Patents by Inventor David Michael Hornsby

David Michael Hornsby 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: 11900683
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for setting ad breakpoints in a video. The program and method provide for accessing a video; determining plural shot boundaries for the video, each shot boundary defining a shot corresponding to a contiguous sequence of video frames that is free of cuts or transitions; and for each shot boundary of the plural shot boundaries, performing a set of breakpoint tests on the shot boundary, each breakpoint test configured to return a respective score indicating whether the shot boundary corresponds to a breakpoint for potential insertion of an ad during playback of the video, calculating a combined score for the shot boundary based on combining the each of the respective scores, and setting, in a case where the combined score meets a threshold value, the shot boundary as the breakpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Khalil Chatoo, David Michael Hornsby, Jeffrey Kile, Chinmay Lonkar, Zhimin Wang, Ian Anthony Wehrman
  • Patent number: 11861262
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for facilitating simultaneous execution of applications so that associated audio playback corresponds to user expectation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: David Michael Hornsby, Georgiy Kassabli, Kevin Joseph Thornberry
  • Publication number: 20230412896
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for inserting ads into a video. The program and method provide for receiving a request to play a video, the video comprising plural shots separated by breakpoints, each shot of the plural shots corresponding to a contiguous sequence of video frames that is free of cuts or transitions; initiating, in response to receiving the request, playback of the video from a selected shot of the plural shots; receiving indication of an ad to present at a breakpoint following the selected shot; determining, in response to receiving the indication, that a first threshold amount of time has passed since initiating the playback of the video; and inserting, based on the determining, the ad at the breakpoint following the selected shot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: David Michael Hornsby, Jeffrey Kile, Chinmay Lonkar, Zhimin Wang, Ian Anthony Wehrman, Khalil Chatoo
  • Patent number: 11792491
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for inserting ads into a video. The program and method provide for receiving a request to play a video, the video comprising plural shots separated by breakpoints, each shot of the plural shots corresponding to a contiguous sequence of video frames that is free of cuts or transitions; initiating, in response to receiving the request, playback of the video from a selected shot of the plural shots; receiving indication of an ad to present at a breakpoint following the selected shot; determining, in response to receiving the indication, that a first threshold amount of time has passed since initiating the playback of the video; and inserting, based on the determining, the ad at the breakpoint following the selected shot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: David Michael Hornsby, Jeffrey Kile, Chinmay Lonkar, Zhimin Wang, Ian Anthony Wehrman, Khalil Chatoo
  • Publication number: 20230300286
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for presenting subtitles. The systems and methods include accessing, by a user device, a video discovery graphical user interface that includes a plurality of videos; receiving a user input that gradually reduces volume of the user device; determining that the volume of the user device has gradually been reduced by the user input until a mute state has been reached in which audio output of the user device is disabled; and in response to determining that the volume of the user device has gradually been reduced until the mute state has been reached, automatically causing subtitles of a first video of the plurality of videos to be displayed during playback of the first video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Andrew Grosvenor Cooper, David Michael Hornsby, Georgiy Kassabli, Matthew Thompson
  • Patent number: 11765178
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide for control of an external display by a client device. In one aspect, a system includes at least one electronic hardware processor and an electronic hardware memory, operably connected to the at least one electronic hardware processor, and storing instructions that configure the at least one electronic hardware processor to transmit a barcode to a first client device, establish an authenticated session with a second client device, receive an indication of the barcode from the second client device via the authenticated session, receive input from the second client device indicating a selection of content, access the selected content via the authenticated session, and transmit the selected content to the first client device based on the barcode received from the second client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Djan Belli, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Michael Joseph DiBenedetto, David Michael Hornsby, Peter Lapin, Richard Andrew Leatham, Daniel M. Silva, Kevin Joseph Thornberry
  • Publication number: 20230269440
