Patents by Inventor Daniel Ryan HOWELL

Daniel Ryan HOWELL 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).

  • Systems and methods for user-generated content with machine-generated metadata
    Patent number: 12450903
    Abstract: A method of assisting video information sharing includes, at a server computer, obtaining a comparison video including a plurality of frames from a social media platform and determining a presence of at least one event in the comparison video. The method further includes obtaining social media metrics for the comparison video from the social media platform and evaluating a description of the comparison video. The method further includes identifying at least one descriptor in the description correlated to the at least event in the comparison video and recording the descriptor in an application module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2025
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Donyea Durece Cooley-White, Daniel Ryan Howell
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USER-GENERATED CONTENT WITH MACHINE-GENERATED METADATA
    Publication number: 20230326208
    Abstract: A method of assisting video information sharing includes, at a server computer, obtaining a comparison video including a plurality of frames from a social media platform and determining a presence of at least one event in the comparison video. The method further includes obtaining social media metrics for the comparison video from the social media platform and evaluating a description of the comparison video. The method further includes identifying at least one descriptor in the description correlated to the at least event in the comparison video and recording the descriptor in an application module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Donyea Durece COOLEY-WHITE, Daniel Ryan HOWELL
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING USER-GENERATED CONTENT TRENDS WITH MACHINE-GENERATED METADATA
    Publication number: 20230232083
    Abstract: A method of presenting video information to a user includes obtaining a comparison video including a plurality of frames from a social media platform, determining a presence of at least one event in the comparison video, obtaining social media metrics for the comparison video from the social media platform, and assigning a social media value to the at least one event based at least partially on the social media metrics and at least one property of the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Donyea Durece COOLEY-WHITE, Daniel Ryan HOWELL