Patents by Inventor Yehoshua Y. Zeevi

Yehoshua Y. Zeevi 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).

  • Publication number: 20180157667
    Abstract: A system and method for generating a theme for multimedia content elements (MMCEs), including analyzing a plurality of MMCEs, where the analyzing further includes generating at least one signature to each MMCE; identifying, based on the generated signatures, a plurality of concepts for each MMCE, wherein each concept is a collection of signatures and metadata describing the concept; determining, based on the identified concepts, at least one context of each MMCE; and generating, based on the determined contexts, a theme, wherein the theme is a cluster of contextually related MMCEs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: Cortica, Ltd.
    Inventors: Igal RAICHELGAUZ, Karina ODINAEV, Yehoshua Y ZEEVI
  • Publication number: 20180150467
    Abstract: A system and method for generating an interface for providing recommendations based on contextual insights, the method including: generating at least one signature for at least one multimedia content element identified within an interaction between a plurality of users; generating at least one contextual insight based on the generated at least one signature and user interests of the plurality of users, wherein each contextual insight indicates a current user preference; searching for at least one content item that matches the at least one contextual insight; and generating an interface for providing the at least one content item within the interaction between the plurality of users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: Cortica, Ltd.
    Inventors: Igal Raichelgauz, Karina Odinaev, Yehoshua Y Zeevi
  • Publication number: 20180137126
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying influential entities depicted in multimedia content. The method includes determining, for each of a plurality of social linking graphs, a number of related entities, wherein each related entity has a social linking score above a first predetermined threshold, wherein each social linking score is generated based on at least one context of at least one multimedia content element (MMCE), and wherein each context is determined based on signatures generated for the at least one MMCE; and identifying, based on the determined number of related entities, at least one influential entity, wherein each influential entity is associated with one of the social linking graphs for which the determined number of related entities is above a second predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: Cortica, Ltd.
    Inventors: Igal RAICHELGAUZ, Karina ODINAEV, Yehoshua Y. ZEEVI
  • Publication number: 20180137127
    Abstract: A system and method for generating analytics for entities depicted in multimedia content, including: identifying at least one social pattern based on social linking scores of a plurality of entities indicated in a social linking graph, wherein each social pattern is identified at least by comparing one of the social linking scores to a predetermined social pattern threshold, wherein each social linking score is generated based on contexts of at least one multimedia content element (MMCE) in which at least two of the plurality of entities are depicted, wherein each context is determined based on a plurality of concepts of one of the at least one MMCE, wherein each concept matches at least one signature generated for the at least one MMCE above a predetermined threshold; and generating, based on the identified at least one social pattern, analytics for the plurality of entities depicted in the social linking graph.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: Cortica, Ltd.
    Inventors: Igal RAICHELGAUZ, Karina ODINAEV, Yehoshua Y. ZEEVI
  • Publication number: 20180121462
    Abstract: A system and method for enriching a concept database. The method includes determining, based on signatures of a first multimedia content element (MMCE) and signatures of a plurality of existing concepts in the concept database, at least one first concept, wherein each first concept is one of the plurality of existing concepts matching a portion of the first MMCE; generating a reduced representation of the first MMCE, wherein the generation of the reduced representation includes removing the at least one portion of the first MMCE matching the determined at least one first concept; comparing the reduced representation to signatures representing a plurality of second MMCEs to determine a plurality of matching second MMCEs; generating, based on the reduced representation and the plurality of matching second MMCEs, at least one second concept; and adding the generated at least one second concept to the concept database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Cortica, Ltd.
    Inventors: Adam HAREL, Igal RAICHELGAUZ, Karina ODINAEV, Yehoshua Y. ZEEVI
  • Publication number: 20180121463
    Abstract: A system and method for enriching a concept database. The method includes determining, based on signatures of a first multimedia content element (MMCE) and signatures of a plurality of existing concepts in the concept database, at least one first concept; generating a reduced representation of the first MMCE by removing the at least one portion of the first MMCE matching the determined at least one first concept; comparing the reduced representation to signatures representing a plurality of second MMCEs to determine a plurality of matching second MMCEs for each portion of the reduced representation; determining metadata for each portion of the reduced representation; generating a second concept for each portion of the reduced representation, wherein each second concept includes a collection of signatures and the determined metadata for the respective portion; and adding the generated at least one second concept to the concept database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Cortica, Ltd.
