Patents by Inventor Darren B. Remington
Darren B. Remington 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).
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Patent number: 10798438Abstract: This document describes techniques and apparatuses for determining an audience's state or interest using passive sensor data. The techniques receive sensor data that measures an audience during presentation of a media program. The techniques, based on this sensor data, then determine a state or interest of the audience members during the media program.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2017Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Michael J. Conrad, Geoffrey J. Hulten, Kyle J. Krum, Umaimah A. Mendhro, Darren B. Remington
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Patent number: 9788032Abstract: This document describes techniques and apparatuses for determining a future portion of a currently presented media program. The techniques and apparatuses can receive current media reactions of one or many people to a currently presented media program and determine later portions to present in the media program based on the media reactions. In some embodiments, for example, a program can be presented live, reactions can be received during the live presentation, and the program altered on-the-fly and in real time based on those reactions. Further, the alterations can be general or tailored to a group or a particular person.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2015Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Michael J. Conrad, Geoffrey J. Hulten, Kyle J. Krum, Umaimah A. Mendhro, Darren B. Remington
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Publication number: 20170188079Abstract: This document describes techniques and apparatuses for determining an audience's state or interest using passive sensor data. The techniques receive sensor data that measures an audience during presentation of a media program. The techniques, based on this sensor data, then determine a state or interest of the audience members during the media program.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2017Publication date: June 29, 2017Inventors: Michael J. Conrad, Geoffrey J. Hulten, Kyle J. Krum, Umaimah A. Mendhro, Darren B. Remington
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Patent number: 9628844Abstract: This document describes techniques and apparatuses for determining an audience's state or interest using passive sensor data. The techniques receive sensor data that measures an audience during presentation of a media program. The techniques, based on this sensor data, then determine a state or interest of the audience members during the media program.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2015Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Michael J. Conrad, Geoffrey J. Hulten, Kyle J. Krum, Umaimah A. Mendhro, Darren B. Remington
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Publication number: 20150341692Abstract: This document describes techniques and apparatuses for determining an audience's state or interest using passive sensor data. The techniques receive sensor data that measures an audience during presentation of a media program. The techniques, based on this sensor data, then determine a state or interest of the audience members during the media program.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2015Publication date: November 26, 2015Inventors: Michael J. Conrad, Geoffrey J. Hulten, Kyle J. Krum, Umaimah A. Mendhro, Darren B. Remington
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Patent number: 9100685Abstract: This document describes techniques and apparatuses for determining an audience's state or interest using passive sensor data. The techniques receive sensor data that measures an audience during presentation of a media program. The techniques, based on this sensor data, then determine a state or interest of the audience members during the media program.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2011Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Michael J. Conrad, Geoffrey J Hulten, Kyle J. Krum, Umaimah A. Mendhro, Darren B. Remington
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Publication number: 20150128161Abstract: This document describes techniques and apparatuses for determining a future portion of a currently presented media program. The techniques and apparatuses can receive current media reactions of one or many people to a currently presented media program and determine later portions to present in the media program based on the media reactions. In some embodiments, for example, a program can be presented live, reactions can be received during the live presentation, and the program altered on-the-fly and in real time based on those reactions. Further, the alterations can be general or tailored to a group or a particular person.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2015Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventors: Michael J. Conrad, Geoffrey J. Hulten, Kyle J. Krum, Umaimah A. Mendhro, Darren B. Remington
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Patent number: 8959541Abstract: This document describes techniques and apparatuses for determining a future portion of a currently presented media program. The techniques and apparatuses can receive current media reactions of one or many people to a currently presented media program and determine later portions to present in the media program based on the media reactions. In some embodiments, for example, a program can be presented live, reactions can be received during the live presentation, and the program altered on-the-fly and in real time based on those reactions. Further, the alterations can be general or tailored to a group or a particular person.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2012Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Michael J. Conrad, Geoffrey J Hulten, Kyle J. Krum, Umaimah A. Mendhro, Darren B. Remington
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Patent number: 8898687Abstract: This document describes techniques and apparatuses for controlling a media program based on a media reaction. In some embodiments, the techniques pause, mute, or stop a media program when a user leaves the room, when a user in the room is talking or is otherwise not paying attention to the program, or when a child walks into the room.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2012Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Geoffrey J Hulten, Umaimah A. Mendhro, Kyle J. Krum, Michael J. Conrad, Darren B. Remington
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Publication number: 20130298146Abstract: This document describes techniques and apparatuses for determining a future portion of a currently presented media program. The techniques and apparatuses can receive current media reactions of one or many people to a currently presented media program and determine later portions to present in the media program based on the media reactions. In some embodiments, for example, a program can be presented live, reactions can be received during the live presentation, and the program altered on-the-fly and in real time based on those reactions. Further, the alterations can be general or tailored to a group or a particular person.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2012Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Michael J. Conrad, Geoffrey J. Hulten, Kyle J. Krum, Umaimah A. Mendhro, Darren B. Remington
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Publication number: 20130298158Abstract: This document describes techniques and apparatuses enabling advertisement presentation based on a current media reaction. The techniques and apparatuses can receive a current media reaction of a user watching a media program and, based on this current media reaction, determine which advertisement is likely to be effective. Further, the techniques and apparatuses may inform advertisers of a current media reaction thereby enabling the advertisers to bid on a right to present an advertisement based on that reaction. By so doing, costs for advertisements may more-accurately reflect the value of the time in which they are presented and advertisements may be more effective.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2012Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Michael J. Conrad, Geoffrey J Hulten, Kyle J. Krum, Umaimah A. Mendhro, Darren B. Remington, Enrique de la Garza
