Patents by Inventor Marek M. Stepniowski

Marek M. Stepniowski 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: 9396194
    Abstract: A system for processing correlated metadata is provided, the metadata being programmatic metadata relating to one or more episodes of a television show. Mappings, or correlations, between chunks of the metadata that originated from a particular data source and the metadata clusters are determined and displayed on a graphical user interface. Using this display, a user can detect inconsistencies in the correlated metadata. An inconsistency may be an incorrect mapping, the mapping of more than one of the metadata chunks that originated from the same data source to the same metadata cluster, or that one or more of the metadata chunks have not been mapped to a metadata cluster. The mappings can be edited to remove detected inconsistencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises , Inc.
    Inventors: Marcin Kaszynski, Grzegorz Kapkowski, Marek M. Stepniowski
  • Patent number: 8949240
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for correlating metadata from a plurality of different sources. The methods and apparatus may use an order for the data sources. The metadata from each of the data sources may be divided or split into one or more chunks. The metadata from each of the chunks may be filtered and sorted, e.g., to ensure that the metadata relate to the same multimedia content. The metadata chunks from the first data source in the order and the second data source in the order may then be aligned to produce currently aligned metadata. The metadata data chunks from the next data source in the order may then be aligned with the currently aligned metadata to produce new currently aligned metadata. This process may be repeated until the metadata from all of the sources are aligned, thereby providing a set of correlated metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: General Instrument Corporation
    Inventors: Grzegorz Kapkowski, Marcin Kaszynski, Marek M. Stepniowski
  • Publication number: 20140012818
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for processing correlated metadata (e.g., programmatic metadata relating to one or more episodes of a television show). Mappings, or correlations, between chunks of the metadata that originated from a particular data source and the metadata clusters may be determined and displayed, e.g., on a graphical user interface. Using this display, a user (i.e., a human operator) may detect inconsistencies in the correlated metadata. An inconsistency may be an incorrect mapping, the mapping of more than one of the metadata chunks that originated from the same data source to the same metadata cluster, or that one or more of the metadata chunks have not been mapped to a metadata cluster. The mappings may then be edited so as to remove detected inconsistencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: SETJAM, INC.
    Inventors: Marcin Kaszynski, Grzegorz Kapkowski, Marek M. Stepniowski
  • Publication number: 20140012820
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for processing correlated metadata (e.g. programmatic metadata relating to one or more episodes of a television show). Mappings, or correlations, between chunks of metadata that originated from a particular data source and metadata clusters may be determined. Inconsistencies in the correlated metadata may then be detected by a processor. An inconsistency may be an incorrect mapping, the mapping of more than one of the metadata chunks that originated from the same data source to the same metadata cluster, or that one or more of the metadata chunk have not been mapped to a metadata cluster. The mappings may then be edited so as to remove detected inconsistencies by the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: SETJAM, INC.
    Inventors: Grzegorz Kapkowski, Marcin Kaszynski, Marek M. Stepniowski
  • Publication number: 20140012852
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for correlating metadata from a plurality of different sources. The methods and apparatus may use an order for the data sources. The metadata from each of the data sources may be divided or split into one or more chunks. The metadata from each of the chunks may be filtered and sorted, e.g., to ensure that the metadata relate to the same multimedia content. The metadata chunks from the first data source in the order and the second data source in the order may then be aligned to produce currently aligned metadata. The metadata data chunks from the next data source in the order may then be aligned with the currently aligned metadata to produce new currently aligned metadata. This process may be repeated until the metadata from all of the sources are aligned, thereby providing a set of correlated metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: SETJAM, INC.
    Inventors: Grzegorz Kapkowski, Marcin Kaszynski, Marek M. Stepniowski