Patents by Inventor Ryan Steelberg

Ryan Steelberg 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: 10552877
    Abstract: A system and method for publishing endorsed media is disclosed herein. The system receives a media file and then transcribes a portion of the media file to produce a transcribed script for the media portion. The system then extracts one or more sentiments based on the transcribed script and media data of the media file. Next, the system associates the one or more extracted sentiments to one or more keywords in the transcribed script. Trending topic around the Internet is then determined. In one aspect, the system then publishes the media portion over the network based on a match between the trending topic and the one or more keywords associated with the one or more extracted sentiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Patent number: 10223705
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method of implementing a computerized brand affinity engine. The apparatus, system and method include at least a plurality of computerized access points having accessible thereto a plurality of sites mentioning at least one sponsor, a categorized, hierarchical database of keywords, wherein at least the keywords falling in at least one category of the hierarchy correspond to a sponsor category of the at least one sponsor, and a tracker, wherein the tracker tracks positive ones of the mentions of the at least one sponsor on ones of the plurality of sites and negative ones of the mentions of the at least one sponsor on ones of the plurality of sites, in accordance with positive and negative keywords of the categorized, hierarchical database in the sponsor category, and wherein the tracker issues an rating with regard to the at least one sponsor in accordance with the positive ones and the negative ones of the mentions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Veritone, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Publication number: 20180332321
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a system and method for the creation and management of advertising inventory utilizing associated metadata. The system generally includes a media streaming system that is used with a video player in connection with the playback of at least one audio/video work. The media streaming system includes a media distribution system that supplies metadata associated with the audio/video work to the video player. The metadata has a hierarchical taxonomy that defines a plurality of attributes associated with one or more objects present in the audio/video work. The system also includes an ad inventory engine that determines available ad inventory based on the metadata and matches the available inventory with advertisement data based on the hierarchical taxonomy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Patent number: 9959700
    Abstract: A method of creating and delivering an on-demand audio asset for inclusion in a creative is described. The method includes the steps of accessing a central processing environment, requesting at least one recording of at least a portion of an audio transmission generated from a communication device, generating at least one audio asset, adding the audio asset to a pool of related assets stored in a vault connected to the central processing environment, selecting the generated audio asset and at least one other related asset from the pool of related assets to form a creative, then requesting delivery of the creative to another communication device, and finally delivering the creative to the other communication device. The method is performed in part by a creative composition engine, which is also described. The engine includes a central processing environment having a processor, a digital recorder and a digital asset storage vault.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: VERITONE, INC.
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Patent number: 9886814
    Abstract: A method of creating and securely sharing creatives is described. The method includes the steps of accessing a central processing environment, requesting at least one recording of at least a portion of an audio transmission generated from a communication device, generating at least one audio asset, adding the audio asset to a pool of related assets stored in a vault connected to the central processing environment, selecting the generated audio asset and at least one other related asset from the pool of related assets to form a creative, then requesting delivery of the creative to another communication device, and finally delivering the creative to the other communication device. The method is performed in part by a creative composition engine, which is also described. The engine includes a central processing environment having a processor, a digital recorder and a digital asset storage vault.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: VERITONE, INC.
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Patent number: 9854277
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a system and method for the creation and management of advertising inventory utilizing associated metadata. The system generally includes a media streaming system that is used with a video player in connection with the playback of at least one audio/video work. The media streaming system includes a media distribution system that supplies metadata associated with the audio/video work to the video player. The metadata has a hierarchical taxonomy that defines a plurality of attributes associated with one or more objects present in the audio/video work. The system also includes an ad inventory engine that determines available ad inventory based on the metadata and matches the available inventory with advertisement data based on the hierarchical taxonomy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: VERITONE, INC.
