Patents by Inventor Avi Fein

Avi Fein 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: 10620801
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and interfaces for generating information cards for a video and rendering the information cards during playback of the video are provided. In an embodiment, a client device can an interface component configured to generate a graphical user interface comprising media player configured to play a video streamed to the device from a streaming media provider. The interface further comprises an information icon positioned within the media player and overlaying the video during playing of the video, the information icon indicating association of one or more information cards comprising additional information associated with the video, wherein, the interface component is configured to generate the one or more information cards and include the one or more information cards in the graphical user interface in response to user input indicating selection of the information icon. A presentation component further displays the graphical user interface via a display of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Avi Fein, Vipul Vinod Thakur, Molly Castle Nix, Dhruv Bakshi, Edward Cunningham, Shmuel Salem, Jakob Foerster, Anthony William Ruscoe, Jacob Paul Richard Robinson, Werner Beroux
  • Publication number: 20190180330
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for selecting advertisements for premium and non-premium content and delivering the advertisements and content to client media players. In one implementation, a request is received for a premium content item by a media player. A winning bid is determined for an auction pertaining to the request, where the winning bid is based on an advertiser-specified bid value and on an advertiser-specified bid modifier for advertisement placement in premium content. An advertisement associated with the winning bid is provided to the second media player for presentation with the premium content item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Avi Fein, Lane Shackleton, Sibu Ray, Xifei Huang, Lena Elizabeth Cardell
  • Patent number: 10123057
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing a call to action at the end of a resource. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a request for media content to present on a user device, the request including a second request for third-party content to present with the media content, identifying, user device capabilities that describes information about system compatibility for the user device, determining third-party content to present with the media, the third-party content including a first presentation time duration indicative of a length of time the third-party content is presented, determining that an end cap is compatible with the user device and related to the third-party content, the end cap providing an interactive opportunity to request subsequent resources for the user device, and transmitting data to present the third-party content, the end cap, and the media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Avi Fein, Vipul Vinod Thakur, John Hicks, James Daniel McEvoy, Omair Malik
  • Publication number: 20170280174
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing a call to action at the end of a resource. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a request for media content to present on a user device, the request including a second request for third-party content to present with the media content, identifying, user device capabilities that describes information about system compatibility for the user device, determining third-party content to present with the media, the third-party content including a first presentation time duration indicative of a length of time the third-party content is presented, determining that an end cap is compatible with the user device and related to the third-party content, the end cap providing an interactive opportunity to request subsequent resources for the user device, and transmitting data to present the third-party content, the end cap, and the media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Avi Fein, Vipul Vinod Thakur, John Hicks, James Daniel McEvoy, Omair Malik
  • Publication number: 20170280175
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing a call to action at the end of a resource. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a request for media content to present on a user device, the request including a second request for third-party content to present with the media content, identifying, user device capabilities that describes information about system compatibility for the user device, determining third-party content to present with the media, the third-party content including a first presentation time duration indicative of a length of time the third-party content is presented, determining that an end cap is compatible with the user device and related to the third-party content, the end cap providing an interactive opportunity to request subsequent resources for the user device, and transmitting data to present the third-party content, the end cap, and the media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Avi Fein, Vipul Vinod Thakur, John Hicks, James Daniel McEvoy, Omair Malik
  • Patent number: 9774891
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing a call to action at the end of a resource. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a request for media content to present on a user device, the request including a second request for third-party content to present with the media content, identifying, user device capabilities that describes information about system compatibility for the user device, determining third-party content to present with the media, the third-party content including a first presentation time duration indicative of a length of time the third-party content is presented, determining that an end cap is compatible with the user device and related to the third-party content, the end cap providing an interactive opportunity to request subsequent resources for the user device, and transmitting data to present the third-party content, the end cap, and the media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Avi Fein, Vipul Vinod Thakur, John Hicks, James Daniel McEvoy, Omair Malik
  • Patent number: 9641871
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing a call to action at the end of a resource. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a request for media content to present on a user device, the request including a second request for third-party content to present with the media content, identifying, user device capabilities that describes information about system compatibility for the user device, determining third-party content to present with the media, the third-party content including a first presentation time duration indicative of a length of time the third-party content is presented, determining that an end cap is compatible with the user device and related to the third-party content, the end cap providing an interactive opportunity to request subsequent resources for the user device, and transmitting data to present the third-party content, the end cap, and the media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Avi Fein, Vipul Vinod Thakur, John Hicks, James Daniel McEvoy, Omair Malik
  • Patent number: 9402113
    Abstract: Systems and methods for visualizing audience retention for a video as a function of impression frequency are provided. In an aspect, a system includes a reception component configured to receive watch history information for a plurality of users regarding their watch history of a video, and a visualization component configured to generate a visualization based on the watch history information that graphically depicts viewer retention over duration of the video as a function of impression frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Lane Shackleton, Avi Fein, Jason Carlin, Thomas James Broxton