Patents Assigned to MERCURY ANALYTICS, LLC
  • Patent number: 12244431
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a selection of a subgroup of participants from a group of potential focus group participants, placing each participant in the subgroup of participants in a waiting room environment, establishing a respective testing video conference between each participant in the subgroup of participants and the second user and confirming, based on the respective testing video conference, a respective technical ability to carry out a video conference. The method includes establishing the video conference comprising each respective confirmed participant and the second user, receiving respective data as part of the focus group from each respective confirmed participant and presenting live data associated with the video conference of the focus group to the first user at a user device. The method and associated network server enable a quick way to establish a focus group and then carry out a focus group on a topic of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Mercury Analytics, LLC
    Inventor: Scott Brickner
  • Patent number: 12206517
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, from an entity, a request to organize a survey on a topic, based on the request, organizing a survey of a plurality of people, recording a video of the survey, obtaining a transcription of the video and linking the transcription of the video in time to the video to yield a processed video. The method can further include presenting, on a user interface to the entity based on the processed video, the video and the transcription of the video, wherein each word in the transcription of the video is selectable by the entity, receiving a selection of text by the entity from the transcription of the video and, based on the selection of the text, presenting a portion of the video at a time that is associated with when a participant in the video spoke the text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Mercury Analytics, LLC
    Inventors: Scott James Brickner, Matthew Thomas Williams, Peter Calvin Viss, Elizabeth Michael Karen, James Lord Ardery
  • Patent number: 11902042
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, from an entity, a request to organize a survey on a topic, based on the request, organizing a survey of a plurality of people, recording a video of the survey, obtaining a transcription of the video and linking the transcription of the video in time to the video to yield a processed video. The method can further include presenting, on a user interface to the entity based on the processed video, the video and the transcription of the video, wherein each word in the transcription of the video is selectable by the entity, receiving a selection of text by the entity from the transcription of the video and, based on the selection of the text, presenting a portion of the video at a time that is associated with when a participant in the video spoke the text. The user can also select a “clip to next speaker” option to generate a clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Mercury Analytics, LLC
    Inventors: Scott James Brickner, Matthew Thomas Williams, Peter Calvin Viss, Elizabeth Michael Karen, James Lord Ardery
  • Patent number: 11627373
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a mobile device, survey data comprising real-time survey user input associated with watching a video program and survey audio from the video program, the survey audio being recorded via a microphone of the user mobile device during the real-time survey, transmitting, to a network server, the survey data as part of a data package, wherein the network server receives an audio file associated with the video program, compares the audio file with the survey audio to yield a comparison and aligns, based on the comparison, the survey audio with the audio file to yield a modified data package and receiving a confirmation of a creation of the modified data package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Mercury Analytics, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Brickner, Matthew Thomas Williams, Peter Viss, Ivan Vican
  • Patent number: 11582051
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a selection of a subgroup of participants from a group of potential focus group participants, placing each participant in the subgroup of participants in a waiting room environment, establishing a respective testing video conference between each participant in the subgroup of participants and the second user and confirming, based on the respective testing video conference, a respective technical ability to carry out a video conference. The method includes establishing the video conference comprising each respective confirmed participant and the second user, receiving respective data as part of the focus group from each respective confirmed participant and presenting live data associated with the video conference of the focus group to the first user at a user device. The method and associated network server enable a quick way to establish a focus group and then carry out a focus group on a topic of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Mercury Analytics, LLC
    Inventor: Scott Brickner
  • Patent number: 11277663
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a network server, a data package from a user mobile device, the data package comprising real-time survey user input associated with watching a video program and survey audio from the video program, the survey audio being recorded via a microphone of the user mobile device during the real-time survey, receiving an audio file associated with the video program, comparing the audio file with the survey audio to yield a comparison, aligning, based on the comparison, the survey audio with the audio file to yield an modified data package and providing the modified data package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: MERCURY ANALYTICS, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Brickner, Matthew Thomas Williams, Peter Viss, Ivan Vican