Patents by Inventor Hans Sayyadi
Hans Sayyadi 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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Publication number: 20240080528Abstract: Methods and apparatus for generating personalized menus and a media content interface are provided. In one example, different device specific media asset lists are generated at different user devices for the same user based on the media consumption history at each device. In another example, media asset listings are displayed for multicast and on-demand media assets determined to be of interest to the user. An on-demand media asset is listed at a time when no other multicast media assets are listed. In another example, media asset listings for successive episodes of a media series are displayed in sequential order in response to an input to view successive episodes of a media series. In another example, a text search for media content is performed in which the search priority of media provider results is decreased relative to the search priority of media asset results as additional characters are added to a search string.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Amit Bagga, Larry Cynkin, Jan Neumann, Hans Sayyadi, Ehsan Younessian, Mevan Samarasinghe, Brian Curtis, Muthu Manickam, Oliver Jojic, Jeanine Heck
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Publication number: 20240073483Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for a recommendation ranking system that uses viewing and/or browsing data of content items available from a communication system received from users of the system. The viewing and browsing data may be obtained from the users through different availability periods having varying price points for viewing the content items. Weighted values may be applied to the viewing and browsing data based on the price point or availability period of the content items associated with the collected data. A popularity index for the content items of the communication system may be determined based on the adjusted viewing and browsing data and a ranking of recommendations for content items may be generated based at least on the popularity index of the content items.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Vamsi Potluru, Hans Sayyadi
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Publication number: 20240038239Abstract: A user device (e.g., voice assistant device, voice enabled device, smart device, computing device, etc.) may receive/detect audio content (e.g., speech, etc.) that includes a wake word and/or words similar to a wake word. The user device may require a wake word, a portion of the wake word, or words similar to the wake word to be detected prior to interacting with a user. The user device may, based on characteristics of the audio content, determine if the audio content originates from an authorized user. The user device may decrease and/or increase scrutiny applied to wake word detection based on whether audio content originates from an authorized user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Hans Sayyadi, Nima Bina
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Patent number: 11831956Abstract: Methods and apparatus for generating personalized menus and a media content interface are provided. In one example, different device specific media asset lists are generated at different user devices for the same user based on the media consumption history at each device. In another example, media asset listings are displayed for multicast and on-demand media assets determined to be of interest to the user. An on-demand media asset is listed at a time when no other multicast media assets are listed. In another example, media asset listings for successive episodes of a media series are displayed in sequential order in response to an input to view successive episodes of a media series. In another example, a text search for media content is performed in which the search priority of media provider results is decreased relative to the search priority of media asset results as additional characters are added to a search string.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2023Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Amit Bagga, Larry Cynkin, Jan Neumann, Hans Sayyadi, Ehsan Younessian, Mevan Samarasinghe, Brian Curtis, Muthu Manickam, Oliver Jojic, Jeanine Heck
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Patent number: 11817104Abstract: A user device (e.g., voice assistant device, voice enabled device, smart device, computing device, etc.) may receive/detect audio content (e.g., speech, etc.) that includes a wake word and/or words similar to a wake word. The user device may require a wake word, a portion of the wake word, or words similar to the wake word to be detected prior to interacting with a user. The user device may, based on characteristics of the audio content, determine if the audio content originates from an authorized user. The user device may decrease and/or increase scrutiny applied to wake word detection based on whether audio content originates from an authorized user.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Hans Sayyadi, Nima Bina
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Patent number: 11758224Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for a recommendation ranking system that uses viewing and/or browsing data of content items available from a communication system received from users of the system. The viewing and browsing data may be obtained from the users through different availability periods having varying price points for viewing the content items. Weighted values may be applied to the viewing and browsing data based on the price point or availability period of the content items associated with the collected data. A popularity index for the content items of the communication system may be determined based on the adjusted viewing and browsing data and a ranking of recommendations for content items may be generated based at least on the popularity index of the content items.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Vamsi Potluru, Hans Sayyadi
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Patent number: 11589123Abstract: Methods and apparatus for generating personalized menus and a media content interface are provided. In one example, different device specific media asset lists are generated at different user devices for the same user based on the media consumption history at each device. In another example, media asset listings are displayed for multicast and on-demand media assets determined to be of interest to the user. An on-demand media asset is listed at a time when no other multicast media assets are listed. In another example, media asset listings for successive episodes of a media series are displayed in sequential order in response to an input to view successive episodes of a media series. In another example, a text search for media content is performed in which the search priority of media provider results is decreased relative to the search priority of media asset results as additional characters are added to a search string.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Amit Bagga, Larry Cynkin, Jan Neumann, Hans Sayyadi, Ehsan Younessian, Mevan Samarasinghe, Brian Curtis, Muthu Manickam, Oliver Jojic, Jeanine Heck
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Publication number: 20230046822Abstract: Aspects described herein describe providing content recommendations such as, for example, recommendations for video content. A content recommendation may be based on when content was previously consumed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventor: Hans Sayyadi
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Publication number: 20230040708Abstract: According to some aspects, methods and systems may include receiving, by a computing device, metadata identifying an event occurring in a video program, and determining an expected motion of objects in the identified event. The methods and systems may further include analyzing motion energy in the video program to identify video frames in which the event occurs, and storing information identifying the video frames in which the event occurs.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Erik Schwartz, Jan Neumann, Hans Sayyadi, Stefan Deichmann
