Patents by Inventor Stefan Liassides
Stefan Liassides 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).
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Patent number: 11212581Abstract: A processing device for generating a viewing data report is disclosed. The processing device may include a memory device and a processor. The memory device may store instructions. The processor may be operatively coupled to the memory device. The processor may execute the instructions to: determine first viewing data associated with a first ACR event; determine second viewing data associated with a second ACR event; determine that a data field of a plurality of data fields in the first viewing data is incomplete; derive new data for the data field using other data fields of the first viewing data; aggregate the first viewing data and the second viewing data into a single data model to obtain aggregated viewing data of viewing behavior of a first viewer and a second viewer; and create a viewing data report as a compilation of the aggregated viewing data.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Roku, Inc.Inventors: Steven M. Cormie, Stefan Liassides
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Patent number: 11212582Abstract: A processing device for generating a viewing data report is disclosed. The processing device may include a memory device and a processor. The memory device may store instructions. The processor may be operatively coupled to the memory device. The processor may execute the instructions to: determine first viewing data associated with a first ACR event; determine second viewing data associated with a second ACR event; determine that a data field of a plurality of data fields in the first viewing data is incomplete; derive new data for the data field using other data fields of the first viewing data; aggregate the first viewing data and the second viewing data into a single data model to obtain aggregated viewing data of viewing behavior of a first viewer and a second viewer; and create a viewing data report as a compilation of the aggregated viewing data.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Roku, Inc.Inventors: Steven M. Cormie, Stefan Liassides
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Patent number: 11159859Abstract: A processing device can execute instructions to query a database to determine a top-ranked avail for a target audience, to generate a target avail, determine the target avail is not within a sell CPM price for the target audience, and determine that demand for the target avail as addressable television (ATV) impressions is beyond a predetermined threshold sufficient to discount the CPM price of the target avail for the target audience. The ATV impressions can be derived from directly addressable replacement ads. The processing device can further determine that the target avail is within the sell CPM price for the target audience with a determined discount and discount the sell CPM price for the target avail by the determined discount that decreases a margin for an ad campaign when filling the target avail with a broadcast ad. Also, ATV sell CPM price can be adjusted according to programmable TV campaign performance.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2020Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Roku, Inc.Inventors: Marcus Liassides, Stefan Liassides
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Patent number: 11146861Abstract: A system and method includes an automatic content recognition (ACR) headend to perform ACR recognition on a video stream that is also being streamed to a smart TV, to detect timing of an upcoming ad spot to be delivered within the video stream. An addressable TV (ATV) engine can be in communication with the ACR head end and to: determine, from data of an ad campaign, whether a first ad to be delivered to the ad spot is off target for the ad spot; notify the ad replacer client to replace the first ad with an addressable ad when the first ad is off target for the ad spot; and provide, to the ad replacer client, criteria with which to constrain an ad request to obtain a second ad that is on target for the ad spot.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2020Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Roku, Inc.Inventors: Marcus Liassides, Stefan Liassides
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Patent number: 11064253Abstract: A processing device and method are disclosed to manage content of a content feed is disclosed. The method can include receiving, from a client device, an overlay request for an overlay content. The method can also include select a first overlay content from a plurality of overlay contents. The method can further include determining when an amount remaining in a monetary budget, associated with the overlay request, exceeds a threshold monetary budget. The method can further include determining when a number of times the overlay content has been displayed does not exceed a threshold number of times. The method can further include retrieving, from an overlay database, the first overlay content. The method can further include delivering, to the client device, the first overlay content.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Roku, Inc.Inventors: Steven M. Cormie, Stefan Liassides
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Publication number: 20200351571Abstract: A processing device can execute instructions to query a database to determine a top-ranked avail for a target audience, to generate a target avail, determine the target avail is not within a sell CPM price for the target audience, and determine that demand for the target avail as addressable television (ATV) impressions is beyond a predetermined threshold sufficient to discount the CPM price of the target avail for the target audience. The ATV impressions can be derived from directly addressable replacement ads. The processing device can further determine that the target avail is within the sell CPM price for the target audience with a determined discount and discount the sell CPM price for the target avail by the determined discount that decreases a margin for an ad campaign when filling the target avail with a broadcast ad. Also, ATV sell CPM price can be adjusted according to programmable TV campaign performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2020Publication date: November 5, 2020Inventors: Marcus Liassides, Stefan Liassides
