Patents Examined by Rong Le
  • Patent number: 11979643
    Abstract: Provided are a video pushing method and apparatus, and an electronic device. The method includes: transmitting a received search keyword to a server; receiving first video preview information, fed back by the server, of at least two first videos matching the search keyword and including at least two types of videos, and displaying the first video preview information on a first display interface; in response to receiving a play-triggering operation on first target preview information in the first video preview information, transmitting, to the server, a video-obtaining request carrying identification information of a first target video corresponding to the first target preview information; and receiving at least two second videos and corresponding second video preview information that are fed back by the server based on the video-obtaining request, and displaying a first predetermined number of pieces of preview information in the second video preview information on a second display interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chun Jiang
  • Patent number: 11967153
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, a reproduction processing apparatus, and an information processing method that improve data transmission efficiency. A preprocessing unit (102) generates, as scene configuration information indicating a configuration of a scene of 6DoF content including a three-dimensional object in a three-dimensional space, dynamic scene configuration information that changes over time and static scene configuration information that does not change over time, the static scene configuration information being scene configuration information different from the dynamic scene configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru Katsumata, Mitsuhiro Hirabayashi, Ryohei Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11956502
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to determine engagement levels of audience members are disclosed. An example apparatus includes means for detecting whether an environment associated with a first device includes a second device with a display that is illuminated. The example apparatus also includes means for calculating an engagement of a user with respect to the first device based on a proximity between the user and the illuminated display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventor: Alejandro Terrazas
  • Patent number: 11930248
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, information processing method, transmission apparatus, and transmission method, capable of improving the convenience of a voice AI assistance service used in cooperation with content. The convenience of the voice AI assistance service used in cooperation with the content can be improved by providing an information processing apparatus including a control unit configured to control a timing of a voice response upon using a voice AI assistance service in cooperation with content on the basis of voice response time information indicating time suitable for the voice response to an utterance of a viewer watching the content. The present technology can be applied to a system in cooperation with a voice AI assistance service, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventor: Takumi Tsuru
  • Patent number: 11924489
    Abstract: Personalized content delivery in a broadband network for an end-user includes a plurality of intelligent edge nodes deployed in the broadband network. Each of the plurality of intelligent edge nodes is capable of computing dynamic scores with respect to any content delivered to a corresponding end-user device connected in the broadband network. Based on a set of preference data, at least one query may be received from at least one authorized user and a corresponding response may be generated based on the preference data and the computed dynamic scores The at least one authorized user analyses the response and tag relevant content to be personalized for the end user. The at least one authorized user thereafter activates a functionality over a UI/UX interface that facilitates the end-user to access the personalized content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Element8 Technology Investment Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin Michael Grace
  • Patent number: 11924509
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to determine engagement levels of audience members are disclosed. An example apparatus includes means for detecting whether an environment associated with a first device includes a second device with a display that is illuminated. The example apparatus also includes means for calculating an engagement of a user with respect to the first device based on a proximity between the user and the illuminated display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventor: Alejandro Terrazas
  • Patent number: 11924505
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are various embodiments for providing an audio duplication and redirection system. An embodiment operates by determining that a media redirection hardware adapter is connected to an audio port of a host device. Audio content is intercepted from an audio source directed to the host device, wherein the received audio content comprises a first set of one or more audio channels. The received audio content is separated into a second set of two or more audio channels including both a first channel for a first speaker and a second channel for a second speaker. Positional audio for the speakers is determined from the received audio content. The positional audio is provided to the first speaker over the first channel and to the second speaker over the second channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Roku, Inc.
