Patents Examined by Nicholas T Corbo
  • Patent number: 12219210
    Abstract: Various embodiments described herein support or provide for cultural distance prediction operations of a media asset, such as determining events in a media asset, determining geographical region corresponding to the culture of origin and the culture of destination, accessing weight values of cultural attribute categories respectively associated with the geographical regions of the culture of origin and the culture of destination, generating cultural distance score of events, and causing display of the cultural distance score on a user interface of a client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SPHEREX, INC.
    Inventors: Teresa Ann Phillips, Pranav Anand Joshi, Kira Michelle McStay
  • Patent number: 12206934
    Abstract: Provided is a mobile information terminal that performs data transmission and reception, the data transmission and reception including video data reception. The mobile information terminal includes a communication management execution module that obtains a communication amount of data transmitted and received by the mobile information terminal in a predetermined period, and a remote viewing execution module that compares the obtained communication amount to a preset predetermined value and makes an image quality of the video data selectable according to a relationship between the obtained communication amount and the predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Yoshizawa, Nobuo Masuoka, Motoyuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12206922
    Abstract: A video monitoring system can include multiple collectors to receive video beacon data from multiple video monitoring interface modules. At least one beacon stream is connected to receive data from multiple collectors. A processing module receives the beacon stream and provides a real-time event stream used for real-time data analysis and a video view stream used for long-term data analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Mux, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Brown, Jonathan Dahl, Steven Heffernan, Justin Sanford, Matthew Ward, Scott Kidder, Benjamin Dodson, Alex Diehl
  • Patent number: 12200279
    Abstract: Devices, servers, systems and methods for content protection are provided. Disclosed embodiments improve temporal granularity of controlling access to the protected content and increase resilience against attacks attempting to prevent re-evaluation of conditions of access. Enforcement of re-evaluation may be based on the receipt and/or verification of tokens. In some embodiments, re-evaluation is enforced by periodically rendering content keys required for content decryption unuseable and/or clearing content keys already in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: NAGRAVISION Sarl
    Inventors: Christian Schwarz, Andre Nicoulin, Didier Hunacek
  • Patent number: 12200276
    Abstract: An encoder may determine one or more encoding characteristics associated with a content segment of a content asset. The one or more encoding characteristics may comprise an estimated bitrate required for transmission of the content segment over a network. The one or more encoding characteristics associated with the content segment may be inserted into a portion of an other content segment, such as into a header of the other content segment. The content segment and the other content segment may be configured for linear transmission, such as using adaptive bitrate streaming. When the other content segment is received at a playback device prior to the content segment, the playback device may use the one or more encoding characteristics of the content segment embedded in the header of the other content segment to determine one or more playback characteristics of the content segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Giladi, Weidong Mao
  • Patent number: 12184946
    Abstract: The technology relates to sequential or tailored delivery of advertising content across a plurality of media conduits. The invention achieves sequential story telling for advertising campaigns in place of single-series advertising, by delivering over a period of several sessions on a variety of devices. An advertiser can air a campaign on a consumer individual's cell phone device, continue the second portion of the campaign via a desktop browser session, and conclude with the third portion of the campaign on the individual's OTT device. The technology provides advanced controls over targeting and scheduling with high precision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: VideoAmp, Inc.
    Inventors: Debajyoti Ray, Ross McCray, David Gullo, Jay Prasad
  • Patent number: 12170798
    Abstract: A remote storage digital video recorder (RSDVR) retains multiple copies of media programs so long as the copies are expected to be useful to at least one user. Rather than assigning copies to specific users at the time the program is recorded, copies can be assigned as the users request access to the particular media programs. Copies of unassigned programs can be deleted according to a schedule to reduce disk storage and processing demands on the system. A pool of program copies that are not initially assigned to particular users can be maintained until the user makes a specific request to view the program. This “late assignment” of program copies can substantially reduce the amount of data stored by the RSDVR system without substantially impacting the viewer experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Sling TV L.L.C.
