Patents by Inventor Rebecca Mason

Rebecca Mason 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: 11887114
    Abstract: Systems and methods for pulsing and controlling quality of content are provided. An automated QC system that automatically monitors (e.g., pulses) content for any changes by third-party servers and subsequently deactivates problematic content may improve user experience in relation to viewing content and enhance revenue gains for the content provider. For example, a confidence tool may identify problematic changes to the content via a pulsing mechanism, in which content is identified for deactivation until changes to the content meet the specification of the content presentation services. Active (e.g., live) or in-flight (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: NBCUniversal Media, LLC
    Inventors: Michael S. Levin, Christopher Lynn, Alexandra Paige, Beth Kramer, Natasha Thandi, Carlos Costa, David Hollo, Karthik Rengasamy, Adrian Ritchie, Rebecca Mason
  • Patent number: 11838561
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling quality of content are provided. Programmatic ad buying may facilitate and expedite ad buying via an automated process. However, quality control via a conventional ad buying process is done with manual intervention. A confidence tool may request, from a programmatic content library of a content provider, to analyze a content tag associated with programmatic content. The confidence tool may determine whether the content tag meets confidence criteria (e.g., specifications of a content presentation service). The confidence tool may notify the content provider of whether the content tag meets the confidence criteria. Based on this notification, the content provider may approve the content to be run or reject the content to prevent problematic content from running on the content presentation service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: NBCUniversal Media, LLC
    Inventors: Michael S. Levin, Alexandra Paige, Tatiana Stepanov, Christopher Lynn, Dana Cacciatore, Carlos Costa, Rebecca Mason, Janice Navea, Joshua Butler, Stephane Krzywoglowy
  • Publication number: 20230188774
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling quality of content is provided. A confidence tool of an automated quality control system may receive a request to analyze a tag indicating content to be presented by a content presentation service. The tag may be indicative of a link to the content and a tracking pixel associated with the content. The confidence tool may determine whether the tag meets criteria (e.g., pixel whitelisting criteria, specification of a content presentation service). The confidence tool may notify a user whether the tag meets the criteria to prevent problematic content from being presented by the content presentation service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Michael S. Levin, Christopher Lynn, Alexandra Paige, Carlos Costa, Craig Gardner, Megan Mauck, Dominic Insogna, Vanessa Cavorti, Beth Kramer, Karthik Rengasamy, Rebecca Mason
  • Publication number: 20230078516
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling quality of content are provided. Programmatic ad buying may facilitate and expedite ad buying via an automated process. However, quality control via a conventional ad buying process is done with manual intervention. A confidence tool may request, from a programmatic content library of a content provider, to analyze a content tag associated with programmatic content. The confidence tool may determine whether the content tag meets confidence criteria (e.g., specifications of a content presentation service). The confidence tool may notify the content provider of whether the content tag meets the confidence criteria. Based on this notification, the content provider may approve the content to be run or reject the content to prevent problematic content from running on the content presentation service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Michael S. Levin, Alexandra Paige, Tatiana Stepanov, Christopher Lynn, Dana Cacciatore, Carlos Costa, Rebecca Mason, Janice Navea
  • Patent number: 11509950
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling quality of content is provided. A confidence tool of an automated quality control system may receive a request to analyze a tag indicating content to be presented by a content presentation service. The tag may be indicative of a link to the content and a tracking pixel associated with the content. The confidence tool may determine whether the tag meets criteria (e.g., pixel whitelisting criteria, specification of a content presentation service). The confidence tool may notify a user whether the tag meets the criteria to prevent problematic content from being presented by the content presentation service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: NBCUniversal Media LLC
    Inventors: Michael S. Levin, Christopher Lynn, Alexandra Paige, Carlos Costa, Craig Gardner, Megan Mauck, Dominic Insogna, Vanessa Cavorti, Beth Kramer, Karthik Rengasamy, Rebecca Mason
  • Publication number: 20210314643
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling quality of content is provided. A confidence tool of an automated quality control system may receive a request to analyze a tag indicating content to be presented by a content presentation service. The tag may be indicative of a link to the content and a tracking pixel associated with the content. The confidence tool may determine whether the tag meets criteria (e.g., pixel whitelisting criteria, specification of a content presentation service). The confidence tool may notify a user whether the tag meets the criteria to prevent problematic content from being presented by the content presentation service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Michael S. Levin, Christopher Lynn, Alexandra Paige, Carlos Costa, Craig Gardner, Megan Mauck, Dominic Insogna, Vanessa Cavorti, Beth Kramer, Karthik Rengasamy, Rebecca Mason