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Publication number: 20200344523Abstract: A processing device for generating a viewing data report is disclosed. The processing device may include a memory device and a processor. The memory device may store instructions. The processor may be operatively coupled to the memory device. The processor may execute the instructions to: determine first viewing data associated with a first ACR event; determine second viewing data associated with a second ACR event; determine that a data field of a plurality of data fields in the first viewing data is incomplete; derive new data for the data field using other data fields of the first viewing data; aggregate the first viewing data and the second viewing data into a single data model to obtain aggregated viewing data of viewing behavior of a first viewer and a second viewer; and create a viewing data report as a compilation of the aggregated viewing data.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: Steven M. Cormie, Stefan Liassides
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Publication number: 20200344524Abstract: A processing device for generating a viewing data report is disclosed. The processing device may include a memory device and a processor. The memory device may store instructions. The processor may be operatively coupled to the memory device. The processor may execute the instructions to: determine first viewing data associated with a first ACR event; determine second viewing data associated with a second ACR event; determine that a data field of a plurality of data fields in the first viewing data is incomplete; derive new data for the data field using other data fields of the first viewing data; aggregate the first viewing data and the second viewing data into a single data model to obtain aggregated viewing data of viewing behavior of a first viewer and a second viewer; and create a viewing data report as a compilation of the aggregated viewing data.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: Steven M. Cormie, Stefan Liassides
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Publication number: 20200322695Abstract: A system and method includes an automatic content recognition (ACR) headend to perform ACR recognition on a video stream that is also being streamed to a smart TV, to detect timing of an upcoming ad spot to be delivered within the video stream. An addressable TV (ATV) engine can be in communication with the ACR head end and to: determine, from data of an ad campaign, whether a first ad to be delivered to the ad spot is off target for the ad spot; notify the ad replacer client to replace the first ad with an addressable ad when the first ad is off target for the ad spot; and provide, to the ad replacer client, criteria with which to constrain an ad request to obtain a second ad that is on target for the ad spot.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Marcus Liassides, Stefan Liassides
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Patent number: 10798448Abstract: A processing device for generating a viewing data report is disclosed. The processing device may include a memory device and a processor. The memory device may store instructions. The processor may be operatively coupled to the memory device. The processor may execute the instructions to: determine first viewing data associated with a first ACR event; determine second viewing data associated with a second ACR event; determine that a data field of a plurality of data fields in the first viewing data is incomplete; derive new data for the data field using other data fields of the first viewing data; aggregate the first viewing data and the second viewing data into a single data model to obtain aggregated viewing data of viewing behavior of a first viewer and a second viewer; and create a viewing data report as a compilation of the aggregated viewing data.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Steven M. Cormie, Stefan Liassides
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Patent number: 10771858Abstract: A processing device can execute instructions to query a database to determine a top-ranked avail for a target audience, to generate a target avail, determine the target avail is not within a sell CPM price for the target audience, and determine that demand for the target avail as addressable television (ATV) impressions is beyond a predetermined threshold sufficient to discount the CPM price of the target avail for the target audience. The ATV impressions can be derived from directly addressable replacement ads. The processing device can further determine that the target avail is within the sell CPM price for the target audience with a determined discount and discount the sell CPM price for the target avail by the determined discount that decreases a margin for an ad campaign when filling the target avail with a broadcast ad. Also, ATV sell CPM price can be adjusted according to programmable TV campaign performance.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2017Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Marcus Liassides, Stefan Liassides
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Patent number: 10764653Abstract: A processing device can execute instructions to query a database to determine a top-ranked avail for a target audience, to generate a target avail, determine the target avail is not within a sell CPM price for the target audience, and determine that demand for the target avail as addressable television (ATV) impressions is beyond a predetermined threshold sufficient to discount the CPM price of the target avail for the target audience. The ATV impressions can be derived from directly addressable replacement ads. The processing device can further determine that the target avail is within the sell CPM price for the target audience with a determined discount and discount the sell CPM price for the target avail by the determined discount that decreases a margin for an ad campaign when filling the target avail with a broadcast ad. Also, ATV sell CPM price can be adjusted according to programmable TV campaign performance.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Marcus Liassides, Stefan Liassides
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Patent number: 10757477Abstract: A processing device for generating a viewing data report is disclosed. The processing device may include a memory device and a processor. The memory device may store instructions. The processor may be operatively coupled to the memory device. The processor may execute the instructions to: determine first viewing data associated with a first ACR event; determine second viewing data associated with a second ACR event; determine that a data field of a plurality of data fields in the first viewing data is incomplete; derive new data for the data field using other data fields of the first viewing data; aggregate the first viewing data and the second viewing data into a single data model to obtain aggregated viewing data of viewing behavior of a first viewer and a second viewer; and create a viewing data report as a compilation of the aggregated viewing data.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Steven M. Cormie, Stefan Liassides
