Patents by Inventor Steven Joroff

Steven Joroff 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: 11528513
    Abstract: A media being consumed on a computing device is determined. Responsive to determining the media is being consumed, a first video is presented on the computing device. The first video is an advertisement. A user is going to skip the first video is determined. Responsive to determining the user is going to skip the first video, a second video is presented on the computing device. The second video is an advertisement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher J. Hardee, Steven Joroff, Scott E. Schneider, Shikhar Kwatra
  • Publication number: 20220174336
    Abstract: A media being consumed on a computing device is determined. Responsive to determining the media is being consumed, a first video is presented on the computing device. The first video is an advertisement. A user is going to skip the first video is determined. Responsive to determining the user is going to skip the first video, a second video is presented on the computing device. The second video is an advertisement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher J. Hardee, Steven Joroff, Scott E. Schneider, Shikhar Kwatra
  • Publication number: 20220161145
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system and computer program product for recording information in a user interface of an application more desired to be seen and heard by viewers. A user interface of an application (e.g., gaming application) is displayed. Upon detecting an initiation of recording the user interface of the application, the user interface of the application is modified to ensure that the information desired to be viewed and heard by the viewers is recorded, such as by adjusting a size of a user interface element, adjusting an audio element of the user interface, etc. After such modifications, the modified user interface of the application is recorded and broadcasted to viewers via a video live streaming service. In this manner, viewers are able to see and hear information desired to be viewed and heard that may have been previously lost during the recording of the user interface prior to such modifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher J. Hardee, Pamela A. Nesbitt, Steven Joroff, Scott E. Schneider
  • Patent number: 11223591
    Abstract: Described are techniques for modifying a shareable location in shared posts. The techniques including a method comprising inputting a social networking post received from a user device to a location precision model executing as an application on the user device, and where the social networking post is associated with a first time and a shareable location. The method further comprises outputting, by the location precision model, a modified shareable location. The method further comprises transmitting the social networking post to a social networking system with a modified shareable location, wherein the modified shareable location is a generalized version of the shareable location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Scott E. Schneider, Christopher J. Hardee, Shikhar Kwatra, Steven Joroff
  • Publication number: 20210243149
    Abstract: Described are techniques for modifying a shareable location in shared posts. The techniques including a method comprising inputting a social networking post received from a user device to a location precision model executing as an application on the user device, and where the social networking post is associated with a first time and a shareable location. The method further comprises outputting, by the location precision model, a modified shareable location. The method further comprises transmitting the social networking post to a social networking system with a modified shareable location, wherein the modified shareable location is a generalized version of the shareable location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Scott E. Schneider, Christopher J. Hardee, Shikhar Kwatra, STEVEN JOROFF
  • Patent number: 10887357
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to managing a collaborated environment. A set of editing rules are configured for a shared document. A first edit is received at a first time at a first location of the shared document. A second edit is received at a second time at the first location of the shared document which attempts to overwrite a portion of the first edit. A determination is made whether at least one editing rule of the set of editing rules is violated. In response to determining that at least one editing rule of the set of editing rules is violated, an alert action can be issued to a user associated with the second edit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher J. Hardee, Steven Joroff, Pamela A. Nesbitt, Scott E. Schneider
  • Publication number: 20200067997
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to managing a collaborated environment. A set of editing rules are configured for a shared document. A first edit is received at a first time at a first location of the shared document. A second edit is received at a second time at the first location of the shared document which attempts to overwrite a portion of the first edit. A determination is made whether at least one editing rule of the set of editing rules is violated. In response to determining that at least one editing rule of the set of editing rules is violated, an alert action can be issued to a user associated with the second edit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher J. Hardee, Steven Joroff, Pamela A. Nesbitt, Scott E. Schneider