  • Publication number: 20210073708
    Abstract: Systems and methods for pulsing and controlling quality of content are provided. An automated QC system that automatically monitors (e.g., pulses) content for any changes by third-party servers and subsequently deactivates problematic content may improve user experience in relation to viewing content and enhance revenue gains for the content provider. For example, a confidence tool may identify problematic changes to the content via a pulsing mechanism, in which content is identified for deactivation until changes to the content meet the specification of the content presentation services. Active (e.g., live) or in-flight (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Michael S. Levin, Christopher Lynn, Alexandra Paige, Beth Kramer, Natasha Thandi, Carlos Costa, David Hollo, Karthik Rengasamy, Adrian Ritchie, Rebecca Mason
  • Patent number: 10650804
    Abstract: A “Facet Recommender” creates conversational recommendations for facets of particular conversational topics, and optionally for things associated with those facets, from consumer reviews or other social media content. The Facet Recommender applies a machine-learned facet model and optional sentiment-model, to identify facets associated with spans or segments of the content and to determine neutral, positive, or negative consumer sentiment associated with those facets and, optionally, things associated with those facets. These facets are selected by the facet model from a list or set of manually defined or machine-learned facets for particular conversational topic types. The Facet Recommender then generates new conversational utterances (i.e., short neutral, positive or negative suggestions) about particular facets based on the sentiments associated with those facets. In various implementations, utterances are fit to one or more predefined conversational frameworks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Bill Dolan, Margaret Mitchell, Jay Banerjee, Pallavi Choudhury, Susan Hendrich, Rebecca Mason, Ron Owens, Mouni Reddy, Yaxiao Song, Kristina Toutanova, Liang Xu, Xuetao Yin
  • Publication number: 20180261211
    Abstract: A “Facet Recommender” creates conversational recommendations for facets of particular conversational topics, and optionally for things associated with those facets, from consumer reviews or other social media content. The Facet Recommender applies a machine-learned facet model and optional sentiment-model, to identify facets associated with spans or segments of the content and to determine neutral, positive, or negative consumer sentiment associated with those facets and, optionally, things associated with those facets. These facets are selected by the facet model from a list or set of manually defined or machine-learned facets for particular conversational topic types. The Facet Recommender then generates new conversational utterances (i.e., short neutral, positive or negative suggestions) about particular facets based on the sentiments associated with those facets. In various implementations, utterances are fit to one or more predefined conversational frameworks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Bill Dolan, Margaret Mitchell, Jay Banerjee, Pallavi Choudhury, Susan Hendrich, Rebecca Mason, Ron Owens, Mouni Reddy, Yaxiao Song, Kristina Toutanova, Liang Xu, Xuetao Yin
  • Patent number: 9978362
    Abstract: A “Facet Recommender” creates conversational recommendations for facets of particular conversational topics, and optionally for things associated with those facets, from consumer reviews or other social media content. The Facet Recommender applies a machine-learned facet model and optional sentiment-model, to identify facets associated with spans or segments of the content and to determine neutral, positive, or negative consumer sentiment associated with those facets and, optionally, things associated with those facets. These facets are selected by the facet model from a list or set of manually defined or machine-learned facets for particular conversational topic types. The Facet Recommender then generates new conversational utterances (i.e., short neutral, positive or negative suggestions) about particular facets based on the sentiments associated with those facets. In various implementations, utterances are fit to one or more predefined conversational frameworks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Bill Dolan, Margaret Mitchell, Jay Banerjee, Pallavi Choudhury, Susan Hendrich, Rebecca Mason, Ron Owens, Mouni Reddy, Yaxiao Song, Kristina Toutanova, Liang Xu, Xuetao Yin
  • Publication number: 20160063993
    Abstract: A “Facet Recommender” creates conversational recommendations for facets of particular conversational topics, and optionally for things associated with those facets, from consumer reviews or other social media content. The Facet Recommender applies a machine-learned facet model and optional sentiment-model, to identify facets associated with spans or segments of the content and to determine neutral, positive, or negative consumer sentiment associated with those facets and, optionally, things associated with those facets. These facets are selected by the facet model from a list or set of manually defined or machine-learned facets for particular conversational topic types. The Facet Recommender then generates new conversational utterances (i.e., short neutral, positive or negative suggestions) about particular facets based on the sentiments associated with those facets. In various implementations, utterances are fit to one or more predefined conversational frameworks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Bill Dolan, Margaret Mitchell, Jay Banerjee, Pallavi Choudhury, Susan Hendrich, Rebecca Mason, Ron Owens, Mouni Reddy, Yaxiao Song, Kristina Toutanova, Liang Xu, Xuetao Yin