Patents by Inventor Abubakkar Siddiq

Abubakkar Siddiq has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12273311
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating for presentation information about an event on a device that is in a mode of operation that prevents presentation of information about events. This may be accomplished by a media guidance application that receives a command, on a user device associated with a first user, to place the user device in a do not disturb mode. The media guidance application receives, while the user device is in the do not disturb mode, information about an event and determines whether the event is relevant to the user. The media guidance application then determines whether the event is trending among a plurality of users associated with the user and, if trending, displays, while the user device is in the do not disturb mode, a notification about the event to the user on the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Adeia Guides Inc.
    Inventor: Abubakkar Siddiq
  • Publication number: 20240430540
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein for recommending a pause position during a binge-watching session. A series containing multiple sequential episodes is provided to a user device. Then it is determined whether the user is engaged in binge-watching the series. If the user is binge-watching the series, a binge compulsion score is determined for each episode of the plurality of sequential episodes, where the binge compulsion score is based on how many additional sequential episodes an average user has watched after watching that episode. Then, in response to determining that the binge compulsion score of the next episode corresponds to a threshold, a prompt is generated for display, where the prompt includes a recommendation to the user to pause the series before the next episode begins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Vineet Agarwal, Abhijit Satchidanand Savarkar, Abubakkar Siddiq
  • Patent number: 12153639
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described herein to recommend media assets to a user based on user location. A media guidance application may identify, using control circuitry, a user location. The media guidance application may generate a list of a plurality of media assets that match a user profile. The media guidance application may determine whether subject matter of a first media asset of the plurality of media assets is inconsistent with the user location. The media guidance application may remove the first media asset from the list in response to determining that the subject matter of the first media asset is inconsistent with the user location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Rovi Product Corporation
    Inventors: Daren Gill, Abubakkar Siddiq, Ahmed Nizam Mohaideen P, China Karnati, Sashikumar Venkataraman, Sankar Ardhanari
  • Patent number: 12126870
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein for providing recommendations to a user. A short-media viewing profile may be maintained for the user. The short-media viewing profile may be based on user's behavior while watching short-length media content. A long-media viewing profile may be maintained for the user. The long-media viewing profile may be based on user's behavior while watching long-length media content. In response to determining that the user is currently engaged in viewing short-length media content, a recommendation is provided to the user based on the short-media viewing profile. In response to determining that the user is currently engaged in viewing long-length media content, a recommendation is provided to the user based on the long-media viewing profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Abubakkar Siddiq, Vineet Agarwal, Abhijit Satchidanand Savarkar
  • Publication number: 20240305742
    Abstract: In some aspects, control circuitry receives and stores a user-specified time duration to associate with a skip-forward command. When the user later issues a skip-forward command to advance playback of a media asset to a desired location, the control circuitry retrieves the stored time duration, and determines an expected overshoot value associated with the skip-forward command. The control circuitry then compensates for the expected overshoot by calculating a new location in the media asset based on both the retrieved time duration and expected overshoot value. Upon advancing to the new location, the media asset is played back in a fast-forward mode, e.g., at a speed higher than normal speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Milan Patel, Abubakkar Siddiq, Ajay Kumar Gupta, Sai Rahul Reddy Pulikunta, Sashikumar Venkataraman
  • Patent number: 12079288
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for a media guidance application that tailors media content recommendations for downloadable content to the current interests of the users. For example, the media guidance application may determine the current interests of a user based on the media content recently consumed by the friends of the user, and automatically download that media content. In such cases, the media guidance application may monitor social networks of the user for indications of media content that may have been recently consumed by the friends of a user as such media content is likely to be of current interest to the user. In response to detecting media content that was recently consumed by the friend of the user, the media guidance application may automatically download the media content to a device of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Daren Gill, Abubakkar Siddiq, Ahmed Nizam Mohaideen P, Sankar Ardhanari, China Karnati, Sashikumar Venkataraman
  • Publication number: 20240211521
