Patents Examined by Jason Salce
  • Patent number: 11991412
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes performing analysis to determine information associated with a high dynamic range (HDR) media content item. A standard dynamic range (SDR) version of the HDR media content item is derived using HDR metadata. The derivation including encoding the HDR media content item to SDR content and normalizing data of the SDR content. The HDR metadata and the SDR version of the HDR media content item are transmitted with embedding of the HDR metadata within a protocol with the SDR version to a storage service. The HDR metadata and the SDR version are caused to be received at a display device. The SDR version is converted to HDR per incremental portion with a dynamic range bounded based on the HDR metadata of the protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seongnam Oh, Soojung Hyun, William Mandel
  • Patent number: 11985363
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for automatically determining parameter values that control or affect provision of content by a content platform. In one aspect, evaluation points are identified for a parameter. Each evaluation point includes an evaluated parameter value of the parameter and a metric value of a metric corresponding to the provision of digital components by the content platform. A first model is generated using the set of evaluation points. A second model is generated based on the first model and an acquisition function that is based on mean values and confidence intervals of the first model and a configurable exploration weight that controls a priority of exploration for evaluating the parameter. A next parameter value to evaluate is determined from the second model and the content platform is configured to use the next parameter value to provide digital components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Wenbo Zhang, Son Khanh Pham
  • Patent number: 11936954
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method, apparatus, and electronic device for processing of video recommendations. The present disclosure enables: at least one of second users can recommend a video to a first user, and when recommending the video, the second user can add own recommendation comment on the video, and the first user sees the comment on the video from the at least one of second users on a playback interface of a first client, and can also conduct operations such as comment, like, etc. on the comment by the second user, and can further recommend the video to a third user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jingran Zhou, Yue Chen
  • Patent number: 11924485
    Abstract: The present invention discloses techniques of displaying a video. The disclosed techniques comprises receiving comment text information from a user, the comment text information is associated with the video; determining that the comment text information corresponds to a predetermined type of bullet screen based on parsing the comment text information; displaying a target bullet screen being generated based on the comment text information; displaying at least one interface element each of which is selectable and corresponds to an operation associated with the target bullet screen in response to detecting a selection of the target bullet screen on a first interface for playback of the video; and controlling the video to jump to a target interface for playback of the video in response to detecting a selection of one of the at least one interface element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI HODE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lulu Yu, Guoyao Sun
  • Patent number: 11924494
    Abstract: A method for identifying a peripheral device from a digital content having been received by said peripheral device from a master device located at a user end is described. The master device can be connected to a server located at a back end, and the method includes receiving, by the master device from the peripheral device, at least peripheral identification data. The method also includes generating, at the master device, a first mark as a function of at least a part of the peripheral identification data, and watermarking the digital content using the first mark before transmitting the digital content to the peripheral device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NAGRAVISION S.A.
