Patents by Inventor Mark Arana

Mark Arana 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: 12506853
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed a method including capturing image data of a real-world environment at a first location and a second location different than the first location. The image data includes a plurality of intersecting image data points captured at both the first location and the second location, and a representation of an area occluded by an obstacle from a point of view of a user and; generating a synthesized field of view (“FOV”) that includes the plurality of intersecting image data points such that the synthesized FOV includes an unobstructed view of the area occluded by the obstacle from the point of view of the user; and rendering the synthesized FOV as a visual display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Chapman, Mark Arana, Michael Goslin, Joseph Popp, Mehul Patel
  • Publication number: 20250329090
    Abstract: A system for distributing sign language enhanced content includes a computing platform having processing hardware and a system memory storing a software code. The processing hardware is configured to execute the software code to receive content including at least one of a sequence of audio frames or a sequence of video frames, perform an analysis of the content, and identify, based on the analysis, a message conveyed by the content. The processing hardware is further configured to execute the software code to generate a sign language translation of the content, the sign language translation including one or more of a gesture, body language, or a facial expression communicating the message conveyed by the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2025
    Publication date: October 23, 2025
    Inventor: Mark Arana
  • Publication number: 20250315542
    Abstract: A system includes a memory storing software code, and a hardware processor executing the software code to receive media content including a media content ID, identify, using the media content ID, one or more rule(s) governing use of the media content, the rule(s) including at least one of: (a) one or more first rules restricting use of the media content, or (b) one or more second rules permitting use of the media content, and generate, based on the rule(s), a digital contract specifying at least one of: (i) one or more constraints on use of the media content, or (ii) one or more enablements on use of the media content. The software code also registers the digital contract with the media content ID in a secure database, generates, using data identifying the secure database, a first watermark, and embeds the first watermark identifying the secure database into the media content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2025
    Publication date: October 9, 2025
    Inventors: Jonathan Whitehead, Mark Arana
  • Patent number: 12395690
    Abstract: A system for delivering accessibility enhanced content includes a computer server having processing hardware and a memory storing a software code. The processing hardware is configured to execute the software code to deliver, to a user system, accessibility enhanced content comprising primary content and an accessibility track synchronized to the primary content, the accessibility track including at least one of a sign language performance, or one or more video tokens each expressing one or more words. When the accessibility track includes the sign language performance, the sign language performance is delivered contemporaneously with delivery of the primary content. When the accessibility track includes the one or more video tokens, the one or more video tokens are played back when the primary content reaches a location corresponding to each of the one or more video tokens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Arana, Katherine S. Navarre, Michael A. Radford, Joseph S. Rice
  • Patent number: 12374013
    Abstract: A system for distributing sign language enhanced content includes a computing platform having processing hardware and a system memory storing a software code. The processing hardware is configured to execute the software code to receive content including at least one of a sequence of audio frames or a sequence of video frames, perform an analysis of the content, and identify, based on the analysis, a message conveyed by the content. The processing hardware is further configured to execute the software code to generate a sign language translation of the content, the sign language translation including one or more of a gesture, body language, or a facial expression communicating the message conveyed by the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Arana
  • Patent number: 12279010
    Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for providing photosensitivity mitigation during display of content. In one implementation, such a system includes a hardware processor and a system memory storing a software application. The hardware processor is configured to execute the software application to, while content is being displayed on a primary display for viewing by a viewer, determine that a portion of the content that is about to be displayed on the primary display may trigger a photosensitivity reaction by the viewer, generate an alert to the viewer to switch viewing the content from the primary display to viewing the content from a secondary display, and display the portion of the content on the secondary display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Arana
  • Patent number: 12205211
