Patents by Inventor Michael Ahmed Sengan Siebert

Michael Ahmed Sengan Siebert 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).

  • Annotating and indexing broadcast video for searchability
    Patent number: 9788071
    Abstract: A method providing searchable streaming video broadcasts via an interactive media server, the interactive media server generates a live broadcast video stream for each of a plurality of interactive media sessions and a video provider server providing a connection to the live broadcast video stream for viewing, the method comprising receiving an interactive media events stream for each interactive media session from the interactive media server, generating statistics data for each interactive media session based upon the events stream, and generating a searchable index of a directory of the live broadcast video streams, the searchable index including a plurality of entries, each entry including (a) a link to the live broadcast video stream for a corresponding interactive media session provided by the video provider server, and (b) metadata associated with the corresponding interactive media session, the metadata generated based upon the statistics data for the corresponding interactive media session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Joanna Mason, Craig J. Wheeler, Daniel Av, Michael Ahmed Sengan Siebert, Gregory M. Smith, Antonio Vargas Garcia
  • ANNOTATING AND INDEXING BROADCAST VIDEO FOR SEARCHABILITY
    Publication number: 20160127795
    Abstract: A method providing searchable streaming video broadcasts via an interactive media server, the interactive media server generates a live broadcast video stream for each of a plurality of interactive media sessions and a video provider server providing a connection to the live broadcast video stream for viewing, the method comprising receiving an interactive media events stream for each interactive media session from the interactive media server, generating statistics data for each interactive media session based upon the events stream, and generating a searchable index of a directory of the live broadcast video streams, the searchable index including a plurality of entries, each entry including (a) a link to the live broadcast video stream for a corresponding interactive media session provided by the video provider server, and (b) metadata associated with the corresponding interactive media session, the metadata generated based upon the statistics data for the corresponding interactive media session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Joanna Mason, Craig J. Wheeler, Daniel Av, Michael Ahmed Sengan Siebert, Gregory M. Smith, Antonio Vargas Garcia