Patents Assigned to NBCUniversal Media, LLC
-
Patent number: 12159160Abstract: A tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable medium, including machine-readable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to identify an optimal machine configuration and a number of optimal machines to complete a job. The one or more processors may further dynamically generate a matrix of available equivalent machine configurations and a corresponding number of machines for each available equivalent machine configuration and provide a preferred machine configuration and a number of machines having the preferred machine configuration for completing the job, where the preferred machine configuration comprises the optimal machine configuration or a machine configuration from the dynamically generated matrix.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: NBCUniversal Media, LLCInventor: David Mellor
-
Patent number: 12135944Abstract: A word-sense disambiguation service may be performed to determine the semantic context of an ambiguous targeted word in an electronic data corpus. The word-sense disambiguation service may determine the semantic context of the words in the electronic data corpus by evaluating a main word and the context words surrounding the main word in a portion of text, then determine which context words are useful in defining the semantic context of the main word. The word-sense disambiguation service may then cluster the defining context words together and use the defining context words to train a word-embedding model to recognize the semantic context of an instance of the main word based on the proximity of the defining context words to the main word. A context-sensitive service may then receive input of a desired target word, then retrieve and display the various semantic contexts of the desired target word using the results gathered by the word-sense disambiguation service.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2021Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: NBCUniversal Media, LLCInventor: Gregory A Tam
-
Patent number: 12132941Abstract: Systems and methods for presenting contextual clips for distributed content are disclosed. Some embodiments include receiving an input for presenting content while the content is currently being distributed at a first distribution time point within the content, transmitting a request for contextual content prior to the first distribution time point, receiving information for displaying a plurality of contextual content clips distributed prior to the first distribution time point, wherein each of the plurality of contextual content clips corresponds to an event depicted in the content, displaying the plurality of contextual content clips using the received information, and displaying the content at a second distribution time point after all of the plurality of contextual content clips have been displayed.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2022Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: NBCUniversal Media, LLCInventors: Jack Jackson, Jr., David Faulknor, Shannon McKenzie
-
Patent number: 12096048Abstract: Systems and methods for switching from a linearly distributed live content and/or internet stream to other contents are provided by aligning timing between contents. Break points may be programmed between diverse non-time synced source encoder of the respective contents to facilitate switching between contents. A first linear stream is caused to be provided. A switchover time to a second linear stream is then identified. The second linear stream is caused to be provided at the switchover time. In different embodiments, switching may occur between different number of contents using the described systems and methods. One or more streaming contents may be up-converted and/or down-converted in different streaming systems.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: NBCUniversal Media, LLCInventors: Grant McGilvray, Clarence Hau, Michael Harrell, Anil Abraham, Peter Rosenberg, Adam Dever
-
Patent number: 12080047Abstract: A tangible, non-transitory machine-readable medium includes machine readable instructions that, when executed by processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry to receive an inquiry regarding digital content. The inquiry is indicative of a request for the digital content or a request for a determination to be made regarding the digital content. The instructions, when executed, also cause the processing circuitry to process the inquiry by analyzing aggregated result data generated using a series of neural network layers based on the digital content and metadata associated with the digital content. Furthermore, the instructions, when executed, cause the processing circuitry to generate response data to the inquiry using a neural network based on analyzing the aggregated result data.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2019Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: NBCUniversal Media, LLCInventors: Robert Glenn Deen, Michael Shane Wilkinson, Eric J. Avila, Borzou Afshar
-
Publication number: 20240221167Abstract: According to at least one embodiment, a multi-angle multi-time-point method authenticates 2D objects with high confidence by sampling the object through space and time while being capable of automatically authenticating and inputting object information. Some embodiments further enhance authentication confidence by utilizing unique characteristics of hologram and/or personal photo. While this method possesses artificial intelligence comparable to human's in term of authenticating and extracting information from 2D objects, it's also highly efficient and can achieve real-time performance (e.g., processing 5 frames per second) on ordinary personal computers. Structural information is first extracted from a 2D image to reduce processing time for subsequent steps as more operations on the 2D images are avoided. By employing similar divide-and-conquer strategy according to a binary search algorithm for 1D data array, a Visual Binary Edge Search Algorithm is applied to a 2D image application.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2022Publication date: July 4, 2024Applicant: NBCUNIVERSAL MEDIA, LLCInventor: Qiang FU
