Patents by Inventor Ana Cristina Andres del Valle

Ana Cristina Andres del Valle 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: 9563899
    Abstract: A system distributes digital media content to a plurality of user devices, where a given user is associated with multiple user devices. First content is provided by a controller to a first user device and, in response, the controller determines interaction by the user with the first content. Thereafter, the controller provides second content to a second user device based on the prior provision of the first user content to the first user device and the first interaction information. More extensive user interaction history as well as device types may also be employed by the controller when determining the second content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Ana Cristina Andres Del Valle, Kelly L. Dempski
  • Patent number: 9246969
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns methods of playback of a video stream comprising: receiving from a first user device (102) first media content associated with said video stream; associating with said first media content a time stamp indicating the time at which said first media content is received with respect to a reference time associated with said video stream; and during delayed playback of said video stream on a second user device (104), transmitting, at the time indicated by said time stamp, said first media content for display by said second user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Ana Cristina Andres Del Valle, Kelly L. Dempski
  • Publication number: 20140250210
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns methods of playback of a video stream comprising: receiving from a first user device (102) first media content associated with said video stream; associating with said first media content a time stamp indicating the time at which said first media content is received with respect to a reference time associated with said video stream; and during delayed playback of said video stream on a second user device (104), transmitting, at the time indicated by said time stamp, said first media content for display by said second user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Ana Cristina ANDRES DEL VALLE, Kelly L. DEMPSKI
  • Patent number: 8737804
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns methods of playback of a video stream comprising: receiving from a first user device first media content associated with said video stream; associating with said first media content a time stamp indicating the time at which said first media content is received with respect to a reference time associated with said video stream; and during delayed playback of said video stream on a second user device, transmitting, at the time indicated by said time stamp, said first media content for display by said second user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Ana Cristina Andres Del Valle, Kelly L. Dempski
  • Patent number: 8597121
    Abstract: A gaming system comprises a gaming platform adapted to run a computer game in which an avatar is associated with a player of the game; a memory arranged to store one or more attributes associated with said avatar, said attributes affecting at least the appearance of the avatar in the game; a first input port adapted to receive an input of the player for controlling the progression of the avatar in the game; and a second input port adapted to receive an input of a moderator indicating a modification to be applied to one or more of the avatars attributes stored in said memory, wherein the gaming platform is adapted to display to the player an indication of modified attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventor: Ana Cristina Andres Del Valle
  • Patent number: 8180175
    Abstract: Apparatuses, computer media, and methods for altering a camera image, in which the source image may be angularly displaced from a camera image. A plurality of points on the camera image is located and a mesh is generated. Compensation information based on the displacement is determined, and a reshaped image is rendered from the mesh, the compensation information, and the camera image. The camera image is reshaped by relocating a proper subset of the points on the camera image. Deformation vectors are applied to corresponding points on the mesh using the compensation information. A correction factor is obtained from an angular displacement and a translation displacement of the source image from the camera image. The deformation factor is multiplied by the compensation factor to form a deformation vector to compensate for angular and translational displacements of the source image from the camera image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventor: Ana Cristina Andres del Valle
  • Publication number: 20120096485
    Abstract: A system distributes digital media content to a plurality of user devices, where a given user is associated with multiple user devices. First content is provided by a controller to a first user device and, in response, the controller determines interaction by the user with the first content. Thereafter, the controller provides second content to a second user device based on the prior provision of the first user content to the first user device and the first interaction information. More extensive user interaction history as well as device types may also be employed by the controller when determining the second content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Ana Cristina Andres Del Valle, Kelly L. Dempski
  • Publication number: 20120082427
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns methods of playback of a video stream comprising: receiving from a first user device first media content associated with said video stream; associating with said first media content a time stamp indicating the time at which said first media content is received with respect to a reference time associated with said video stream; and during delayed playback of said video stream on a second user device, transmitting, at the time indicated by said time stamp, said first media content for display by said second user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Ana Cristina Andres Del Valle, Kelly L. Dempski
