Patents by Inventor Kenley Sun
Kenley Sun 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: 12045275Abstract: The content items presented to a user account as part of a media station can be recorded in a content history index, which can be requested and presented to the user account. The content history can enable a user to revisit the content items included in the content history and/or provide feedback regarding the content items. The version of the content item returned to the user can be based on the client device used to request the content item. For example, a user that was presented a content item on their mobile device, can later request to revisit the content item on their PC and receive a version of the content item best suited for presentation by the PC, rather than the version presented on the mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2020Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Thomas Alsina, Kenley Sun, David T. Wilson, Sagar A. Joshi, Nicholas James Paulson, Arvind S. Shenoy
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Publication number: 20210149942Abstract: The content items presented to a user account as part of a media station can be recorded in a content history index, which can be requested and presented to the user account. The content history can enable a user to revisit the content items included in the content history and/or provide feedback regarding the content items. The version of the content item returned to the user can be based on the client device used to request the content item. For example, a user that was presented a content item on their mobile device, can later request to revisit the content item on their PC and receive a version of the content item best suited for presentation by the PC, rather than the version presented on the mobile device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Thomas Alsina, Kenley Sun, David T. Wilson, Sagar A. Joshi, Nicholas James Paulson, Arvind S. Shenoy
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Patent number: 10810250Abstract: The content items presented to a user account as part of a media station can be recorded in a content history index, which can be requested and presented to the user account. The content history can enable a user to revisit the content items included in the content history and/or provide feedback regarding the content items. The version of the content item returned to the user can be based on the client device used to request the content item. For example, a user that was presented a content item on their mobile device, can later request to revisit the content item on their PC and receive a version of the content item best suited for presentation by the PC, rather than the version presented on the mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2016Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Thomas Alsina, Kenley Sun, David T. Wilson, Sagar A. Joshi, Nicholas James Paulson, Arvind S. Shenoy
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Patent number: 10142774Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for invitational content geofencing. A system first sends, to a server location data associated with the system, the location data being calculated at the system. The system then receives a listing of places of interest within a geofence including a geographical perimeter for identifying places of interest in the listing, the geofence being based on the location data associated with the system. Next, the system selects a place of interest from the listing based on a location of the system. The system then presents a content item associated with the place of interest.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2017Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Thomas Alsina, David T. Wilson, Kenley Sun, Sagar Joshi
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Patent number: 9826354Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for invitational content geofencing. A system first sends, to a server location data associated with the system, the location data being calculated at the system. The system then receives a listing of places of interest within a geofence including a geographical perimeter for identifying places of interest in the listing, the geofence being based on the location data associated with the system. Next, the system selects a place of interest from the listing based on a location of the system. The system then presents a content item associated with the place of interest.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2016Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Thomas Alsina, David T. Wilson, Kenley Sun, Sagar Joshi
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Publication number: 20170303083Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for invitational content geofencing. A system first sends, to a server location data associated with the system, the location data being calculated at the system. The system then receives a listing of places of interest within a geofence including a geographical perimeter for identifying places of interest in the listing, the geofence being based on the location data associated with the system. Next, the system selects a place of interest from the listing based on a location of the system. The system then presents a content item associated with the place of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Inventors: Thomas Alsina, David T. Wilson, Kenley Sun, Sagar Joshi
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Publication number: 20170154047Abstract: The content items presented to a user account as part of a media station can be recorded in a content history index, which can be requested and presented to the user account. The content history can enable a user to revisit the content items included in the content history and/or provide feedback regarding the content items. The version of the content item returned to the user can be based on the client device used to request the content item. For example, a user that was presented a content item on their mobile device, can later request to revisit the content item on their PC and receive a version of the content item best suited for presentation by the PC, rather than the version presented on the mobile device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2016Publication date: June 1, 2017Inventors: Thomas Alsina, Kenley Sun, David T. Wilson, Sagar A. Joshi, Nicholas James Paulson, Arvind S. Shenoy