    Inventors: Philippe Stransky-Heilkron, Frederic Thomas
  • Patent number: 11924515
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display device for providing a function of searching for a product, a person, a place, or music appearing in a video, and an operation method therefor. The display device includes a display configured to display video, a user input interface configured to receive a search command, a controller configured to obtain video scene information at a time point when the search command is received, and a network interface configured to receive information about a product included in the video scene at a time point when the search command is received, based on the video scene information, wherein the display is configured to display a search result screen including a product icon representing the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyeseung Lee, Eunyoung Cho, Miyeon Kwon, Obong An, Seongwoon Seol, Kyungryun Lee
  • Patent number: 11917227
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining, based on recommendations provided by users that have consumed a media asset, which consumption options may be configured on a media device such that when configured enhance the user viewing experience for a specific media asset. The method includes accessing comments posted by other users that have consumed the media asset. The comments are analyzed to determine a consumption option recommendation. If the number of comments meet a threshold value, then the system either automatically configures the media device or configures the media device upon user approval with the recommended consumption option. The recommendation to configure a consumption option on the media device is made only if the recommendation is supported by the media device. The system also detects through audio and image analysis which users are consuming the media asset and accordingly configures the consumption options to their preferences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Ankur Anil Aher, Charishma Chundi, Reda Harb
  • Patent number: 11902635
    Abstract: Techniques for rapidly delivering broadcasted live content are described. In an example, a transaction request to create placeholder non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in a token repository (106) is sent, where NFTs represent unique digital items. In response to the transaction request, an address allocated to a placeholder NFT from the plurality of placeholder NFTs in the token repository (106) is received. A notification indicating availability of the piece of live content is then transmitted to a user device (102), where the notification is indicative of the address allocated to the placeholder NFT in the token repository (106). In the meantime, a unique representation of the piece of live content is generated and populated on the token repository (106).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: OPENORIGINS LIMITED
    Inventor: Mansoor Anwar Ahmed
  • Patent number: 11902624
    Abstract: A system and method of delivering video on demand includes a web site for receiving customer requests for video content, locating the requested content on one of a plurality of distributed video servers, and arranging the located content to be distributed to the customer's set top box via a broadband connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: eVideo Incorporated
    Inventor: Mauro Didomenico
  • Patent number: 11902622
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for determining viewership of a content item are described herein. Machine learning techniques may be used to determine which user(s) among a user group at a multi-user location is consuming a content item. A machine learning model may be trained using demographic attributes and content attributes associated with a plurality of single-user locations. A probability engine may train a machine learning model using the demographic attributes and content attributes and one or more machine learning algorithms. The trained machine learning model may be used to determine which user(s) among at least two users is consuming a content item at a multi-user location at which multiple people reside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Alan Bress, Christopher Paul Whitely, Zhao Xing
  • Patent number: 11889152
    Abstract: An electronic device and a control method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a camera, a microphone, a display, a communicator including circuitry, a memory, and a processor configured to capture an image of an external device through the camera and obtain information on the external device, based on a user's voice for requesting for solution information for solving a problem regarding the external device being input through the microphone while obtaining the information on the external device, control the communicator to transmit the input user's voice and the information on the external device to a server, receive a content related to the solution information from a content of a device related to the external device from the server via the communicator, and control the display to provide the content related to the solution information along with the captured image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jina Ham, Wonjong Choi, Soofeel Kim, Yewon Park
  • Patent number: 11889156
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for broadcasting multimedia information, the method comprising providing written, visual and/or audible information on an electronic device. The method including the steps of selecting, on the electronic device, a setup mode corresponding to a mode allowing a user to configure the program, displaying a request interface for selecting categories associated with one or more available multimedia content elements from a plurality of content sources, selecting at least a first category and sending the selection of categories, and optionally sub-categories, to a multimedia information database. Subsequently, the method requires selecting an information broadcast mode, from several broadcast modes, before validating the end of the setup mode configuration and exiting the setup mode in order to broadcast the information according to the selected broadcast mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventor: Jyad Murr
  • Patent number: 11877035
    Abstract: There is provided a system including a memory storing an executable code and a processor executing the executable code to receive a plurality of video inputs, wherein each video input of the plurality of video inputs includes a video feed from an event, provide the plurality of video inputs to each of a plurality of media devices, receive a plurality of user video inputs each from a different one of the plurality of media devices, wherein each of the plurality of user video inputs is created using the plurality of video inputs, and stream each of the plurality of user video inputs as a separate media channel for display by a plurality of media devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael P. Goslin, Skarphedinn Hedinsson, Scott F. Watson
