying a synonym for the general search query, identifying a category for the general search query according to the identified synonym, performing a categorical search of a media program database using the identified synonym and the identified category to obtain a search result, and transmitting the search result to the user computer for presentation on a display communicatively coupled to the user computer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2012Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: HULU LLCInventors: Ting-hao Yang, Zhibing Wang, Yizhe Tang, Qian Chang
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Patent number: 8108393Abstract: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture for providing list of a plurality of media programs responsive to a user search query is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of accepting an general search query from a user computer, identifying a synonym for the general search query, identifying a category for the general search query according to the identified synonym, performing a categorical search of a media program database using the identified synonym and the identified category to obtain a search result, and transmitting the search result to the user computer for presentation on a display communicatively coupled to the user computer.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2009Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Hulu LLCInventors: Ting-hao Yang, Zhibing Wang, Yizhe Tang, Qian Chang
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Publication number: 20100211584Abstract: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for presenting a program guide for a video-on-demand system describing a plurality of media programs, each media program having a plurality of video frames. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of accepting a search request from a user, the search request comprising a search parameter having a search value; searching the media program database for the search value, the media program database having first metadata associated with a first individual video frame of the media program; and providing the program guide comprising a thumbnail depicting the first individual video frame of the media program associated with the first metadata to the user if the first metadata includes the search value.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2009Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicant: HULU LLCInventors: Zhibing Wang, Ting-hao Yang, Yizhe Tang, Qian Chang
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Publication number: 20100185646Abstract: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture for providing list of a plurality of media programs responsive to a user search query is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of accepting an general search query from a user computer, identifying a synonym for the general search query, identifying a category for the general search query according to the identified synonym, performing a categorical search of a media program database using the identified synonym and the identified category to obtain a search result, and transmitting the search result to the user computer for presentation on a display communicatively coupled to the user computer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2009Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: HULU LLCInventors: Ting-hao Yang, Zhibing Wang, Yizhe Tang, Qian Chang
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Publication number: 20100169369Abstract: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture for generating a media program database having a plurality of media programs is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method is comprises the steps of receiving first media program metadata from a first source, searching the Internet to find second media program metadata from a second source distinct from the first source, determining if the first media program metadata and the second media program metadata are associated with the same media program, merging the first media program metadata and the second media program metadata if the first media program metadata and the second media program metadata are associated with the same media program, and storing the merged first media program metadata and second media program metadata in the media program database.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2008Publication date: July 1, 2010Applicant: HULU LLCInventors: Zhibing Wang, Yizhe Tang, Qian Chang, Ting-hao Yang