Patents by Inventor Lena Bareket

Lena Bareket 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: 11956508
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method receives a context for a user account and selects a plurality of collections for an interface. A collection includes one or more instances of content. The method analyzes a context for a user account to select a theme from a plurality of themes for a collection in the plurality of collections. The themes in the plurality of themes apply different display formats to the collection. The method sends an identifier for the theme and information for the collection to a client device being used by the user account to indicate to the interface the theme to use to display the collection with the plurality of collections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HULU, LLC
    Inventors: Trevor Callow, Mike Avitabile, Erika Palmer, Matthew Chun, Lena Bareket, Linda Sum, Darshana Umakanth, Dominic Hopton, Jason Wong, Yu Zhao, Heather Cho, Zachary Hinton, Josh Maldonado
  • Patent number: 11792486
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method receives a request for an interface. A configuration for the interface includes a plurality of slots that are associated with a plurality of collection pools, wherein each collection pool is configurable with a ranking strategy. The method determines a collection pool for a slot in the interface where the collection pool is associated with a plurality of collections. A collection is received for the slot. The collection is determined by ranking the plurality of collections using a ranking strategy for the collection pool to generate a ranking of the plurality of collections. The method outputs the collection for the collection pool for display in the slot of the interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: HULU, LLC
    Inventors: Andre Xiong, Darshana Umakanth, Yuchong Luo, Brian T. Morrison, Lena Bareket, Huimin Chen, Carlos Sandoval, Brian Burkhart, David Jung, Brandon Lonac, Bo Liu
  • Publication number: 20230114158
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method receives a request for an interface. A configuration for the interface includes a plurality of slots that are associated with a plurality of collection pools, wherein each collection pool is configurable with a ranking strategy. The method determines a collection pool for a slot in the interface where the collection pool is associated with a plurality of collections. A collection is received for the slot. The collection is determined by ranking the plurality of collections using a ranking strategy for the collection pool to generate a ranking of the plurality of collections. The method outputs the collection for the collection pool for display in the slot of the interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Andre Xiong, Darshana Umakanth, Yuchong Luo, Brian T. Morrison, Lena Bareket, Huimin Chen, Carlos Sandoval, Brian Burkhart, David Jung, Brandon Lonac, Bo Liu
  • Publication number: 20220279251
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method receives a context for a user account and selects a plurality of collections for an interface. A collection includes one or more instances of content. The method analyzes a context for a user account to select a theme from a plurality of themes for a collection in the plurality of collections. The themes in the plurality of themes apply different display formats to the collection. The method sends an identifier for the theme and information for the collection to a client device being used by the user account to indicate to the interface the theme to use to display the collection with the plurality of collections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: HULU, LLC
    Inventors: Trevor CALLOW, Mike AVITABILE, Erika PALMER, Matthew CHUN, Lena BAREKET, Linda SUM, Darshana UMAKANTH, Dominic HOPTON, Jason WONG, Yu ZHAO, Heather CHO, Zachary HINTON, Josh MALDONADO
  • Patent number: 11356740
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method selects a context for a user account and selects a plurality of collections for an interface. A collection includes a set of videos. The method selects a theme from a plurality of themes for a collection in the plurality of collections based on the context. The plurality of themes apply different display formats to the collection. The method sends an identifier for the theme and information for the collection to a client device being used by the user account to indicate to the interface the theme to use to display the collection with the plurality of collections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: HULU, LLC
    Inventors: Trevor Callow, Mike Avitabile, Erika Palmer, Matthew Chun, Lena Bareket, Linda Sum, Darshana Umakanth, Dominic Hopton, Jason Wong, Yu Zhao, Heather Cho, Zachary Hinton, Josh Maldonado
  • Publication number: 20210368240
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method selects a context for a user account and selects a plurality of collections for an interface. A collection includes a set of videos. The method selects a theme from a plurality of themes for a collection in the plurality of collections based on the context. The plurality of themes apply different display formats to the collection. The method sends an identifier for the theme and information for the collection to a client device being used by the user account to indicate to the interface the theme to use to display the collection with the plurality of collections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Trevor Callow, Mike Avitabile, Erika Palmer, Matthew Chun, Lena Bareket, Linda Sum, Darshana Umakanth, Dominic Hopton, Jason Wong, Yu Zhao, Heather Cho, Zachary Hinton, Josh Maldonado
  • Patent number: 10057606
    Abstract: According to various embodiments of the disclosed technology, it is possible for content owners to better control the presentation of owned multimedia assets. Implementations of embodiments of the technology of the present disclosure leverage the specificity and greater breadth of detailed information about the multimedia asset of temporal metadata to enable content owners to associate business rules with particular content elements of the multimedia asset. After being notified of a match through the traditional fingerprinting process, embodiments in accordance with the present disclosure can programmatically identify the exact content elements contained within the uploaded multimedia file, and accordingly apply the applicable rules. Content owners may create a list of business rules associated with particular temporal metadata tags of a multimedia assets so that fine-grained rule application is possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: David Lindsay, Lena Bareket, Nimesh Narayan, Yoomi Koh Poon
  • Publication number: 20170201774
    Abstract: According to various embodiments of the disclosed technology, it is possible for content owners to better control the presentation of owned multimedia assets. Implementations of embodiments of the technology of the present disclosure leverage the specificity and greater breadth of detailed information about the multimedia asset of temporal metadata to enable content owners to associate business rules with particular content elements of the multimedia asset. After being notified of a match through the traditional fingerprinting process, embodiments in accordance with the present disclosure can programmatically identify the exact content elements contained within the uploaded multimedia file, and accordingly apply the applicable rules. Content owners may create a list of business rules associated with particular temporal metadata tags of a multimedia assets so that fine-grained rule application is possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: David Lindsay, Lena Bareket, Nimesh Narayan, Yoomi Koh Poon