Patents by Inventor Kevin Scott Bright

Kevin Scott Bright 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).

  • Systems and methods for providing a playlist of user-relevant content for playback in place of advertisement content
    Patent number: 10104445
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein for generating and providing a playlist of content relevant to a user that is to be played back instead of advertisement content. In some embodiments, a media guidance application may access a profile of a user, and may generate a playlist comprising a plurality of program content based on data of the profile. The media guidance application may determine that advertisement content is imminently to be played back to the user, and, in response to determining that the advertisement content is imminently to be played back to the user, the media guidance application may select program content of the playlist to play back instead of the advertisement content, and generate for display the program content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Milan Indu Patel, Kevin Scott Bright, Emily Louise Weigand, Nancy Huynh
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A PLAYLIST OF USER-RELEVANT CONTENT FOR PLAYBACK IN PLACE OF ADVERTISEMENT CONTENT
    Publication number: 20170289641
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein for generating and providing a playlist of content relevant to a user that is to be played back instead of advertisement content. In some embodiments, a media guidance application may access a profile of a user, and may generate a playlist comprising a plurality of program content based on data of the profile. The media guidance application may determine that advertisement content is imminently to be played back to the user, and, in response to determining that the advertisement content is imminently to be played back to the user, the media guidance application may select program content of the playlist to play back instead of the advertisement content, and generate for display the program content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Milan Indu Patel, Kevin Scott Bright, Emily Louise Weigand, Nancy Huynh