    Inventors: Adam HAREL, Igal RAICHELGAUZ, Karina ODINAEV, Yehoshua Y ZEEVI
  • Patent number: 9953032
    Abstract: A method and system for characterization of multimedia content inputs using cores of a natural liquid architecture are provided. The method comprises receiving at least one multimedia content signal; generating at least a signature respective of the multimedia content signal; matching the generated at least a signature respective of the multimedia content signal to at least a signature from a Signature Database (SDB); identifying a cluster respective of the generated at least a signature; and identifying in a Concept Database (CDB) a concept respective of the cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Cortica, Ltd.
    Inventors: Igal Raichelgauz, Karina Odinaev, Yehoshua Y. Zeevi
  • Patent number: 9940326
    Abstract: A method and system for speech to speech translation using a plurality of computational cores of a natural liquid architecture are provided. The method includes receiving an audio input to be translated into a target language; identifying, based on the received audio input, a cluster of signatures; identifying, based on the cluster of signatures, a first concept, wherein the first concept is common to all signatures within the signature cluster; and determining a match between the first concept and at least a second concept, wherein the second concept is associated with the target language.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Cortica, Ltd.
    Inventors: Igal Raichelgauz, Karina Odinaev, Yehoshua Y Zeevi
  • Publication number: 20180060436
    Abstract: A method and system for caching concept structures in a cache memory of a vehicle control system of an autonomous vehicle. The method includes collecting driving data generated by at least one sensor of the autonomous vehicle, wherein the driving data includes at least a location pointer of the autonomous vehicle; retrieving at least one concept structure that matches the collected at least one location pointer, wherein each retrieved concept structure includes metadata describing a concept of a driving decision; and storing the retrieved at least one concept structure in the cache memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: Cortica, Ltd.
    Inventors: Igal Raichelgauz, Karina Odinaev, Yehoshua Y. Zeevi
  • Publication number: 20180046641
    Abstract: A system and method for enriching a concept database. The method includes determining, based on at least one signature of a first multimedia data element (MMDE) and signatures of a plurality of existing concepts in the concept database, at least one first concept among the plurality of existing concepts, wherein each of the at least one first concept matches a portion of the at least one signature of the first MMDE; generating a reduced representation of the first MMDE, wherein generating the reduced representation further comprises removing the portion of the first MMDE matching the at least one first concept; comparing the reduced representation of the first MMDE to signatures representing a plurality of second MMDEs to determine a plurality of matching second MMDEs; generating, based on the reduced representation of the first MMDE and the plurality of matching second MMDEs, at least one second concept; and adding the generated at least one second concept to the concept database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Cortica, Ltd.
    Inventors: Adam HAREL, Igal RAICHELGAUZ, Karina ODINAEV, Yehoshua Y ZEEVI
  • Publication number: 20180039626
    Abstract: A system and method for tagging multimedia content based on facial representations. The method includes comparing signatures generated for a multimedia content element to signatures representing facial concepts of a plurality of facial representations, wherein each concept is a collection of signatures and metadata describing a facial feature; determining, based on the comparison, at least one matching facial representation for the multimedia content element; identifying, based on the determined at least one matching facial representation, at least one tag for the multimedia content element; and assigning the identified at least one tag to the multimedia content element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: Cortica, Ltd.
    Inventors: Igal Raichelgauz, Karina Odinaev, Yehoshua Y. Zeevi
  • Patent number: 9886437
    Abstract: A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and system for generating a complex signature. In an embodiment, the method includes: generating at least one signature for each of a plurality of different minimum size multi-media data elements (MMDEs), wherein generation of each of the at least one signature is performed by a plurality of computational cores, each computational core having at least one configurable property characterizing the core, and wherein configuration of the at least one configurable property respective of each core results in statistical independence among the plurality of cores; and assembling at least a complex signature including the generated signatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Cortica, Ltd.
    Inventors: Igal Raichelgauz, Karina Odinaev, Yehoshua Y Zeevi
  • Publication number: 20180025020
    Abstract: A system and method for contextually enriching a concept database. The method includes determining, based on at least one signature of a first multimedia data element (MMDE) and signatures of a plurality of third concepts stored in the concept database, at least one matching first concept among the plurality of third concepts; generating a reduced representation of the first MMDE; comparing the reduced representation of the first MMDE to signatures representing a plurality of second MMDEs to determine a plurality of matching MMDEs among the plurality of second MMDEs; generating, based on the reduced representation of the first MMDE and the signatures representing the plurality of matching MMDEs, a second concept; and generating at least one context based on the second concept and the plurality of third concepts, wherein each context includes at least one common pattern among the second concept and at least one of the plurality of third concepts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: Cortica, Ltd.