    Inventors: Robert Drew Major, Leo Davis, Howard Davis
  • Patent number: 12167099
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating notification interfaces synchronized with broadcast events and local interactions are disclosed. The system can receive a plurality of interactions corresponding to a conditional event opportunity of a live event from a respective plurality of client devices, and identify a broadcast receiver device that is presenting a broadcast of the live event. The system can generate instructions for a broadcast receiver device that causes an application executing on the broadcast receiver device to display one or more content items corresponding to the conditional event opportunity. The system can transmit the instructions to the broadcast receiver device to cause the application to display the one or more content items with the broadcast of the live event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: DK Crown Holdings Inc.
    Inventor: Jordan Mendell
  • Patent number: 12160644
    Abstract: A video interaction method includes: displaying an interactive video playing page playing a target interactive video; playing a first target object in the target interactive video in the interactive video playing page, and displaying a first interaction component in a first region associated with the first target object; determining, in response to a first operation on the first interaction component, a first sub-variable value of a first sub-variable corresponding to the first interaction component; and playing a target media segment of the target interactive video in the interactive video playing page according to the first sub-variable value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Wei Hong, Ke Yang, Deyi Yu
  • Patent number: 12125275
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for disambiguating user input based on a physical location of items in a vicinity of a user. The system determines that a query received from a user contains an ambiguity. In response, the system identifies several items in the physical vicinity of the user. Then, the system analyzes the identified plurality of items to determine whether the plurality of items forms a first ensemble of items or a second ensemble of items. If the plurality of items forms a first ensemble of items, the system performs a search using the search query and a first keyword related to the first ensemble of items. If the plurality of items forms a second ensemble of items, the system performs a search using the search query and a second keyword related to the second ensemble of items. The system then outputs results of the performed search.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexis Yelton, Xin Xu, Shreyas Mahimkar
  • Patent number: 12126862
    Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure relate to content delivery using distributed ledger and AI-based transcoding technologies. In examples, content is received by a content distribution network (CDN) from a content source. The content may be in a lower-quality or different format than is distributed via the CDN. Accordingly, a transcoding model is identified and used to transcode the content. Multiple transcoding models may be used for different content parts to adapt to changing content types (e.g., a sports subpart, an advertising subpart, etc.). Transcoding may occur at edge nodes, such that the original content is transmitted within the CDN, thereby conserving resources. Additionally, transcoded content may be cached, such that the content need not be transcoded in response to every request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: Steven M. Casey, Stephen Opferman
  • Patent number: 12126855
    Abstract: Techniques for analyzing audiovisual content, such as streaming content are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed comprising obtaining a frame of audiovisual content, using a video decoder to decode compressed model weights of at least one trained model, using the at least one trained model with the decoded weights to analyze the frame and extract content based on the analysis, using the extracted content to make a determination that the audiovisual content comprises a category of content, and causing actionable information to be transmitted to a client device of a user in response to the determination that the audiovisual content comprises the category of content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Adithya Umakanth, Balagangadhara Thilak Adiboina, Deepak Kumar, Shubra Jain, Manish Anand
  • Patent number: 12120366
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for downloading media assets efficiently and quickly before loss of network connectivity. The method may allow a user to download portions of a media asset in different versions to download a maximum portion of the media asset before loss of network connectivity. Certain versions of media assets may be downloaded more quickly than other versions of media assets. The method may also allow a user to view partially downloaded media assets without network connectivity. The method may also replace portions of media assets downloaded in a first version with portions of the media assets in a second version once network connectivity is restored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Peter Blohowiak, Ryan Werth, Olivier Chalouhi, Ofer Vaisler, Milan Patel
  • Patent number: 12101513
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic device and a method of operating the electronic device. The electronic device includes a memory storing one or more instructions, and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory to analyze content displayed on a display to recognize a channel providing the content, execute a multi-streaming service application corresponding to the recognized channel as a background, request multi-streaming service information regarding the content from a server through the multi-streaming service application, receive the multi-streaming service information in response to the request, based on the received multi-streaming service information, display a user interface notifying that a multi-streaming service regarding the content is available, and, according to a user input received in response to the user interface, activate and execute the multi-streaming service application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kilsoo Choi, Kwansik Yang, Sehyun Kim, Jongin Lee, Jiwon Park
