Patents Examined by Aklil M Tesfaye
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Patent number: 10542314Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device in which a processing system facilitates performance of operations including obtaining content for presentation to audience members, generating versions of the content, storing the versions in a library, and configuring a presentation of the content at a presentation device. The system detects characteristics of the audience members; if an appropriate version for an audience member is not available in the library, the system generates a customized version. A set of versions is presented simultaneously to the audience members, each of whom accordingly experiences a presentation version. The system receives data regarding real-time reactions of each audience member to the presentation version. An alternate presentation version, which can include a real-time adjustment of the content, is provided based on the reaction data of an audience member and presented to the audience member. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLCInventors: Brian Dominguez, Matthew Mayheu
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Patent number: 10542307Abstract: A content transmission device for transmitting a digital content to other device connected via a network, including a receiving unit that receives the digital content accompanied with a piece of copy control information indicating a condition of restricting the digital content from being copied, a communication processing unit that transmits and receives the digital content or control commands to and from the other device, a connection determining unit that determines whether the other device is present on an intra-residential network connected by the content transmission device, and a control unit that controls the receiving unit, the communication processing unit, and the connection determining unit, in which the control unit does not output the digital content received by the receiving unit from the communication processing unit to the other device in a case where the other device is determined not to be installed at an inside of a residence.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2016Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.Inventors: Chiyo Ohno, Hiroo Okamoto
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Patent number: 10540490Abstract: An approach is provided that receives a set of user information pertaining to a user. The received set of information is encoded into a neural network and the neural network is trained using the encoded user information. As an output of the trained neural network, passwords corresponding to the user are generated.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Suresh N. Chari, Benjamin J. Edwards, Taesung Lee, Ian M. Molloy, Youngja Park
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Geographical position information-based interaction method, cloud server, playback device and system
Patent number: 10531140Abstract: This invention discloses one interaction method, cloud server, broadcast device and system based on geographic position information.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2017Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Inventor: Songpo Wu -
Patent number: 10499092Abstract: A remote server generates a data stream that is broadcasted to a plurality of receivers. The broadcasted data stream includes a video track having a video data stream, a control track, and a plurality of ancillary data tracks including ancillary data. A specific template is assigned to each of the receivers. Each of the receivers renders a composite video image for display on a display device. Each of the composite video images includes the same video data stream, but each receiver uses its assigned template and selected ancillary data to render its own unique composite video image from the same video data stream.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2018Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Inspired Gaming (UK) LimitedInventors: Daniel Graham, Alistair Hopkins
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Patent number: 10469907Abstract: Provided are a signal processing method for determining an audience rating of media, and an additional information inserting apparatus, a media reproducing apparatus and an audience rating determining apparatus for performing the same method. In detail, the signal processing method for determining an audience rating of media is a method that may determine an audience rating of media with respect to a whole section of an audio signal by inserting additional information into a silence section through a noise signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2018Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Young Ho Jeong, Seung Kwon Beack, Tae Jin Lee, Hui Yong Kim
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Patent number: 10440436Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for synchronizing interactive content with a live video stream. Items featured or discussed during a segment of a live video stream are determined. A manifest is generated for the segment. The manifest includes locator information for obtaining the segment and item information indicating the items. The manifest is then sent to one or more clients.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2015Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Amber Autrey Taylor, David James Roy Erdmann, Alexandru Ion Indrei, Daniel Thomas Mellott, Brent Robert Mills, Dan Catalin Teodorescu
