Patents by Inventor Qifeng Shen

Qifeng Shen 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).

  • Integrated audience interaction measurements for videos
    Patent number: 10341703
    Abstract: Example implementations described herein involve determining, for a video program, viewing patterns of a plurality of viewers of the video program; for a threshold of the plurality of viewers having changing viewing patterns for the video program during broadcast of the video program, determining if the threshold of the plurality of viewers having the changing viewing patterns are only associated with a local station broadcasting to a local geographical region; for the threshold of the plurality of viewers having the changing viewing patterns being only associated with a local geographical region, transmitting, to a station managing the local geographical region, instructions regarding at least one of video program outage and bit rate throughput issue for the video program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventor: Qifeng Shen