Patents by Inventor Eugene Matthew Farrelly
Eugene Matthew Farrelly 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: 8806047Abstract: A skip function for broadcast or multicast media content is disclosed. In general, a receiving device simultaneously receives two or more content streams transmitted for one or more radio stations and provides a skip function by buffering and switching between the two or more content streams. Initially, the receiving device provides playback of a first content stream of the two or more content streams. During playback of the first content stream, the receiving device buffers one or more most recently received content items from the other content streams. When a skip request is received, the receiving device performs a skip function by switching playback from the first content stream to a second content stream of the two or more content streams beginning at the start of the one or more most recently received content items from the second content stream that have been buffered at the receiving device.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2010Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Lemi Technology, LLCInventors: Gregory M. Evans, Eugene Matthew Farrelly
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Patent number: 8780778Abstract: A system and method of receiving a radio broadcast and simulcast of media content, including: receiving a digital radio broadcast comprising digital radio content over a terrestrial radio broadcast spectrum; receiving media content separately over a multicast network; time synchronizing the media content to the digital radio broadcast; and presenting the time synchronized media content and the digital radio content for playback by a client device. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2010Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Lemi Technology, LLCInventors: Greg M. Evans, Eugene Matthew Farrelly, Andrew V. Phillips
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Publication number: 20140019554Abstract: The present disclosure relates to forming crowds of users taking into account known physical boundaries. In general, current locations of a number of users are obtained. A crowd of users is then formed based on the current locations of the users while taking into account one or more known physical boundaries such that the crowd does not include spatially proximate users on opposite sides of the one or more known physical boundaries. By utilizing known physical boundaries in a spatial crowd formation process, users that are spatially proximate to one another but are separated by a physical boundary are not included in the same crowd. In this manner, the spatial crowd formation process provides accurate and meaningful crowd formation in environments such as, but not limited to, buildings with multiple rooms, shopping malls, or the like. Crowd data representing users in the formed crowd is generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2013Publication date: January 16, 2014Inventors: Steven L. Petersen, Eric P. Halber, Eugene Matthew Farrelly
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Publication number: 20130346220Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for generating and utilizing photo advertisements (“ads”). In one embodiment, a photo advertisement is posted as a status update for a user via a social networking service. A plurality of filler images representing one or more participants is associated with a photo ad template having one or more photo wells. A photo advertisement based on the photo ad template is generated by an electronic device such that the associated plurality of filler images are inserted into the one or more photo wells in the photo ad template. A status update that includes the photo advertisement for presentation with the status update is initiated responsive to generating the photo advertisement.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: TEANECK ENTERPRISES, LLCInventors: Hugh Svendsen, John Forese, Christopher M. Amidon, Kunal Kandekar, Eugene Matthew Farrelly
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Publication number: 20130275614Abstract: A skip function for a broadcast or multicast media station is disclosed. In one embodiment, two content streams are simultaneously transmitted for a single radio station. A receiving device simultaneously receives the two content streams transmitted for the radio station. The receiving device provides playback of a first content stream of the two content streams. During playback of the first content stream, the receiving device buffers one or more most recently received content items from the second content stream. When a user of the receiving device initiates a skip, the receiving device performs a skip function by switching playback from the first content stream to the second content stream beginning at the start of the one or more most recently received content items from the second content stream that have been buffered at the receiving device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2013Publication date: October 17, 2013Inventors: Gregory M. Evans, Eugene Matthew Farrelly
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Patent number: 8560608Abstract: The present disclosure relates to forming crowds of users taking into account known physical boundaries. In general, current locations of a number of users are obtained. A crowd of users is then formed based on the current locations of the users while taking into account one or more known physical boundaries such that the crowd does not include spatially proximate users on opposite sides of the one or more known physical boundaries. By utilizing known physical boundaries in a spatial crowd formation process, users that are spatially proximate to one another but are separated by a physical boundary are not included in the same crowd. In this manner, the spatial crowd formation process provides accurate and meaningful crowd formation in environments such as, but not limited to, buildings with multiple rooms, shopping malls, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2010Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Waldeck Technology, LLCInventors: Steven L. Petersen, Eric P. Halber, Eugene Matthew Farrelly
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Patent number: 8554627Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for generating and utilizing photo advertisements (“ads”). In one embodiment, a photo advertisement is posted as a status update for a user via a social networking service. More specifically, first, one or more photo ad templates are obtained for the user, where each photo ad template includes one or more photo wells. A photo advertisement is then generated based on one of the photo ad templates such that a filler image of a different one of one or more participants identified for the photo advertisement is inserted into each of the one or more photo wells in the photo ad template. The photo advertisement is then used as a status update for the user. In another embodiment, the photo advertisement is stored and subsequently used to serve ad requests.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2011Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Teaneck Enterprises, LLCInventors: Hugh Svendsen, John Forese, Christopher M. Amidon, Kunal Kandekar, Eugene Matthew Farrelly