    Abstract: A content enhancement system includes a computing platform having processing hardware and a system memory storing software code. The processing hardware is configured to execute the software code to receive audio-video (A/V) content, to execute at least one of a visual analysis or an audio analysis of the A/V content, and to determine, based on executing the at least one of the visual analysis or the audio analysis, an emotional aspect of the A/V content. The processing hardware is further configured to execute the software code to generate, using the emotional aspect of the A/V content, a sign language translation of the A/V content, the sign language translation including one or more of a gesture, a posture, or a facial expression conveying the emotional aspect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Brandon, Mark Arana
  • Publication number: 20250021820
    Abstract: The present invention sets forth a technique for analyzing a generative output of a generative model. The technique includes determining a first latent representation of the generative output and a plurality of latent representations of a plurality of data samples associated with the generative model. The technique also includes computing a plurality of similarities between the first latent representation and the plurality of latent representations. In response to determining that a first similarity that is included in the plurality of similarities and computed between the first latent representation and a second latent representation included in the plurality of latent representations exceeds a threshold, the technique includes causing output to be generated that indicates a high similarity between the generative output and a first data sample that is included in the plurality of data samples and corresponds to the second latent representation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Erika Varis DOGGETT, Mark ARANA, Sean David JENKINS, Charles Thurman TAPPAN, Romann Matthew WEBER, Jonathan Patrick WHITEHEAD
  • Publication number: 20250008109
    Abstract: A system includes a hardware processor and a memory storing software code. The hardware processor executes the software code to receive video frames, generate a unique identifier for association with the video frames, and determine whether the unique identifier is stored. If the unique identifier is stored, the software code is further executed to identify an encoded media file associated with the unique identifier, the encoded media file including encoded video frames corresponding respectively to the received video frames. If the unique identifier is not stored, the software code is further executed to encode the video frames to produce the encoded media file, and store the unique identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Michael A. Radford, Mark Arana
  • Publication number: 20240411840
    Abstract: A system includes a hardware processor and a system memory storing a software code. The hardware processor configured to execute the software code to receive a media content, receive a command to perform an action using the media content, and inspect the media content for a presence of a watermark. The hardware processor is further configured to execute the software code to identify, when inspecting reveals an absence of the watermark, a first business rule corresponding to the absence of the watermark, identify, when inspecting reveals the presence of the watermark, a second business rule corresponding to the presence of the watermark, and permit or prevent executing the command to perform the action in response to identifying the first business rule or the second business rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Mark Arana, Anthony Stanley
  • Patent number: 12124553
    Abstract: A system for performing authentication of content based on intrinsic attributes includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a memory storing a content authentication software code. The hardware processor executes the content authentication software code to receive a content file including digital content and authentication data created based on a baseline version of the digital content, to generate validation data based on the digital content, to compare the validation data to the authentication data, and to identify the digital content as baseline digital content in response to determining that the validation data matches the authentication data based on the comparison. The hardware processor is also configured to execute the content authentication software code to identify the digital content as manipulated digital content in response to determining that the validation data does not match the authentication data based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Arana, Miquel Angel Farre Guiu, Edward C. Drake, Anthony M. Accardo
  • Publication number: 20240259625
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for systems and methods for customizing channel programming. The disclosed methods and systems utilize various data inputs, including affirmative user inputs, non-affirmative user characteristics, environmental data and/or temporal data to customize channel programming for a particular user or group of users. In a further aspect, the disclosed methods and systems provide for various social sharing of viewing experiences and channels by coordinating, broadcasting and/or sharing channels or viewing schedules with other users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Josiah Eatedali, Mark Arana
  • Publication number: 20240223848
    Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for providing photosensitivity mitigation during display of content. In one implementation, such a system includes a hardware processor and a system memory storing a software application. The hardware processor is configured to execute the software application to, while content is being displayed on a primary display for viewing by a viewer, determine that a portion of the content that is about to be displayed on the primary display may trigger a photosensitivity reaction by the viewer, generate an alert to the viewer to switch viewing the content from the primary display to viewing the content from a secondary display, and display the portion of the content on the secondary display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventor: Mark Arana
