Patents by Inventor Syrak Amare Worku

Syrak Amare Worku 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).

  • Music-centric advertising using supportive information
    Patent number: 8768757
    Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a method of advertising on a portable media device having video and audio capabilities comprising the steps of: (a) embedding a video advertisement on the supportive identification information of a music file; (b) downloading the music file to a portable media device with a video advertise so that playing the music file generates the display of a video advertisement; (c) tracking the play count of each music file with an associated video advertisement until the play count data reaches a certain fixed number; d) recording the play count of each music file in connection with each specific video advertisement; and (f) changing the advertisement in the embedded supportive information of the music file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Hulu, LLC
    Inventors: Lyudmil Vladimirov Antonov, Syrak Amare Worku
  • Music-centric advertising using supportive information
    Publication number: 20080189167
    Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a method of advertising on a portable media device having video and audio capabilities comprising the steps of: (a) embedding a video advertisement on the supportive identification information of a music file; (b) downloading the music file to a portable media device with a video advertise so that playing the music file generates the display of a video advertisement; (c) tracking the play count of each music file with an associated video advertisement until the play count data reaches a certain fixed number; d) recording the play count of each music file in connection with each specific video advertisement; and (f) changing the advertisement in the embedded supportive information of the music file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Lyudmil Vladimirov Antonov, Syrak Amare Worku