Patents by Inventor Corey Pollock

Corey Pollock 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: 11997321
    Abstract: A computer-implemented is disclosed. The method includes: receiving media data of a live media stream; obtaining audience reaction data associated with the live media stream; identifying an event-of-interest in the live media stream based on the audience reaction data, wherein a time of the event-of-interest is prior to a time of the audience reaction data; obtaining a segment of at least one of audio data or video data of the live media stream that is associated with the time of the event-of-interest; generating a digital asset incorporating the segment; and providing the digital asset to at least one viewer of the live media stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Shopify Inc.
    Inventors: Corey Pollock, John Jong-Suk Lee
  • Publication number: 20230113506
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for generating content for a user interface. For each given online store associated with a customer, a set of data objects associated with the given online store containing displayable content is obtained. One data object is selected to display in a given viewable slot assigned to the given online store. A ranking for a plurality of viewable slots is determined based on slot ranking criteria. Each online store is assigned a defined number of viewable slot(s). The selected data objects for the plurality of viewable slots is provided to an electronic device associated with the customer, to cause the electronic device to display the selected data objects in the plurality of viewable slots in a user interface according to the ranking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventor: Corey POLLOCK
  • Patent number: 11595703
    Abstract: A computer-implemented is disclosed. The method includes: receiving media data of a live media stream; detecting a trigger associated with the media data of the live media stream; in response to detecting the trigger, generating at least one of audio or video overlay content associated with the trigger; and transmitting, to viewer devices, the at least one of audio or video overlay content with the live media stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Shopify Inc.
    Inventors: Corey Pollock, John Jong-Suk Lee
  • Publication number: 20230002216
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising: a thermally-actuated microactuator configured to deflect a component in dependence on an applied stimulus; and an extender having a length configured to increase deflection of the component by the microactuator, wherein the extender comprises one or more voids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Flavio PARDO, Todd Salamon, Corey POLLOCK
  • Publication number: 20220345755
    Abstract: A computer-implemented is disclosed. The method includes: receiving media data of a live media stream; detecting a trigger associated with the media data of the live media stream; in response to detecting the trigger, generating at least one of audio or video overlay content associated with the trigger; and transmitting, to viewer devices, the at least one of audio or video overlay content with the live media stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: Shopify Inc.
    Inventors: Corey POLLOCK, John Jong-Suk LEE
  • Publication number: 20220345754
    Abstract: A computer-implemented is disclosed. The method includes: receiving media data of a live media stream; obtaining audience reaction data associated with the live media stream; identifying an event-of-interest in the live media stream based on the audience reaction data, wherein a time of the event-of-interest is prior to a time of the audience reaction data; obtaining a segment of at least one of audio data or video data of the live media stream that is associated with the time of the event-of-interest; generating a digital asset incorporating the segment; and providing the digital asset to at least one viewer of the live media stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: Shopify Inc.
    Inventors: Corey POLLOCK, John Jong-Suk LEE
  • Patent number: 11405687
    Abstract: A computer-implemented is disclosed. The method includes: receiving video data of a live media stream; obtaining, while the live media stream is being streamed, audience reaction data associated with the live media stream, the audience reaction data indicating, at least, an amount of audience engagement activity in connection with video content of the live media stream; identifying an event-of-interest in the live media stream based on a determination that a rate of change of the amount of audience engagement activity exceeds a threshold level; and in response to identifying the event-of-interest, automatically initiating one or more defined actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Shopify Inc.
    Inventors: Corey Pollock, John Jong-Suk Lee
  • Publication number: 20200202377
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for a user interface including retrieving e-commerce behavior data from a data facility, where the e-commerce behavior data includes customer prior purchase data based on a purchase of a product by a customer through an e-commerce platform; evaluating the e-commerce behavior data with an analytics engine to determine a plurality of subscription products to offer the customer in a product subscription offer; and displaying the product subscription offer on a computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: George Yacoub, Corey Pollock
  • Publication number: 20200202379
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for an analytics engine, retrieving e-commerce data from a data facility, where the e-commerce data includes at least one of customer purchase behavior data of a customer and merchant commerce data of a merchant; identifying at least one product from the e-commerce data, where the at least one product has been purchased; evaluating purchase patterns for the at least one product, where the purchase patterns comprises a purchase pattern periodicity for repeated purchases of the at least one product; generating a subscription offer for the at least one product; and providing a subscription offer recommendation to the merchant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: George Yacoub, Corey Pollock