Patents by Inventor Martin Busse
Martin Busse 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: 9749197Abstract: A device receives, from multiple user devices, event information associated with the multiple user devices, where the event information includes one or more actions, user information, content information, and one or more attributes. The device stores the event information in a database, and analyzes one or more portions of the event information stored in the database. The device also recommends, based on the analyzed event information, one or more adjustments to a network that delivers content to the multiple user devices.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2010Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Jack Jianxiu Hao, Martin Busse, John F. Gallagher, Shadman Zafar, Dahai Ren, Andrien John Wang
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Patent number: 9264773Abstract: Methods and systems provide users with access to subscription-based programs on mobile devices. The programs include television programs associated with a television service package, on-demand programs, and at least one of television programs or on-demand programs recorded by users on digital video recording devices.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2011Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventor: Martin Busse
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Patent number: 9241136Abstract: An approach is provided for creating a personalized programming guide. A guide manager receives input from a user for creating a personalized programming guide. The guide manager retrieves one or more search criteria associated with a community of other users to construct a query. The guide manager then performs the query and displays the results of the query in a personalized programming guide.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2009Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Martin Busse, Jimena Velarde
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Patent number: 9235603Abstract: A method includes identifying at least one document associated with content from at least one digital content source. The at least one document includes information identifying at least one aspect of the content. The method also includes determining a document index for the at least one document based on keywords included in the at least one document. An activity field is inserted into the document index. The method includes accessing activity information. The activity information identifies at least one activity keyword associated with at least one activity. The method further includes identifying at least one present activity keyword in the document based on the activity information. An indicator of at least one present activity is determined based on the at least one present activity keyword. The method includes indexing the indicator of the at least one present activity in the activity field of the document index.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2012Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Jack Jianxiu Hao, Zhiying Jin, Martin Busse, Jimena Velarde
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Patent number: 9110990Abstract: This disclosure details the implementation of apparatuses, methods and systems for improving the relevancy of Interactive Program Guide search results on a wireless user's handset and television (hereinafter, “IPG”). The IPG implements a search facility whereby users may enter search criteria into a wireless user's handset or television or the like and receive search results sorted to provide the most relevant results first. In one embodiment, the IPG may receive search criteria into a search engine and determine one or more search results in response to the search criteria. The IPG may query one or more databases of attributes, compare the search results to the attributes, and calculate weights for each of the search results according to one or more attributes. The IPG may also sort and return the compared search results so that the results are returned in order of relevance according to the weighting.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2009Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Zhiying Jin, Wenjie Liu, Juhong Liu, Jimena Velarde, Haosheng Guo, Angel Cordero, Martin Busse
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Patent number: 8990858Abstract: An exemplary method includes receiving a program guide data search request, associating a time block with the program guide data search request, identifying a set of program guide data associated with the time block, searching the set of program guide data associated with the time block to identify at least one matching media content instance based on the program guide data search request, and generating data representative of a search-based program guide view for display in a graphical user interface, the search-based program guide view exhibiting graphical data representative of the at least one matching media content instance. In certain embodiments, the method further comprises generating a virtual search channel associated with the program guide data search request and providing graphical data representative of the virtual search channel for display in the search-based program guide view. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2009Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Martin Busse, Jimena Velarde
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Patent number: 8769573Abstract: A system is configured to receive a portion of a word; retrieve a group of words matching the portion of the word; retrieve information associated with a set of words in the group, where the information, for a particular one of the words, indicates a measure of popularity of the particular word, geographic location information associated with the particular word, time information associated with the particular word, or user preference information associated with the particular word; rank the set of words based on the information; present a list of words from the set of words for display based on the ranking; receive selection of a word from the list of words; perform a search for television content based on the selected word to identify a group of television content; receive selection of television content from the group of television content; and present the selected television content for display.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2010Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Zhiying Jin, Haosheng Guo, Martin Busse, Wenjie Liu, Juhong Liu, Jimena Velarde, Haiyan Zhou