    Inventor: Ravi Rajapakse
  • Patent number: 11902613
    Abstract: A video transparent playing processing method, an intelligent television, and a storage medium, the method including: creating a video layer UI, processing image data; processing the image data to separate background colors and theme colors, modifying the background color to a transparent color value, and only keep the theme color; after data of each frame is processed, only the theme content is displayed when the video is played, and the original UI of the TV is displayed transparently through the background. The embodiments strip the video background and the video subject part when playing the video, and modifies the video background color to be transparent, while retaining the main part of the video, it is realized the effect that only the video theme is displayed, the background of the video becomes transparent, and the original UI of the TV is directly displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: COOCAA NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhan Yu
  • Patent number: 11889146
    Abstract: In situations where a receiver, rendering a content, switches from a first transport stream carrying that content to a second transport stream carrying that same content, artefacts may occur on the rendered content while transitioning between both transport streams. Considering transport stream data of a transport stream signal may be available at a nominal frequency higher than a frequency corresponding to the transport stream bitrate, there may be some periods of time during which no data is present in the transport stream signal. A salient idea is to switch from the first transport stream signal to the second transport stream signal in such periods during which there is no transport stream valid data in the first transport stream signal, allowing to minimize the risks of perceptible defects in the rendered content throughout the switching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL MADISON PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
    Inventors: Anthony Pesin, Abdullah Haskou, Ali Louzir, Jean-Yves Le Naour
  • Patent number: 11825143
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing personalized media content by a personalized media content delivery system are disclosed. One method includes identifying a user of an information handling device associated with the personalized media content delivery system utilizing user identification data. A user profile that is associated with the identified user may then be accessed. The user profile may contain one or more content viewing preferences of the user. One or more articles of media content stored in a content database associated with the user's content viewing preferences may be determined. A personalized media stream containing these articles of media content may then be assembled and subsequently provided to the user on a digital channel of an application platform running on the information handling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: DISCOVERY.COM, LLC
    Inventor: Andrea Fanfani
  • Patent number: 11825154
    Abstract: In a receiver that receives signals of the ATSC 3.0 standard, a terrestrial digital broadcasting signal is extracted from the received signals. A reception unit performs reception processing of sequentially receiving a predetermined number of reception target frames, each of which is a transmission unit of the terrestrial digital broadcasting signal. A reception interval acquisition unit obtains, as a reception interval, an interval between respective reception start timings of the predetermined number of reception target frames. A frame length acquisition unit acquires a frame length of each of the reception target frames on the basis of the reception target frames. A reception control unit stops the reception processing for a period of a length of a difference between the reception interval and the frame length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Okada, Kenichi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11812105
    Abstract: A system and method for rapidly and scalably tracking attentiveness. The system includes means for collecting relevant data streams from a plurality of client devices while consumers view content, means for analysing the collected data with an AI-driven module that outputs one or more attentiveness metrics indicative of real attention, and means for synchronising the collected data with the attentiveness metrics. The system provides the ability to synchronise attentiveness metrics with other data streams to make accessible the reasons that drive attention. A digital advertising campaign can be optimised using an effectiveness data set that expresses evolution over time of an attentiveness parameter. An effect on the attentiveness parameter caused by an adjustment to a target audience can be predicted and evaluated against a campaign objective, which can be updated for predictions that yield a positive effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Realeyes OÜ
    Inventors: Elnar Hajiyev, Martin Salo
  • Patent number: 11785299
    Abstract: Advertisements for brands that are to be aired during media programs are selected based on similarities between the brands and creators of the media programs. As a media program is being aired, data representing content of a media program is processed to identify words being spoken or sung during the media program and sentiments associated with the media program. The media program is classified based on the words and sentiments, and a classification of the media program is compared to attributes of advertisements to determine which of the advertisements is best suited for airing during the media program. Additionally, a set of words that, if spoken or sung during a media program would establish conditions favorable to a given advertisement may be identified and provided to a creator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Harshal Dilip Wanjari, Sanjeev Kumar, Ayman Mahfouz, Thomas Albert Faulhaber, Pratik GuhaRay, Robert Eicher Simmering, Hsuan-Cheng Lai, Ramasubramanian Balagurunathan, Juan Martin Borgnino
