Patents Assigned to BE SPOON
  • Patent number: 12008032
    Abstract: This application is directed to a method for automatically identifying and transferring relevant image data. The method includes obtaining a plurality of content items from a personal content collection and determining attributes based on the plurality of content items. The method includes generating a plurality of relevance rules. The method further includes obtaining unclassified content items and determining for a first unclassified content item a plurality of aggregate relevance scores using the plurality of relevance rules. The method include determining whether a first aggregate relevance score and/or a second aggregate relevance score satisfy threshold score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Bending Spoons S.p.A.
    Inventors: Dylan Marriott, Daniel Nicolae, Ruben Bakker, Alexander Pashintsev, Zdzislaw Pawel Losvik, Eugene Livshitz, Vitaly Glazkov, Boris Gorbatov, Ilya Buryak
  • Patent number: 12008495
    Abstract: A computer system receives a definition of a group that includes an indication of a hierarchal rank of group members, a plurality of content items that correspond to the group, and identifying information indicating at least one group member that corresponds to a content item. A search input by a first user is detected and an indication of a hierarchal rank for the first user is stored. Determining a weight to assign to a search result includes comparing a hierarchal rank of at least one group member that corresponds to the first content item with the hierarchal rank of the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Bending Spoons S.p.A.
    Inventors: Anirban Kundu, Andrew Henderson Malcolm, Amir Doron
  • Patent number: 11995299
    Abstract: Searching for documents includes retrieving objects from a physical media image using a camera from a smartphone, a user selecting a subset of the objects, forming a search query based on the subset of objects, and applying the search query to a search engine to search for the documents. Retrieving objects from a media image may include waiting for a view of the camera to stabilize. Waiting for the view of the camera to stabilize may include detecting changing content of a video flow provided to the camera and/or using motion sensors of the camera to detect movement. Retrieving objects may include the smartphone identifying possible subsets of objects in the media image. The user selecting a subset of the objects may include the smartphone presenting at least some of the possible subsets to the user and the user selecting one of the possible subsets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Bending Spoons S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alexander Pashintsev, Eugene Livshitz, Vitaly Glazkov, P. J. Tanzillo
  • Patent number: 11989244
    Abstract: A digital content clipping system receives an indication that a first web page has been accessed by a first user, and searches a repository of digital content clips associated with the first web page. In accordance with a determination that the repository does not include any user-generated digital content clips associated with the first web page, the system offers one or more first clipping options based on predefined clip templates, receives selection, by the first user, of one of the first clipping options, extracts a digital content clip of the first web page in accordance with the selected one of the first clipping options, and stores the digital content clip of the first web page in a first clip collection associated with the first web page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: BENDING SPOONS S.p.A.
    Inventors: Ruben Bakker, Daniel Nicolae, Jeffrey A. Shotts
  • Patent number: 11977598
    Abstract: The various implementations described herein include methods, devices, and systems for preparing notes stored in a user repository. A method includes, at a user device having memory and one or more processors, generating based on content previously stored in a note, a note preview including note identifying information, and causing presentation, via the user device, of the note preview including the note identifying information. The method includes, responsive to user selection of the note preview, causing presentation, via the user device, of the note associated with the note preview. The method also includes while displaying the note associated with the note preview, receiving user input to include additional content in the note, and responsive to the user input to include additional content in the note, modifying the note and the note preview based on the additional content. The method further includes storing the note in the user repository.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Bending Spoons S.p.A.
    Inventors: Phil Libin, Phil Constantinou, Dmitry Stavisky, Alex Pachikov, Pavel Skaldin, Andrew Sinkov, Jakob Bignert
  • Patent number: 11961023
    Abstract: A computer system receives a definition of a group that includes an indication of a hierarchal rank of group members, a plurality of content items that correspond to the group, and identifying information indicating at least one group member that corresponds to a content item. A search input by a first user is detected and an indication of a hierarchal rank for the first user is stored. Determining a weight to assign to a search result includes comparing a hierarchal rank of at least one group member that corresponds to the first content item with the hierarchal rank of the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Bending Spoons S.p.A.
    Inventors: Anirban Kundu, Andrew Henderson Malcolm, Amir Doron
  • Patent number: 11880945
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a software-based solution for rendering digital crowds in real-time. The system at large is a network of machines that processes and ingests broadcast camera feeds and tracking data and then leverages an augmented reality system for compositing and tracking platforms to render tens of thousands of crowd members on top of live footage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SILVER SPOON ANIMATION INC.
    Inventor: Rotem Shiffman
  • Patent number: 11743696
    Abstract: In an embodiment a real-time location method includes sending, by a master beacon device and one or more beacon repeater devices, ultra-wideband beacon frames, wherein the ultra-wideband beacon frames are transmitted as interleaved pairs of ultra-wideband beacon frames, wherein each interleaved pair is sent either from the master beacon device or the one or more beacon repeater devices, wherein each interleaved pair includes a first ultra-wideband beacon frame and a second ultra-wideband beacon frame, and wherein, for each interleaved pair, the first ultra-wideband beacon frame and the second ultra-wideband beacon frame are transmitted with a master time delay, receiving, by one or more tag devices, at least one of the interleaved pairs of ultra-wideband beacon frames, receiving, by the one or more beacon repeater devices, at least one of the interleaved pairs of ultra-wideband beacon frames, receiving, by one of a plurality of tag response receptor units, at least one of the interleaved pairs of ultra-wideba
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Be Spoon
    Inventor: Philippe Bollard
  • Patent number: 11573595
    Abstract: An embodiment method is disclosed for deriving an estimation value of a clock-error for a slave clock, wherein the slave clock is set at a nominal slave period and outputs a sequence of slave clock signals at an actual slave period, and wherein a difference between the actual slave period and the nominal slave period is approximated by the estimation value of the clock-error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Be Spoon SAS
    Inventor: Pascal Fabre
  • Patent number: 11353916
    Abstract: An embodiment method is disclosed for deriving an estimation value of a clock-error for a slave clock, wherein the slave clock is set at a nominal slave period and outputs a sequence of slave clock signals at an actual slave period, and wherein a difference between the actual slave period and the nominal slave period is approximated by the estimation value of the clock-error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: BE SPOON SAS
    Inventor: Pascal Fabre
  • Publication number: 20220028173
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a software-based solution for rendering digital crowds in real-time. The system at large is a network of machines that processes and ingests broadcast camera feeds and tracking data and then leverages an augmented reality system for compositing and tracking platforms to render tens of thousands of crowd members on top of live footage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: SILVER SPOON ANIMATION INC.
