Patents by Inventor Skarpi Hedinsson

Skarpi 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: 10299001
    Abstract: There is provided a method including rendering a gating media content segment presentation, providing a user interface to a user viewing the gating media content segment presentation, and determining two user interaction indices, including an under-threshold index and an over-threshold index, associated with the gating media content segment presentation. The method determines the under-threshold index using a first user interaction data measured before a threshold event and determines the over-threshold index using a second user interaction data measured after the threshold event, the threshold event occurs after beginning the rendering of the gating media content segment presentation and makes a user interactive mechanism selectable, the second user interaction data includes data corresponds to a user selection of the user interactive mechanism, and one of the under-threshold index and the over-threshold index is calculated using a user interaction with the user interface using an input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Ariff Sidi, Skarpi Hedinsson, Giuseppe Manzari, Yii Lih Liu
  • Patent number: 9980005
    Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to distribution of media content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Ariff Sidi, Skarpi Hedinsson, David Watson, Dionysius Mavromatis
  • Publication number: 20160105716
    Abstract: There is provided a method including rendering a gating media content segment presentation, providing a user interface to a user viewing the gating media content segment presentation, and determining two user interaction indices, including an under-threshold index and an over-threshold index, associated with the gating media content segment presentation. The method determines the under-threshold index using a first user interaction data measured before a threshold event and determines the over-threshold index using a second user interaction data measured after the threshold event, the threshold event occurs after beginning the rendering of the gating media content segment presentation and makes a user interactive mechanism selectable, the second user interaction data includes data corresponds to a user selection of the user interactive mechanism, and one of the under-threshold index and the over-threshold index is calculated using a user interaction with the user interface using an input device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Ariff Sidi, Skarpi Hedinsson, Giuseppe Manzari, Yii Lih Liu
  • Patent number: 9311658
    Abstract: There is provided a media content server for inserting a location-based advertisement into an online media content. The media content server comprises a memory including an online media content for online access; a processor configured to receive a request from a client for the online media content; determine an IP address of the client based on the request; map the IP address to a local advertisement server serving an area corresponding to the IP address; request a local advertisement from the local advertisement server; provide the local advertisement to the client; and provide the online media content from the memory to the client. The online media content has a first and second sequential segments, and the local advertisement may be provided to the client after the first segment is provided and before the second segment is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Disney Enterprise, Inc.
    Inventors: Ariff Sidi, Skarpi Hedinsson
  • Patent number: 9191450
    Abstract: An example method is provided that includes determining a plurality of user interaction indices associated with a corresponding plurality of gated media content segment presentations, and identifying at least one subsequent media content segment based, at least in part, on at least two of the plurality of user interaction indices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Ariff Sidi, Skarpi Hedinsson, Giuseppe Manzari, Ely Liu
  • Publication number: 20140244626
    Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to distribution of media content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Ariff Sidi, Skarpi Hedinsson, David Watson, Dionysius Mavromatis
  • Publication number: 20140244607
    Abstract: There is provided a system and method for real-time media presentation using metadata clips. There is provided a media device for providing one or more media files for a display, the media device including a memory and a processor. The memory includes a plurality of metadata clips, wherein each of the plurality of metadata clips references a referenced source media from the media files, a referenced start position, and a referenced end position. The processor can determine a playlist including some of the plurality of metadata clips for streaming segments of media files as defined by their referenced start and end positions. Flexible behaviors can also be added to enhance playback logic or to enforce access restrictions, and metadata clips and playlists may also be user generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Skarpi Hedinsson, Ariff Sidi, David Watson, Yii Lih Liu, Jonathan Barsook, Jason R. Grant, Christopher White
  • Publication number: 20140236729
    Abstract: There is provided a media content server for inserting a location-based advertisement into an online media content. The media content server comprises a memory including an online media content for online access; a processor configured to receive a request from a client for the online media content; determine an IP address of the client based on the request; map the IP address to a local advertisement server serving an area corresponding to the IP address; request a local advertisement from the local advertisement server; provide the local advertisement to the client; and provide the online media content from the memory to the client. The online media content has a first and second sequential segments, and the local advertisement may be provided to the client after the first segment is provided and before the second segment is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Ariff Sidi, Skarpi Hedinsson
  • Publication number: 20100057570
    Abstract: There is provided a method of providing a plurality of advertisement data and a plurality of entertainment data. The method comprises receiving a first request from a user device for entertainment data. The method also comprises transmitting advertisement data to the user device in response to the first request, wherein the advertisement data include a first advertising expiration data associated with the advertisement data for use to disable a display of advertisement data by the user device after an expiration of the first advertising expiration data. The method additionally comprises transmitting the entertainment data to the user device in response to the first request, wherein the entertainment data include a first entertainment expiration data for use to disable a display of the entertainment data by the user device after an expiration of either the first entertainment expiration data or the first advertising expiration data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Barsook, Ariff Sidi, Jason R. Grant, Skarpi Hedinsson, Shannon Monroe
  • Publication number: 20100036970
    Abstract: There is provided a media content server for inserting a location-based advertisement into an online media content. The media content server comprises a memory including an online media content for online access; a processor configured to receive a request from a client for the online media content; determine an IP address of the client based on the request; map the IP address to a local advertisement server serving an area corresponding to the IP address; request a local advertisement from the local advertisement server; provide the local advertisement to the client; and provide the online media content from the memory to the client. The online media content has a first and second sequential segments, and the local advertisement may be provided to the client after the first segment is provided and before the second segment is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Ariff Sidi, Skarpi Hedinsson
  • Publication number: 20090083631
    Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to distribution of media content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Ariff Sidi, Skarpi Hedinsson, Giuseppe Manzari, Ely Liu