Patents by Inventor Dan Afonso

Dan Afonso 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).

  • Discovering keywords in social media content
    Patent number: 10733195
    Abstract: In one aspect, a computer-implemented method includes, at a social media playback system comprising one or more computer processors and in communication with a data communications network, receiving data representing social media content from at least one social media service in communication with the communications network, the social media content comprising elements of social media, receiving, from a media provider in communication with the communications network, schedule data pertaining to a first media program, calculating, based at least in part on the schedule data, a relevance score for a first keyword identified in the social media content, the relevance score indicative of the relevance of the first keyword to the first media program, determining that the relevance score calculated for the first keyword satisfies a relevance score threshold, and storing data associating the first keyword and the first media program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Tomorrowish LLC
    Inventors: Richard Michael Darling, Todd Dibble, Tristan Dix Amzallag, Cameron Guerra Betts, Phillip Dreizen, Dan Afonso
  • Discovering keywords in social media content
    Patent number: 10528573
    Abstract: In one aspect, a computer-implemented method includes, at a social media playback system comprising one or more computer processors and in communication with a data communications network, receiving data representing social media content from at least one social media service in communication with the communications network, the social media content comprising elements of social media, receiving, from a media provider in communication with the communications network, schedule data pertaining to a first media program, calculating, based at least in part on the schedule data, a relevance score for a first keyword identified in the social media content, the relevance score indicative of the relevance of the first keyword to the first media program, determining that the relevance score calculated for the first keyword satisfies a relevance score threshold, and storing data associating the first keyword and the first media program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Tomorrowish LLC
    Inventors: Richard Michael Darling, Todd Dibble, Tristan Dix Amzallag, Cameron Guerra Betts, Phillip Dreizen, Dan Afonso