Patents by Inventor Peter Boonstra

Peter Boonstra 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).

  • Patent number: 12244900
    Abstract: A media guidance application may monitor a conversation among users, and identify keywords in the conversation, without the use of wakewords. The keywords are used to search for media content that is relevant to the on-going conversation. Accordingly, the media guidance application presents relevant content to the users, during the conversation, to more actively engage the users. A conversation monitoring window may be used to present conversation information as well as relevant content. A listening mode may be used to manage when the media guidance application processes speech from a conversation. The media guidance application may access user profiles for keywords, select content types, select content sources, and determine relevancy of media content, to provide content in context of a conversation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Adeia Guides Inc.
    Inventors: Alexis Yelton, Abhijeet Sharma, Peter Boonstra
  • Publication number: 20240205492
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for customizing a display of media asset information based on a user preference profile. In particular, media asset description information is customized by changing a term to a synonym that matches an event or keyword in the user preference profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Alexis Yelton, Abhijeet Sharma, Peter Boonstra
  • Patent number: 11962838
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for customizing a display of media asset information based on a user preference profile. In particular, media asset description information is customized by changing a term to a synonym that matches an event or keyword in the user preference profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
    Inventors: Alexis Yelton, Abhijeet Sharma, Peter Boonstra
  • Publication number: 20240040168
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for altering or otherwise obscuring a progress bar to prevent spoilers in a media asset. A media asset is generated for display and an input is detected from a user during playback of the media asset. A determination is made whether the input comprises a command to display a progress bar. In the affirmative, a determination regarding a current point of playback of the media asset and the type of segment is made. An entry is retrieved from a database that maps the type of segment to a range of time. A determination is made whether the remaining time of the media asset is within the range of time. In the affirmative, a determination whether displaying the progress bar would spoil the media asset is made. In response to determining that displaying the progress bar would spoil the media asset, the progress bar is refrained from generating display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Kang-Po Yan, Hong-Qi Jia, Peter Boonstra, Kerui Chen
  • Patent number: 11818405
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for altering or otherwise obscuring a progress bar to prevent spoilers in a media asset. A media asset is generated for display and an input is detected from a user during playback of the media asset. A determination is made whether the input comprises a command to display a progress bar. In the affirmative, a determination regarding a current point of playback of the media asset and the type of segment is made. An entry is retrieved from a database that maps the type of segment to a range of time. A determination is made whether the remaining time of the media asset is within the range of time. In the affirmative, a determination whether displaying the progress bar would spoil the media asset is made. In response to determining that displaying the progress bar would spoil the media asset, the progress bar is refrained from generating display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Kang-Po Yan, Hong-Qi Jia, Peter Boonstra, Kerui Chen
  • Publication number: 20230328325
    Abstract: A media guidance application may monitor a conversation among users, and identify keywords in the conversation, without the use of wakewords. The keywords are used to search for media content that is relevant to the on-going conversation. Accordingly, the media guidance application presents relevant content to the users, during the conversation, to more actively engage the users. A conversation monitoring window may be used to present conversation information as well as relevant content. A listening mode may be used to manage when the media guidance application processes speech from a conversation. The media guidance application may access user profiles for keywords, select content types, select content sources, and determine relevancy of media content, to provide content in context of a conversation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Alexis Yelton, Abhijeet Sharma, Peter Boonstra
  • Patent number: 11716514
    Abstract: A media guidance application may monitor a conversation among users, and identify keywords in the conversation, without the use of wakewords. The keywords are used to search for media content that is relevant to the on-going conversation. Accordingly, the media guidance application presents relevant content to the users, during the conversation, to more actively engage the users. A conversation monitoring window may be used to present conversation information as well as relevant content. A listening mode may be used to manage when the media guidance application processes speech from a conversation. The media guidance application may access user profiles for keywords, select content types, select content sources, and determine relevancy of media content, to provide content in context of a conversation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexis Yelton, Abhijeet Sharma, Peter Boonstra
  • Publication number: 20230009320
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for altering or otherwise obscuring a progress bar to prevent spoilers in a media asset. A media asset is generated for display and an input is detected from a user during playback of the media asset. A determination is made whether the input comprises a command to display a progress bar. In the affirmative, a determination regarding a current point of playback of the media asset and the type of segment is made. An entry is retrieved from a database that maps the type of segment to a range of time. A determination is made whether the remaining time of the media asset is within the range of time. In the affirmative, a determination whether displaying the progress bar would spoil the media asset is made. In response to determining that displaying the progress bar would spoil the media asset, the progress bar is refrained from generating display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Kang-Po Yan, Hong-Qi Jia, Peter Boonstra, Kerui Chen
  • Patent number: 11381852
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for altering or otherwise obscuring a progress bar to prevent spoilers in a media asset. A media asset is generated for display and an input is detected from a user during playback of the media asset. A determination is made whether the input comprises a command to display a progress bar. In the affirmative, a determination regarding a current point of playback of the media asset and the type of segment is made. An entry is retrieved from a database that maps the type of segment to a range of time. A determination is made whether the remaining time of the media asset is within the range of time. In the affirmative, a determination whether displaying the progress bar would spoil the media asset is made. In response to determining that displaying the progress bar would spoil the media asset, the progress bar is refrained from generating display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Kang-Po Yan, Hong-Qi Jia, Peter Boonstra, Kerui Chen
  • Patent number: 11277657
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for customizing a display of media asset information based on a user preference profile. In particular, media asset description information is customized by changing a term to a synonym that matches an event or keyword in the user preference profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