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for presenting subtitles in association with a composite video. The systems and methods include a facility for uploading a subtitle file having the full subtitles information for the entire composite video. The uploaded subtitle file is then split to generate video content item subtitles files that correspond to video content items in the composite video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: David Michael Hornsby, David Paliwoda, Georgiy Kassabli, Kevin Joseph Thornberry
  • Patent number: 11694444
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for setting ad breakpoints in a video. The program and method provide for accessing a video; determining plural shot boundaries for the video, each shot boundary defining a shot corresponding to a contiguous sequence of video frames that is free of cuts or transitions; and for each shot boundary of the plural shot boundaries, performing a set of breakpoint tests on the shot boundary, each breakpoint test configured to return a respective score indicating whether the shot boundary corresponds to a breakpoint for potential insertion of an ad during playback of the video, calculating a combined score for the shot boundary based on combining the each of the respective scores, and setting, in a case where the combined score meets a threshold value, the shot boundary as the breakpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Khalil Chatoo, David Michael Hornsby, Jeffrey Kile, Chinmay Lonkar, Zhimin Wang, Ian Anthony Wehrman
  • Patent number: 11695899
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for presenting subtitles. The systems and methods include accessing, by a user device, a video discovery graphical user interface that includes a plurality of videos; receiving a user input that gradually reduces volume of the user device; determining that the volume of the user device has gradually been reduced by the user input until a mute state has been reached in which audio output of the user device is disabled; and in response to determining that the volume of the user device has gradually been reduced until the mute state has been reached, automatically causing subtitles of a first video of the plurality of videos to be displayed during playback of the first video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Andrew Grosvenor Cooper, David Michael Hornsby, Georgiy Kassabli, Matthew Thompson
  • Publication number: 20230196776
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for setting ad breakpoints in a video. The program and method provide for accessing a video; determining plural shot boundaries for the video, each shot boundary defining a shot corresponding to a contiguous sequence of video frames that is free of cuts or transitions; and for each shot boundary of the plural shot boundaries, performing a set of breakpoint tests on the shot boundary, each breakpoint test configured to return a respective score indicating whether the shot boundary corresponds to a breakpoint for potential insertion of an ad during playback of the video, calculating a combined score for the shot boundary based on combining the each of the respective scores, and setting, in a case where the combined score meets a threshold value, the shot boundary as the breakpoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Khalil Chatoo, David Michael Hornsby, Jeffrey Kile, Chinmay Lonkar, Zhimin Wang, Ian Anthony Wehrman
  • Patent number: 11653069
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for presenting subtitles in association with a composite video. The systems and methods include a facility for uploading a subtitle file having the full subtitles information for the entire composite video. The uploaded subtitle file is then split to generate video content item subtitles files that correspond to video content items in the composite video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: David Michael Hornsby, David Paliwoda, Georgiy Kassabli, Kevin Joseph Thornberry
  • Publication number: 20230056060
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for presenting subtitles in association with a composite video. The systems and methods include a facility for uploading a subtitle file having the full subtitles information for the entire composite video. The uploaded subtitle file is then split to generate video content item subtitles files that correspond to video content items in the composite video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: David Michael Hornsby, David Paliwoda, Georgiy Kassabli, Kevin Joseph Thornberry
  • Patent number: 11432049
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for presenting subtitles in association with a composite video. The systems and methods include a facility for uploading a subtitle file having the full subtitles information for the entire composite video. The uploaded subtitle file is then split to generate video content item subtitles files that correspond to video content items in the composite video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: David Michael Hornsby, David Paliwoda, Georgiy Kassabli, Kevin Joseph Thornberry
  • Publication number: 20220182558
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for presenting subtitles. The systems and methods include accessing, by a user device, a video discovery graphical user interface that includes a plurality of videos; receiving a user input that gradually reduces volume of the user device; determining that the volume of the user device has gradually been reduced by the user input until a mute state has been reached in which audio output of the user device is disabled; and in response to determining that the volume of the user device has gradually been reduced until the mute state has been reached, automatically causing subtitles of a first video of the plurality of videos to be displayed during playback of the first video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Andrew Grosvenor Cooper, David Michael Hornsby, Georgiy Kassabli, Matthew Thompson
