Patents by Inventor Marie Elizabeth Urmano

Marie Elizabeth Urmano 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).

  • Content-modification system with local avail detection feature
    Patent number: 11490143
    Abstract: An example method includes determining, over a particular time-period and at a periodic interval, a viewer count of content-presentation devices receiving content on a channel from a non-local content-distribution system and, based on the viewer count, identifying, within the particular time-period: (i) a first time-period having a threshold consistent viewer count for a first threshold duration, (ii) a second time-period where there is a drop in the viewer count by a threshold amount and the drop lasts for a second threshold duration, and (iii) a third time-period where the viewer count returns to an amount within a threshold range of the threshold consistent viewer count for a third threshold duration. The method also includes based on the identified time-periods, detecting a portion of the content that serves as a placeholder for local content to be inserted by a local content-distribution system, and performing an action associated with the detected portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: ROKU, INC.
    Inventors: Rimi Sahu, Sandeep Badam, Krzysztof Mokszan, Raghavendra Sunku, Karthik Hireyemmiganur Rangappa, Virginie Marie Debelair, Subha Joshi, Marie Elizabeth Urmano
  • Content-Modification System With Local Avail Detection Feature
    Publication number: 20220141511
    Abstract: An example method includes determining, over a particular time-period and at a periodic interval, a viewer count of content-presentation devices receiving content on a channel from a non-local content-distribution system and, based on the viewer count, identifying, within the particular time-period: (i) a first time-period having a threshold consistent viewer count for a first threshold duration, (ii) a second time-period where there is a drop in the viewer count by a threshold amount and the drop lasts for a second threshold duration, and (iii) a third time-period where the viewer count returns to an amount within a threshold range of the threshold consistent viewer count for a third threshold duration. The method also includes based on the identified time-periods, detecting a portion of the content that serves as a placeholder for local content to be inserted by a local content-distribution system, and performing an action associated with the detected portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Rimi Sahu, Sandeep Badam, Krzysztof Mokszan, Raghavendra Sunku, Karthik Hireyemmiganur Rangappa, Virginie Marie Debelair, Subha Joshi, Marie Elizabeth Urmano