Patents by Inventor Skarphedinn S. Hedinsson

Skarphedinn S. Hedinsson 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: 10694263
    Abstract: Embodiments provide techniques for distributing supplemental content based on content entities within video content. Embodiments include analyzing video data to identify a known content entity within two or more frames of the video data. For each of the two or more frames, a region of pixels within the respective frame is determined that corresponds to the known content entity. Embodiments further include determining supplemental content corresponding to the known content entity. A watermark is embedded at a first position within the video data, such that the watermark corresponds to an identifier associated with the determined supplemental content. Upon receiving a message specifying the identifier, embodiments include transmitting the supplement content to a client device for output together with the video data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony M. Accardo, Skarphedinn S. Hedinsson, Aljosa Aleksej Andrej Smolic, Miquel A. Farré Guiu, Thabo D. Beeler
  • Patent number: 10299012
    Abstract: Embodiments provide techniques for distributing supplemental content based on content entities within video content. Embodiments include analyzing video data to identify a known content entity within two or more frames of the video data. For each of the two or more frames, a region of pixels within the respective frame is determined that corresponds to the known content entity. Embodiments further include determining supplemental content corresponding to the known content entity. A watermark is embedded at a first position within the video data, such that the watermark corresponds to an identifier associated with the determined supplemental content. Upon receiving a message specifying the identifier, embodiments include transmitting the supplement content to a client device for output together with the video data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony M. Accardo, Skarphedinn S. Hedinsson, Aljosa Aleksej Andrej Smolic, Miquel À. Farré Guiu, Thabo D. Beeler
  • Patent number: 10264329
    Abstract: Embodiments provide techniques for distributing supplemental content based on content entities within video content. Embodiments include receiving video data containing an embedded watermark at a first position within the video data. The embedded watermark is detected at the first position within the video data. Embodiments also include transmitting, to a remote content server, a message specifying a time stamp corresponding to the first position within the video data. In response to transmitting the message, supplemental content corresponding to a content entity depicted within the video content at the first position within the video content is received from the remote content server. Embodiments also include outputting the video data for display together with at least an indication of the supplemental content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony M. Accardo, Skarphedinn S. Hedinsson, Aljosa Aleksej Andrej Smolic, Miquel À. Farré Guiu, Thabo D. Beeler
  • Publication number: 20190082235
    Abstract: Embodiments provide techniques for distributing supplemental content based on content entities within video content. Embodiments include analyzing video data to identify a known content entity within two or more frames of the video data. For each of the two or more frames, a region of pixels within the respective frame is determined that corresponds to the known content entity. Embodiments further include determining supplemental content corresponding to the known content entity. A watermark is embedded at a first position within the video data, such that the watermark corresponds to an identifier associated with the determined supplemental content. Upon receiving a message specifying the identifier, embodiments include transmitting the supplement content to a client device for output together with the video data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Anthony M. ACCARDO, Skarphedinn S. HEDINSSON, Aljosa Aleksej Andrej SMOLIC, Miquel A. FARRÉ GUIU, Thabo D. BEELER
  • Publication number: 20160119691
    Abstract: Embodiments provide techniques for distributing supplemental content based on content entities within video content. Embodiments include receiving video data containing an embedded watermark at a first position within the video data. The embedded watermark is detected at the first position within the video data. Embodiments also include transmitting, to a remote content server, a message specifying a time stamp corresponding to the first position within the video data. In response to transmitting the message, supplemental content corresponding to a content entity depicted within the video content at the first position within the video content is received from the remote content server. Embodiments also include outputting the video data for display together with at least an indication of the supplemental content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Anthony M. ACCARDO, Skarphedinn S. HEDINSSON, Aljosa Aleksej Andrej SMOLIC, Miquel À. FARRÉ GUIU, Thabo D. BEELER
  • Publication number: 20160119655
    Abstract: Embodiments provide techniques for distributing supplemental content based on content entities within video content. Embodiments include analyzing video data to identify a known content entity within two or more frames of the video data. For each of the two or more frames, a region of pixels within the respective frame is determined that corresponds to the known content entity. Embodiments further include determining supplemental content corresponding to the known content entity. A watermark is embedded at a first position within the video data, such that the watermark corresponds to an identifier associated with the determined supplemental content. Upon receiving a message specifying the identifier, embodiments include transmitting the supplement content to a client device for output together with the video data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Anthony M. ACCARDO, Skarphedinn S. HEDINSSON, Aljosa Aleksej Andrej SMOLIC, Miquel À FARRÉ GUIU, Thabo D. BEELER
  • Patent number: 8769634
    Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to distribution of media content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Ariff Sidi, Skarphedinn S. Hedinsson, David J. Watson, Dionysius Mavromatis
  • Patent number: 8732763
    Abstract: There is provided a system and method for a user interface for viewing video on demand (VOD) content organized by corresponding television broadcast schedules. There is provided a method comprising receiving a time period for navigation, retrieving VOD programming data and television broadcast schedule data, generating a plurality of program listings by matching the VOD programming data to the television broadcast schedule data within the time period, displaying the plurality of program listings on a display, and outputting, to the display, video corresponding to a first program listing selected from the plurality of program listings. Users are thereby enabled to quickly and optimally navigate to VOD content of interest using a familiar broadcast schedule format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert Hao Cheng, Skarphedinn S. Hedinsson, David Watson
  • Publication number: 20110247039
    Abstract: There is provided a system and method for a user interface for viewing video on demand (VOD) content organized by corresponding television broadcast schedules. There is provided a method comprising receiving a time period for navigation, retrieving VOD programming data and television broadcast schedule data, generating a plurality of program listings by matching the VOD programming data to the television broadcast schedule data within the time period, displaying the plurality of program listings on a display, and outputting, to the display, video corresponding to a first program listing selected from the plurality of program listings. Users are thereby enabled to quickly and optimally navigate to VOD content of interest using a familiar broadcast schedule format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC
    Inventors: Albert Hao Cheng, Skarphedinn S. Hedinsson, David Watson