Patents by Inventor Samir B Armaly

Samir B Armaly 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).

  • Publication number: 20230403429
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for detecting a presence of a second user inside an aural range of the video but outside of a visual range of the display device, determining that a profile of the second user indicates a conflict for the second user with respect to the video, in response to determining that the profile of the second user indicates the conflict, and dynamically adjusting a volume of the video so that the second user is outside of an adjusted aural range of the video. The systems and methods may determine that the second user has entered the visual range of the display device, and, in response to determining that the second user has entered the visual range of the video, may alter a visual component of the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventor: Samir B. Armaly
  • Patent number: 11785294
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for detecting a presence of a second user inside an aural range of the video but outside of a visual range of the display device, determining that a profile of the second user indicates a conflict for the second user with respect to the video, in response to determining that the profile of the second user indicates the conflict, and dynamically adjusting a volume of the video so that the second user is outside of an adjusted aural range of the video. The systems and methods may determine that the second user has entered the visual range of the display device, and, in response to determining that the second user has entered the visual range of the video, may alter a visual component of the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
    Inventor: Samir B. Armaly
  • Publication number: 20210281913
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for detecting a presence of a second user inside an aural range of the video but outside of a visual range of the display device, determining that a profile of the second user indicates a conflict for the second user with respect to the video, in response to determining that the profile of the second user indicates the conflict, and dynamically adjusting a volume of the video so that the second user is outside of an adjusted aural range of the video. The systems and methods may determine that the second user has entered the visual range of the display device, and, in response to determining that the second user has entered the visual range of the video, may alter a visual component of the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventor: Samir B. Armaly
  • Publication number: 20210211767
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring a user's viewing progress of media in a series are provided. The user may setup a media profile containing a list of program series to be monitored. The interactive media monitoring application may track the user's viewing progress of programs in the program series on the user equipment and update the user's media profile. The user may request and watch programs in the series at the user's leisure while peripheral media content may be filtered to be consistent with the user's viewing progress in the series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Charles Cordray, Todd A. Walker, Samir B. Armaly
  • Patent number: 11044525
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for detecting a presence of a second user inside an aural range of the video but outside of a visual range of the display device, determining that a profile of the second user indicates a conflict for the second user with respect to the video, in response to determining that the profile of the second user indicates the conflict, and dynamically adjusting a volume of the video so that the second user is outside of an adjusted aural range of the video. The systems and methods may determine that the second user has entered the visual range of the display device, and, in response to determining that the second user has entered the visual range of the video, may alter a visual component of the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventor: Samir B. Armaly
  • Patent number: 10917689
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring a user's viewing progress of media in a series are provided. The user may setup a media profile containing a list of program series to be monitored. The interactive media monitoring application may track the user's viewing progress of programs in the program series on the user equipment and update the user's media profile. The user may request and watch programs in the series at the user's leisure while peripheral media content may be filtered to be consistent with the user's viewing progress in the series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Cordray, Todd A. Walker, Samir B. Armaly
  • Publication number: 20200120384
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for detecting a presence of a second user inside an aural range of the video but outside of a visual range of the display device, determining that a profile of the second user indicates a conflict for the second user with respect to the video, in response to determining that the profile of the second user indicates the conflict, and dynamically adjusting a volume of the video so that the second user is outside of an adjusted aural range of the video. The systems and methods may determine that the second user has entered the visual range of the display device, and, in response to determining that the second user has entered the visual range of the video, may alter a visual component of the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventor: Samir B. Armaly
  • Publication number: 20190158914
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring a user's viewing progress of media in a series are provided. The user may setup a media profile containing a list of program series to be monitored. The interactive media monitoring application may track the user's viewing progress of programs in the program series on the user equipment and update the user's media profile. The user may request and watch programs in the series at the user's leisure while peripheral media content may be filtered to be consistent with the user's viewing progress in the series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Charles Cordray, Todd A. Walker, Samir B. Armaly
  • Patent number: 10165324
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring a user's viewing progress of media in a series are provided. The user may setup a media profile containing a list of program series to be monitored. The interactive media monitoring application may track the user's viewing progress of programs in the program series on the user equipment and update the user's media profile. The user may request and watch programs in the series at the user's leisure while peripheral media content may be filtered to be consistent with the user's viewing progress in the series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Cordray, Todd A. Walker, Samir B. Armaly
  • Patent number: 9955216