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Publication number: 20130268954Abstract: This document describes techniques and apparatuses for controlling a media program based on a media reaction. In some embodiments, the techniques pause, mute, or stop a media program when a user leaves the room, when a user in the room is talking or is otherwise not paying attention to the program, or when a child walks into the room.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2012Publication date: October 10, 2013Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Geoffrey J. Hulten, Umaimah A. Mendhro, Kyle J. Krum, Michael J. Conrad, Darren B. Remington
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Publication number: 20130268955Abstract: This document describes techniques and apparatuses for highlighting or augmenting a media program. The techniques and apparatuses can build a media program highlighting another media program based on media reactions to portions of that other media program. The techniques and apparatuses may also or instead augment a media program based on media reactions to portions of that media program.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2012Publication date: October 10, 2013Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Michael J. Conrad, Geoffrey J. Hulten, Kyle J. Krum, Umaimah A. Mendhro, Darren B. Remington
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Publication number: 20130152113Abstract: This document describes techniques and apparatuses for determining an audience's state or interest using passive sensor data. The techniques receive sensor data that measures an audience during presentation of a media program. The techniques, based on this sensor data, then determine a state or interest of the audience members during the media program.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2011Publication date: June 13, 2013Inventors: Michael J. Conrad, Geoffrey J. Hulten, Kyle J. Krum, Umaimah A. Mendhro, Darren B. Remington
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Publication number: 20130145385Abstract: This document describes techniques and apparatuses enabling context-based ratings and recommendations for media. The techniques and apparatuses can build and continually improve the predictive accuracy of a user's reaction history based on a context in which the user's reactions to media are sensed. Further, the techniques and apparatuses may take into account a current context of a user when a request for a rating or recommendation is made. Based on the user's reaction history and the user's current context, the techniques and apparatuses may provide accurate ratings and recommendations.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2012Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Souren Aghajanyan, Craig A. Osborne, Kyle J. Krum, Michael J. Conrad, Geoffrey J Hulten, Umaimah A. Mendhro, Darren B. Remington
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Patent number: 7636689Abstract: A consumer-based bill management and payment system is configured to receive, analyze, manage and pay electronic billing statements received from the biller over the Internet. The system includes a notification manager that detects when the electronic bill arrives and notifies the consumer. The bill is stored in memory with other unpaid electronic bills. According to another aspect of the invention, the system has a cashflow analyzer that enables the consumer to coordinate the unpaid electronic bills according to different payment schedules for a bill payment cycle (e.g., a month). The goal of the manipulation is to permit the consumer to analyze how the different payment schedules affect the consumer's cashflow with an aim toward minimizing overdraft during the bill payment cycle. The cashflow analyzer can automatically compute an optimized payment schedule that minimizes overdraft of the consumer's account, while maximizing the balance to generate the most interest.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2004Date of Patent: December 22, 2009Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Warren T. Dent, Judy Kaethler, Darren B. Remington, Bassam A. Saliba
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Patent number: 7610245Abstract: A consumer-based bill management and payment system is configured to receive, analyze, manage and pay electronic billing statements received from the biller over the Internet. The system includes a notification manager that detects when the electronic bill arrives and notifies the consumer. The bill is stored in memory with other unpaid electronic bills. According to another aspect of the invention, the system has a cashflow analyzer that enables the consumer to coordinate the unpaid electronic bills according to different payment schedules for a bill payment cycle (e.g., a month). The goal of the manipulation is to permit the consumer to analyze how the different payment schedules affect the consumer's cashflow with an aim toward minimizing overdraft during the bill payment cycle. The cashflow analyzer can automatically compute an optimized payment schedule that minimizes overdraft of the consumer's account, while maximizing the balance to generate the most interest.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2004Date of Patent: October 27, 2009Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Warren T. Dent, Judy Kaethler, Darren B. Remington, Bassam A. Saliba
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Patent number: 7516101Abstract: A bill presentment and payment remittance system is configured for use over an electronic network, such as the Internet. The bill presentment and payment remittance system allows the biller to create a bill and payment remittance information in a format specified by the biller. The biller submits the bill and associated payment remittance information by electronically transmitting it over the Internet to the consumer. The consumer authenticates that the bill did indeed come from the indicated biller. The bill is presented in a user interface which provides a line-by-line itemization of the bill, along with a predefined dispute reasons which the consumer can check to challenge particular items on the bill.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2004Date of Patent: April 7, 2009Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Darren B. Remington, Warren T. Dent
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Patent number: 7478066Abstract: A bill presentment and payment remittance system is configured for use over an electronic network, such as the Internet. The bill presentment and payment remittance system allows the biller to create a bill and payment remittance information in a format specified by the biller. The biller submits the bill and associated payment remittance information by electronically transmitting it over the Internet to the consumer. The consumer authenticates that the bill did indeed come from the indicated biller. The bill is presented in a user interface which provides a line-by-line itemization of the bill, along with a predefined dispute reasons which the consumer can check to challenge particular items on the bill. The bill can then be automatically or manually adjusted to reflect any disputed amounts.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2004Date of Patent: January 13, 2009Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Darren B. Remington, Warren T. Dent
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Patent number: 7475039Abstract: A bill presentment and payment remittance system is configured for use over an electronic network, such as the Internet. The bill presentment and payment remittance system allows the biller to create a bill and payment remittance information in a format specified by the biller. The biller submits the bill and associated payment remittance information by electronically transmitting it over the Internet to the consumer. The consumer authenticates that the bill did indeed come from the indicated biller. The bill is presented in a user interface which provides a line-by-line itemization of the bill, along with a predefined dispute reasons which the consumer can check to challenge particular items on the bill.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2004Date of Patent: January 6, 2009Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Darren B. Remington, Warren T. Dent