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Patent number: 9552359Abstract: The content items presented to a user account as part of a media station can be recorded in a content history index, which can be requested and presented to the user account. The content history can enable a user to revisit the content items included in the content history and/or provide feedback regarding the content items. The version of the content item returned to the user can be based on the client device used to request the content item. For example, a user that was presented a content item on their mobile device, can later request to revisit the content item on their PC and receive a version of the content item best suited for presentation by the PC, rather than the version presented on the mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2014Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Thomas Alsina, Kenley Sun, David T. Wilson, Sagar A. Joshi, Nicholas James Paulson, Arvind S. Shenoy
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Publication number: 20160366551Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for invitational content geofencing. A system first sends, to a server location data associated with the system, the location data being calculated at the system. The system then receives a listing of places of interest within a geofence including a geographical perimeter for identifying places of interest in the listing, the geofence being based on the location data associated with the system. Next, the system selects a place of interest from the listing based on a location of the system. The system then presents a content item associated with the place of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2016Publication date: December 15, 2016Inventors: Thomas Alsina, David T. Wilson, Kenley Sun, Sagar Joshi
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Patent number: 9367847Abstract: A present technology intelligently retargets invitational content to a user by maintaining a user profile that includes data descriptive of the user's interaction with invitational content previously presented to the user and making decisions regarding retargeting based on an analysis of the user profile. The information in the user profile is not limited to whether or not the user completed a conversion action associated with invitational content presented. Rather, the profile is expanded to include such information as where on the conversion continuum the user abandoned the process and details of how the invitational content was presented to the user, e.g. colors used, situation, and message. When presented with a request for invitational content, the system uses the profile information to influence which content is selected and how it is presented to the user.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2010Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Eswar Priyadarshan, Kenley Sun, Dan Marius Grigorovici, Ravikiran Chittari, Jayasurya Vadrevu, Prasenjit Mukherjee
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Patent number: 9369840Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for invitational content geofencing. A system first sends, to a server location data associated with the system, the location data being calculated at the system. The system then receives a listing of places of interest within a geofence including a geographical perimeter for identifying places of interest in the listing, the geofence being based on the location data associated with the system. Next, the system selects a place of interest from the listing based on a location of the system. The system then presents a content item associated with the place of interest.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2014Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Thomas Alsina, David T. Wilson, Kenley Sun, Sagar Joshi
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Publication number: 20160110764Abstract: The present technology maintains a profile for each user known to a content delivery system and selectively excludes delivery of certain content to some users based on past performance. The user profile includes a listing of all completed conversion actions associated with the invitational content presented to the user. When presented with a request for invitational content, the system identifies the set of all possible invitational content for the given context. Based on the user profile, the system removes from the set all invitational content for which the user has completed the associated conversion action to create a user-specific set of invitational content. The system selects an invitational content from the user-specific set of invitational content to include in the content package presented to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2015Publication date: April 21, 2016Inventors: Eswar Priyadarshan, Kenley Sun, Dan Marius Grigorovici, Ravikiran Chittari, Jayasurya Vadrevu, Prasad Rallabandi
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Patent number: 9183247Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for selecting invitational content for users based on their short-term and their long-term features. In operation, responsive to a request from a user terminal for a content package a journal of events associated with a user. Thereafter, short-term and long-term features in the journal are identified and tagged with pre-defined tags indicating a type of content associated with the patterns. The tags are then used to select invitational content by selecting content based on tags for the identified short-term features associated with a threshold level of activity or tags for the identified long-term features.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2013Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Eswar Priyadarshan, Kenley Sun, Dan Marius Grigorovici, Jayasurya Vadrevu, Omar Abdala
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Publication number: 20150245110Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for managing invitational content associated with broadcast media streams. Metadata is added to a broadcast media stream, in the form of tags, which can be used to present and track invitational content items in the broadcast media stream. The metadata in the tags can then be used, along with device information to generate notifications which can be utilized to generate exposure statistics for the media stream. In some configurations, the tags can be configured to invoke the presentation of an additional invitational content item.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2014Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Thomas Alsina, David T. Wilson, Kenley Sun, Sagar A. Joshi