  • Publication number: 20220150255
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide for control of an external display by a client device. In one aspect, a system includes at least one electronic hardware processor and an electronic hardware memory, operably connected to the at least one electronic hardware processor, and storing instructions that configure the at least one electronic hardware processor to transmit a barcode to a first client device, establish an authenticated session with a second client device, receive an indication of the barcode from the second client device via the authenticated session, receive input from the second client device indicating a selection of content, access the selected content via the authenticated session, and transmit the selected content to the first client device based on the barcode received from the second client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Djan Belli, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Michael Joseph DiBenedetto, David Michael Hornsby, Peter Lapin, Richard Andrew Leatham, Daniel M. Silva, Kevin Joseph Thornberry
  • Publication number: 20220103912
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for inserting ads into a video. The program and method provide for receiving a request to play a video, the video comprising plural shots separated by breakpoints, each shot of the plural shots corresponding to a contiguous sequence of video frames that is free of cuts or transitions; initiating, in response to receiving the request, playback of the video from a selected shot of the plural shots; receiving indication of an ad to present at a breakpoint following the selected shot; determining, in response to receiving the indication, that a first threshold amount of time has passed since initiating the playback of the video; and inserting, based on the determining, the ad at the breakpoint following the selected shot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: David Michael Hornsby, Jeffrey Kile, Chinmay Lonkar, Zhimin Wang, Ian Anthony Wehrman
  • Publication number: 20220101013
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for setting ad breakpoints in a video. The program and method provide for accessing a video; determining plural shot boundaries for the video, each shot boundary defining a shot corresponding to a contiguous sequence of video frames that is free of cuts or transitions; and for each shot boundary of the plural shot boundaries, performing a set of breakpoint tests on the shot boundary, each breakpoint test configured to return a respective score indicating whether the shot boundary corresponds to a. breakpoint for potential insertion of an ad during playback of the video, calculating a combined score for the shot boundary based on combining the each of the respective scores, and setting, in a case where the combined score meets a threshold value, the shot boundary as the breakpoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Khalil Chatoo, David Michael Hornsby, Jeffrey Kile, Chinmay Lonkar, Zhimin Wang, Ian Anthony Wehrman
  • Patent number: 11290661
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for presenting subtitles. The systems and methods include accessing, by a user device, a video discovery graphical user interface that includes a plurality of videos; receiving a user input that gradually reduces volume of the user device; determining that the volume of the user device has gradually been reduced by the user input until a mute state has been reached in which audio output of the user device is disabled; and in response to determining that the volume of the user device has gradually been reduced until the mute state has been reached, automatically causing subtitles of a first video of the plurality of videos to be displayed during playback of the first video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Andrew Grosvenor Cooper, David Michael Hornsby, Georgiy Kassabli, Matthew Thompson
  • Patent number: 11271940
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide for control of an external display by a client device. In one aspect, a system includes at least one electronic hardware processor and an electronic hardware memory, operably connected to the at least one electronic hardware processor, and storing instructions that configure the at least one electronic hardware processor to transmit a barcode to a first client device, establish an authenticated session with a second client device, receive an indication of the barcode from the second client device via the authenticated session, receive input from the second client device indicating a selection of content, access the selected content via the authenticated session, and transmit the selected content to the first client device based on the barcode received from the second client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Djan Belli, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Michael Joseph DiBenedetto, David Michael Hornsby, Peter Lapin, Richard Andrew Leatham, Daniel M. Silva, Kevin Joseph Thornberry
  • Publication number: 20210373843
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for facilitating simultaneous execution of applications so that associated audio playback corresponds to user expectation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: David Michael Hornsby, Georgiy Kassabli, Kevin Joseph Thornberry