Patents by Inventor Tomasz Gulik

Tomasz Gulik 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).

  • Encoding pre-roll advertisements in progressively-loading images
    Patent number: 9066116
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide techniques for an advertisement mask and a target media content being jointly encoded, transformed, and progressively rendered for presentation to a user. Specifically, a request for the target media content by a user is received. The target media content and the advertisement mask are scaled and divided into equally sized blocks and, further, jointly encoded into a compressed media file. Transformation of the content of the compressed media file is followed by progressively loading and rendering the advertisement mask and a partially obscured view of the media content. As the target media content is transmitted and fully rendered, the advertisement mask gradually decreases in opacity until it is removed for presentation of the fully-rendered target media content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Lyndon Kennedy, Tomasz Gulik
  • ENCODING PRE-ROLL ADVERTISEMENTS IN PROGRESSIVELY-LOADING IMAGES
    Publication number: 20150052548
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide techniques for an advertisement mask and a target media content being jointly encoded, transformed, and progressively rendered for presentation to a user. Specifically, a request for the target media content by a user is received. The target media content and the advertisement mask are scaled and divided into equally sized blocks and, further, jointly encoded into a compressed media file. Transformation of the content of the compressed media file is followed by progressively loading and rendering the advertisement mask and a partially obscured view of the media content. As the target media content is transmitted and fully rendered, the advertisement mask gradually decreases in opacity until it is removed for presentation of the fully-rendered target media content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Lyndon Kennedy, Tomasz Gulik