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Publication number: 20150242519Abstract: The content items presented to a user account as part of a media station can be recorded in a content history index, which can be requested and presented to the user account. The content history can enable a user to revisit the content items included in the content history and/or provide feedback regarding the content items. The version of the content item returned to the user can be based on the client device used to request the content item. For example, a user that was presented a content item on their mobile device, can later request to revisit the content item on their PC and receive a version of the content item best suited for presentation by the PC, rather than the version presented on the mobile device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2014Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Thomas Alsina, Kenley Sun, David T. Wilson, Sagar A. Joshi, Nicholas James Paulson, Arvind S. Shenoy
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Publication number: 20150242885Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for invitational content attribution. The system tracks a user's conversion of an item of invitational content and correlates the user's conversion with a previously-served impression based on a token of information associated with the previously-served impression, wherein the token of information includes a unique identifier associated with the previously-served impression and a timestamp corresponding to a time of impression. The system then reports the previously-served impression as being correlated to the user's conversion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2014Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Thomas Alsina, David T. Wilson, Kenley Sun
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Publication number: 20150237472Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for invitational content geofencing. A system first sends, to a server location data associated with the system, the location data being calculated at the system. The system then receives a listing of places of interest within a geofence including a geographical perimeter for identifying places of interest in the listing, the geofence being based on the location data associated with the system. Next, the system selects a place of interest from the listing based on a location of the system. The system then presents a content item associated with the place of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2014Publication date: August 20, 2015Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Thomas Alsina, David T. Willson, Kenley Sun, Sagar Joshi
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Patent number: 9110749Abstract: The present technology describes creating and delivering a digital content package in a specified input structure to a content server for processing before distribution to client devices. The technology includes receiving one or more creatives, a targeted application, and a manifest associated with the targeted application within the digital content package. The content server uses the manifest to prepare an archive file containing selected resources related to the targeted application. The archive can be optimistically served to a client device along with one or more creatives for display on the client device and linking to the targeted application. A user selection of one of the one or more creatives can cause execution of the targeted application. Accordingly, the present technology leverages the use of the digital content package created by content providers to process new content and serve it to client devices.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2010Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: James Alexander Howard, William Bedford Turner, Tony F. Kinnis, Kenley Sun
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Patent number: 8751513Abstract: The present technology is directed to improving the conversion rate of invitational content that is provided to the user of an interactive, content-receiving-and-displaying device. The content of a large number of primary-content sources is analyzed and keyword and/or other context-providing information is extracted from the primary-content sources. The keyword and/or other context-providing information is used to index the primary-content sources into an index according to a hierarchical taxonomy; the hierarchical taxonometric index is used to identify primary-content sources with which a given item of invitational content correlates; and the given item of invitational content is delivered to a user in response to the user accessing a primary-content source with which the given item of invitational content correlates.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2010Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Eswar Priyadarshan, Kenley Sun, Dan Marius Grigorovici, Jayasurya Vadrevu
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Publication number: 20140101548Abstract: A media channel can include a mix of media items and invitational content packages. At some point during the playback of the media channel, an invitational content package can be presented. In response to detecting the occurrence of an interactive segment triggering event during the presentation of the invitational content package, an invitational content interactive segment and a next media item can be simultaneously presented. This can be accomplished by splitting the media channel into multiple streams, such as an audio stream and a visual stream, and presenting an element of the interactive segment within a first stream and an element of the media item within a second stream. To decrease the likelihood that a user may equate the invitational content with the media item, a bumper content item, such as audio that says, “now back to the music,” can be presented just prior to playback of the media item.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2012Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Thomas Alsina, Scott Forstall, Eswar Priyadarshan, Jayasurya Vadrevu, Lucas Newman, Todd Michael Teresi, Scott Witt, Jason James St. Pierre, Kenley Sun