  • Patent number: 11778268
    Abstract: Example methods and apparatus to verify presentation of media content are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus for generating media presentation information includes a comparator to periodically output a value indicative of whether media selected via a set-top box is presented at a media presentation location by comparing a first audio signal associated with the media to ambient audio received in the media presentation location via an audio system associated with a media presentation device. The example apparatus also includes a privacy protector to facilitate operation of the comparator by periodically preventing the comparator from receiving of the ambient audio. The example apparatus also includes a metering module to record presentation of the media based on the output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Venugopal Srinivasan, Arun Ramaswamy
  • Patent number: 11765417
    Abstract: At least one aspect of the present disclosure is directed to systems and methods of selecting and acknowledging content to broadcast. A system can receive, at a first time, a request for content to broadcast identifying a content publisher. The system can obtain cluster data of the content publisher corresponding to a first time, the cluster data identifying content selection metrics based on predicted characteristics of the cluster corresponding to the first time. The system can determine a subset of content items having cluster filtering criteria that satisfy the content selection metrics. The system can rank the subset of content items based on the content selection metrics to create an ordered list of content items. The system can transmit data identifying the order of the content items to the content publisher. The content publisher can insert the content into a broadcast in the order identified by the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Charles Alexander Solarski, David Andrew Brown, Stella Loh, Akshay Lal, Tyrone Hidekazu Nakahara
  • Patent number: 11743536
    Abstract: A method and system for managing digital media campaigns accesses a set of programming data that contains various attributes of media assets that a media service provider will present to users. A media advertising campaign manager receives various criteria for the inclusion of advertisements in a particular entity's advertising campaign. The system uses the attributes in the data set to develop an advertising campaign that satisfies the entity's criteria. In various embodiments, the method system may consider the entity's preferences, seller criteria, and campaign requests for other entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Inventor: Tuomas W. Sandholm
  • Patent number: 11733965
    Abstract: Provided are a display device for more accurately providing a function intended by a user upon reception of the voice command and an operating method thereof. The display device comprises a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with at least one external server, a storage unit, a voice recognition unit configured to receive a voice command, a control unit configured to acquire a function corresponding to the voice command, a determination module configured to determine a provider providing the function corresponding to the voice command and an output unit configured to receive data related to the function from the at least one external server or the storage unit according to the determined provider and output the function corresponding to the voice command based on the received data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seunghyun Heo, Kiwon Park, Daegun Park, Sangseok Lee, Yookyoung Choi, Jaekyung Lee
  • Patent number: 11706485
    Abstract: This disclosure can provide a display device and a display method. The display device includes at least one camera configured to capture an environmental scenario image; a display configured to display a user interface; a controller in communicated with the display, configured to receive a command, input by a user, for obtaining a content recommendation resource associated with content currently displayed in the user interface; determine whether an application corresponding to the content currently displayed in the user interface is an application invoking the at least one camera, and if yes, display a first user interface, where the first user interface displays a first image captured by the at least one camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Hisense Visual Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yansong Fu, Wenqin Yu, Zhiqiang Li, Yazhou Meng
  • Patent number: 11700421
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to determine engagement levels of audience members are disclosed. An example apparatus includes means for detecting whether an environment associated with a first device includes a second device with a display that is illuminated. The example apparatus also includes means for calculating an engagement of a user with respect to the first device based on a proximity between the user and the illuminated display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
    Inventor: Alejandro Terrazas
  • Patent number: 11700409
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a server which implements an interactive system are disclosed. The server includes a communicator which receives text information corresponding to a user voice collected at the display apparatus from the display apparatus, and a controller which extracts an utterance component from the text information and controls so that a query to search contents is generated using the extracted utterance component and transmitted to an external server which categorizes metadata of the content under each item and stores the same, in which the controller generates the query by adding a preset item to a criteria to search a content, when a number of criteria to categorize the content under an item corresponding to the extracted utterance component is less than a preset number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-wook Shin, Seung-min Shin, Sung-wook Choi, Hye-jeong Lee, Ji-hye Chung