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Patent number: 11477532Abstract: Aspects described herein describe providing content recommendations such as, for example, recommendations for video content. A content recommendation may be based on when content was previously consumed.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventor: Hans Sayyadi
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Publication number: 20220318324Abstract: Systems and methods are described for improving content classifications and metadata for a plurality of content items. The content items may comprise various forms of media content. A content recommendation processing system may automatically annotate and/or classify content items with a plurality of metadata tag information describing content items. The disclosed system and methods may also determine and/or assign applicability scores indicating a level or degree of suitability for annotating a content item with particular metadata tag information, and may utilize applicability scores to provide content to calibrate metadata information for a plurality of content items, and further to provide content recommendations to users.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Hans Sayyadi, Oliver Jojic
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Patent number: 11461904Abstract: According to some aspects, methods and systems may include receiving, by a computing device, metadata identifying an event occurring in a video program, and determining an expected motion of objects in the identified event. The methods and systems may further include analyzing motion energy in the video program to identify video frames in which the event occurs, and storing information identifying the video frames in which the event occurs.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Erik Schwartz, Jan Neumann, Hans Sayyadi, Stefan Deichmann
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Patent number: 11244017Abstract: Systems and methods are described for improving content classifications and metadata for a plurality of content items. The content items may comprise various forms of media content. A content recommendation processing system may automatically annotate and/or classify content items with a plurality of metadata tag information describing content items. The disclosed system and methods may also determine and/or assign applicability scores indicating a level or degree of suitability for annotating a content item with particular metadata tag information, and may utilize applicability scores to provide content to calibrate metadata information for a plurality of content items, and further to provide content recommendations to users.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Hans Sayyadi, Oliver Jojic
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Publication number: 20220020379Abstract: A user device (e.g., voice assistant device, voice enabled device, smart device, computing device, etc.) may receive/detect audio content (e.g., speech, etc.) that includes a wake word and/or words similar to a wake word. The user device may require a wake word, a portion of the wake word, or words similar to the wake word to be detected prior to interacting with a user. The user device may, based on characteristics of the audio content, determine if the audio content originates from an authorized user. The user device may decrease and/or increase scrutiny applied to wake word detection based on whether audio content originates from an authorized user.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventors: Hans Sayyadi, Nima Bina
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Publication number: 20210385541Abstract: Aspects described herein describe providing content recommendations such as, for example, recommendations for video content. A content recommendation may be based on when content was previously consumed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2020Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventor: Hans Sayyadi
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Publication number: 20210266639Abstract: Methods and apparatus for generating personalized menus and a media content interface are provided. In one example, different device specific media asset lists are generated at different user devices for the same user based on the media consumption history at each device. In another example, media asset listings are displayed for multicast and on-demand media assets determined to be of interest to the user. An on-demand media asset is listed at a time when no other multicast media assets are listed. In another example, media asset listings for successive episodes of a media series are displayed in sequential order in response to an input to view successive episodes of a media series. In another example, a text search for media content is performed in which the search priority of media provider results is decreased relative to the search priority of media asset results as additional characters are added to a search string.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2021Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Amit Bagga, Larry Cynkin, Jan Neumann, Hans Sayyadi, Ehsan Younessian, Mevan Samarasinghe, Brian Curtis, Muthu Manickam, Oliver Jojic, Jeanine Heck
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Patent number: 11044528Abstract: Methods and apparatus for generating personalized menus and a media content interface are provided. In one example, different device specific media asset lists are generated at different user devices for the same user based on the media consumption history at each device. In another example, media asset listings are displayed for multicast and on-demand media assets determined to be of interest to the user. An on-demand media asset is listed at a time when no other multicast media assets are listed. In another example, media asset listings for successive episodes of a media series are displayed in sequential order in response to an input to view successive episodes of a media series. In another example, a text search for media content is performed in which the search priority of media provider results is decreased relative to the search priority of media asset results as additional characters are added to a search string.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Amit Bagga, Larry Cynkin, Jan Neumann, Hans Sayyadi, Ehsan Younessian, Mevan Samarasinghe, Brian Curtis, Muthu Manickam, Oliver Jojic, Jeanine Heck
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Publication number: 20210105533Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for a recommendation ranking system that uses viewing and/or browsing data of content items available from a communication system received from users of the system. The viewing and browsing data may be obtained from the users through different availability periods having varying price points for viewing the content items. Weighted values may be applied to the viewing and browsing data based on the price point or availability period of the content items associated with the collected data. A popularity index for the content items of the communication system may be determined based on the adjusted viewing and browsing data and a ranking of recommendations for content items may be generated based at least on the popularity index of the content items.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Inventors: Vamsi Potluru, Hans Sayyadi
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Patent number: 10971160Abstract: A user device (e.g., voice assistant device, voice enabled device, smart device, computing device, etc.) may receive/detect audio content (e.g., speech, etc.) that includes a wake word and/or words similar to a wake word. The user device may require a wake word, a portion of the wake word, or words similar to the wake word to be detected prior to interacting with a user. The user device may, based on characteristics of the audio content, determine if the audio content originates from an authorized user. The user device may decrease and/or increase scrutiny applied to wake word detection based on whether audio content originates from an authorized user.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Hans Sayyadi, Nima Bina
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Patent number: 10897651Abstract: Aspects described herein describe providing content recommendations such as, for example, recommendations for video content. A content recommendation may be based on when content was previously consumed.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventor: Hans Sayyadi