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for a media guidance application that tailors media content recommendations for downloadable content to the current interests of the users. For example, the media guidance application may determine the current interests of a user based on the media content recently consumed by the friends of the user, and automatically download that media content. In such cases, the media guidance application may monitor social networks of the user for indications of media content that may have been recently consumed by the friends of a user as such media content is likely to be of current interest to the user. In response to detecting media content that was recently consumed by the friend of the user, the media guidance application may automatically download the media content to a device of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Daren Gill, Abubakkar Siddiq, Ahmed Nizam Mohaideen P, Sankar Ardhanari, China Karnati, Sashikumar Venkataraman
  • Patent number: 12022230
    Abstract: In some aspects, control circuitry receives and stores a user-specified time duration to associate with a skip-forward command. When the user later issues a skip-forward command to advance playback of a media asset to a desired location, the control circuitry retrieves the stored time duration, and determines an expected overshoot value associated with the skip-forward command. The control circuitry then compensates for the expected overshoot by calculating a new location in the media asset based on both the retrieved time duration and expected overshoot value. Upon advancing to the new location, the media asset is played back in a fast-forward mode, e.g., at a speed higher than normal speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Milan Patel, Abubakkar Siddiq, Ajay Kumar Gupta, Sai Rahul Reddy Pulikunta, Sashikumar Venkataraman
  • Publication number: 20240196059
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein for providing recommendations to a user. A short-media viewing profile may be maintained for the user. The short-media viewing profile may be based on user's behavior while watching short-length media content. A long-media viewing profile may be maintained for the user. The long-media viewing profile may be based on user's behavior while watching long-length media content. In response to determining that the user is currently engaged in viewing short-length media content, a recommendation is provided to the user based on the short-media viewing profile. In response to determining that the user is currently engaged in viewing long-length media content, a recommendation is provided to the user based on the long-media viewing profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Abubakkar Siddiq, Vineet Agarwal, Abhijit Satchidanand Savarkar
  • Patent number: 11997361
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein for recommending a pause position during a binge-watching session. A series containing multiple sequential episodes is provided to a user device. Then it is determined whether the user is engaged in binge-watching the series. If the user is binge-watching the series, a binge compulsion score is determined for each episode of the plurality of sequential episodes, where the binge compulsion score is based on how many additional sequential episodes an average user has watched after watching that episode. Then, in response to determining that the binge compulsion score of the next episode corresponds to a threshold, a prompt is generated for display, where the prompt includes a recommendation to the user to pause the series before the next episode begins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Vineet Agarwal, Abhijit Satchidanand Savarkar, Abubakkar Siddiq
  • Patent number: 11974068
    Abstract: In some aspects, control circuitry receives and stores a user-specified time duration to associate with a skip-forward command. When the user later issues a skip-forward command to advance playback of a media asset to a desired location, the control circuitry retrieves the stored time duration, and determines an expected overshoot value associated with the skip-forward command. The control circuitry then compensates for the expected overshoot by calculating a new location in the media asset based on both the retrieved time duration and expected overshoot value. Upon advancing to the new location, the media asset is played back in a fast-forward mode, e.g., at a speed higher than normal speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Milan Patel, Abubakkar Siddiq, Ajay Kumar Gupta, Sai Rahul Reddy Pulikunta, Sashikumar Venkataraman
  • Publication number: 20240080292
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating for presentation information about an event on a device that is in a mode of operation that prevents presentation of information about events. This may be accomplished by a media guidance application that receives a command, on a user device associated with a first user, to place the user device in a do not disturb mode. The media guidance application receives, while the user device is in the do not disturb mode, information about an event and determines whether the event is relevant to the user. The media guidance application then determines whether the event is trending among a plurality of users associated with the user and, if trending, displays, while the user device is in the do not disturb mode, a notification about the event to the user on the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventor: Abubakkar Siddiq
  • Patent number: 11855943
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating for presentation information about an event on a device that is in a mode of operation that prevents presentation of information about events. This may be accomplished by a media guidance application that receives a command, on a user device associated with a first user, to place the user device in a do not disturb mode. The media guidance application receives, while the user device is in the do not disturb mode, information about an event and determines whether the event is relevant to the user. The media guidance application then determines whether the event is trending among a plurality of users associated with the user and, if trending, displays, while the user device is in the do not disturb mode, a notification about the event to the user on the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventor: Abubakkar Siddiq
  • Patent number: 11843834