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Patent number: 8548855Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for generating and utilizing photo advertisements (“ads”). In one embodiment, a photo check-in process is performed for a user located within a geographic check-in zone which results in a photo advertisement that is utilized as a photo check-in for the user. In another embodiment, a photo advertisement is posted as a status update for a user via a social networking service. In another embodiment, photo advertisements are created by users and stored for subsequent use in serving ad requests.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2011Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Teaneck Enterprises, LLCInventors: Hugh Svendsen, John Forese, Christopher M. Amidon, Kunal Kandekar, Eugene Matthew Farrelly
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Patent number: 8543460Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for generating and utilizing photo advertisements (“ads”). In one embodiment, a computer server obtains and stores user-created photo advertisements. Each of the user-created photo advertisements is generated based on a corresponding photo ad template having one or more photo wells such that filler images of one or more participants are inserted into the one or more photo wells. For each user-created photo advertisement, the one or more participants include at least a user by which the photo advertisement was created. In addition, the computer server effects use of the stored user-created photo advertisements as sponsored advertisements.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2011Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Teaneck Enterprises, LLCInventors: Hugh Svendsen, John Forese, Christopher M. Amidon, Kunal Kandekar, Eugene Matthew Farrelly
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Patent number: 8463930Abstract: A skip function for a broadcast or multicast media station is disclosed. In one embodiment, two content streams are simultaneously transmitted for a single radio station. A receiving device simultaneously receives the two content streams transmitted for the radio station. The receiving device provides playback of a first content stream of the two content streams. During playback of the first content stream, the receiving device buffers one or more most recently received content items from the second content stream. When a user of the receiving device initiates a skip, the receiving device performs a skip function by switching playback from the first content stream to the second content stream beginning at the start of the one or more most recently received content items from the second content stream that have been buffered at the receiving device.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2010Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Lemi Technology, LLCInventors: Gregory M. Evans, Eugene Matthew Farrelly
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Patent number: 8332425Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system are provided for generating media recommendations in a media recommendation network. Aspects of the method and system include receiving by a server a plurality of play histories of media items from a plurality of users of devices, wherein at least a portion of the media items are tagged with corresponding time and location data indicating a time and location of play; receiving by the server a media recommendation request from a requester, including receiving seed information indicating a current location of the requester; using at least one of user preferences of the requester and the seed information to identify correlated users from which to search corresponding play histories from among the plurality of play histories; comparing the seed information to the corresponding play histories and generating a list of related media items contained therein; and returning the list of related media items to the requester.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2011Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Napo Enterprises, LLCInventors: Hugh Svendsen, Eugene Matthew Farrelly
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Publication number: 20120252418Abstract: Systems and methods for performing automatic social check-ins are disclosed. In one embodiment, in response to physical proximity between a user device and a venue-operated device located at a venue, an automatic check-in process is performed on behalf of a user of the user device. In one embodiment, the automatic check-in process is performed by first determining whether to perform an automatic check-in for the user of the user device at the venue based on one or more predefined automatic check-in rules and a user context and/or venue data that describes the venue. Upon determining that an automatic check-in is to be performed, a check-in for the user of the user device is performed to check the user into the venue via one or more check-in services.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2011Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: TEANECK ENTERPRISES, LLCInventors: Kunal Kandekar Kandekar, Hugh Svendsen, Eugene Matthew Farrelly
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Patent number: 8216072Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for providing location-based wagering. In one embodiment, wagerable data associated with a location of a first user is identified. The wagerable data may be any type of data on which a wager may be based. Then, a wager recommendation is generated based on the wagerable data and returned to the first user. The first user defines a wager, and the wager is published to one or more second users located in proximity to the first user. Each of the one or more second users is enabled to accept the wager if desired. In addition, one or more winners and one or more losers of the wager may be identified and payout may then be effected.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2008Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: Kota Enterprises, LLCInventors: Scott Curtis, Kenneth Jennings, Michael W. Helpingstine, Eugene Matthew Farrelly