-
Publication number: 20240211993Abstract: According to at least one embodiment, one or more potential advertisement slots may be identified based on contextual characteristics relating to content. Such contextual characteristics may include tonality, sentiment and/or data that places potentially worrisome content in context. By identifying potential advertisement slots based on such characteristics, a seller develops a better understanding of content running on its own media platform(s), builds a greater level of trust with its advertiser partners, and generates better yield with respect to its advertisement inventory.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2022Publication date: June 27, 2024Applicant: NBCUNIVERSAL MEDIA, LLCInventors: Michael Levin, Claire Smith, Kaitlyn Mitschele, Stephane Krzywoglowy, Rebecca Mason, Collette Winn, Ganesh Koramangala, Han Tran
-
Patent number: 11948357Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium includes computer readable instructions, that when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform operations including receiving a plurality of input images and receiving a guide image corresponding to at least one input image of the plurality of input images. The guide image includes additional colorization relative to the at least one input image. Additionally, the operations include generating a color mapping logic configured to adjust a color of the at least one input image to match the additional colorization of the guide image and outputting an indication of the color mapping logic.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: NBCUniversal Media, LLCInventors: Harvey Landy, Samuel Harrell
-
Patent number: 11946628Abstract: A cooling system for a light emitting diode assembly includes a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat from a fluid to ambient air, an enclosure configured to house the LED assembly, and a pump configured to circulate the fluid through the enclosure, through the LED assembly, or both, and through the heat exchanger. The fluid is configured to absorb heat at the LED assembly and generated by the LED assembly, and the heat exchanger is configured to cool the fluid and remove the heat absorbed by the fluid at the LED assembly.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: NBCUniversal Media, LLCInventor: Charles Edwards
-
Patent number: 11934406Abstract: A system includes hardware processors and a non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed by the hardware processors, causes the hardware processors to perform actions including receiving an input data set related to digital content, where the input data set includes a plurality of input entries. The actions also include matching one or more input words of each input entry of the plurality of input entries to one or more baseline words of one or more baseline entries of a baseline data set and generating an output data set including a plurality of output entries. Each respective input entry corresponds to a respective output entry of the plurality of output entries, and each respective output entry includes a baseline entry of the one or more baseline entries having a highest probability of matching the respective input entry and additional data associated with the respective input entry.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: NBCUniversal Media, LLCInventors: Zeidee Pineda, Nicole Torres, Bing Xu, Nana Yaw Essuman, Hengyu Tang
-
Patent number: 11910053Abstract: Traditional streaming sequentially downloads content fragments one by one from one CDN. The disclosed streaming method concurrently downloads content fragments from multiple CDNs. It first creates a sequence of bundles of fragments, and then downloads a subsequent bundle by spreading requests to download the fragments within the bundle to multiple CDNs simultaneously with each CDN acting as a channel to download a different fragment. Depending on business needs, various request dispatching strategies can be deployed. When there is a volume based pricing contract with a CDN, a dispatch strategy is to send more requests to the CDN in order to reach contract volume therefore reduce unit cost. Another strategy is to send the request for the earliest fragment to the fastest CDN in order to reduce latency and possibility of buffer underrun. Fault tolerance can be provided by re-routing a request failed at a CDN to another CDN.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: NBCUNIVERSAL MEDIA, LLCInventor: Qiang Fu
-
Patent number: 11887114Abstract: Systems and methods for pulsing and controlling quality of content are provided. An automated QC system that automatically monitors (e.g., pulses) content for any changes by third-party servers and subsequently deactivates problematic content may improve user experience in relation to viewing content and enhance revenue gains for the content provider. For example, a confidence tool may identify problematic changes to the content via a pulsing mechanism, in which content is identified for deactivation until changes to the content meet the specification of the content presentation services. Active (e.g., live) or in-flight (e.g.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: NBCUniversal Media, LLCInventors: Michael S. Levin, Christopher Lynn, Alexandra Paige, Beth Kramer, Natasha Thandi, Carlos Costa, David Hollo, Karthik Rengasamy, Adrian Ritchie, Rebecca Mason
-
