Patents by Inventor Jonathan I. Aroner

Jonathan I. Aroner 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: 8862691
    Abstract: A system and methods for aggregating content, displaying the aggregated content to a user for selection, and if more than one of the same file is detected, determining which file to play back to the user. When a request to view a certain type of content is received from the user, personal content themes are identified based on content stored on the user's local network. Remote content providers are searched for content relevant to the personal content themes. The relevant content is displayed to the user based on a total relevance score. The user selects a piece of content displayed in the interface. If more than one media file for the selected piece of content is identified, the optimal media file is selected and played back to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Jonathan I. Aroner
  • Publication number: 20100162172
    Abstract: A system and methods for aggregating content, displaying the aggregated content to a user for selection, and if more than one of the same file is detected, determining which file to play back to the user. When a request to view a certain type of content is received from the user, personal content themes are identified based on content stored on the user's local network. Remote content providers are searched for content relevant to the personal content themes. The relevant content is displayed to the user based on a total relevance score. The user selects a piece of content displayed in the interface. If more than one media file for the selected piece of content is identified, the optimal media file is selected and played back to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jonathan I. Aroner