Patents by Inventor Nitya Narasimhan
Nitya Narasimhan 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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Publication number: 20230244732Abstract: Techniques and/or apparatuses receive an indication that a user has entered a rating of first media content, determine, responsive to the indication that the user has entered the rating of the first media content, whether the user consumed the first media content prior to entering the rating. Responsive to a determination that the user did not consume the first media content prior to entering the rating, the techniques and/or apparatuses provide an indication that the user did not consume the first media content prior to entering the rating or weight the rating based on the determination that the user did not consume the first media content prior to entering the rating of the first media content.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Applicant: Google Technology Holdings LLCInventors: Nitya Narasimhan, Yan Liu, Gregory L. Singer
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Patent number: 11620347Abstract: A method (300) and apparatus (110, 150) collect and upload implicit analytic data. The method can include storing (320) dependency rules corresponding explicit events to implicit events. The method can include collecting (330) and storing (340) implicit event data corresponding to implicit events. The method can include receiving (350) an explicit event at the device. The method can include evaluating (360) dependency rules corresponding to the explicit event. The method can include identifying (370) a relevant subset of implicit event data corresponding to the explicit event based on evaluating the dependency rules. The method can include uploading (390) the relevant subset of the implicit event data and explicit event data corresponding to the explicit event.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2017Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Nitya Narasimhan, Yan Liu, Gregory L. Singer
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Patent number: 10728618Abstract: An advertisement system includes an advertising manager that receives a content-event indicator, which indicates playback of an advertisement for viewing on a first display screen at a media-playback device or indicates playback of recorded content that includes advertisements. The advertising manager can determine an optimal time offset as a duration of time before or after playback of an advertisement to the start of an event that is associated with the advertisement for viewing on a second display screen at a mobile device. For recorded content, an optimization schedule is determined that replaces and time-shifts advertisements during playback of the recorded content. The advertising manager can also determine a fulfillment criterion for a product or service based on latency constraints to indicate a duration of time within which fulfillment of the product or service is expected when offered as a second advertisement corresponding to a first advertisement.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Nitya Narasimhan, Venugopal Vasudevan, Jehan Wickramasuriya, Joseph F. Wodka
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Publication number: 20180324493Abstract: An advertisement system includes an advertising manager that receives a content-event indicator, which indicates playback of an advertisement for viewing on a first display screen at a media-playback device or indicates playback of recorded content that includes advertisements. The advertising manager can determine an optimal time offset as a duration of time before or after playback of an advertisement to the start of an event that is associated with the advertisement for viewing on a second display screen at a mobile device. For recorded content, an optimization schedule is determined that replaces and time-shifts advertisements during playback of the recorded content. The advertising manager can also determine a fulfillment criterion for a product or service based on latency constraints to indicate a duration of time within which fulfillment of the product or service is expected when offered as a second advertisement corresponding to a first advertisement.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Nitya Narasimhan, Venugopal Vasudevan, Jehan Wickramasuriya, Joseph F. Wodka
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Patent number: 10110954Abstract: An advertisement system includes an advertising manager that receives a content-event indicator, which indicates playback of an advertisement for viewing on a first display screen at a media-playback device or indicates playback of recorded content that includes advertisements. The advertising manager can determine an optimal time offset as a duration of time before or after playback of an advertisement to the start of an event that is associated with the advertisement for viewing on a second display screen at a mobile device. For recorded content, an optimization schedule is determined that replaces and time-shifts advertisements during playback of the recorded content. The advertising manager can also determine a fulfillment criterion for a product or service based on latency constraints to indicate a duration of time within which fulfillment of the product or service is expected when offered as a second advertisement corresponding to a first advertisement.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2017Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Nitya Narasimhan, Venugopal Vasudevan, Jehan Wickramasuriya, Joseph F. Wodka
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Publication number: 20180129750Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed whereby the context of user activity can be used to tailor the ambient information system. The method and apparatus use both short-term context such as recent activity and long-term context such as historical patterns to highlight specific content on channels or widgets that are likely to be of most immediate interest to the user. This contextual information provided by the framework can also be used to make intelligent decisions about how to tailor the user experience after a user has interacted with the item in question. Additionally, context information accumulated on one device such as a mobile phone can be broadcasted to other devices to influence the ambient information display application on a second device such as a desktop based on enabling remote access to the local context repository.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2018Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Jehan Wickramasuriya, Craig Janssen, Nitya Narasimhan, Michael Pearce, Danie Stewart
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Publication number: 20170270214Abstract: A method (300) and apparatus (110, 150) collect and upload implicit analytic data. The method can include storing (320) dependency rules corresponding explicit events to implicit events. The method can include collecting (330) and storing (340) implicit event data corresponding to implicit events. The method can include receiving (350) an explicit event at the device. The method can include evaluating (360) dependency rules corresponding to the explicit event. The method can include identifying (370) a relevant subset of implicit event data corresponding to the explicit event based on evaluating the dependency rules. The method can include uploading (390) the relevant subset of the implicit event data and explicit event data corresponding to the explicit event.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Nitya Narasimhan, Yan Liu, Gregory L. Singer