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Patent number: 10432992Abstract: An advertisement scheduler receives a commercial break schedule generated from a completed assignment of one or more spots that correspond to the deals comprising advertiser's orders to place the spots into one or more commercial breaks in the commercial break schedule based on constraints and placement requirements. The advertisement scheduler may determine representative liability per pending spot for the deals and reshuffle the placement of the spots based on the representative liability of the deals in order to minimize liability associated with the deals. The advertisement scheduler may reshuffle the placement of the spots for maximum delivery of candidate deals, where the reshuffle is based on a forecast of expected viewership associated with the deals, and a pacing computation of cumulative demographics guaranteed at a particular point in time, modify the forecast based on weighting factor, and generate a finalized commercial break schedule based on the reshuffling.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2018Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: TURNER BROADCASTING SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Wassim Samir Chaar, David James Benoit
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Patent number: 10433029Abstract: An implementation method and an application of a personalized presentation of associated multimedia content are provided. The method includes steps of: by a multimedia content provider, uniformly completing full file content when producing a multimedia file, and classifying segments of the content through a marking method according to an importance and/or an association degree of the content, so as to produce different versions of the multimedia file; and selectively previewing and/or playing by a user according to the different versions. The present invention is a flexible and efficient method for scalable organization, storage and transmission in an Internet on-demand system, thereby adding a flexible organization mechanism for the media content that an existing multimedia protocol lacks, and solving problems of an existing multimedia system, such as low transmission efficiency, waste of storage resources and poor user experience.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2016Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITYInventors: Yiling Xu, Wenjun Zhang, Wenjie Zhu, Lianghui Zhang, Hao Chen, Bo Li, Jun Sun, Ning Liu
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Patent number: 10419797Abstract: For broadcast-grade service level guarantees for linear video Playout, it is important for Playout systems and the associated server hardware to be extremely reliable. To accomplish this both the Playout software and server hardware are tightly integrated in on-premise implementations. Playout systems on the cloud allow for leveraging cloud servers dynamically for running Playout systems. The present invention proposes a system and method redundant, cost-effective for time-advanced, server-independent cloud Playout, which is useful in a variety of scenarios including but not limited to accomplishing seamless redundancy, optimizing operating costs by choosing different service provider/regions/servers. This is achieved by pre-playing the channel ahead of schedule, and then passing it to the output through an intelligent delay buffer.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: M/S. Amagi Media Labs Pvt. LtdInventor: Baskar Subramanian
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Patent number: 10412422Abstract: The present invention suggests a method for transmitting a broadcasting signal. The method for transmitting a broadcasting signal, according to the present invention, suggests a system capable of supporting a next-generation broadcasting service in an environment which supports next-generation hybrid broadcasting, using a terrestrial broadcasting network and an Internet network. In addition, the present invention suggests an efficient signaling scheme which can cover both the terrestrial broadcasting network and the Internet network in an environment supporting next-generation hybrid broadcasting.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2016Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Soojin Hwang, Sejin Oh, Jongyeul Suh, Hyunmook Oh
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Patent number: 10412450Abstract: Systems and methods are described for managing local and cloud storage space for a plurality of media assets. The media guidance application may detect that a command was received to delete a first media asset from storage. In response to detecting the command, the media guidance application may determine a viewing pattern for the first media asset associated with a subset of users in a plurality of users, where the subset of users consumed the first media asset. The media guidance application may retrieve viewing commands associated with a second media asset performed by the subset of users, where the second media asset is related to the first media asset. The media guidance application may determine whether the viewing commands satisfy the viewing pattern. And in response to determining that the commands satisfy the viewing pattern, the media guidance application may delete the second media asset from storage.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2018Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.Inventors: Abhijit Satchidanand Savarkar, Vineet Agarwal, Abubakkar Siddiq, Ganesh Ramamoorthy
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Patent number: 10405039Abstract: Various embodiments disclose a system and methods for media content analysis based at least in part upon social media data. In some embodiments, a computer system may determine a viewership associated with a selected piece of televised content such as a television show or advertisement. The computer system may also identify social media data such as social media messages associated with the selected piece of televised content. The computer system may calculate an audience engagement measurement corresponding to the selected piece of televised content based upon the social media data and the viewership.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Rentrak CorporationInventors: Michael Vinson, Bruce Goerlich, Amir Yazdani
