Patents by Inventor Joshua Smallman

Joshua Smallman 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: 10977693
    Abstract: A method of a capture infrastructure includes determining a content identifier by applying a first automatic content recognition algorithm to fingerprint data of an audio-visual data rendered on a networked media device, and associating the content identifier with additional data derived from information other than the fingerprint data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: FREE STREAM MEDIA CORP.
    Inventors: Ashwin Navin, David Harrison, Joshua Smallman
  • Patent number: 9292514
    Abstract: A media identification system generates reference fingerprints for known media samples and stores the reference fingerprints in a reference database. The media identification system uses the reference fingerprints to match a fingerprint generated from an unknown media sample to identify that unknown sample. When storing new reference fingerprints in the reference database, partitions of the database are selected to balance the search loads on the database when it is used by the media identification system. For example, the selected partitions may be determined based at least in part on the access rates of the partitions by the media identification system. New reference fingerprints will tend to be placed in partitions that have relatively lower access rates that the other partitions, which will tend to balance the search loads on the partitions by the media identification system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: YAHOO! INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas Seet, Rob Johnson, Joshua Smallman, Adam Cahan
  • Publication number: 20140236952
    Abstract: A media identification system generates reference fingerprints for known media samples and stores the reference fingerprints in a reference database. The media identification system uses the reference fingerprints to match a fingerprint generated from an unknown media sample to identify that unknown sample. When storing new reference fingerprints in the reference database, partitions of the database are selected to balance the search loads on the database when it is used by the media identification system. For example, the selected partitions may be determined based at least in part on the access rates of the partitions by the media identification system. New reference fingerprints will tend to be placed in partitions that have relatively lower access rates that the other partitions, which will tend to balance the search loads on the partitions by the media identification system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: YAHOO! INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas Seet, Rob Johnson, Joshua Smallman, Adam Cahan
  • Patent number: 8713068
    Abstract: A media identification system generates reference fingerprints for known media samples and stores the reference fingerprints in a reference database. The media identification system uses the reference fingerprints to match a fingerprint generated from an unknown media sample to identify that unknown sample. When storing new reference fingerprints in the reference database, partitions of the database are selected to balance the search loads on the database when it is used by the media identification system. For example, the selected partitions may be determined based at least in part on the access rates of the partitions by the media identification system. New reference fingerprints will tend to be placed in partitions that have relatively lower access rates that the other partitions, which will tend to balance the search loads on the partitions by the media identification system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Seet, Rob Johnson, Joshua Smallman, Adam Cahan
  • Publication number: 20100318587
    Abstract: A media identification system generates reference fingerprints for known media samples and stores the reference fingerprints in a reference database. The media identification system uses the reference fingerprints to match a fingerprint generated from an unknown media sample to identify that unknown sample. When storing new reference fingerprints in the reference database, partitions of the database are selected to balance the search loads on the database when it is used by the media identification system. For example, the selected partitions may be determined based at least in part on the access rates of the partitions by the media identification system. New reference fingerprints will tend to be placed in partitions that have relatively lower access rates that the other partitions, which will tend to balance the search loads on the partitions by the media identification system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: AUDITUDE, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas Seet, Rob Johnson, Joshua Smallman, Adam Cahan
  • Publication number: 20070250856
    Abstract: Media broadcasts associated with different local markets can contain both nationally and locally broadcast content. To determine whether particular media items in the broadcasts are broadcast nationally or locally, the media items are identified and their time of occurrence is determined. The media items can then be classified as nationally or locally broadcast based, at least in part, on whether the occurrences of the media items in the different media broadcasts correspond in time, within a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Inventors: Jennifer Leavens, Joshua Smallman, Nicholas Seet