  • Patent number: 8115772
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method is provided for creating a personal animated entity for delivering a multi-media message from a sender to a recipient. An image file from the sender may be received by a server. The image file may include an image of an entity. The sender may be requested to provide input with respect to facial features of the image of the entity in preparation for animating the image of the entity. After the sender provides the input with respect to the facial features of the image of the entity, the image of the entity may be presented as a personal animated entity to the sender to preview. Upon approval of the preview from the sender, the image of the entity may be presented as a sender-selectable personal animated entity for delivering the multi-media message to the recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Joern Ostermann, Mehmet Reha Civanlar, Ana Cristina Andres del Valle, Patrick Haffner
  • Patent number: 8014589
    Abstract: Apparatuses, computer media, and methods for altering a submitted image of a person. The submitted image is transformed in accordance with associated data regarding the person's condition. Global data may be processed by a statistical process to obtain cluster information, and the transformation parameter is then determined from cluster information. The transformation parameter is then applied to a portion of the submitted image to render a transformed image. A transformation parameter may include a texture alteration parameter, a hair descriptive parameter, or a reshaping parameter. An error measure may be determined that gauges a discrepancy between a transformed image and an actual image. A transformation model is subsequently reconfigured with a modified model in order to reduce the error measure. Also, the transformation model may be trained to reduce an error measure for the transformed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventor: Ana Cristina Andres Del Valle
  • Publication number: 20110181605
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method is provided for creating a personal animated entity for delivering a multi-media message from a sender to a recipient. An image file from the sender may be received by a server. The image file may include an image of an entity. The sender may be requested to provide input with respect to facial features of the image of the entity in preparation for animating the image of the entity. After the sender provides the input with respect to the facial features of the image of the entity, the image of the entity may be presented as a personal animated entity to the sender to preview. Upon approval of the preview from the sender, the image of the entity may be presented as a sender-selectable personal animated entity for delivering the multi-media message to the recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P. via transfer from AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: Joern Ostermann, Mehmet Reha Civanlar, Ana Cristina Andres del Valle, Patrick Haffner
  • Publication number: 20110157175
    Abstract: Apparatuses, computer media, and methods for altering a camera image, in which the source image may be angularly displaced from a camera image. A plurality of points on the camera image is located and a mesh is generated. Compensation information based on the displacement is determined, and a reshaped image is rendered from the mesh, the compensation information, and the camera image. The camera image is reshaped by relocating a proper subset of the points on the camera image. Deformation vectors are applied to corresponding points on the mesh using the compensation information. A correction factor is obtained from an angular displacement and a translation displacement of the source image from the camera image. The deformation factor is multiplied by the compensation factor to faun a deformation vector to compensate for angular and translational displacements of the source image from the camera image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED
    Inventor: Ana Cristina Andres del Valle
  • Patent number: 7953294
    Abstract: Apparatuses, computer media, and methods for altering a camera image, in which the source image may be angularly displaced from a camera image. A plurality of points on the camera image is located and a mesh is generated. Compensation information based on the displacement is determined, and a reshaped image is rendered from the mesh, the compensation information, and the camera image. The camera image is reshaped by relocating a proper subset of the points on the camera image. Deformation vectors are applied to corresponding points on the mesh using the compensation information. A correction factor is obtained from an angular displacement and a translation displacement of the source image from the camera image. The deformation factor is multiplied by the compensation factor to form a deformation vector to compensate for angular and translational displacements of the source image from the camera image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventor: Ana Cristina Andres del Valle
  • Patent number: 7924286
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method is provided for creating a personal animated entity for delivering a multi-media message from a sender to a recipient. An image file from the sender may be received by a server. The image file may include an image of an entity. The sender may be requested to provide input with respect to facial features of the image of the entity in preparation for animating the image of the entity. After the sender provides the input with respect to the facial features of the image of the entity, the image of the entity may be presented as a personal animated entity to the sender to preview. Upon approval of the preview from the sender, the image of the entity may be presented as a sender-selectable personal animated entity for delivering the multi-media message to the recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Joern Ostermann, Mehmet Reha Civanlar, Ana Cristina Andres del Valle, Patrick Haffner