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Publication number: 20170337765
    Abstract: A method of creating and delivering an on-demand audio asset for inclusion in a creative is described. The method includes the steps of accessing a central processing environment, requesting at least one recording of at least a portion of an audio transmission generated from a communication device, generating at least one audio asset, adding the audio asset to a pool of related assets stored in a vault connected to the central processing environment, selecting the generated audio asset and at least one other related asset from the pool of related assets to form a creative, then requesting delivery of the creative to another communication device, and finally delivering the creative to the other communication device. The method is performed in part by a creative composition engine, which is also described. The engine includes a central processing environment having a processor, a digital recorder and a digital asset storage vault.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Publication number: 20170124588
    Abstract: An engine, system and method for selecting at least one endorser for use in one or more advertisements. The engine, system and method may include a talent library including a plurality of electronic media assets delineated by respective ones of the at least one endorser, a mention tracker that electronically tracks mentions of the media assets, and that assigns at least one metric to each of the mentions, and a graphical user display that displays the metrics correspondent to a selected one of the at least one endorser based on ones selected from a plurality of geographies, wherein the selected ones of the geographies are a situs of ones of the mentions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Patent number: 9633505
    Abstract: A method of creating and delivering an on-demand audio asset for inclusion in a creative is described. The method includes the steps of accessing a central processing environment, requesting at least one recording of at least a portion of an audio transmission generated from a communication device, generating at least one audio asset, adding the audio asset to a pool of related assets stored in a vault connected to the central processing environment, selecting the generated audio asset and at least one other related asset from the pool of related assets to form a creative, then requesting delivery of the creative to another communication device, and finally delivering the creative to the other communication device. The method is performed in part by a creative composition engine, which is also described. The engine includes a central processing environment having a processor, a digital recorder and a digital asset storage vault.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Veritone, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Publication number: 20170053323
    Abstract: A system and method for publishing endorsed media is disclosed herein. The system receives a media file and then transcribes a portion of the media file to produce a transcribed script for the media portion. The system then extracts one or more sentiments based on the transcribed script and media data of the media file. Next, the system associates the one or more extracted sentiments to one or more keywords in the transcribed script. Trending topic around the Internet is then determined. In one aspect, the system then publishes the media portion over the network based on a match between the trending topic and the one or more keywords associated with the one or more extracted sentiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Publication number: 20170032483
    Abstract: The present invention includes an approval engine for pre-approving media content by which a user can interact with an ad generator and request at least one content item not owned by the user for inclusion in a creative. The approval engine also includes a content provision rules engine that includes a plurality of rules asserted by the owner of the requested content to govern the inclusion of the content in the creative, where ones of the plurality of rules includes a minimum price. The content provision rules engine further includes a content provision interface by which the owner of the requested content can interact with the content rules engine to assert the plurality of rules. The user then receives authorization to include the requested content upon meeting the requirements of each of the plurality of rules asserted by the owner prior to the content request made by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Publication number: 20170031733
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the transcription of audio, and, more particularly, to an engine, system and method of providing audio transcriptions for use in content resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Publication number: 20170024760
    Abstract: An endorsed advertising engine, system and method, which includes at least one vault having media assets, a recommendation engine that matches the media assets from the vault with at least one requested creative, and a delivery engine that integrates the requested creative with the matched media assets from the vault.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Publication number: 20160295255
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a system and method for the creation and management of advertising inventory utilizing associated metadata. The system generally includes a media streaming system that is used with a video player in connection with the playback of at least one audio/video work. The media streaming system includes a media distribution system that supplies metadata associated with the audio/video work to the video player. The metadata has a hierarchical taxonomy that defines a plurality of attributes associated with one or more objects present in the audio/video work. The system also includes an ad inventory engine that determines available ad inventory based on the metadata and matches the available inventory with advertisement data based on the hierarchical taxonomy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Patent number: 9454994
    Abstract: A video engine, system and method for use with a video player, including a presenter that presents at least two audio/visual works, at least one software application capable of at least one metadata-related interaction with the audio/visual works, communication points over which the audio/visual works are received, and over which at least a portion of the at least one meta-data interaction occurs, and a hierarchical taxonomy that effects a common metadata reference to each recurrence of a particular object across the audio/visual works, and across each of the at least one metadata-related interaction. The video engine, system, and method may additionally include a prioritization data for use with the metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Publication number: 20160253717
    Abstract: An economic exchange system and method where a request is received to make a non-advertising site use of one or more media assets. The system and method comprising a vault and offering, as a basis for a grant of receiving a request, to allow the non-advertising site use in exchange for a receiving of at least one advertising opportunity on the site, and exchanging, in accordance with an agreement to an offering, of the non-advertising site use for the at least one advertising opportunity on the site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Publication number: 20160247190
    Abstract: An engine, system and method for a delivery tracking software engine for tracking metrics associated with delivery of at least one endorsed advertisement to at least one consumer over at least one computing network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Publication number: 20160189712
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the transcription of audio, and, more particularly, to an engine, system and method of providing audio transcriptions for use in content resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: VERITONE, INC.
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Patent number: 9332311
    Abstract: A digital video recorder is disclosed. The digital video recorder includes at least one memory device, a plurality of communication access points for receiving at least one program play, an open application programming interface associated with the at least one memory device, and at least one correlation engine in communication with the open application programming interface. The plurality of applications correspondent to the open application programming interface allow a user to manipulate metadata associated with ones of the programs plays and the metadata relates to interframe interactivity with detailed aspects of the ones of the program plays. The at least one correlation engine provides for correlation among at least for the interframes of the program play to ones of the interframes of other ones of the program plays, and among the interframe interactivity to the interframes of the program play to interframe interactivity with the other ones of the interframes of the other ones of the program plays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Publication number: 20160104196
    Abstract: A computer-based search engine for performing a search for a keyword, comprising a result responsive to a search, a database comprising a plurality of terms organized by categories wherein at least one of the categories includes the keyword, and relational ones of the plurality of terms to the keyword; a heuristic engine comprising a plurality of rules which, when executed by a processor, applies the rules in accordance with the relational ones of the plurality of terms to a networked site to assess the keyword as a primary subject of the networked site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: Veritone, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg