Patents by Inventor Eric (Ge) Wu

Eric (Ge) Wu 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).

  • Publication number: 20240020460
    Abstract: One variation of a method for serving interactive content to a user includes, at a visual element inserted into a document accessed by a computing device: loading a first frame from a digital video; in response to a scroll-down event that moves the visual element upward from a bottom of a window rendered on the computing device toward a top of the window, seeking from the first frame through a subset of frames in the digital video in a first direction at a rate corresponding to a scroll rate of the scroll-down event, the subset of frames spanning a duration of the digital video corresponding to a length of the scroll-down event; and, in response to termination of the scroll-down event with the visual element remaining in view within the window, playing the digital video forward from a last frame in the subset of frames in the digital video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Connor Francis Doherty, David Michael Goligorsky, Shawn Sprockett, Eric (Ge) Wu, Yiming Bao, Firecrow Silvernight, David Sebag
  • Patent number: 11809811
    Abstract: One variation of a method for serving interactive content to a user includes, at a visual element inserted into a document accessed by a computing device: loading a first frame from a digital video; in response to a scroll-down event that moves the visual element upward from a bottom of a window rendered on the computing device toward a top of the window, seeking from the first frame through a subset of frames in the digital video in a first direction at a rate corresponding to a scroll rate of the scroll-down event, the subset of frames spanning a duration of the digital video corresponding to a length of the scroll-down event; and, in response to termination of the scroll-down event with the visual element remaining in view within the window, playing the digital video forward from a last frame in the subset of frames in the digital video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Yieldmo, Inc.
    Inventors: Connor Francis Doherty, David Michael Goligorsky, Shawn Sprockett, Eric (Ge) Wu, Yiming Bao, Firecrow Silvernight, David Sebag
  • Publication number: 20230186015
    Abstract: One variation of a method for serving interactive content to a user includes, at a visual element inserted into a document accessed by a computing device: loading a first frame from a digital video; in response to a scroll-down event that moves the visual element upward from a bottom of a window rendered on the computing device toward a top of the window, seeking from the first frame through a subset of frames in the digital video in a first direction at a rate corresponding to a scroll rate of the scroll-down event, the subset of frames spanning a duration of the digital video corresponding to a length of the scroll-down event; and, in response to termination of the scroll-down event with the visual element remaining in view within the window, playing the digital video forward from a last frame in the subset of frames in the digital video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Connor Francis Doherty, David Michael Goligorsky, Shawn Sprockett, Eric (Ge) Wu, Yiming Bao, Firecrow Silvernight, David Sebag
  • Patent number: 11604918
    Abstract: One variation of a method for serving interactive content to a user includes, at a visual element inserted into a document accessed by a computing device: loading a first frame from a digital video; in response to a scroll-down event that moves the visual element upward from a bottom of a window rendered on the computing device toward a top of the window, seeking from the first frame through a subset of frames in the digital video in a first direction at a rate corresponding to a scroll rate of the scroll-down event, the subset of frames spanning a duration of the digital video corresponding to a length of the scroll-down event; and, in response to termination of the scroll-down event with the visual element remaining in view within the window, playing the digital video forward from a last frame in the subset of frames in the digital video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Yieldmo, Inc.
    Inventors: Connor Francis Doherty, David Michael Goligorsky, Shawn Sprockett, Eric (Ge) Wu, Yiming Bao, Firecrow Silvernight, David Sebag
  • Publication number: 20210020199
    Abstract: One variation of a method for serving interactive content to a user includes, at a visual element inserted into a document accessed by a computing device: loading a first frame from a digital video; in response to a scroll-down event that moves the visual element upward from a bottom of a window rendered on the computing device toward a top of the window, seeking from the first frame through a subset of frames in the digital video in a first direction at a rate corresponding to a scroll rate of the scroll-down event, the subset of frames spanning a duration of the digital video corresponding to a length of the scroll-down event; and, in response to termination of the scroll-down event with the visual element remaining in view within the window, playing the digital video forward from a last frame in the subset of frames in the digital video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Connor Francis Doherty, David Michael Goligorsky, Shawn Sprockett, Eric (Ge) Wu, Yiming Bao, Firecrow Silvernight, David Sebag
  • Patent number: 10832730
    Abstract: One variation of a method for serving interactive content to a user includes, at a visual element inserted into a document accessed by a computing device: loading a first frame from a digital video; in response to a scroll-down event that moves the visual element upward from a bottom of a window rendered on the computing device toward a top of the window, seeking from the first frame through a subset of frames in the digital video in a first direction at a rate corresponding to a scroll rate of the scroll-down event, the subset of frames spanning a duration of the digital video corresponding to a length of the scroll-down event; and, in response to termination of the scroll-down event with the visual element remaining in view within the window, playing the digital video forward from a last frame in the subset of frames in the digital video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Yielmo, Inc.
