Patents by Inventor Marcus Daniel Better
Marcus Daniel Better 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: 12277163Abstract: The various implementations described herein include methods and devices for identifying and presenting content to users. In one aspect, a method includes providing a domain specific language (DSL) tool to a user of the computing device and receiving a plurality of user inputs via the DSL tool. The plurality of user inputs includes: an input identifying a DSL object corresponding to a media pool; an input identifying a DSL object corresponding to a mutator to be applied to the media pool; and inputs identifying a plurality of DSL objects corresponding to respective objectives for a media set list. The method also includes generating the media set list from the media pool based on the mutator and the objectives and presenting information about the generated media set list to the user.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2022Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: Spotify ABInventors: Paul Lamere, Zachary Damien Shaw, Aaron Paul Harmon, Marcus Daniel Better
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Patent number: 12079541Abstract: A system for refinement of a voice query interpretation interprets a voice query received at a voice-enabled device to identify commands responsive to the voice query for execution at the voice-enabled device, and enables refinement of the interpretation of the voice query through a graphical user interface generated and displayed at a GUI-capable device. The graphical user interface includes a set of selectable options relating to the voice query and identifying a refinement of the interpretation of the voice query to enable control and/or adjustment of commands to be executed by the voice-enabled device. For example, if one of the selectable options is selected, then a command associated with the selected option is identified and executed by the voice-enabled device.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2022Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Spotify ABInventors: Philip Glenny Edmonds, Matthew Joseph Kane, Joshua Pham, Eder G. Bastos, Marcus Daniel Better, Adithya Kalyan Tammavarapu, Amilcar Andrade Garcia, Chen Ye Li, Adam Jonathan Shonkoff, Aaron Paul Harmon, Christopher Phair, Ching Chuan Sung
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Publication number: 20240232250Abstract: The various implementations described herein include methods and devices for identifying and presenting content to users. In one aspect, a method includes providing a domain specific language (DSL) tool to a user of the computing device and receiving a plurality of user inputs via the DSL tool. The plurality of user inputs includes: an input identifying a DSL object corresponding to a media pool; an input identifying a DSL object corresponding to a mutator to be applied to the media pool; and inputs identifying a plurality of DSL objects corresponding to respective objectives for a media set list. The method also includes generating the media set list from the media pool based on the mutator and the objectives and presenting information about the generated media set list to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2022Publication date: July 11, 2024Inventors: Paul Lamere, Zachary Damien Shaw, Aaron Paul Harmon, Marcus Daniel Better
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Publication number: 20240134902Abstract: The various implementations described herein include methods and devices for identifying and presenting content to users. In one aspect, a method includes providing a domain specific language (DSL) tool to a user of the computing device and receiving a plurality of user inputs via the DSL tool. The plurality of user inputs includes: an input identifying a DSL object corresponding to a media pool; an input identifying a DSL object corresponding to a mutator to be applied to the media pool; and inputs identifying a plurality of DSL objects corresponding to respective objectives for a media set list. The method also includes generating the media set list from the media pool based on the mutator and the objectives and presenting information about the generated media set list to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Paul Lamere, Zachary Damien Shaw, Aaron Paul Harmon, Marcus Daniel Better
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Publication number: 20240073270Abstract: A request to play a media content item is received. It is determined whether the play request is ambiguous. Responsive to determining that the play request is ambiguous, then it is determined whether to play a suspended media content item or an alternate media content item. The determination can be made based on a length of time that the suspended media content item has been suspended, a media content item type, or a state, among other factors. Responsive to the determination, playback of the suspended or alternate media content item is initiated.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Spotify ABInventors: Kurt Jacobson, Marcus Daniel Better, Philip Edmonds
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Patent number: 11838344Abstract: A request to play a media content item is received. It is determined whether the play request is ambiguous. Responsive to determining that the play request is ambiguous, then it is determined whether to play a suspended media content item or an alternate media content item. The determination can be made based on a length of time that the suspended media content item has been suspended, a media content item type, or a state, among other factors. Responsive to the determination, playback of the suspended or alternate media content item is initiated.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Spotify ABInventors: Kurt Jacobson, Marcus Daniel Better, Philip Edmonds
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Publication number: 20220311815Abstract: A request to play a media content item is received. It is determined whether the play request is ambiguous. Responsive to determining that the play request is ambiguous, then it is determined whether to play a suspended media content item or an alternate media content item. The determination can be made based on a length of time that the suspended media content item has been suspended, a media content item type, or a state, among other factors. Responsive to the determination, playback of the suspended or alternate media content item is initiated.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicant: Spotify ABInventors: Kurt Jacobson, Marcus Daniel Better, Philip Edmonds
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Publication number: 20220300249Abstract: A system for refinement of a voice query interpretation interprets a voice query received at a voice-enabled device to identify commands responsive to the voice query for execution at the voice-enabled device, and enables refinement of the interpretation of the voice query through a graphical user interface generated and displayed at a GUI-capable device. The graphical user interface includes a set of selectable options relating to the voice query and identifying a refinement of the interpretation of the voice query to enable control and/or adjustment of commands to be executed by the voice-enabled device. For example, if one of the selectable options is selected, then a command associated with the selected option is identified and executed by the voice-enabled device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicant: Spotify ABInventors: Philip Glenny Edmonds, Matthew Joseph Kane, Joshua Pham, Eder G. Bastos, Marcus Daniel Better, Adithya Kalyan Tammavarapu, Amilcar Andrade Garcia, Chen Ye Li, Adam Jonathan Shonkoff, Aaron Paul Harmon, Christopher Phair, Ching Chuan Sung
