Patents by Inventor Steven James Cox

Steven James Cox 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).

  • Age-appropriate media content ratings determination
    Patent number: 12047645
    Abstract: A system can be utilized to retrieve media content and rating schemas, to determine maturity ratings for media content. The media content can be utilized to determine segments of data as building blocks associated with mature content. The building blocks can be mapped to content descriptors and rating levels associated with the rating schemas. The building blocks can be compared the media content to identify portions of the media content that have characteristics represented by the building blocks. The building blocks representing the characteristics in the portions of the media content can be utilized to select content descriptors and rating levels associated with the media content. The selected content descriptor and selected rating levels can be utilized to control how, and/or whether, the media content is made available for output to the consumers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiang Hao, Ahmed Aly Saad Ahmed, Diana Nassar, Mohamed Kamal Omar, Steven James Cox, Saida Lehiany
  • SEAMLESS INSERTION OF MODIFIED MEDIA CONTENT
    Publication number: 20240112703
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for seamless insertion of modified media content. In one embodiment, a modified portion of video content is received. The modified portion has a start cue point and an end cue point that are set relative to a modification to the video content to indicate respectively when the modification approximately begins and ends compared to the video content. A video coding associated with the video content is identified. The start cue point and/or the end cue point are dynamically adjusted to align the modified portion with the video content based at least in part on the video coding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yongjun Wu, Hyo In James Moon, Abhishek Kumar, Ahmed Aly Saad Ahmed, Sitaraman Ganapathy, Steven James Cox, Yash Chaturvedi
  • Virtual product placement
    Patent number: 11657850
    Abstract: Techniques are described for automating virtual placements in video content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ahmed Aly Saad Ahmed, Muhammad Raffay Hamid, Yongjun Wu, Yash Chaturvedi, Steven James Cox, Travis Silvers, Amit S. Jain, Amjad Y. A. Abu Jbara, Prasanth Saraswatula
  • VIRTUAL PRODUCT PLACEMENT
    Publication number: 20220180898
    Abstract: Techniques are described for automating virtual placements in video content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Ahmed Aly Saad Ahmed, Muhammad Raffay Hamid, Yongjun Wu, Yash Chaturvedi, Steven James Cox, Travis Silvers, Amit S. Jain, Amjad Y. A. Abu Jbara, Prasanth Saraswatula