Patents by Inventor Khalil Chatoo
Khalil Chatoo 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: 20250240501Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for inserting ads into a video. The program and method provide for receiving a request to play a video, the video comprising plural shots separated by breakpoints, each shot of the plural shots corresponding to a contiguous sequence of video frames that is free of cuts or transitions; initiating, in response to receiving the request, playback of the video from a selected shot of the plural shots; receiving indication of an ad to present at a breakpoint following the selected shot; determining, in response to receiving the indication, that a first threshold amount of time has passed since initiating the playback of the video; and inserting, based on the determining, the ad at the breakpoint following the selected shot.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2025Publication date: July 24, 2025Inventors: David Michael Hornsby, Jeffrey Kile, Chinmay Lonkar, Zhimin Wang, Ian Anthony Wehrman, Khalil Chatoo
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Patent number: 12301954Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for inserting ads into a video. The program and method provide for receiving a request to play a video, the video comprising plural shots separated by breakpoints, each shot of the plural shots corresponding to a contiguous sequence of video frames that is free of cuts or transitions; initiating, in response to receiving the request, playback of the video from a selected shot of the plural shots; receiving indication of an ad to present at a breakpoint following the selected shot; determining, in response to receiving the indication, that a first threshold amount of time has passed since initiating the playback of the video; and inserting, based on the determining, the ad at the breakpoint following the selected shot.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2023Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: David Michael Hornsby, Jeffrey Kile, Chinmay Lonkar, Zhimin Wang, Ian Anthony Wehrman, Khalil Chatoo
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Patent number: 11900683Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for setting ad breakpoints in a video. The program and method provide for accessing a video; determining plural shot boundaries for the video, each shot boundary defining a shot corresponding to a contiguous sequence of video frames that is free of cuts or transitions; and for each shot boundary of the plural shot boundaries, performing a set of breakpoint tests on the shot boundary, each breakpoint test configured to return a respective score indicating whether the shot boundary corresponds to a breakpoint for potential insertion of an ad during playback of the video, calculating a combined score for the shot boundary based on combining the each of the respective scores, and setting, in a case where the combined score meets a threshold value, the shot boundary as the breakpoint.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2023Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Khalil Chatoo, David Michael Hornsby, Jeffrey Kile, Chinmay Lonkar, Zhimin Wang, Ian Anthony Wehrman
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Publication number: 20230412896Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for inserting ads into a video. The program and method provide for receiving a request to play a video, the video comprising plural shots separated by breakpoints, each shot of the plural shots corresponding to a contiguous sequence of video frames that is free of cuts or transitions; initiating, in response to receiving the request, playback of the video from a selected shot of the plural shots; receiving indication of an ad to present at a breakpoint following the selected shot; determining, in response to receiving the indication, that a first threshold amount of time has passed since initiating the playback of the video; and inserting, based on the determining, the ad at the breakpoint following the selected shot.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: David Michael Hornsby, Jeffrey Kile, Chinmay Lonkar, Zhimin Wang, Ian Anthony Wehrman, Khalil Chatoo
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Patent number: 11792491Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for inserting ads into a video. The program and method provide for receiving a request to play a video, the video comprising plural shots separated by breakpoints, each shot of the plural shots corresponding to a contiguous sequence of video frames that is free of cuts or transitions; initiating, in response to receiving the request, playback of the video from a selected shot of the plural shots; receiving indication of an ad to present at a breakpoint following the selected shot; determining, in response to receiving the indication, that a first threshold amount of time has passed since initiating the playback of the video; and inserting, based on the determining, the ad at the breakpoint following the selected shot.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: David Michael Hornsby, Jeffrey Kile, Chinmay Lonkar, Zhimin Wang, Ian Anthony Wehrman, Khalil Chatoo
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Patent number: 11694444Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for setting ad breakpoints in a video. The program and method provide for accessing a video; determining plural shot boundaries for the video, each shot boundary defining a shot corresponding to a contiguous sequence of video frames that is free of cuts or transitions; and for each shot boundary of the plural shot boundaries, performing a set of breakpoint tests on the shot boundary, each breakpoint test configured to return a respective score indicating whether the shot boundary corresponds to a breakpoint for potential insertion of an ad during playback of the video, calculating a combined score for the shot boundary based on combining the each of the respective scores, and setting, in a case where the combined score meets a threshold value, the shot boundary as the breakpoint.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Khalil Chatoo, David Michael Hornsby, Jeffrey Kile, Chinmay Lonkar, Zhimin Wang, Ian Anthony Wehrman
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Publication number: 20230196776Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for setting ad breakpoints in a video. The program and method provide for accessing a video; determining plural shot boundaries for the video, each shot boundary defining a shot corresponding to a contiguous sequence of video frames that is free of cuts or transitions; and for each shot boundary of the plural shot boundaries, performing a set of breakpoint tests on the shot boundary, each breakpoint test configured to return a respective score indicating whether the shot boundary corresponds to a breakpoint for potential insertion of an ad during playback of the video, calculating a combined score for the shot boundary based on combining the each of the respective scores, and setting, in a case where the combined score meets a threshold value, the shot boundary as the breakpoint.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Khalil Chatoo, David Michael Hornsby, Jeffrey Kile, Chinmay Lonkar, Zhimin Wang, Ian Anthony Wehrman
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Publication number: 20220101013Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for setting ad breakpoints in a video. The program and method provide for accessing a video; determining plural shot boundaries for the video, each shot boundary defining a shot corresponding to a contiguous sequence of video frames that is free of cuts or transitions; and for each shot boundary of the plural shot boundaries, performing a set of breakpoint tests on the shot boundary, each breakpoint test configured to return a respective score indicating whether the shot boundary corresponds to a. breakpoint for potential insertion of an ad during playback of the video, calculating a combined score for the shot boundary based on combining the each of the respective scores, and setting, in a case where the combined score meets a threshold value, the shot boundary as the breakpoint.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Khalil Chatoo, David Michael Hornsby, Jeffrey Kile, Chinmay Lonkar, Zhimin Wang, Ian Anthony Wehrman