Patents by Inventor Pedro Valente

Pedro Valente 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).

  • AUTOMATIC DETECTION AND DIFFERENTIATION OF BILIARY LESIONS IN CHOLANGIOSCOPY IMAGES
    Publication number: 20240135540
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method capable of automatically classifying and differentiating biliary lesions in images obtained from a digital cholangioscopy system, characterizing them according to their malignant potential, through the classification of pixels as a malignant lesion, or benign lesion, followed by a characterization stage and indexing of such lesions according to a set of morphologic characteristics with clinical relevance, namely the presence/absence of tumor vessels, the presence/absence of papillary projections, the presence/absence of intraductal nodules and the presence/absence of tumor masses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: João Pedro SOUSA FERREIRA, Miguel José DA QUINTA E COSTA DE MASCARENHAS SARAIVA, Filipe Manuel VILAS BOAS SILVA, Manuel Guilherme GONÇALVES DE MACEDO, João Pedro LIMA AFONSO, Marco Paulo LAGES PARENTE, Renato Manuel NATAL JORGE, Tiago Filipe CARNEIRO RIBEIRO, Pedro Nuno VALENTE REIS PEREIRA
  • System and methods for user curated media
    Patent number: 11244022
    Abstract: Methods and systems for recommending online media content to other users includes receiving a selection of media content rendered on content page. The media content is identified by a user for sharing. A list of topics associated with the user is generated for presenting on a user interface. The topics are descriptive of the media content selected for sharing. Selection of one or more topics for the selected media content is received from the user. The received selections define the user's relevancy perspective for the selected media content. A recommendation for the selected media content is provided in content streams of users that follow the selected topics for users interactions with the selected media content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: VERIZON MEDIA INC.
    Inventors: Michael Metcalf, Roger William Graves, Alexandre Linares, Pedro Valente
  • System And Methods For User Curated Media
    Publication number: 20150067505
    Abstract: Methods and systems for recommending online media content to other users includes receiving a selection of media content rendered on content page. The media content is identified by a user for sharing. A list of topics associated with the user is generated for presenting on a user interface. The topics are descriptive of the media content selected for sharing. Selection of one or more topics for the selected media content is received from the user. The received selections define the user's relevancy perspective for the selected media content. A recommendation for the selected media content is provided in content streams of users that follow the selected topics for users interactions with the selected media content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Metcalf, Roger William Graves, Alexandre Linares, Pedro Valente