Patents by Inventor Thomas S. Plagenhoef

Thomas S. Plagenhoef 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).

  • Personalized media presentation templates
    Patent number: 10664520
    Abstract: The techniques utilize a user's recommendation data to choose a presentation template. Each presentation template includes a plurality of media asset slots, each of which is associated with a certain type of media asset. For example, each media asset slot generally may be assigned to a playlist, album, composer, or music video. Further, each of these general assignments may further specify that the playlist, album, composer, or music video be from a known artist, familiar artist, recommended artist, or unknown artist, for example. Once the appropriate presentation template has been chosen along with the recommended media content for each of the plurality of media asset slots, the media asset slots are associated with the selected media content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Chandrasekar Venkataraman, Taylor G. Carrigan, Thomas Alsina, Venkat Sundaranatha, Jayasimha R. Katukuri, Simon C. Janpanah, Rabi S. Chakraborty, Thomas S. Plagenhoef, Drew R. Domm, Mark Hilary Levy
  • PERSONALIZED MUSIC PRESENTATION TEMPLATES
    Publication number: 20160357864
    Abstract: The techniques utilize a user's recommendation data to choose a presentation template. Each presentation template includes a plurality of media asset slots, each of which is associated with a certain type of media asset. For example, each media asset slot generally may be assigned to a playlist, album, composer, or music video. Further, each of these general assignments may further specify that the playlist, album, composer, or music video be from a known artist, familiar artist, recommended artist, or unknown artist, for example. Once the appropriate presentation template has been chosen along with the recommended media content for each of the plurality of media asset slots, the media asset slots are associated with the selected media content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Chandrasekar Venkataraman, Taylor G. Carrigan, Thomas Alsina, Venkat Sundaranatha, Jayasimha R. Katukuri, Simon C. Janpanah, Rabi S. Chakraborty, Thomas S. Plagenhoef, Drew R. Domm, Mark Hilary Levy