Patents by Inventor Nikolay LEBEDEV

Nikolay LEBEDEV 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).

  • STORING AND RETRIEVING UNUSED ADVERTISEMENTS
    Publication number: 20260087528
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiments relate to implementing a mechanism that is configured to select and insert a video advertisement into a video stream that is to be provided to a user device by a streaming service. This may include receiving a request for a video stream from a user device. In response to the request, transmitting a first portion of the video stream to the user device and determining that second a portion of the video stream is to include multiple video advertisements. One or more video advertisements may be selected from a database that includes a set of video advertisements that were previously removed from a further video stream. The one or more video advertisements may then be inserted into the video stream. The second portion of the video stream is then transmitted to the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2025
    Publication date: March 26, 2026
    Inventors: Spencer SHANSON, Jonathan GWIAZDA, Adrian CHIU, Nikolay LEBEDEV, Indira GHOSH
  • STORING AND RETRIEVING UNUSED ADVERTISEMENTS
    Publication number: 20260073429
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiments relate to implementing a mechanism that is configured to select and insert a video advertisement into a video stream that is to be provided to a user device by a streaming service. This may include receiving a request for a video stream from a user device. In response to the request, transmitting a first portion of the video stream to the user device and determining that second a portion of the video stream is to include multiple video advertisements. One or more video advertisements may be selected from a database that includes a set of video advertisements that were previously removed from a further video stream. The one or more video advertisements may then be inserted into the video stream. The second portion of the video stream is then transmitted to the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2025
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Inventors: Spencer SHANSON, Jonathan GWIAZDA, Adrian CHIU, Nikolay LEBEDEV, Indira GHOSH
  • Storing and retrieving unused advertisements
    Patent number: 12511666
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiments relate to implementing a mechanism that is configured to select and insert a video advertisement into a video stream that is to be provided to a user device by a streaming service. This may include receiving a request for a video stream from a user device. In response to the request, transmitting a first portion of the video stream to the user device and determining that second a portion of the video stream is to include multiple video advertisements. One or more video advertisements may be selected from a database that includes a set of video advertisements that were previously removed from a further video stream. The one or more video advertisements may then be inserted into the video stream. The second portion of the video stream is then transmitted to the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignee: Paramount Global
    Inventors: Spencer Shanson, Jonathan Gwiazda, Adrian Chiu, Nikolay Lebedev, Indira Ghosh
  • Storing and retrieving unused advertisements
    Patent number: 12346938
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiments relate to implementing a mechanism that is configured to select and insert a video advertisement into a video stream that is to be provided to a user device by a streaming service. This may include receiving a request for a video stream from a user device. In response to the request, transmitting a first portion of the video stream to the user device and determining that second a portion of the video stream is to include multiple video advertisements. One or more video advertisements may be selected from a database that includes a set of video advertisements that were previously removed from a further video stream. The one or more video advertisements may then be inserted into the video stream. The second portion of the video stream is then transmitted to the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Spencer Shanson, Jonathan Gwiazda, Adrian Chiu, Nikolay Lebedev, Indira Ghosh
  • STORING AND RETRIEVING UNUSED ADVERTISEMENTS
    Publication number: 20240378645
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiments relate to implementing a mechanism that is configured to select and insert a video advertisement into a video stream that is to be provided to a user device by a streaming service. This may include receiving a request for a video stream from a user device. In response to the request, transmitting a first portion of the video stream to the user device and determining that second a portion of the video stream is to include multiple video advertisements. One or more video advertisements may be selected from a database that includes a set of video advertisements that were previously removed from a further video stream. The one or more video advertisements may then be inserted into the video stream. The second portion of the video stream is then transmitted to the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Spencer SHANSON, Jonathan GWIAZDA, Adrian CHIU, Nikolay LEBEDEV, Indira GHOSH
  • Storing and Retrieving Unused Advertisements
    Publication number: 20230153867
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiments relate to implementing a mechanism that is configured to select and insert a video advertisement into a video stream that is to be provided to a user device by a streaming service. This may include receiving a request for a video stream from a user device. In response to the request, transmitting a first portion of the video stream to the user device and determining that second a portion of the video stream is to include multiple video advertisements. One or more video advertisements may be selected from a database that includes a set of video advertisements that were previously removed from a further video stream. The one or more video advertisements may then be inserted into the video stream. The second portion of the video stream is then transmitted to the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Spencer SHANSON, Jonathan GWIAZDA, Adrian CHIU, Nikolay LEBEDEV, Indira GHOSH
  • Storing and retrieving unused advertisements
    Patent number: 11593846
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiments relate to implementing a mechanism that is configured to select and insert a video advertisement into a video stream that is to be provided to a user device by a streaming service. This may include receiving a request for a video stream from a user device. In response to the request, transmitting a first portion of the video stream to the user device and determining that second a portion of the video stream is to include multiple video advertisements. One or more video advertisements may be selected from a database that includes a set of video advertisements that were previously removed from a further video stream. The one or more video advertisements may then be inserted into the video stream. The second portion of the video stream is then transmitted to the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Spencer Shanson, Jonathan Gwiazda, Adrian Chiu, Nikolay Lebedev, Indira Ghosh
  • Storing and Retrieving Unused Advertisements
    Publication number: 20210256569
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiments relate to implementing a mechanism that is configured to select and insert a video advertisement into a video stream that is to be provided to a user device by a streaming service. This may include receiving a request for a video stream from a user device. In response to the request, transmitting a first portion of the video stream to the user device and determining that second a portion of the video stream is to include multiple video advertisements. One or more video advertisements may be selected from a database that includes a set of video advertisements that were previously removed from a further video stream. The one or more video advertisements may then be inserted into the video stream. The second portion of the video stream is then transmitted to the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Spencer SHANSON, Jonathan GWIAZDA, Adrian CHIU, Nikolay LEBEDEV, Indira GHOSH