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein for providing recommendations to a user. A short-media viewing profile may be maintained for the user. The short-media viewing profile may be based on user's behavior while watching short-length media content. A long-media viewing profile may be maintained for the user. The long-media viewing profile may be based on user's behavior while watching long-length media content. In response to determining that the user is currently engaged in viewing short-length media content, a recommendation is provided to the user based on the short-media viewing profile. In response to determining that the user is currently engaged in viewing long-length media content, a recommendation is provided to the user based on the long-media viewing profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
    Inventors: Abubakkar Siddiq, Vineet Agarwal, Abhijit Satchidanand Savarkar
  • Publication number: 20230359613
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for generating a response to a natural language query. Specifically, the natural language query is received and a query template that corresponds to the natural language query is determined. One or more search results corresponding to the natural language query are retrieved. One or more attributes associated with a user are selected based on selection criteria. Based on those attributes, a response template previously assigned to the query template is identified. A response to the natural language query is generated based on the identified response template and the retrieved one or more search results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Sashikumar Venkataraman, Abubakkar Siddiq, Ahmed Nizam Mohaideen P, Sankar Ardhanari
  • Patent number: 11785302
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein for providing recommendations to a user. A short-media viewing profile may be maintained for the user. The short-media viewing profile may be based on user’s behavior while watching short-length media content. A long-media viewing profile may be maintained for the user. The long-media viewing profile may be based on user’s behavior while watching long-length media content. In response to determining that the user is currently engaged in viewing short-length media content, a recommendation is provided to the user based on the short-media viewing profile. In response to determining that the user is currently engaged in viewing long-length media content, a recommendation is provided to the user based on the long-media viewing profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
    Inventors: Abubakkar Siddiq, Vineet Agarwal, Abhijit Satchidanand Savarkar
  • Patent number: 11762947
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for accurately training a machine learning model with a reduced training data set. A large number of data records may be parsed. Each record may be reduced to a set of symbols representing the composition of each record. A user may assign a classification to each symbol within each record. Records with identical arrangements and classifications of symbols may be grouped together, and a representative sample of data records from each group may be fed into the model as the reduced training data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Rovi Product Corporation
    Inventors: Sankar Ardhanari, Sai Rahul Reddy Pulikunta, Sashikumar Venkataraman, Abubakkar Siddiq, Ganesh Ramamoorthy
  • Publication number: 20230283744
    Abstract: In some aspects, control circuitry receives and stores a user-specified time duration to associate with a skip-forward command. When the user later issues a skip-forward command to advance playback of a media asset to a desired location, the control circuitry retrieves the stored time duration, and determines an expected overshoot value associated with the skip-forward command. The control circuitry then compensates for the expected overshoot by calculating a new location in the media asset based on both the retrieved time duration and expected overshoot value. Upon advancing to the new location, the media asset is played back in a fast-forward mode, e.g., at a speed higher than normal speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Milan Patel, Abubakkar Siddiq, Ajay Kumar Gupta, Sai Rahul Reddy Pulikunta, Sashikumar Venkataraman
  • Publication number: 20230283743
    Abstract: In some aspects, control circuitry receives and stores a user-specified time duration to associate with a skip-forward command. When the user later issues a skip-forward command to advance playback of a media asset to a desired location, the control circuitry retrieves the stored time duration, and determines an expected overshoot value associated with the skip-forward command. The control circuitry then compensates for the expected overshoot by calculating a new location in the media asset based on both the retrieved time duration and expected overshoot value. Upon advancing to the new location, the media asset is played back in a fast-forward mode, e.g., at a speed higher than normal speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Milan Patel, Abubakkar Siddiq, Ajay Kumar Gupta, Sai Rahul Reddy Pulikunta, Sashikumar Venkataraman
  • Patent number: 11711489
    Abstract: In some aspects, control circuitry receives and stores a user-specified time duration to associate with a skip-forward command. When the user later issues a skip-forward command to advance playback of a media asset to a desired location, the control circuitry retrieves the stored time duration, and determines an expected overshoot value associated with the skip-forward command. The control circuitry then compensates for the expected overshoot by calculating a new location in the media asset based on both the retrieved time duration and expected overshoot value. Upon advancing to the new location, the media asset is played back in a fast-forward mode, e.g., at a speed higher than normal speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Milan Patel, Abubakkar Siddiq, Ajay Kumar Gupta, Sai Rahul Reddy Pulikunta, Sashikumar Venkataraman