    Inventors: Alexis Yelton, Abhijeet Sharma, Peter Boonstra
  • Publication number: 20220053234
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for customizing a display of media asset information based on a user preference profile. In particular, media asset description information is customized by changing a term to a synonym that matches an event or keyword in the user preference profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Alexis Yelton, Abhijeet Sharma, Peter Boonstra
  • Publication number: 20210400349
    Abstract: A media guidance application may monitor a conversation among users, and identify keywords in the conversation, without the use of wakewords. The keywords are used to search for media content that is relevant to the on-going conversation. Accordingly, the media guidance application presents relevant content to the users, during the conversation, to more actively engage the users. A conversation monitoring window may be used to present conversation information as well as relevant content. A listening mode may be used to manage when the media guidance application processes speech from a conversation. The media guidance application may access user profiles for keywords, select content types, select content sources, and determine relevancy of media content, to provide content in context of a conversation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Alexis Yelton, Abhijeet Sharma, Peter Boonstra
  • Patent number: 11140450
    Abstract: A media guidance application may monitor a conversation among users, and identify keywords in the conversation, without the use of wakewords. The keywords are used to search for media content that is relevant to the on-going conversation. Accordingly, the media guidance application presents relevant content to the users, during the conversation, to more actively engage the users. A conversation monitoring window may be used to present conversation information as well as relevant content. A listening mode may be used to manage when the media guidance application processes speech from a conversation. The media guidance application may access user profiles for keywords, select content types, select content sources, and determine relevancy of media content, to provide content in context of a conversation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
    Inventors: Alexis Yelton, Abhijeet Sharma, Peter Boonstra
  • Publication number: 20210120290
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for altering or otherwise obscuring a progress bar to prevent spoilers in a media asset. A media asset is generated for display and an input is detected from a user during playback of the media asset. A determination is made whether the input comprises a command to display a progress bar. In the affirmative, a determination regarding a current point of playback of the media asset and the type of segment is made. An entry is retrieved from a database that maps the type of segment to a range of time. A determination is made whether the remaining time of the media asset is within the range of time. In the affirmative, a determination whether displaying the progress bar would spoil the media asset is made. In response to determining that displaying the progress bar would spoil the media asset, the progress bar is refrained from generating display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Kang-Po Yan, Hong-Qi Jia, Peter Boonstra, Kerui Chen
  • Publication number: 20210112300
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for customizing a display of media asset information based on a user preference profile. In particular, media asset description information is customized by changing a term to a synonym that matches an event or keyword in the user preference profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Alexis Yelton, Abhijeet Sharma, Peter Boonstra
  • Patent number: 10834442
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for altering or otherwise obscuring a progress bar to prevent spoilers in a media asset. A media asset is generated for display and an input is detected from a user during playback of the media asset. A determination is made whether the input comprises a command to display a progress bar. In the affirmative, a determination regarding a current point of playback of the media asset and the type of segment is made. An entry is retrieved from a database that maps the type of segment to a range of time. A determination is made whether the remaining time of the media asset is within the range of time. In the affirmative, a determination whether displaying the progress bar would spoil the media asset is made. In response to determining that displaying the progress bar would spoil the media asset, the progress bar is refrained from generating display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Kang-Po Yan, Hong-Qi Jia, Peter Boonstra, Kerui Chen
  • Patent number: 10820037
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for customizing a display of media asset information based on a user preference profile. In particular, media asset description information is customized by changing a term to a synonym that matches an event or keyword in the user preference profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
    Inventors: Alexis Yelton, Abhijeet Sharma, Peter Boonstra
  • Publication number: 20200007913
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for altering or otherwise obscuring a progress bar to prevent spoilers in a media asset. A media asset is generated for display and an input is detected from a user during playback of the media asset. A determination is made whether the input comprises a command to display a progress bar. In the affirmative, a determination regarding a current point of playback of the media asset and the type of segment is made. An entry is retrieved from a database that maps the type of segment to a range of time. A determination is made whether the remaining time of the media asset is within the range of time. In the affirmative, a determination whether displaying the progress bar would spoil the media asset is made. In response to determining that displaying the progress bar would spoil the media asset, the progress bar is refrained from generating display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Kang-Po Yan, Hong-Qi Jia, Peter Boonstra, Kerui Chen
  • Patent number: 10477254
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for providing media clips that depict referee's decisions that are similar to a decision made in a sporting event being currently consumed by the user. A media guidance application may be configured to perform the actions described herein. Specifically, the media guidance application may determine, that an officiator of the sporting event stopped play for a specific situation. In response, the media guidance application may extract metadata that corresponds to the specific situation and compare the metadata that corresponds to the specific situation with metadata for similar situations that occurred in other similar sporting events. The media guidance application may identify a similar situation or event that occurred in another similar sporting event (e.g., the same sport) and generate for display video of the similar situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Kang-Po Yan, Hong-Qi Jia, Peter Boonstra, Kerui Chen
  • Patent number: 10462528
    Abstract: A media guidance application may indicate popular content by applying a visual attribute to a display of content listings. A media guidance application may generate for display media asset listings in a list. The media guidance application may determine a popular first media asset listing of the media asset listings. The media guidance application may identify a second media asset listing of the media asset listings based on a cursor position. The media guidance application may determine a proximity metric based on a position of the first media asset listing in the list relative to a position of the cursor. The media guidance application may select a visual attribute for the cursor based at least in part on the proximity metric and how popular the popular first listing is. A visual attribute may include, for example, a color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexis Yelton, Abhijeet Sharma, Peter Boonstra