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Patent number: 10728628Abstract: A system and method includes an automatic content recognition (ACR) headend to perform ACR recognition on a video stream that is also being streamed to a smart TV, to detect timing of an upcoming ad spot to be delivered within the video stream. An addressable TV (ATV) engine can be in communication with the ACR head end and to: determine, from data of an ad campaign, whether a first ad to be delivered to the ad spot is off target for the ad spot; notify the ad replacer client to replace the first ad with an addressable ad when the first ad is off target for the ad spot; and provide, to the ad replacer client, criteria with which to constrain an ad request to obtain a second ad that is on target for the ad spot.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Marcus Liassides, Stefan Liassides
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Patent number: 10728627Abstract: A system and method includes an automatic content recognition (ACR) headend to perform ACR recognition on a video stream that is also being streamed to a smart TV, to detect timing of an upcoming ad spot to be delivered within the video stream. An addressable TV (ATV) engine can be in communication with the ACR head end and to: determine, from data of an ad campaign, whether a first ad to be delivered to the ad spot is off target for the ad spot; notify the ad replacer client to replace the first ad with an addressable ad when the first ad is off target for the ad spot; and provide, to the ad replacer client, criteria with which to constrain an ad request to obtain a second ad that is on target for the ad spot.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Marcus Liassides, Stefan Liassides
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Patent number: 10728629Abstract: A system and method includes an automatic content recognition (ACR) headend to perform ACR recognition on a video stream that is also being streamed to a smart TV, to detect timing of an upcoming ad spot to be delivered within the video stream. An addressable TV (ATV) engine can be in communication with the ACR head end and to: determine, from data of an ad campaign, whether a first ad to be delivered to the ad spot is off target for the ad spot; notify the ad replacer client to replace the first ad with an addressable ad when the first ad is off target for the ad spot; and provide, to the ad replacer client, criteria with which to constrain an ad request to obtain a second ad that is on target for the ad spot.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Marcus Liassides, Stefan Liassides
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Publication number: 20190272563Abstract: A processing device and method are disclosed to manage content of a content feed is disclosed. The method can include receiving, from a client device, an overlay request for an overlay content. The method can also include select a first overlay content from a plurality of overlay contents. The method can further include determining when an amount remaining in a monetary budget, associated with the overlay request, exceeds a threshold monetary budget. The method can further include determining when a number of times the overlay content has been displayed does not exceed a threshold number of times. The method can further include retrieving, from an overlay database, the first overlay content. The method can further include delivering, to the client device, the first overlay content.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2019Publication date: September 5, 2019Inventors: Steven M. Cormie, Stefan Liassides
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Publication number: 20190268657Abstract: A processing device for generating a viewing data report is disclosed. The processing device may include a memory device and a processor. The memory device may store instructions. The processor may be operatively coupled to the memory device. The processor may execute the instructions to: determine first viewing data associated with a first ACR event; determine second viewing data associated with a second ACR event; determine that a data field of a plurality of data fields in the first viewing data is incomplete; derive new data for the data field using other data fields of the first viewing data; aggregate the first viewing data and the second viewing data into a single data model to obtain aggregated viewing data of viewing behavior of a first viewer and a second viewer; and create a viewing data report as a compilation of the aggregated viewing data.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Steven M. Cormie, Stefan Liassides
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Publication number: 20190268658Abstract: A processing device for generating a viewing data report is disclosed. The processing device may include a memory device and a processor. The memory device may store instructions. The processor may be operatively coupled to the memory device. The processor may execute the instructions to: determine first viewing data associated with a first ACR event; determine second viewing data associated with a second ACR event; determine that a data field of a plurality of data fields in the first viewing data is incomplete; derive new data for the data field using other data fields of the first viewing data; aggregate the first viewing data and the second viewing data into a single data model to obtain aggregated viewing data of viewing behavior of a first viewer and a second viewer; and create a viewing data report as a compilation of the aggregated viewing data.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Steven M. Cormie, Stefan Liassides
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Patent number: 10395277Abstract: A processing device and method are disclosed to manage content of a content feed is disclosed. The method can include receiving, from a client device, an overlay request for an overlay content. The method can also include select a first overlay content from a plurality of overlay contents. The method can further include determining when an amount remaining in a monetary budget, associated with the overlay request, exceeds a threshold monetary budget. The method can further include determining when a number of times the overlay content has been displayed does not exceed a threshold number of times. The method can further include retrieving, from an overlay database, the first overlay content. The method can further include delivering, to the client device, the first overlay content.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Steven M. Cormie, Stefan Liassides