    Inventors: Connor Francis Doherty, David Michael Goligorsky, Shawn Sprockett, Eric (Ge) Wu, Yiming Bao, Firecrow Silvernight, David Sebag
  • Patent number: 10832729
    Abstract: One variation of a method for serving interactive content to a user includes, at a visual element inserted into a document accessed by a computing device: loading a first frame from a digital video; in response to a scroll-down event that moves the visual element upward from a bottom of a window rendered on the computing device toward a top of the window, seeking from the first frame through a subset of frames in the digital video in a first direction at a rate corresponding to a scroll rate of the scroll-down event, the subset of frames spanning a duration of the digital video corresponding to a length of the scroll-down event; and, in response to termination of the scroll-down event with the visual element remaining in view within the window, playing the digital video forward from a last frame in the subset of frames in the digital video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Yieldmo, Inc.
    Inventors: Connor Francis Doherty, David Michael Goligorsky, Shawn Sprockett, Eric (Ge) Wu, Yiming Bao, Firecrow Silvernight, David Sebag
  • Patent number: 10789984
    Abstract: One variation of a method for serving interactive content to a user includes, at a visual element inserted into a document accessed by a computing device: loading a first frame from a digital video; in response to a scroll-down event that moves the visual element upward from a bottom of a window rendered on the computing device toward a top of the window, seeking from the first frame through a subset of frames in the digital video in a first direction at a rate corresponding to a scroll rate of the scroll-down event, the subset of frames spanning a duration of the digital video corresponding to a length of the scroll-down event; and, in response to termination of the scroll-down event with the visual element remaining in view within the window, playing the digital video forward from a last frame in the subset of frames in the digital video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Yieldmo, Inc.
    Inventors: Connor Francis Doherty, David Michael Goligorsky, Shawn Sprockett, Eric (Ge) Wu, Yiming Bao, Firecrow Silvernight, David Sebag
  • Patent number: 10789983
    Abstract: One variation of a method for serving interactive content to a user includes, at a visual element inserted into a document accessed by a computing device: loading a first frame from a digital video; in response to a scroll-down event that moves the visual element upward from a bottom of a window rendered on the computing device toward a top of the window, seeking from the first frame through a subset of frames in the digital video in a first direction at a rate corresponding to a scroll rate of the scroll-down event, the subset of frames spanning a duration of the digital video corresponding to a length of the scroll-down event; and, in response to termination of the scroll-down event with the visual element remaining in view within the window, playing the digital video forward from a last frame in the subset of frames in the digital video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Yieldmo, Inc.
    Inventors: Connor Francis Doherty, David Michael Goligorsky, Shawn Sprockett, Eric (Ge) Wu, Yiming Bao, Firecrow Silvernight
  • Publication number: 20190074034
    Abstract: One variation of a method for serving interactive content to a user includes, at a visual element inserted into a document accessed by a computing device: loading a first frame from a digital video; in response to a scroll-down event that moves the visual element upward from a bottom of a window rendered on the computing device toward a top of the window, seeking from the first frame through a subset of frames in the digital video in a first direction at a rate corresponding to a scroll rate of the scroll-down event, the subset of frames spanning a duration of the digital video corresponding to a length of the scroll-down event; and, in response to termination of the scroll-down event with the visual element remaining in view within the window, playing the digital video forward from a last frame in the subset of frames in the digital video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Connor Francis Doherty, David Michael Goligorsky, Shawn Sprockett, Eric (Ge) Wu, Yiming Bao, Firecrow Silvernight, David Sebag
  • Publication number: 20180211692
    Abstract: One variation of a method for serving interactive content to a user includes, at a visual element inserted into a document accessed by a computing device: loading a first frame from a digital video; in response to a scroll-down event that moves the visual element upward from a bottom of a window rendered on the computing device toward a top of the window, seeking from the first frame through a subset of frames in the digital video in a first direction at a rate corresponding to a scroll rate of the scroll-down event, the subset of frames spanning a duration of the digital video corresponding to a length of the scroll-down event; and, in response to termination of the scroll-down event with the visual element remaining in view within the window, playing the digital video forward from a last frame in the subset of frames in the digital video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Connor Francis Doherty, David Michael Goligorsky, Shawn Sprockett, Eric (Ge) Wu, Yiming Bao, Firecrow Silvernight, David Sebag
  • Patent number: 9966109
    Abstract: One variation of a method for serving interactive content to a user includes, at a visual element inserted into a document accessed by a computing device: loading a first frame from a digital video; in response to a scroll-down event that moves the visual element upward from a bottom of a window rendered on the computing device toward a top of the window, seeking from the first frame through a subset of frames in the digital video in a first direction at a rate corresponding to a scroll rate of the scroll-down event, the subset of frames spanning a duration of the digital video corresponding to a length of the scroll-down event; and, in response to termination of the scroll-down event with the visual element remaining in view within the window, playing the digital video forward from a last frame in the subset of frames in the digital video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Yieldmo, Inc.