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Patent number: 8200602Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a thematic playback experience in a peer-to-peer media recommendation system are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2009Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Napo Enterprises, LLCInventor: Eugene Matthew Farrelly
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Publication number: 20120123830Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for generating and utilizing photo advertisements (“ads”). In one embodiment, a photo advertisement is posted as a status update for a user via a social networking service. More specifically, first, one or more photo ad templates are obtained for the user, where each photo ad template includes one or more photo wells. A photo advertisement is then generated based on one of the photo ad templates such that a filler image of a different one of one or more participants identified for the photo advertisement is inserted into each of the one or more photo wells in the photo ad template. The photo advertisement is then used as a status update for the user. In another embodiment, the photo advertisement is stored and subsequently used to serve ad requests.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2011Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: TEANECK ENTERPRISES, LLCInventors: Hugh Svendsen, John Forese, Christopher M. Amidon, Kunal Kandekar, Eugene Matthew Farrelly
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Publication number: 20120123875Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for generating and utilizing photo advertisements (“ads”). In one embodiment, a photo check-in process is performed for a user located within a geographic check-in zone which results in a photo advertisement that is utilized as a photo check-in for the user. In another embodiment, a photo advertisement is posted as a status update for a user via a social networking service. In another embodiment, photo advertisements are created by users and stored for subsequent use in serving ad requests.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2011Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: TEANECK ENTERPRISES, LLCInventors: Hugh Svendsen, John Forese, Christopher M. Amidon, Kunal Kandekar, Eugene Matthew Farrelly
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Publication number: 20120123871Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for generating and utilizing photo advertisements (“ads”). In one embodiment, a computer server obtains and stores user-created photo advertisements. Each of the user-created photo advertisements is generated based on a corresponding photo ad template having one or more photo wells such that filler images of one or more participants are inserted into the one or more photo wells. For each user-created photo advertisement, the one or more participants include at least a user by which the photo advertisement was created. In addition, the computer server effects use of the stored user-created photo advertisements as sponsored advertisements.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2011Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: TEANECK ENTERPRISES, LLCInventors: Hugh Svendsen, John Forese, Christopher M. Amidon, Kunal Kandekar, Eugene Matthew Farrelly
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Publication number: 20120117598Abstract: A merged program guide which includes program metadata from a plurality of different media controllers. A first media controller receives program metadata that identifies a first plurality of programs. The first plurality of programs corresponds to a first content package provided by a content provider. A first program record identifying a first program of the first plurality of programs is generated. The first program record includes first program metadata associated with the first program. The first program metadata is transmitted onto a network to make the first program metadata available to a second media controller. The first media controller receives second program metadata associated with a second program of a second plurality of programs which correspond to a second content package associated with the second media controller. The first program metadata and the second program metadata are stored in a program guide on the first media controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2010Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: ELOY TECHNOLOGY, LLCInventors: Juan A. Pons, Hugh Svendsen, Eugene Matthew Farrelly, Scott Curtis, Harold Sutherland
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Publication number: 20120117103Abstract: A media broker comprises a communication interface and a controller associated with the communication interface configured to receive a request from a user to record a requested media item. The media broker proceeds to query an aggregated stored content list (ASCL) including information indicative of each of the media items stored on one or more media storage device communicatively coupled to the media broker to determine if the requested media item is stored on the one or more media storage devices. If it is determined that the requested media item is stored on the one or more media storage devices the user that requested the media item is informed and the media item is stored on the one or more media storage devices. Conversely, if it is determined that the requested media item is not stored on the one or more media storage devices, the requested media item is recorded.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2010Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: ELOY TECHNOLOGY, LLCInventors: Eugene Matthew Farrelly, Hugh Svendsen, Juan A. Pons
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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR APPLYING CONTENT RESTRICTIONS TO RENDERERS IN IDENTIFIED NETWORK VIEWING AREAS
Publication number: 20120117585Abstract: A media broker includes a communication interface communicatively coupling the media broker to one or more media storage devices and one or more renderers and a controller associated with the communication interface adapted to transmit a request for location information to one or more renderers, receive location information from each of the one or more renderers and determine, based upon the received location information, one or more viewing areas each comprising at least one of the one or more renderers. And then applying the media restrictions assigned to the renderers in those viewing areas, while still allowing media storage devices detected in any viewing area to record media of any rating.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2010Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: ELOY TECHNOLOGY, LLCInventors: Scott Curtis, Gregory M. Evans, Eugene Matthew Farrelly, Ravi Reddy Katpelly, Kenneth Jennings