Patents by Inventor Lakshika Balasuriya

Lakshika Balasuriya 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).

  • Publication number: 20240163508
    Abstract: In one aspect, an example method includes (i) obtaining fingerprint repetition data for a portion of video content, with the fingerprint repetition data including a list of other portions of video content matching the portion of video content and respective reference identifiers for the other portions of video content; (ii) identifying the portion of video content as a program segment rather than an advertisement segment based at least on a number of unique reference identifiers within the list of other portions of video content relative to a total number of reference identifiers within the list of other portions of video content; (iii) determining that the portion of video content corresponds to a program specified in an electronic program guide using a time stamp of the portion of video content; and (iv) storing an indication of the portion of video content in a data file for the program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Amanmeet Garg, Sharmishtha Gupta, Andreas Schmidt, Lakshika Balasuriya, Aneesh Vartakavi
  • Publication number: 20230353797
    Abstract: In one aspect, an example method includes (i) retrieving, from a text index, closed captioning repetition data for a segment of a sequence of media content; (ii) generating features using the closed captioning repetition data; (iii) providing the features as input to a classification model, wherein the classification model is configured to output classification data indicative of a likelihood of the features being characteristic of a program segment; (iv) obtaining the classification data output by the classification model; (v) determining a prediction of whether the segment is a program segment using the classification data; and (vi) storing the prediction for the segment in a database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Aneesh Vartakavi, Lakshika Balasuriya, Chin-Ting Ko
  • Patent number: 11736744
    Abstract: In one aspect, an example method includes (i) retrieving, from a text index, closed captioning repetition data for a segment of a sequence of media content; (ii) generating features using the closed captioning repetition data; (iii) providing the features as input to a classification model, wherein the classification model is configured to output classification data indicative of a likelihood of the features being characteristic of a program segment; (iv) obtaining the classification data output by the classification model; (v) determining a prediction of whether the segment is a program segment using the classification data; and (vi) storing the prediction for the segment in a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Gracenote, Inc.
    Inventors: Aneesh Vartakavi, Lakshika Balasuriya, Chin-Ting Ko
  • Publication number: 20220345759
    Abstract: In one aspect, an example method includes (i) retrieving, from a text index, closed captioning repetition data for a segment of a sequence of media content; (ii) generating features using the closed captioning repetition data; (iii) providing the features as input to a classification model, wherein the classification model is configured to output classification data indicative of a likelihood of the features being characteristic of a program segment; (iv) obtaining the classification data output by the classification model; (v) determining a prediction of whether the segment is a program segment using the classification data; and (vi) storing the prediction for the segment in a database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Aneesh Vartakavi, Lakshika Balasuriya, Chin-Ting Ko
  • Publication number: 20220264178
    Abstract: In one aspect, an example method includes (i) obtaining fingerprint repetition data for a portion of video content, with the fingerprint repetition data including a list of other portions of video content matching the portion of video content and respective reference identifiers for the other portions of video content; (ii) identifying the portion of video content as a program segment rather than an advertisement segment based at least on a number of unique reference identifiers within the list of other portions of video content relative to a total number of reference identifiers within the list of other portions of video content; (iii) determining that the portion of video content corresponds to a program specified in an electronic program guide using a timestamp of the portion of video content; and (iv) storing an indication of the portion of video content in a data file for the program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Amanmeet Garg, Sharmishtha Gupta, Andreas Schmidt, Lakshika Balasuriya, Aneesh Vartakavi
  • Patent number: 11418821
    Abstract: In one aspect, an example method includes (i) retrieving, from a text index, closed captioning repetition data for a segment of a sequence of media content; (ii) generating features using the closed captioning repetition data; (iii) providing the features as input to a classification model, wherein the classification model is configured to output classification data indicative of a likelihood of the features being characteristic of a program segment; (iv) obtaining the classification data output by the classification model; (v) determining a prediction of whether the segment is a program segment using the classification data; and (vi) storing the prediction for the segment in a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Gracenote, Inc.
    Inventors: Aneesh Vartakavi, Lakshika Balasuriya, Chin-Ting Ko
  • Publication number: 20220256209
    Abstract: In one aspect, an example method includes (i) retrieving, from a text index, closed captioning repetition data for a segment of a sequence of media content; (ii) generating features using the closed captioning repetition data; (iii) providing the features as input to a classification model, wherein the classification model is configured to output classification data indicative of a likelihood of the features being characteristic of a program segment; (iv) obtaining the classification data output by the classification model; (v) determining a prediction of whether the segment is a program segment using the classification data; and (vi) storing the prediction for the segment in a database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Aneesh Vartakavi, Lakshika Balasuriya, Chin-Ting Ko