Patents Assigned to ZEFR, Inc.
  • Patent number: 9697576
    Abstract: For mitigating unauthorized content claims, an identification module ranks a plurality of content according to a value policy. The plurality of content is provided through a content host. Each content item of the plurality of content is associated with at least one authorized claimant. The identification module further identifies an unauthorized claim for a content item of the plurality of content by an unauthorized claimant. A mitigation module mitigates the unauthorized claim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: ZEFR, Inc.
    Inventor: Brandon Folkman
  • Patent number: 9544666
    Abstract: For automated post roll production, a selection module 320 generates a link video list 240 from a video database 110. Each link video 200 in the link video list 240 includes at least one clip characteristic 215 matching a video characteristic of a target video 105 and each link video 200 is associated with a video clip 210 and a video address 205. The selection module 320 further selects a link video 200 from the link video list 240 according to a policy 115. A script generation module 325 generates a mask script 285 that specifies a mask dimension 415, a mask mark in 420, and a mask location 410 of the video clip 210 of the selected link video 200 within the target video 105. The script generation module 325 further generates an annotation script 280 that specifies a link location for a navigation link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: ZEFR, INC.
    Inventors: Philip F. Southam, Mike K. Goedecke
  • Patent number: 9432477
    Abstract: For identifying matching video content, a method records characteristics of a plurality of videos. The characteristics include one or more of keywords, views, comments, subscriptions to content channels, uploaded content, likes, user followings, and user identities. The method further calculates a content profile for each video. In addition, the method identifies a matching content profile within a content proximity of a target video content profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: ZEFR, INC.
    Inventor: Zacharias Lee James
  • Patent number: 9432712
    Abstract: For updating channel appearance, an appearance module stores an appearance modification to a channel appearance of a channel providing content from a content host. A modification module updates the channel appearance with the appearance modification if a modification policy is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: ZEFR, INC.
    Inventor: Zacharias Lee James
  • Patent number: 9430565
    Abstract: For providing relevant content, a search module indexes each content identifier for content received in a search result to content data. The content comprises related content identifiers. The search module further iteratively retrieves content for the indexed content identifiers and indexes the related content identifiers for the retrieved content until all related content identifiers for all the indexed content identifiers are indexed. A relevance module identifies relevant content and provides the relevant content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: ZEFR, INC.
    Inventor: Zacharias Lee James
  • Patent number: 9430560
    Abstract: An illustrative method for generating earned media includes collecting publisher descriptor data from a plurality of publishers, storing the descriptor data in a computer-readable memory, gathering at least one marketing parameter from a marketer and storing the at least one marketing parameter on the computer-readable memory. The method further includes retrieving, with a computing device, the descriptor data and the at least one marketing parameter from the computer-readable memory and filtering the plurality of publishers by applying the at least one marketing parameter to the descriptor data to produce qualified publishers. The qualified publishers are then presented with content from the marketer for dissemination to an audience of the qualified publishers. A system for generating earned media is also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: ZEFR, INC.
    Inventors: Trygve J. Jensen, Brock C. Luker, Neal W. Williams
  • Publication number: 20150278292
    Abstract: For identifying matching video content, a method records characteristics of a plurality of videos. The characteristics include one or more of keywords, views, comments, subscriptions to content channels, uploaded content, likes, user followings, and user identities. The method further calculates a content profile for each video. In addition, the method identifies a matching content profile within a content proximity of a target video content profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: ZEFR, Inc.
    Inventor: Zacharias Lee James
  • Publication number: 20150208108
    Abstract: For updating channel appearance, an appearance module stores an appearance modification to a channel appearance of a channel providing content from a content host. A modification module updates the channel appearance with the appearance modification if a modification policy is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: ZEFR, Inc.
    Inventor: Zacharias Lee James
  • Publication number: 20150205793
    Abstract: For providing relevant content, a search module indexes each content identifier for content received in a search result to content data. The content comprises related content identifiers. The search module further iteratively retrieves content for the indexed content identifiers and indexes the related content identifiers for the retrieved content until all related content identifiers for all the indexed content identifiers are indexed. A relevance module identifies relevant content and provides the relevant content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: ZEFR, Inc.
    Inventor: Zacharias Lee James
  • Publication number: 20150193894
    Abstract: For mitigating unauthorized content claims, an identification module ranks a plurality of content according to a value policy. The plurality of content is provided through a content host. Each content item of the plurality of content is associated with at least one authorized claimant. The identification module further identifies an unauthorized claim for a content item of the plurality of content by an unauthorized claimant. A mitigation module mitigates the unauthorized claim.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: ZEFR, Inc.
    Inventor: Brandon Folkman