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Patent number: 11381618Abstract: A request to play a media content item is received. It is determined whether the play request is ambiguous. Responsive to determining that the play request is ambiguous, then it is determined whether to play a suspended media content item or an alternate media content item. The determination can be made based on a length of time that the suspended media content item has been suspended, a media content item type, or a state, among other factors. Responsive to the determination, playback of the suspended or alternate media content item is initiated.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2021Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Spotify ABInventors: Kurt Jacobson, Marcus Daniel Better, Philip Edmonds
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Patent number: 11379184Abstract: A system for refinement of a voice query interpretation interprets a voice query received at a voice-enabled device to identify commands responsive to the voice query for execution at the voice-enabled device, and enables refinement of the interpretation of the voice query through a graphical user interface generated and displayed at a GUI-capable device. The graphical user interface includes a set of selectable options relating to the voice query and identifying a refinement of the interpretation of the voice query to enable control and/or adjustment of commands to be executed by the voice-enabled device. For example, if one of the selectable options is selected, then a command associated with the selected option is identified and executed by the voice-enabled device.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Spotify ABInventors: Philip Glenny Edmonds, Matthew Joseph Kane, Joshua Pham, Eder G. Bastos, Marcus Daniel Better, Adithya Kalyan Tammavarapu, Amilcar Andrade Garcia, Chen Ye Li, Adam Jonathan Shonkoff, Aaron Paul Harmon, Christopher Phair, Ching Chuan Sung
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Publication number: 20210337002Abstract: A request to play a media content item is received. It is determined whether the play request is ambiguous. Responsive to determining that the play request is ambiguous, then it is determined whether to play a suspended media content item or an alternate media content item. The determination can be made based on a length of time that the suspended media content item has been suspended, a media content item type, or a state, among other factors. Responsive to the determination, playback of the suspended or alternate media content item is initiated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: Spotify ABInventors: Kurt Jacobson, Marcus Daniel Better, Philip Edmonds
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Publication number: 20210232362Abstract: A system for refinement of a voice query interpretation interprets a voice query received at a voice-enabled device to identify commands responsive to the voice query for execution at the voice-enabled device, and enables refinement of the interpretation of the voice query through a graphical user interface generated and displayed at a GUI-capable device. The graphical user interface includes a set of selectable options relating to the voice query and identifying a refinement of the interpretation of the voice query to enable control and/or adjustment of commands to be executed by the voice-enabled device. For example, if one of the selectable options is selected, then a command associated with the selected option is identified and executed by the voice-enabled device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: Spotify ABInventors: Philip Glenny Edmonds, Matthew Joseph Kane, Joshua Pham, Eder G. Bastos, Marcus Daniel Better, Adithya Kalyan Tammavarapu, Amilcar Andrade Garcia, Chen Ye Li, Adam Jonathan Shonkoff, Aaron Paul Harmon, Christopher Phair, Ching Chuan Sung
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Patent number: 11003419Abstract: A system for refinement of a voice query interpretation interprets a voice query received at a voice-enabled device to identify commands responsive to the voice query for execution at the voice-enabled device, and enables refinement of the interpretation of the voice query through a graphical user interface generated and displayed at a GUI-capable device. The graphical user interface includes a set of selectable options relating to the voice query and identifying a refinement of the interpretation of the voice query to enable control and/or adjustment of commands to be executed by the voice-enabled device. For example, if one of the selectable options is selected, then a command associated with the selected option is identified and executed by the voice-enabled device.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Spotify ABInventors: Philip Glenny Edmonds, Matthew Joseph Kane, Joshua Pham, Eder G. Bastos, Marcus Daniel Better, Adithya Kalyan Tammavarapu, Amilcar Andrade Garcia, Chen Ye Li, Adam Jonathan Shonkoff, Aaron Paul Harmon, Christopher Phair, Ching Chuan Sung
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Patent number: 10958698Abstract: A request to play a media content item is received. It is determined whether the play request is ambiguous. Responsive to determining that the play request is ambiguous, then it is determined whether to play a suspended media content item or an alternate media content item. The determination can be made based on a length of time that the suspended media content item has been suspended, a media content item type, or a state, among other factors. Responsive to the determination, playback of the suspended or alternate media content item is initiated.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Spotify ABInventors: Kurt Jacobson, Marcus Daniel Better, Philip Edmonds
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Publication number: 20200301657Abstract: A system for refinement of a voice query interpretation interprets a voice query received at a voice-enabled device to identify commands responsive to the voice query for execution at the voice-enabled device, and enables refinement of the interpretation of the voice query through a graphical user interface generated and displayed at a GUI-capable device. The graphical user interface includes a set of selectable options relating to the voice query and identifying a refinement of the interpretation of the voice query to enable control and/or adjustment of commands to be executed by the voice-enabled device. For example, if one of the selectable options is selected, then a command associated with the selected option is identified and executed by the voice-enabled device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2019Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Philip Glenny Edmonds, Matthew Joseph Kane, Joshua Pham, Eder G. Bastos, Marcus Daniel Better, Adithya Kalyan Tammavarapu, Amilcar Andrade Garcia, Chen Ye Li, Adam Jonathan Shonkoff, Aaron Paul Harmon, Christopher Phair, Ching Chuan Sung
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Publication number: 20200162529Abstract: A request to play a media content item is received. It is determined whether the play request is ambiguous. Responsive to determining that the play request is ambiguous, then it is determined whether to play a suspended media content item or an alternate media content item. The determination can be made based on a length of time that the suspended media content item has been suspended, a media content item type, or a state, among other factors. Responsive to the determination, playback of the suspended or alternate media content item is initiated.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2018Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: Spotify ABInventors: Kurt Jacobson, Marcus Daniel Better, Philip Edmonds