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Publication number: 20130262439Abstract: A method includes identifying at least one document associated with content from at least one digital content source. The at least one document includes information identifying at least one aspect of the content. The method also includes determining a document index for the at least one document based on keywords included in the at least one document. An activity field is inserted into the document index. The method includes accessing activity information. The activity information identifies at least one activity keyword associated with at least one activity. The method further includes identifying at least one present activity keyword in the document based on the activity information. An indicator of at least one present activity is determined based on the at least one present activity keyword. The method includes indexing the indicator of the at least one present activity in the activity field of the document index.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2012Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Jack Jianxiu Hao, Zhiying Jin, Martin Busse, Jimena Velarde
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Publication number: 20130117777Abstract: Methods and systems provide users with access to subscription-based programs on mobile devices. The programs include television programs associated with a television service package, on-demand programs, and at least one of television programs or on-demand programs recorded by users on digital video recording devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventor: Martin Busse
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Publication number: 20120159543Abstract: A system is configured to receive a portion of a word; retrieve a group of words matching the portion of the word; retrieve information associated with a set of words in the group, where the information, for a particular one of the words, indicates a measure of popularity of the particular word, geographic location information associated with the particular word, time information associated with the particular word, or user preference information associated with the particular word; rank the set of words based on the information; present a list of words from the set of words for display based on the ranking; receive selection of a word from the list of words; perform a search for television content based on the selected word to identify a group of television content; receive selection of television content from the group of television content; and present the selected television content for display.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2010Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing, Inc.Inventors: Zhiying JIN, Haosheng Guo, Martin Busse, Wenjie Liu, Juhong Liu, Jimena Velarde, Haiyan Zhou
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Publication number: 20120143918Abstract: A device receives, from multiple user devices, event information associated with the multiple user devices, where the event information includes one or more actions, user information, content information, and one or more attributes. The device stores the event information in a database, and analyzes one or more portions of the event information stored in the database. The device also recommends, based on the analyzed event information, one or more adjustments to a network that delivers content to the multiple user devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2010Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Jack Jianxiu HAO, Martin BUSSE, John F. GALLAGHER, Shadman ZAFAR, Dahai REN, Andrien John WANG
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Publication number: 20100333139Abstract: An exemplary method includes receiving a program guide data search request, associating a time block with the program guide data search request, identifying a set of program guide data associated with the time block, searching the set of program guide data associated with the time block to identify at least one matching media content instance based on the program guide data search request, and generating data representative of a search-based program guide view for display in a graphical user interface, the search-based program guide view exhibiting graphical data representative of the at least one matching media content instance. In certain embodiments, the method further comprises generating a virtual search channel associated with the program guide data search request and providing graphical data representative of the virtual search channel for display in the search-based program guide view. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INCInventors: Martin Busse, Jimena Velarde
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Publication number: 20100333142Abstract: An approach is provided for creating a personalized programming guide. A guide manager receives input from a user for creating a personalized programming guide. The guide manager retrieves one or more search criteria associated with a community of other users to construct a query. The guide manager then performs the query and displays the results of the query in a personalized programming guide.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Martin Busse, Jimena Velarde
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Publication number: 20100257165Abstract: This disclosure details the implementation of apparatuses, methods and systems for improving the relevancy of Interactive Program Guide search results on a wireless user's handset and television (hereinafter, “IPG”). The IPG implements a search facility whereby users may enter search criteria into a wireless user's handset or television or the like and receive search results sorted to provide the most relevant results first. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed, comprising: receiving search criteria into a search engine; determining one or more search results in response to the search criteria; querying one or more databases of attributes; comparing the search results to the attributes; calculating weights for each of the search results according to one or more attributes; sorting the search results so the results are returned in order of relevance according to the weighting; and returning the results.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2009Publication date: October 7, 2010Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Zhiying Jin, Wenjie Liu, Juhong Liu, Jimena Velarde, Haosheng Guo, Angel Cordero, Martin Busse