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Patent number: 10362363Abstract: Methods and apparatus for detecting whether a commercial is ongoing on a program channel and indicating commercial status of a program channel in a program guide are described. Also described are channel surfing methods and apparatus where a user is allowed to automatically skip channels with ongoing commercials and is provided with an indicator of the commercial status on one or more previous program channels while viewing content of program channel to which the user switched.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2014Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLCInventor: Michael Detty
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Patent number: 10349113Abstract: Electronic program guides in which program listings may be graphically presented and in which sponsors and celebrities of those programs may be identified are provided. The electronic programs guides may be passive television program guides, interactive television program guides, and/or on-line television program guides. Television show text information, logos and/or trademarks, celebrity images, affiliation indicators, and advertisements may be present in the program listings to enhance the electronic program guides.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.Inventor: M. Scott Reichardt
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Patent number: 10327022Abstract: Various embodiments provide a system and methods for generating geographical models, determining geographical locations of set-top boxes using the geographical models, and modifying behavior of the set-top boxes based on their geographical locations. The set-top boxes determine their own geographical locations, regardless of whether the set-top boxes are capable of transmitting data to a content provider or include specialized equipment, such as a global positioning system, for determining geographical location.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2017Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: DISH Technologies L.L.C.Inventors: Christopher Day, Rima Shah
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Patent number: 10327043Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and method for enabling display of interactive questions during streaming of a real time, dynamic, adaptive and non-sequentially assembled video. The method includes reception of a set of preference data associated with a user and a set of user authentication data. In addition, the method includes serving of the assembled video based on the received set of preference data to the user in real time. Moreover, the method includes fetching of a pre-defined set of interactive questions. Further, the method includes posting of the pre-defined set of interactive questions during the serving of the assembled video. Furthermore, the method includes collection of the set of user feedbacks for a posted pre-defined set of interactive questions from the user.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2016Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Inventors: N. Dilip Venkatraman, Savitri Dilip
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Patent number: 10321186Abstract: A broadcast reception device receives a digital broadcast service capable of executing an application cooperating with a broadcast program, and is provided with: a broadcast reception unit which receives broadcast waves of the digital broadcast service; a separation unit which separates video information relating to the broadcast program and application-related information from the received broadcast waves; a broadcast video decoding unit which decodes the video information relating to the broadcast program; an application acquisition unit which acquires an application on the basis of location information included in the application-related information; an application execution unit which executes the acquired application and acquires additional data from a server device; a video conversion unit which converts broadcast program video decoded by the broadcast decoding unit into high-quality video having a higher quality than the video using the acquired additional data; and a display unit which is able to dispType: GrantFiled: November 19, 2014Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiko Yoshizawa, Tetsuya Sakamoto, Motoyuki Suzuki, Yasunobu Hashimoto, Nobuaki Kabuto, Keisuke Inata
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Patent number: 10306272Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a content supply device, a content supply method, a program, a terminal device, and a content supply system that make it possible to receive streaming data from an origin server having the shortest communication distance. According to a first aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a content supply device that supplies a plurality of pieces of streaming data that include content of a same subject and differ in attribute, according to an adaptive streaming technique, the content supply device including: a metafile generating unit configured to generate a metafile that is for a reception side to select a supply source of the streaming data and that describes region identification information of the supply source; and a delivering unit configured to deliver the streaming data to the reception side as the supply source via a network, according to a request from the reception side based on the metafile.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2014Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventor: Yasuaki Yamagishi
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Patent number: 10257561Abstract: Disclosed are a digital media asset selection interface and method. The interface may comprise a plurality of digital media assets that are displayed to a user such that the user can navigate the digital media assets in a first direction and a second direction, such as a horizontal direction and a vertical direction. In a more particular embodiment, the digital media assets are listed horizontally such that assets listed to the left of a selection pane represent a “past” aspect and assets listed to the right of a selection pane represent a “future” aspect. The digital media assets listed vertically are related to one another in some way.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2013Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Neha Kalantri, Edward Drake, Kevin Liao