    Inventor: Rotem Shiffman
  • Patent number: 10631680
    Abstract: One embodiment: A portable insulated beverage brewing device 10 for liquids and gravity fed method for brewing. A device 10, with lid 14 and vessel 12, may house insulation 52A and 52B, liner reservoir 50A and 50B, and filter 28 to brew hot or cold liquids and contain hot or cold liquids for controlled dispensing 26. A large capacity filter 28 secures inside the vessel 12 accepting brew mixtures for gravity fed brewing method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Big Spoon Productions, LLC
    Inventor: Joshua F. Johnson
  • Patent number: 9687105
    Abstract: A portable insulated beverage brewing device 10 for liquids and gravity fed method for brewing. A device 10, with lid 14 and vessel 12, may house insulation 52A and 52B, liner reservoir 50A and 50B, and filter 28 to brew hot or cold liquids and contain hot or cold liquids for controlled dispensing 26. A large capacity filter 28 secures inside the vessel 12 accepting brew mixtures for gravity fed brewing method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Big Spoon Productions, LLC
    Inventor: Joshua Fors Johnson
  • Patent number: 9246537
    Abstract: A method for determining arrival time of a UWB pulse at a receiver. When a pulse is modulated at an RF frequency, the receiver includes a quadrature demodulator, a first correlating stage for correlating the in-phase signal with the first and second signals of an orthogonal base on a time window and a second correlating stage for correlating the quadrature signal with the first and second signals of the orthogonal base on the same window, a phase estimator estimating the phase of the signal received in the orthogonal base from the correlation results of the first and/or second correlating stage(s), and a computing device determining the arrival time from the phase thus estimated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignees: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, BE SPOON
    Inventors: Francois Dehmas, Gilles Masson, Laurent Ouvry
  • Patent number: 9236894
    Abstract: A pulsed multi-channel UWB receiver. The receiver includes a first stage translating a received signal into baseband or at an intermediate frequency, a second stage carrying out quadrature mixing on the in-phase and quadrature channels of the first stage, a third stage carrying out an integration on a time window of the signals from the second stage, and a fourth stage carrying out a combination of the integration results from the third stage to provide the real part and the imaginary part of the modulation symbol. The receiver is configurable according to the receiving channel and processing type selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignees: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, BE SPOON
    Inventors: Laurent Ouvry, Francois Dehmas, Frederic Hameau, Gilles Masson
  • Patent number: 9231653
    Abstract: A UWB receiver with time drift correction. After a frequency translation by a quadrature demodulator, a pulsed UWB signal received is integrated on successive time windows, and then sampled. A phase shift estimator determines a phase difference between samples separated by a multiple of the sampling period approaching the period of the pulses of the signal. A controller deduces from this phase difference a time offset to be applied to integrators to synchronize the receiver on the signal received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignees: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, BE SPOON
    Inventors: Francois Dehmas, Gilles Masson, Laurent Ouvry
  • Publication number: 20150303991
    Abstract: A UWB receiver with time drift correction. After a frequency translation by a quadrature demodulator, a pulsed UWB signal received is integrated on successive time windows, and then sampled. A phase shift estimator determines a phase difference between samples separated by a multiple of the sampling period approaching the period of the pulses of the signal. A controller deduces from this phase difference a time offset to be applied to integrators to synchronize the receiver on the signal received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicants: Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives, BE SPOON
    Inventors: Francois DEHMAS, Gilles MASSON, Laurent OUVRY
  • Publication number: 20150295620
    Abstract: A method for determining arrival time of a UWB pulse at a receiver. When a pulse is modulated at an RF frequency, the receiver includes a quadrature demodulator, a first correlating stage for correlating the in-phase signal with the first and second signals of an orthogonal base on a time window and a second correlating stage for correlating the quadrature signal with the first and second signals of the orthogonal base on the same window, a phase estimator estimating the phase of the signal received in the orthogonal base from the correlation results of the first and/or second correlating stage(s), and a computing device determining the arrival time from the phase thus estimated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicants: COMMISSARIAT À L'ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ÉNERGIES ALTERNATIVES, BE SPOON
    Inventors: Francois Dehmas, Gilles Masson, Laurent Ouvry
  • Patent number: D863981
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Little Spoon, Inc.
    Inventor: Angela Vranich
  • Patent number: D1017263
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Spoon Foundation
    Inventors: Jocelyn Goodall, Mishelle Rudzinski, Kathryn Miller, Scott Pontoni, Jason Hilbourne, Zack Hilbourne, Robert Culbertson, Alex Ursin