    Inventors: Connor Francis Doherty, David Michael Goligorsky, Shawn Sprockett, Eric (Ge) Wu, Yiming Bao, Firecrow Silvernight, David Sebag
  • Publication number: 20180075875
    Abstract: One variation of a method for serving interactive content to a user includes, at a visual element inserted into a document accessed by a computing device: loading a first frame from a digital video; in response to a scroll-down event that moves the visual element upward from a bottom of a window rendered on the computing device toward a top of the window, seeking from the first frame through a subset of frames in the digital video in a first direction at a rate corresponding to a scroll rate of the scroll-down event, the subset of frames spanning a duration of the digital video corresponding to a length of the scroll-down event; and, in response to termination of the scroll-down event with the visual element remaining in view within the window, playing the digital video forward from a last frame in the subset of frames in the digital video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Connor Francis Doherty, David Michael Goligorsky, Shawn Sprockett, Eric (Ge) Wu, Yiming Bao, Firecrow Silvernight, David Sebag
  • Publication number: 20180075874
    Abstract: One variation of a method for serving interactive content to a user includes, at a visual element inserted into a document accessed by a computing device: loading a first frame from a digital video; in response to a scroll-down event that moves the visual element upward from a bottom of a window rendered on the computing device toward a top of the window, seeking from the first frame through a subset of frames in the digital video in a first direction at a rate corresponding to a scroll rate of the scroll-down event, the subset of frames spanning a duration of the digital video corresponding to a length of the scroll-down event; and, in response to termination of the scroll-down event with the visual element remaining in view within the window, playing the digital video forward from a last frame in the subset of frames in the digital video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Connor Francis Doherty, David Michael Goligorsky, Shawn Sprockett, Eric (Ge) Wu, Yiming Bao, Firecrow Silvernight, David Sebag
  • Patent number: 9852759
    Abstract: One variation of a method for serving interactive content to a user includes, at a visual element inserted into a document accessed by a computing device: loading a first frame from a digital video; in response to a scroll-down event that moves the visual element upward from a bottom of a window rendered on the computing device toward a top of the window, seeking from the first frame through a subset of frames in the digital video in a first direction at a rate corresponding to a scroll rate of the scroll-down event, the subset of frames spanning a duration of the digital video corresponding to a length of the scroll-down event; and, in response to termination of the scroll-down event with the visual element remaining in view within the window, playing the digital video forward from a last frame in the subset of frames in the digital video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Yieldmo, Inc.
    Inventors: Connor Francis Doherty, David Michael Goligorsky, Shawn Sprockett, Eric (Ge) Wu, Yiming Bao, Firecrow Silvernight
  • Publication number: 20170194030
    Abstract: One variation of a method for serving interactive content to a user includes, at a visual element inserted into a document accessed by a computing device: loading a first frame from a digital video; in response to a scroll-down event that moves the visual element upward from a bottom of a window rendered on the computing device toward a top of the window, seeking from the first frame through a subset of frames in the digital video in a first direction at a rate corresponding to a scroll rate of the scroll-down event, the subset of frames spanning a duration of the digital video corresponding to a length of the scroll-down event; and, in response to termination of the scroll-down event with the visual element remaining in view within the window, playing the digital video forward from a last frame in the subset of frames in the digital video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Connor Francis Doherty, David Michael Goligorsky, Shawn Sprockett, Eric (Ge) Wu, Yiming Bao, Firecrow Silvernight
  • Publication number: 20170024098
    Abstract: One variation of a method for serving interactive content to a user includes, at a visual element inserted into a document accessed by a computing device: loading a first frame from a digital video; in response to a scroll-down event that moves the visual element upward from a bottom of a window rendered on the computing device toward a top of the window, seeking from the first frame through a subset of frames in the digital video in a first direction at a rate corresponding to a scroll rate of the scroll-down event, the subset of frames spanning a duration of the digital video corresponding to a length of the scroll-down event; and, in response to termination of the scroll-down event with the visual element remaining in view within the window, playing the digital video forward from a last frame in the subset of frames in the digital video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Connor Francis Doherty, David Michael Goligorsky, Shawn Sprockett, Eric (Ge) Wu, Yiming Bao, Firecrow Silvernight