Patents by Inventor Nick Hammett

Nick Hammett 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).

  • DYNAMIC REPLACEMENT OF OBJECTIONABLE CONTENT IN LINEAR CONTENT STREAMS
    Publication number: 20230379532
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling whether to have a content-presentation device dynamically replace a modifiable content segment, such as a replaceable ad, that is upcoming on a channel being received by the content-presentation device. An example method includes a computing system determining, based on objectionable-content data established from user input and/or channel-changing history, whether the modifiable content segment is objectionable as to the content-presentation device. And the example method then includes, based at least on the determination of whether the determined modifiable content segment is objectionable as to the content-presentation device, the computing system controlling whether to have the content-presentation device dynamically replace the modifiable content segment with a replacement content segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Roku, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Grover, Nick Hammett
  • Dynamic replacement of objectionable content in linear content streams
    Patent number: 11758220
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling whether to have a content-presentation device dynamically replace a modifiable content segment, such as a replaceable ad, that is upcoming on a channel being received by the content-presentation device. An example method includes a computing system determining, based on objectionable-content data established from user input and/or channel-changing history, whether the modifiable content segment is objectionable as to the content-presentation device. And the example method then includes, based at least on the determination of whether the determined modifiable content segment is objectionable as to the content-presentation device, the computing system controlling whether to have the content-presentation device dynamically replace the modifiable content segment with a replacement content segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Roku, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Grover, Nick Hammett
  • Dynamic Replacement of Objectionable Content in Linear Content Streams
    Publication number: 20220141518
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling whether to have a content-presentation device dynamically replace a modifiable content segment, such as a replaceable ad, that is upcoming on a channel being received by the content-presentation device. An example method includes a computing system determining, based on objectionable-content data established from user input and/or channel-changing history, whether the modifiable content segment is objectionable as to the content-presentation device. And the example method then includes, based at least on the determination of whether the determined modifiable content segment is objectionable as to the content-presentation device, the computing system controlling whether to have the content-presentation device dynamically replace the modifiable content segment with a replacement content segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Matthew Grover, Nick Hammett