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Patent number: 9679061Abstract: A method and apparatus collect and upload implicit analytic data. The method can include storing dependency rules corresponding explicit events to implicit events. The method can include collecting and storing implicit event data corresponding to implicit events. The method can include receiving an explicit event at the device. The method can include evaluating dependency rules corresponding to the explicit event. The method can include identifying a relevant subset of implicit event data corresponding to the explicit event based on evaluating the dependency rules. The method can include uploading the relevant subset of the implicit event data and explicit event data corresponding to the explicit event.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2011Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLCInventors: Nitya Narasimhan, Yan Liu, Gregory L. Singer
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Publication number: 20170118516Abstract: An advertisement system includes an advertising manager that receives a content-event indicator, which indicates playback of an advertisement for viewing on a first display screen at a media-playback device or indicates playback of recorded content that includes advertisements. The advertising manager can determine an optimal time offset as a duration of time before or after playback of an advertisement to the start of an event that is associated with the advertisement for viewing on a second display screen at a mobile device. For recorded content, an optimization schedule is determined that replaces and time-shifts advertisements during playback of the recorded content. The advertising manager can also determine a fulfillment criterion for a product or service based on latency constraints to indicate a duration of time within which fulfillment of the product or service is expected when offered as a second advertisement corresponding to a first advertisement.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2017Publication date: April 27, 2017Inventors: Nitya Narasimhan, Venugopal Vasudevan, Jehan Wickramasuriya, Joseph F. Wodka
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Patent number: 9596513Abstract: Methods and systems for facilitating distribution of content are disclosed. In one example embodiment, a method of facilitating demand-driven population and management of online content within a video-on-demand (VOD) service includes receiving trend information and a link reference at one or more input ports, the reference being at least indirectly indicative of a location at which the content is available, and obtaining and normalizing, by way of one or more processing devices, metadata pertaining to the content. The method further includes determining business rule information pertaining to the content based at least indirectly upon the trend information, content provider policy information, and the normalized metadata, via the processing device(s), and outputting via one or more output ports the business rule information for receipt by the VOD service, whereby availability and prioritization of the content at the VOD service is based at least in part upon the output business rule information.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2014Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLCInventors: Nitya Narasimhan, Harry Bliss, Joseph Wodka
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Patent number: 9554185Abstract: The present invention monitors a user's activities to determine how much attention he is paying to one or more devices. Based on the information gathered about the user's current “attention profile,” a “user-interaction parameter” is set that reflects where the user's attention is focused and, ideally, how much of his attention is given to each device. Then, based on the user-interaction parameter, the user interface of at least one of the user's devices is configured to optimize the user's interactions, given the amount of attention he is currently giving to this user interface. If the user is giving the majority of his attention to the television, for example, then the user interface of a companion device can be configured to emphasize the types of interactions available to a user who is not actively watching the companion device.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2011Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Nitya Narasimhan, Silviu Chiricescu, Venugopal Vasudevan, Joseph F. Wodka
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Patent number: 9544647Abstract: An advertisement system includes an advertising manager that receives a content-event indicator, which indicates playback of an advertisement for viewing on a first display screen at a media-playback device or indicates playback of recorded content that includes advertisements. The advertising manager can determine an optimal time offset as a duration of time before or after playback of an advertisement to the start of an event that is associated with the advertisement for viewing on a second display screen at a mobile device. For recorded content, an optimization schedule is determined that replaces and time-shifts advertisements during playback of the recorded content. The advertising manager can also determine a fulfillment criterion for a product or service based on latency constraints to indicate a duration of time within which fulfillment of the product or service is expected when offered as a second advertisement corresponding to a first advertisement.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2012Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLCInventors: Nitya Narasimhan, Venugopal Vasudevan, Jehan Wickramasuriya, Joseph F. Wodka
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Publication number: 20150149922Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed whereby the context of user activity can be used to tailor the ambient information system. The method and apparatus use both short-term context such as recent activity and long-term context such as historical patterns to highlight specific content on channels or widgets that are likely to be of most immediate interest to the user. This contextual information provided by the framework can also be used to make intelligent decisions about how to tailor the user experience after a user has interacted with the item in question. Additionally, context information accumulated on one device such as a mobile phone can be broadcasted to other devices to influence the ambient information display application on a second device such as a desktop based on enabling remote access to the local context repository.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2015Publication date: May 28, 2015Inventors: Jehan Wickramasuriya, Craig Janssen, Nitya Narasimhan, Michael Pearce, Daniel Stewart