  • Publication number: 20110064331
    Abstract: Apparatuses, computer media, and methods for altering a submitted image of a person. The submitted image is transformed in accordance with associated data regarding the person's condition. Global data may be processed by a statistical process to obtain cluster information, and the transformation parameter is then determined from cluster information. The transformation parameter is then applied to a portion of the submitted image to render a transformed image. A transformation parameter may include a texture alteration parameter, a hair descriptive parameter, or a reshaping parameter. An error measure may be determined that gauges a discrepancy between a transformed image and an actual image. A transformation model is subsequently reconfigured with a modified model in order to reduce the error measure. Also, the transformation model may be trained to reduce an error measure for the transformed image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES GMBH
    Inventor: Ana Cristina Andres del Valle
  • Patent number: 7792379
    Abstract: Apparatuses, computer media, and methods for altering a submitted image of a person. The submitted image is transformed in accordance with associated data regarding the person's condition. Global data may be processed by a statistical process to obtain cluster information, and the transformation parameter is then determined from cluster information. The transformation parameter is then applied to a portion of the submitted image to render a transformed image. A transformation parameter may include a texture alteration parameter, a hair descriptive parameter, or a reshaping parameter. An error measure may be determined that gauges a discrepancy between a transformed image and an actual image. A transformation model is subsequently reconfigured with a modified model in order to reduce the error measure. Also, the transformation model may be trained to reduce an error measure for the transformed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services GmbH
    Inventor: Ana Cristina Andres del Valle
  • Patent number: 7671861
    Abstract: A method of creating an animated entity for delivering a multi-media message from a sender to a recipient comprises receiving from the sender an image file to a server, the image file having associated sender-assigned name, gender, category and indexing information. The server presents to the sender the image file and a group of generic face model templates. After the sender selects one of the generic face model templates, the server presents the image file and the selected model template to the sender and requests the sender to mark features on the image file. After the sender marks the image file, the server presents to the sender a preview of at least one expression associated with the marked image file. If the user does not accept the image file after the preview, the server presents again the image file and selected model template for the sender to redo or add marked features on the image file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Joern Ostermann, Mehmet Reha Civanlar, Ana Cristina Andres del Valle, Patrick Haffner
  • Publication number: 20100042697
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method is provided for creating a personal animated entity for delivering a multi-media message from a sender to a recipient. An image file from the sender may be received by a server. The image file may include an image of an entity. The sender may be requested to provide input with respect to facial features of the image of the entity in preparation for animating the image of the entity. After the sender provides the input with respect to the facial features of the image of the entity, the image of the entity may be presented as a personal animated entity to the sender to preview. Upon approval of the preview from the sender, the image of the entity may be presented as a sender-selectable personal animated entity for delivering the multi-media message to the recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: Joern Ostermann, Mehmet Reha Civanlar, Ana Cristina Andres del Valle, Patrick Haffner
  • Publication number: 20090325701
    Abstract: The invention concerns a gaming system comprising a gaming platform (101) adapted to run a computer game in which an avatar is associated with a player of the game; a memory (104) arranged to store one or more attributes associated with said avatar, said attributes affecting at least the appearance of the avatar in the game; a first input port (109) adapted to receive an input of the player for controlling the progression of the avatar in the game; and a second input port (111) adapted to receive an input of a moderator indicating a modification to be applied to one or more of the avatars attributes stored in said memory, wherein the gaming platform is adapted to display to the player an indication of modified attributes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: Accenture Global Services GmbH
    Inventor: Ana Cristina Andres Del Valle
  • Patent number: 7609270
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method is provided for creating a personal animated entity for delivering a multi-media message from a sender to a recipient. An image file from the sender may be received by a server. The image file may include an image of an entity. The sender may be requested to provide input with respect to facial features of the image of the entity in preparation for animating the image of the entity. After the sender provides the input with respect to the facial features of the image of the entity, the image of the entity may be presented as a personal animated entity to the sender to preview. Upon approval of the preview from the sender, the image of the entity may be presented as a sender-selectable personal animated entity for delivering the multi-media message to the recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Joern Ostermann, Mehmet Reha Civanlar, Ana Cristina Andres del Valle, Patrick Haffner