  • Patent number: 11877034
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display apparatus and a channel control method. The channel control method includes: upon receiving channel number information that constructs a channel number in a display apparatus from a control device, obtaining a second channel number according to an instruction for indicating the channel number information each time; determining whether a length of the second channel number is equal to the maximum length of a channel number of a channel list in the display apparatus; and in response to the length of the second channel number being equal to the maximum length of the channel list, directly switching to program content corresponding to the second channel number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: HISENSE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoming Shao, Peng Liu, Xiangtai Xu, Hongxun Huang, Guili Jia, Xuelei Wang
  • Patent number: 11856252
    Abstract: A method for providing captured video to a subsequent user device, via a video host, including at least some of allowing a user to designate, via a mobile device, at least one video host; allowing the subsequent user, via the subsequent user device, to be associated with the at least one video host; allowing the user to capture video, via the mobile device, and upload or stream the captured video to the video host device(s), wherein the captured video includes at least one categorization for the captured video, as designated by the user prior to capturing the video; and allowing the subsequent user to access, via the subsequent user device, the captured video, via the video host device associated with the at least one video host, wherein the captured video is accessed, based on the at least one categorization for the captured video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Worldwide Live Holding, LLC
    Inventors: Charles R. Tudor, Dani R. Sleiman
  • Patent number: 11856255
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for selecting ads for a video. The program and method provide for receiving a request for an ad to insert into a video playing on a client device, the request including a first content identifier that identifies a first type of content included in the video; determining a set of content identifiers associated with the first content identifier, the set of content identifiers identifying second types of content to filter with respect to providing the ad in response to the request; selecting an ad from among plural ads, by filtering ads tagged with a second content identifier included in the set of content identifiers; and providing the selected ad as a response to the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: John Cain Blackwood, Chinmay Lonkar, David B. Lue, Kevin Lee Penner
  • Patent number: 11849188
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method receives information for a delivery of instances of supplemental content for a plurality of line items. A line item is associated with an instance of supplemental content that can be delivered and a pacing curve that describes a pace of delivery over time. The method updates a parameter for the line item to generate an updated parameter based on the delivery of the instances of supplemental content and a desired pacing behavior. The updated parameter is provided to a selection system that uses the updated parameter to select an instance for delivery. The delivery of instances of supplemental content for the line item is adjusted to meet the pacing curve based on a characteristic of the pacing behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: HULU, LLC
    Inventors: Dingming Wu, Chunyang Wei, Changsheng Xiang, Shulei Ma
  • Patent number: 11838600
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for identifying a plurality of past videos posted via a first group of channels, determining, for each channel of a second group, an average number of access requests that a future video to be posted via a respective channel is predicted to receive within a first time interval after posting, determining, for each channel of the second group, a plurality of adjusted average numbers of access requests that the future video to be posted via the respective channel of the second group is predicted to receive within the first time interval, wherein each of the plurality of adjusted average numbers of access requests is determined using an adjustment factor reflecting a number of access requests received by a past video posted via a respective channel of the first group, and determining whether the second group of channels satisfies a predetermined access criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Brian James Mulford, T. J. Gaffney, Michael John De Ridder, Colby D. Ranger
  • Patent number: 11818433
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus and a system for the reproduction of a specific multimedia content are provided. The method includes the step of acquiring one or more samples of a specific multimedia content reproduced by a mobile multimedia radio/television apparatus, where the specific multimedia content is included in a first signal emitted by a broadcast-type radio/television network, including the further step of determining an identifier of the specific multimedia content and the value of a quality parameter of the first signal. According to the value of the quality parameter of the first signal, further steps include receiving on a multimedia telephone apparatus the specific multimedia content through a second signal emitted by a cellular telephone network, sending the specific multimedia content to one or more multimedia reproduction units included in the mobile multimedia radio/television apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Naxos Finance SA
    Inventor: Robert James
  • Patent number: 11785292
    Abstract: An information processor includes: a user information acquiring unit acquiring user information for identifying a user; a display; a viewing time measuring unit measuring a viewing time during which a previously-registered user views contents information on the display; and a controller. The controller determines whether the user is the registered user, based on the user information and registered user information for identifying the registered user. When the user is the registered user, the controller causes the display to display the contents information, causes the viewing time measuring unit to measure the viewing time, compares a cumulative viewing time that is a total of the viewing times cumulated within a period of time with a viewing limit time that is a previously-set upper limit of the cumulative viewing time, and gives the registered user a warning when the cumulative viewing time is equal to or longer than the viewing limit time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Mayumi Nakade, Takashi Matsubara