Patents by Inventor Arup Malakar

Arup Malakar 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: 11463538
    Abstract: Techniques discussed herein improve a user's playback experience of a multimedia file by automatically adjusting playback settings based on change history data stored in one or more profiles. A system is configured to detect and collect information regarding changes to playback settings made by one or more users, and/or made in response to input from one or more users, during presentation of a media title, such as a song and/or movie, on one or more computers. This information is processed by a backend process on one or more server computers to determine predicted preferred playback settings for a particular user using a particular computer or playback device, requesting a particular multimedia file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Brightcove Inc.
    Inventor: Arup Malakar
  • Publication number: 20210203746
    Abstract: Techniques discussed herein improve a user's playback experience of a multimedia file by automatically adjusting playback settings based on change history data stored in one or more profiles. A system is configured to detect and collect information regarding changes to playback settings made by one or more users, and/or made in response to input from one or more users, during presentation of a media title, such as a song and/or movie, on one or more computers. This information is processed by a backend process on one or more server computers to determine predicted preferred playback settings for a particular user using a particular computer or playback device, requesting a particular multimedia file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Brightcove Inc.
    Inventor: Arup Malakar
  • Patent number: 10951729
    Abstract: Techniques discussed herein improve a user's playback experience of a multimedia file by automatically adjusting playback settings based on change history data stored in one or more profiles. A system is configured to detect and collect information regarding changes to playback settings made by one or more users, and/or made in response to input from one or more users, during presentation of a media title, such as a song and/or movie, on one or more computers. This information is processed by a backend process on one or more server computers to determine predicted preferred playback settings for a particular user using a particular computer or playback device, requesting a particular multimedia file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: BRIGHTCOVE INC.
    Inventor: Arup Malakar
  • Publication number: 20180234472
    Abstract: Techniques discussed herein improve a user's playback experience of a multimedia file by automatically adjusting playback settings based on change history data stored in one or more profiles. A system is configured to detect and collect information regarding changes to playback settings made by one or more users, and/or made in response to input from one or more users, during presentation of a media title, such as a song and/or movie, on one or more computers. This information is processed by a backend process on one or more server computers to determine predicted preferred playback settings for a particular user using a particular computer or playback device, requesting a particular multimedia file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Arup Malakar
  • Patent number: 8909633
    Abstract: A method and system for improving relevance of web content. The method includes receiving a search query from a user. The method also includes processing the search query by generating a list of web content results based on the search query. The search query is also processed by determining a plurality of click counts for the list of web content results. Each click count of the plurality of click counts is generated by one or more contacts in a social network of the user. The search query is further processed by mapping each click count to a corresponding web content result in the list of web content results. The method further includes displaying the list of web content results along with the plurality of click counts. Each click count of the plurality of click counts is displayed with the corresponding web content result in the list of web content results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Ashvin Agrawal, Ankit Sobti, Arup Malakar
  • Publication number: 20130006977
    Abstract: A method and system for improving relevance of web content. The method includes receiving a search query from a user. The method also includes processing the search query by generating a list of web content results based on the search query. The search query is also processed by determining a plurality of click counts for the list of web content results. Each click count of the plurality of click counts is generated by one or more contacts in a social network of the user. The search query is further processed by mapping each click count to a corresponding web content result in the list of web content results. The method further includes displaying the list of web content results along with the plurality of click counts. Each click count of the plurality of click counts is displayed with the corresponding web content result in the list of web content results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc
    Inventors: Ashvin AGRAWAL, Ankit SOBTI, Arup MALAKAR
  • Patent number: 7941740
    Abstract: A method for performing activities on a web site is disclosed. A user's browsing activities on a web site are captured. The user's browsing activities includes affixing labels to web pages and filling out forms. The captured activities are analyzed for patterns. Rules for performing activities on a web site are generated based on the patterns. Further activities are performed on the web site according to the rules and content from the web site is fetched. The fetched content is used in various web service applications, including crawlers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Amit Jaiswal, Arup Malakar, Binu Raj
  • Publication number: 20090019354
    Abstract: A method for performing activities on a web site is disclosed. A user's browsing activities on a web site are captured. The user's browsing activities includes affixing labels to web pages and filling out forms. The captured activities are analyzed for patterns. Rules for performing activities on a web site are generated based on the patterns. Further activities are performed on the web site according to the rules and content from the web site is fetched. The fetched content is used in various web service applications, including crawlers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: YAHOO! INC.
    Inventors: Amit Jaiswal, Arup Malakar, Binu Raj