Patents by Inventor Ankur Anil Aher

Ankur Anil Aher 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: 11838256
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamically routing notifications based on device statuses are disclosed herein. For instance, a notification may be generated for a user account corresponding to an application that is installed on a plurality of devices. A system identifies a status of each of the plurality of devices and uses the status of each of the plurality of devices to select a particular device to receive the notification. The system then transmits the notification to the selected particular device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Ankur Anil Aher, Charishma Chundi, Reda Harb
  • Patent number: 11837221
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described to receive a query from a user and provide a reply that is appropriate for an age group of the user. A query for a media asset is received, where such query comprises an inputted term, and the query is determined to be received from a user belonging to a first age group. A context of the inputted term within the query is identified, and in response to the determining, based on the identified context, that the inputted term of the query is inappropriate for the first age group, a replacement term for the inputted term that is related to the inputted term and is appropriate for the first age group in the context of the query is identified. The query is modified to replace the inputted term with the identified replacement term, and a reply to the modified query is generated for output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Ankur Anil Aher, Jeffry Copps Robert Jose
  • Publication number: 20230386518
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described to identify jump points indicative of potential time points from which to resume consumption of the media asset in response to receiving a request to skip a portion of a media asset being consumed. The jump points include a first jump point identified based on a content viewing profile and a second jump point identified based on a scene information associated with the media asset. A preview image is displayed at each of the identified jump points. Systems and methods are also described to pause the skipping operation at the identified jump points and provide a preview at the respective jump points. Systems and method are further described to identify jump points based on analysis of the portion of the media asset being skipped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Ankur Anil Aher, Charishma Chundi
  • Patent number: 11809546
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for adaptive biometric authentication. According to one example method, a failure of a first type of biometric authentication is detected. In response to detecting the failure of the first type of biometric authentication, an alternative type of authentication is completed. In response to completing the alternative type of authentication, a biometric characteristic of a biometric signature is selectively modified in a stored user profile for processing a subsequent attempt of the first type of biometric authentication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffry Copps Robert Jose, Ankur Anil Aher
  • Publication number: 20230353817
    Abstract: The methods and systems described herein provide personalized action items for content items. In one example, the methods and systems identify a plurality of content items, each of which is associated with at least one respective attribute. The system accesses profile information associated with a content consumption session. For each of the plurality of content items, the system determines at least one respective actionable item based on the at least one attribute and on the profile information. The system causes to be displayed the landing interface, which includes a plurality of simultaneously displayed content item identifiers associated with the plurality of content items, respectively, and proximate to each of the displayed content item identifiers, causing to be displayed at least one respective actionable item identifier associated with the at least one respective actionable item, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Ankur Anil Aher, Charishma Chundi
  • Patent number: 11805083
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating personalized messages. One example method includes identifying a media item at a first computing device and identifying a group of one or more recipients to send the media item and a personalized message to. An association between a user of the computing device and a recipient from the group is identified. A personalized message is generated based at least in part on the association between the user and the recipient. The media item and personalized message are sent to the recipient from the first computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Ankur Anil Aher, Charishma Chundi, Reda Harb
  • Patent number: 11800203
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for resolving an unresolved plot or storyline of a series and resolving it. A user may not view all episodes in a series of episodes, particularly if the series runs over a long period of time, such as several years. The user may however be interested and curious to know how the series ends, with reference to a storyline that runs throughout the series. Therefore the disclosure provides methods and systems for determining if a user is interested in the resolution of an unresolved storyline and generating a resolution video for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Ankur Anil Aher, Jeffry Copps Robert Jose
  • Patent number: 11792286
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamically routing notifications based on device statuses are disclosed herein. For instance, a notification may be generated for a user account corresponding to an application that is installed on a plurality of devices. A system identifies a status of each of the plurality of devices and uses the status of each of the plurality of devices to select a particular device to receive the notification. The system then transmits the notification to the selected particular device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Ankur Anil Aher, Charishma Chundi, Reda Harb
  • Patent number: 11792489
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for inserting emoticons within a media asset based on an audio portion of the media asset. Each audio portion of a media asset is associated with a respective part of speech, and an emotion corresponding to the audio portion for the media asset is determined. A corresponding emoticon is identified based on the determined emotion in the audio portion and causing to be presented at the location within the media asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Ankur Anil Aher, Charishma Chundi
  • Publication number: 20230328204
    Abstract: A system or method of prioritizing participants in a virtual meeting via a network by scoring each participant on several criteria and weighting the criteria to determine a readiness score. The system of accesses, for each of a plurality of participants, network data, video data, audio data, processing data, and participation data. The system determines, for each of the plurality of participants, a signal strength score based on the corresponding network data, a background score based on the corresponding video data and audio data, a microphone proximity score based on the corresponding video data, a processing score for each of the plurality of participants based on the corresponding processing data, and an engagement score based on the corresponding video data and participation data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Ankur Anil Aher, Charishma Chundi
  • Patent number: 11782984
    Abstract: User experience parameters are applied in formatting results to a query for presentation. The user experience parameters correspond to at least one particular subject related to the query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Ankur Anil Aher, Amith Joseph D'Souza, Nishchit Mahajan
  • Publication number: 20230317078
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for locally interpreting a voice query and for managing a storage size of data stored locally to support such local interpretation of voice queries. A voice query is received and compared with a plurality of stored voice queries having similar audio characteristics. If a match is identified, text corresponding to the matching stored voice query is retrieved, and an action corresponding to the retrieved text is performed. If the locally stored table does not contain a stored voice query that matches the voice query, the voice query is transmitted to a remote server for transcription. Once the transcription is received from the remote server, the voice query and the transcription are stored in the table in association with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Ankur Anil Aher, Kiran Das B, Jyothi Ekambaram, Nishchit Mahajan
  • Patent number: 11775583
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein to search for content recommendations, and in particular, for generating emoji-based metadata for content and processing an emoji-based query using the emoji-based metadata. A system may receive a query comprising a text portion and an emoji portion. A system may search a database to identify content items associated with the query based on the text portion and the emoji portion, wherein the searching based on the emoji portion is based at least in part on matching emojis associated with a content item. A system may retrieve, for each of the content items, an emoji match score based on the emoji portion and a textual match score based on the text portion. A system generates, for each of the content items, a respective aggregate score based on the respective emoji match score and textual match score. A system may generate for display representations of the content items ordered according to the respective aggregate scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
    Inventors: Ankur Anil Aher, Susanto Sen
  • Patent number: 11778286
    Abstract: The system and methods described herein provided storyline summaries of missed content to users timed to reduce interruptions of content. A summary application detects missed content, that comprises a plurality of storylines. The summary application also identifies a storyline of current content being generated for presentation and retrieves a storyline-specific summary of a portion of the missed content comprising the current storyline. The summary application then generates, for presentation, the retrieved storyline-specific summary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
    Inventors: Aman Puniyani, Ankur Anil Aher
  • Publication number: 20230306969
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein for determining one or more traits of a speaker based on voice analysis to present content item to the speaker. In one example, the method receives a voice query and determines whether the voice query matches within a first confidence threshold of a speaker identification (ID) among a plurality of speaker IDs stored in a speaker profile. In response to determining that the voice query matches to the speaker ID within the first confidence threshold, the method bypasses a trait prediction engine and retrieves a trait among the plurality of traits in the speaker profile associated with the matched speaker ID. The method further provides a content item based on the retrieved trait.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Ankur Anil Aher, Jeffry Copps Robert Jose
  • Publication number: 20230305626
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for extended reality environment interaction. An extended reality environment including an object is generated for display, and a table of eyelid motion identifiers and corresponding actions performable on the object in the extended reality environment is stored in memory. An eyelid motion is detected by using a sensor, and the detected eyelid motion is matched to one of the stored eyelid motion identifiers. An updated version of the extended reality environment, based on the action that corresponds to the matched eyelid motion, is generated for display, in response to matching the detected eyelid motion to one of the stored eyelid motion identifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Ankur Anil Aher, Susanto Sen
  • Patent number: 11765429
    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: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Ankur Anil Aher, Charishma Chundi, Reda Harb
  • Patent number: 11763848
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described to identify jump points indicative of potential time points from which to resume consumption of the media asset in response to receiving a request to skip a portion of a media asset being consumed. The jump points include a first jump point identified based on a content viewing profile and a second jump point identified based on a scene information associated with the media asset. A preview image is displayed at each of the identified jump points. Systems and methods are also described to pause the skipping operation at the identified jump points and provide a preview at the respective jump points. Systems and method are further described to identify jump points based on analysis of the portion of the media asset being skipped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Ankur Anil Aher, Charishma Chundi
  • Publication number: 20230291772
    Abstract: Methods and systems for filtering video content items are described herein. The system identifies a plurality of video content items that are linked to respective image content items. The system determines, for each of the plurality of video content items, whether a video content item corresponds to a respective image content item. In response to the determining, the system causes to be provided information identifying the plurality of video content items excluding video content items that do not correspond to respective image content items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Nishchit Mahajan, Nainika Aggarwal, Dennis Anthony Varkey, Ankur Anil Aher
  • Patent number: 11756093
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for dynamically generating a product description personalized for a target user account. Product description data and/or product comment data associated with the product are obtained from a server via a communication network. Based on the product description data and/or product comment data, a product description template, comprising fields to be populated, is generated and stored in memory. Comment data associated with a product of interest is obtained from a server via the network. The comment data originates from a set of user accounts each having a similarity score with a target user account that is above a similarity threshold. Based on the set of comment data, comment-based description data are generated and stored in memory. Based on the product description template and the comment-based description data, a product description is generated for presentation for the target user account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Ankur Anil Aher, Susanto Sen