  • Patent number: 11985371
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for systems and methods for customizing channel programming. The disclosed methods and systems utilize various data inputs, including affirmative user inputs, non-affirmative user characteristics, environmental data and/or temporal data to customize channel programming for a particular user or group of users. In a further aspect, the disclosed methods and systems provide for various social sharing of viewing experiences and channels by coordinating, broadcasting and/or sharing channels or viewing schedules with other users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Josiah Eatedali, Mark Arana
  • Patent number: 11934412
    Abstract: There is provided a system including a memory and a processor configured to stream a media content for playback to a first media device for viewing by a first user, receive, while streaming the media content, an input from the first media device indicating an insertion point in the media content selected by the first user for inserting a contextual message provided by the first user, receive the contextual message from the first media device, stream the media content for playback to a second media device for viewing by a second user, and deliver the contextual message to the second media device for viewing by the second user when streaming the media content to the second media device reaches the insertion point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Josiah Eatedali, Mark Arana
  • Patent number: 11936940
    Abstract: A user system for rendering accessibility enhanced content includes processing hardware, a display, and a memory storing software code. The processing hardware executes the software code to receive primary content from a content distributor and determine whether the primary content is accessibility enhanced content including an accessibility track. When the primary content omits the accessibility track, the processing hardware executes the software code to perform a visual analysis, an audio analysis, or both, of the primary content, generate, based on the visual analysis and/or the audio analysis, the accessibility track to include at least one of a sign language performance or one or more video tokens configured to be played back during playback of the primary content, and synchronize the accessibility track to the primary content. The processing hardware also executes the software code to render, using the display, the primary content or the accessibility enhanced content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Arana, Katherine S. Navarre, Michael A. Radford, Joseph S. Rice, Noel Brandon Vasquez
  • Publication number: 20230368215
    Abstract: An example system includes a database having a plurality of data structures, each of the plurality of data structures associated with a different business rule and one or more provider identifications, and a processor configured to receive one or more consumer identifications and one of the one or more provider identifications, search the plurality of data structures for one or more data structures associated with the one of the one or more provider identifications to identify authorized data structures, in the authorized data structures, determine entitlements associated with the one or more consumer identifications to identify consumer entitlements, generate a list of the consumer entitlements, and transmit the list of the consumer entitlements in response to the receiving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Edward C. Drake, Mark Arana
  • Patent number: 11711363
    Abstract: A system for authenticating digital contents includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a memory storing a software code. According to one implementation, the hardware processor executes the software code to receive digital content, identify an image of a person depicted in the digital content, determine an ear shape parameter of the person depicted in the image, determine another biometric parameter of the person depicted in the image, and calculate a ratio of the ear shape parameter of the person depicted in the image to the biometric parameter of the person depicted in the image. The hardware processor is also configured to execute the software code to perform a comparison of the calculated ratio with a predetermined value, and determine whether the person depicted in the image is an authentic depiction of the person based on the comparison of the calculated ratio with the predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Miquel Angel Farre Guiu, Edward C. Drake, Anthony M. Accardo, Mark Arana
  • Patent number: 11700342
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamically and automatically generating digital watermarks are provided. Watermark payloads utilized in generating the digital watermarks are altered based upon changing conditions, such as environmental characteristics associated with playback or distribution of media content. Changing conditions may also encompass a change in the distribution/presentation chain of devices associated with the playback or distribution of the media content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Arana, Leon Silverman
  • Patent number: 11683153
    Abstract: There is provided a method including receiving a playback system identifier corresponding to a playback system, generating a blockchain corresponding to a content identifier identifying a content, wherein the blockchain is uniquely associated with the content identifier, establishing, in the blockchain, a block corresponding to the playback system identifier, sending an encrypted version of the content to the playback system, and in response to one or more updates to the blockchain by the playback system, providing a content encryption key to the playback system for decrypting the encrypted version of the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Artin Nazarian, Mark Arana, Derek Prestegard