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring a user's viewing progress of media in a series are provided. The user may setup a media profile containing a list of program series to be monitored. The interactive media monitoring application may track the user's viewing progress of programs in the program series on the user equipment and update the user's media profile. The user may request and watch programs in the series at the user's leisure while peripheral media content may be filtered to be consistent with the user's viewing progress in the series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Cordray, Todd A. Walker, Samir B. Armaly
  • Publication number: 20180109842
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring a user's viewing progress of media in a series are provided. The user may setup a media profile containing a list of program series to be monitored. The interactive media monitoring application may track the user's viewing progress of programs in the program series on the user equipment and update the user's media profile. The user may request and watch programs in the series at the user's leisure while peripheral media content may be filtered to be consistent with the user's viewing progress in the series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Charles Cordray, Todd A. Walker, Samir B. Armaly
  • Patent number: 9860595
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring a user's viewing progress of media in a series are provided. The user may setup a media profile containing a list of program series to be monitored. The interactive media monitoring application may track the user's viewing progress of programs in the program series on the user equipment and update the user's media profile. The user may request and watch programs in the series at the user's leisure while peripheral media content may be filtered to be consistent with the user's viewing progress in the series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
    Inventors: Charles Cordray, Todd A. Walker, Samir B. Armaly
  • Publication number: 20160295278
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring a user's viewing progress of media in a series are provided. The user may setup a media profile containing a list of program series to be monitored. The interactive media monitoring application may track the user's viewing progress of programs in the program series on the user equipment and update the user's media profile. The user may request and watch programs in the series at the user's leisure while peripheral media content may be filtered to be consistent with the user's viewing progress in the series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Charles Cordray, Todd A. Walker, Samir B. Armaly
  • Publication number: 20150229991
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring a user's viewing progress of media in a series are provided. The user may setup a media profile containing a list of program series to be monitored. The interactive media monitoring application may track the user's viewing progress of programs in the program series on the user equipment and update the user's media profile. The user may request and watch programs in the series at the user's leisure while peripheral media content may be filtered to be consistent with the user's viewing progress in the series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Charles Cordray, Todd A. Walker, Samir B. Armaly
  • Patent number: 9015736
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring a user's viewing progress of media in a series are provided. The user may setup a media profile containing a list of program series to be monitored. The interactive media monitoring application may track the user's viewing progress of programs in the program series on the user equipment and update the user's media profile. The user may request and watch programs in the series at the user's leisure while peripheral media content may be filtered to be consistent with the user's viewing progress in the series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Cordray, Todd A. Walker, Samir B. Armaly
  • Publication number: 20130332250
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing conditional group purchase offers are provided. A conditional offer for an on-demand media asset, such as a movie, television episode, or streaming video is transmitted to a plurality of users. The conditional offer is conditioned on a minimum quantity of purchases being performed within a specified time period. The purchase requests are received at a processing device, which determines whether the amount of purchase requests exceeds the minimum quantity of purchases within the specified time period, and performs a corresponding action based on the amount of purchase requests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC.
    Inventors: Samir B. Armaly, Kim R. Dykeman
  • Patent number: 7840977
    Abstract: When selecting a television program for recording, a user may configure the delivery of the selected television program and associated data and interactive applications to different user equipment devices in a home network, which may have different capabilities. Because the user equipment devices in the home network may have different capabilities, the user may wish to deliver different types and amount of content, different amounts of data, and different versions of interactive applications to the user equipment devices in the home network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: United Video Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd A Walker, Samir B Armaly, Robert A Knee
  • Publication number: 20090165051
    Abstract: Methods and devices for presenting an interactive media guidance application are provided. In some embodiments, methods for presenting an interactive media guidance application in a user equipment device are provided, the methods comprising: determining a location of the user equipment device; determining a destination of the user equipment device; identifying, as local guide listings, listings corresponding to media available at the location of the user equipment device; identifying, as unavailable guide listings, the local guide listings corresponding to media that will not be available at the destination; and presenting the unavailable guide listings on the user equipment device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: United Video Properties, Inc.
    Inventor: Samir B. Armaly
  • Publication number: 20080141303
    Abstract: When selecting a television program for recording, a user may configure the delivery of the selected television program and associated data and interactive applications to different user equipment devices in a home network, which may have different capabilities. Because the user equipment devices in the home network may have different capabilities, the user may wish to deliver different types and amount of content, different amounts of data, and different versions of interactive applications to the user equipment devices in the home network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Todd A. Walker, Samir B. Armaly, Robert A. Knee