Patent number: 11868441Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting duplicate frames is provided. An automated duplicate frames detection service may extract one or more frames from content and determine a hamming distance between each of the extracted one or more frames and adjacent frames. In response to determining the hamming distance is less than a threshold hamming distance, the duplicate frames detection service may determine duplicate frames. In turn, the duplicate frames detection service may determine the duplicate frames are created without intent in response to determining the average distance between the one or more duplicate frames meets threshold criteria and provide an indication of the one or more duplicate frames without intent to a client device.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: NBCUniversal Media, LLCInventors: Michael S. Levin, Christopher Lynn, Alexandra Paige, Constantinos Hoppas, Matthew Nash, Rachel A. Price
-
Patent number: 11838561Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling quality of content are provided. Programmatic ad buying may facilitate and expedite ad buying via an automated process. However, quality control via a conventional ad buying process is done with manual intervention. A confidence tool may request, from a programmatic content library of a content provider, to analyze a content tag associated with programmatic content. The confidence tool may determine whether the content tag meets confidence criteria (e.g., specifications of a content presentation service). The confidence tool may notify the content provider of whether the content tag meets the confidence criteria. Based on this notification, the content provider may approve the content to be run or reject the content to prevent problematic content from running on the content presentation service.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: NBCUniversal Media, LLCInventors: Michael S. Levin, Alexandra Paige, Tatiana Stepanov, Christopher Lynn, Dana Cacciatore, Carlos Costa, Rebecca Mason, Janice Navea, Joshua Butler, Stephane Krzywoglowy
-
Patent number: 11821616Abstract: A debubbler system includes a hollow enclosure and a vent assembly. The hollow enclosure includes comprising an inlet configured to receive coolant into the hollow enclosure and an outlet configured to direct coolant out of the hollow enclosure. The vent assembly includes a vent member configured to rotate about two or more axes within the hollow enclosure. Additionally, the vent member includes an open end configured to remain above a coolant level within the hollow enclosure as the vent member rotates about the two or more axes and a tube configured to flow air, coolant, or both, from the open end of the vent member out of the hollow enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: NBCUniversal Media, LLCInventor: Charles Edwards
-
Patent number: 11818817Abstract: A lighting system includes a controller having a processor and a memory. The processor is configured to receive an input indicative of a first set of lighting values corresponding to a first color space, map the first set of lighting values corresponding to the first color space to a second set of lighting values corresponding to a second color space, and output the second set of lighting values to a light emitting diode (LED) assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: NBCUniversal Media, LLCInventor: Charles Edwards
-
Patent number: 11804587Abstract: A cooling system for a light emitting diode (“LED”) assembly includes a fluid configured to absorb heat at the LED assembly, a heat exchanger coupled to one or more substrates of the LED assembly, where the heat exchanger is configured to exchange heat between the LED assembly and the fluid, and a pump configured to circulate the fluid along the LED assembly and the heat exchanger, where the fluid exhibits a turbulent flow at the LED assembly, the heat exchanger, or both, while circulated by the pump.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: NBCUniversal Media LLCInventor: Charles Edwards
-
Patent number: 11776559Abstract: According to at least one embodiment, a method for determining a level of synchronicity between subtitle text in audiovisual content and speech that would be heard during display of the audiovisual content includes: accessing a first binary sequence, each bit of the first binary sequence indicating whether the speech is provided at a respective sampling time of a plurality of sampling times; and accessing a second binary sequence, each bit of the second binary sequence indicating whether the subtitle text is provided at a respective sampling time of a plurality of sampling times. The method further includes comparing the first binary sequence and the second binary sequence to determine the level of synchronicity between the subtitle text and the speech.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: NBCUNIVERSAL MEDIA, LLCInventors: Craig Gardner, Christopher Burdorf
-
Publication number: 20230300408Abstract: A data stream, such as a video stream, may comprise one or more event trigger messages indicating an upcoming event in the stream. The time (e.g., pre-roll time) between the event trigger message and its corresponding event may be modified, based on rules, to provide a network operator, service provider or downstream recipient more (or less) time to prepare for the event. This may be accomplished by moving the event trigger to an earlier (or later) location in the stream, and/or editing the event trigger to indicate the different pre-roll time.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicants: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, NBCUniversal Media, LLCInventors: Joseph Franz, Dhurv Garg
-
Patent number: 11754258Abstract: A lighting assembly includes a lighting tower. The lighting tower includes a plurality of layers of lighting elements, where each layer of lighting elements is configured to provide a different angle of emitted light onto a parabolic reflector with respect to light emitted from another layer of lighting elements onto the parabolic reflector when activated.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: NBCUniversal Media, LLCInventors: Charles Edwards, Richard Pierceall