Patents by Inventor Shane Afsar

Shane Afsar 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).

  • Identifying relevance of a video
    Patent number: 11463748
    Abstract: Techniques for identifying relevance of a video are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method comprises: causing a video to be played on a device of a user; receiving, from the device, an instruction to share the video with another user, the instruction corresponding to a point-in-time in the video; identifying text in a transcript of the video based on the point-in-time; causing the identified text to be displayed on the device based on the instruction to share the video; receiving, from the device, an instruction to include user-approved text along with the video in the sharing of the video with the one or more other users, the user-approved text comprising at least a portion of the identified text; and causing the user-approved text to be displayed on a device of the other user in association with the video based on the instructions to share and include.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Amita Sahasrabudhe, Christopher Ng, Pengfei Li, Jonathan L. Sherman-Presser, Mikhail Burshteyn, Shane Afsar, Yilin Li
  • Asynchronous video transcoding
    Patent number: 11405686
    Abstract: Techniques for efficiently processing and publishing video via an online service are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a computer system receives an original version of a video from a first computing device of a first user of an online service, determines that a converted version of the video is not available at a first point in time, publishes the original version of the video on the online service based on the request to post the video and on the determining that the converted version of the video is not available, determines that the converted version of the video is available at a second point in time subsequent to the first point in time, and publishes the converted version of the video on the online service based on the determining that the converted version of the video is available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Yasir Khan, Peter Zhang, Long Peng, Shane Afsar, Si Lao, Alice Ren
  • ASYNCHRONOUS VIDEO TRANSCODING
    Publication number: 20210235158
    Abstract: Techniques for efficiently processing and publishing video via an online service are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a computer system receives an original version of a video from a first computing device of a first user of an online service, determines that a converted version of the video is not available at a first point in time, publishes the original version of the video on the online service based on the request to post the video and on the determining that the converted version of the video is not available, determines that the converted version of the video is available at a second point in time subsequent to the first point in time, and publishes the converted version of the video on the online service based on the determining that the converted version of the video is available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Yasir Khan, Peter Zhang, Long Peng, Shane Afsar, Si Lao, Alice Ren
  • IDENTIFYING RELEVANCE OF A VIDEO
    Publication number: 20190089994
    Abstract: Techniques for identifying relevance of a video are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method comprises: causing a video to be played on a device of a user; receiving, from the device, an instruction to share the video with another user, the instruction corresponding to a point-in-time in the video; identifying text in a transcript of the video based on the point-in-time; causing the identified text to be displayed on the device based on the instruction to share the video; receiving, from the device, an instruction to include user-approved text along with the video in the sharing of the video with the one or more other users, the user-approved text comprising at least a portion of the identified text; and causing the user-approved text to be displayed on a device of the other user in association with the video based on the instructions to share and include.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Amita Sahasrabudhe, Christopher Ng, Pengfei Li, Jonathan L. Sherman-Presser, Mikhail Burshteyn, Shane Afsar, Yilin Li
  • Identifying relevance of a video
    Patent number: 10129573
    Abstract: Techniques for identifying relevance of a video are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method comprises: causing a video to be played on a device of a user; receiving, from the device, an instruction to share the video with another user, the instruction corresponding to a point-in-time in the video; identifying text in a transcript of the video based on the point-in-time; causing the identified text to be displayed on the device based on the instruction to share the video; receiving, from the device, an instruction to include user-approved text along with the video in the sharing of the video with the one or more other users, the user-approved text comprising at least a portion of the identified text; and causing the user-approved text to be displayed on a device of the other user in association with the video based on the instructions to share and include.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Amita Sahasrabudhe, Christopher Ng, Pengfei Li, Jonathan L. Sherman-Presser, Mikhail Burshteyn, Shane Afsar, Yilin Li