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Patent number: 8943425Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed whereby the context of user activity can be used to tailor the ambient information system. The method and apparatus use both short-term context such as recent activity and long-term context such as historical patterns to highlight specific content on channels or widgets that are likely to be of most immediate interest to the user. This contextual information provided by the framework can also be used to make intelligent decisions about how to tailor the user experience after a user has interacted with the item in question. Additionally, context information accumulated on one device such as a mobile phone can be broadcasted to other devices to influence the ambient information display application on a second device such as a desktop based on enabling remote access to the local context repository.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2007Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLCInventors: Jehan Wickramasuriya, Craig Janssen, Nitya Narasimhan, Michael Pearce, Daniel Stewart
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Publication number: 20140351839Abstract: Methods and systems for facilitating distribution of content are disclosed. In one example embodiment, a method of facilitating demand-driven population and management of online content within a video-on-demand (VOD) service includes receiving trend information and a link reference at one or more input ports, the reference being at least indirectly indicative of a location at which the content is available, and obtaining and normalizing, by way of one or more processing devices, metadata pertaining to the content. The method further includes determining business rule information pertaining to the content based at least indirectly upon the trend information, content provider policy information, and the normalized metadata, via the processing device(s), and outputting via one or more output ports the business rule information for receipt by the VOD service, whereby availability and prioritization of the content at the VOD service is based at least in part upon the output business rule information.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Inventors: Nitya Narasimhan, Harry Bliss, Joseph Wodka
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Patent number: 8806545Abstract: Methods and systems for facilitating distribution of content are disclosed. In one example embodiment, a method of facilitating demand-driven population and management of online content within a video-on-demand (VOD) service includes receiving trend information and a link reference at one or more input ports, the reference being at least indirectly indicative of a location at which the content is available, and obtaining and normalizing, by way of one or more processing devices, metadata pertaining to the content. The method further includes determining business rule information pertaining to the content based at least indirectly upon the trend information, content provider policy information, and the normalized metadata, via the processing device(s), and outputting via one or more output ports the business rule information for receipt by the VOD service, whereby availability and prioritization of the content at the VOD service is based at least in part upon the output business rule information.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2011Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Nitya Narasimhan, Harry Bliss, Joseph Wodka
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Patent number: 8768744Abstract: A method and apparatus that creates reviews of media content on a mobile communication device is disclosed. The method may include identifying media content being played for a user, receiving a review from the user based on the played media content, and sending the user's review to a remote media content server for processing.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2007Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Nitya Narasimhan, Rohit Chaudhri, Michael D. Pearce
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Publication number: 20140143043Abstract: An advertisement system includes an advertising manager that receives a content-event indicator, which indicates playback of an advertisement for viewing on a first display screen at a media-playback device or indicates playback of recorded content that includes advertisements. The advertising manager can determine an optimal time offset as a duration of time before or after playback of an advertisement to the start of an event that is associated with the advertisement for viewing on a second display screen at a mobile device. For recorded content, an optimization schedule is determined that replaces and time-shifts advertisements during playback of the recorded content. The advertising manager can also determine a fulfillment criterion for a product or service based on latency constraints to indicate a duration of time within which fulfillment of the product or service is expected when offered as a second advertisement corresponding to a first advertisement.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2012Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATIONInventors: Jehan Wickramasuriya, Nitya Narasimhan, Venugopal Vasudevan, Joseph F. Wodka, Chao Xu
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Publication number: 20140019539Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for determining an influence score for a user of one or more social-networking services. The methods comprise acquiring a set of one or more criteria, the criteria having been specified by a first party, acquiring a dataset comprising information that relates to the user's interactions with one or more of the social networks provided by one or more of the social-networking services, selecting from the dataset data that are in accordance with the one or more criteria, and determining some function of the selected data, thereby providing the influence score for the second party.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2012Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATIONInventors: Ashley B. Novak, Crysta J. Metcalf, Nitya Narasimhan
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Publication number: 20130339153Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for providing customized multimedia content to a user. Multimedia content is provided to a further user. The multimedia content comprises non-customizable, non-advertisement primary content and a customizable advertising opportunity. The further user may customize the advertising opportunity to produce customized multimedia content, which may then be sent, or shared with the user (for consumption by that user). Customization may include selecting an advertisement and including the selected advertisement in the advertising opportunity or selecting an advertising policy for the advertising opportunity. The advertisements (or policies) may be based on preferences (e.g., likes, dislikes, hobbies, interests) of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2012Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATIONInventors: Sanjeev K. Mishra, Nitya Narasimhan