  • Patent number: 12075109
    Abstract: Example techniques described herein involve a point-of-contact (POC) playback device that operates as an intermediary between the cloud and a media playback system that includes the POC playback device. As the intermediary, when the cloud issues a command to the media playback system, the POC playback device may perform some or all processing of the command to determine how to implement that command in the media playback system. For instance, the POC playback device may determine the target devices for a command, and then cause the target devices to carry out the command. This processing by the POC playback device may simplify control of the media playback system from the perspective of third party controllers, as these controllers need not have full and/or completely up-to-date knowledge of the media playback system functionality and status, among other possible benefits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Casimiro, Gregory Ramsperger
  • Patent number: 12075121
    Abstract: Methods and systems that provide an interactive media guidance application having a locked mode for viewing media assets. In the locked mode, the interactive media guidance application may provide media assets suited to a certain audience. The interactive media guidance application may determine suitable media assets for the locked mode based on media assets viewed by other users having characteristics similar to the user of the interactive media guidance application. In the locked mode, the interactive media guidance application may allow access to only certain media assets and/or limit the time period for which the media assets are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Vishwas Sharadanagar Panchaksharaiah, Vikram Makam Gupta
  • Patent number: 12075110
    Abstract: In response to an indication of a transition in a live workout, a synchronization identifier as metadata is embedded in a portion of a video stream of the live workout. The portion of the video stream of the live workout is transmitted to a remote client exercise machine. A hardware state of the remote client exercise machine is updated based at least in part on the synchronization identifier, at least in part to synchronize the remote client exercise machine with the live workout. In response to an exercise machine joining a video stream of a live workout, a timeline comprising a set of events that are to occur over the course of the live workout is received. A portion of the video stream of the live workout is received, wherein the portion of the video stream has embedded a synchronization identifier. The portion of the video stream is rendered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Tonal Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Matthew White, Gert Petja, Michael Philip Hand, Marisa Abril, Denis Bezrukov
  • Patent number: 12069320
    Abstract: Method and systems for managing sharing of a video in a collaboration session. A central server obtains a synchronization time stamp of an audio frame, relating to the session, to be used for synchronizing the shared video stream with the session. The central server determines, based on a video frame rate difference for the video file, whether more, less or same number of video frames are needed, and sets up a buffer for provisioning the shared video stream to the session. The central server iteratively retrieves video frame by video frame of the video file and generates zero, one, or more video frames according to the determination, with a desired resolution, while setting a time stamp of each generated video frame corresponding to the desired frame rate. The shared video stream is provided by inserting the generated video frames into the buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: LiveArena Technologies AB
    Inventors: Magnus Danielson, Andreas Björkman
  • Patent number: 12063418
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for detecting, analyzing, and redirecting data are described herein. A wireless gateway may detect data associated with at least one characteristic that is being received by a first computing device via a first network. The wireless gateway may send, to the first computing device, a message comprising a selectable option to render the received data on a display device associated with a second computing device. If the option was selected, the wireless gateway may send, to a server via a second network, a request message comprising a request for information associated with the received data. The wireless gateway may receive, from the server via the second network, the requested information and then send, to the second computing device in response to receiving the requested information, the received data to be rendered by the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Lorenzo, John Riviello
  • Patent number: 12052480
    Abstract: Provided is a method for assisting video content viewing, the method being performed by processing circuitry of a user terminal, and the method including displaying a playback screen of first video content on a display of the user terminal, the first video content being played on the playback screen, generating a graphic object configured to enable playback of similar content associated with a first playback time of the first video content, and displaying the graphic object on the display together with the playback screen of the first video content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: LINE Plus Corporation
    Inventor: Eun Bin Kang