    Inventors: Adam HAREL, Igal RAICHELGAUZ, Karina ODINAEV, Yehoshua Y ZEEVI
  • Publication number: 20180018337
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium for providing a content item based on a user interest and an expected action to be performed by a user device. The method includes: querying, based on at least one signature generated for a multimedia content element, a user profile to identify the user interest, wherein a concept of the identified user interest matches a concept represented by the generated at least one signature; generating at least one contextual insight based on the user interest, wherein each contextual insight indicates a user preference; determining the expected action based on the at least one contextual insight; determining, based on the expected action, the content item to be provided to the user device; and providing the determined content item to the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: Cortica, Ltd.
    Inventors: Igal Raichelgauz, Karina Odinaev, Yehoshua Y. Zeevi
  • Publication number: 20170371893
    Abstract: A system and method for enriching a concept database with homogenous concepts. The method includes determining, based on signatures of a first multimedia content element (MMCE) and signatures of a plurality of existing concepts in the concept database, at least one first concept; generating a reduced representation of the first MMCE, wherein the reduced representation excludes the signatures of the first MMCE that match the at least one first concept; comparing the reduced representation to signatures representing a plurality of second MMCEs to select a first plurality of top matching second MMCEs; generating, based on the reduced representation and the first plurality of top matching second MMCEs, at least one second concept; determining, for each second concept, whether the second concept is a homogenous concept, wherein each homogenous concept uniquely represents the same content; and adding each homogenous concept to the concept database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Cortica, Ltd.
    Inventors: Adam HAREL, Igal RAICHELGAUZ, Karina ODINAEV, Yehoshua Y. ZEEVI
  • Publication number: 20170315994
    Abstract: A method and system for populating a concept database based on a plurality of multimedia data elements (MMDEs) and at least one user identifier, the concept database including a plurality of concept structures. The method includes clustering a plurality of signatures of the plurality of MMDEs into a cluster of signatures; reducing the number of signatures in the cluster to a create a signature reduced cluster (SRC); generating, based on the SRC and the plurality of concept structures, an index, wherein the index maps the plurality of MMDEs to a matching concept structure of the plurality of concept structures; associating the index with a user based on the at least one user identifier; and storing the index and the plurality of MMDEs in the concept database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: Cortica, Ltd.
    Inventors: Igal Raichelgauz, Karina Odinaev, Yehoshua Y Zeevi
  • Patent number: 9798795
    Abstract: A method for associate metadata to a multimedia content based on finding matches to similar multimedia content. A given input multimedia content is matched to at least another multimedia content with corresponding metadata. Upon determination of a match, the corresponding metadata is used as metadata of the given multimedia content. When a large number of multimedia data is compared a ranked list of metadata is provided. The most appropriate metadata is associated to the given multimedia content based on various criteria. The method can be implemented in any applications which involve large-scale content-based clustering, recognition and classification of multimedia data, such as, content-tracking, video filtering, multimedia taxonomy generation, video fingerprinting, speech-to-text, audio classification, object recognition, video search and any other application requiring content-based signatures generation and matching for large content volumes such as, web and other large-scale databases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Cortica, Ltd.
    Inventors: Igal Raichelgauz, Karina Odinaev, Yehoshua Y Zeevi
  • Publication number: 20170300498
    Abstract: A system and method for generating channels of multimedia content element. The method includes correlating between a plurality of signatures of the multimedia content to determine a plurality of contexts; correlating the plurality of contexts to determine a plurality of assumptions for the multimedia content element; clustering the assumptions to create at least one story cluster characterizing a situation featured in the multimedia content element; and adding the multimedia content element to at least one channel, wherein the at least one channel is determined based on the at least one story cluster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: Cortica, Ltd.
    Inventors: Igal RAICHELGAUZ, Karina ODINAEV, Yehoshua Y ZEEVI
  • Publication number: 20170300486
    Abstract: A system and method for compatibility-based clustering of multimedia content elements. The method includes generating at least one signature for the multimedia content element; analyzing, by at least one compatibility engine, the generated at least one signature to determine at least one compatibility score, wherein each compatibility engine is associated with at least one cluster of multimedia content elements, wherein each compatibility engine is configured to compare the generated at least one signature to signatures of the associated at least one cluster, wherein the at least one compatibility score is determined based on the comparison; determining, based on the at least one compatibility score, at least one compatible cluster; and adding, to each compatible cluster, the multimedia content element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: Cortica, Ltd.
    Inventors: Igal Raichelgauz, Karina Odinaev, Yehoshua Y. Zeevi
  • Patent number: 9792620
    Abstract: A system and method for matching an advertisement item to a multimedia content element based on sentiments. The method comprises: extracting at least one multimedia content element from a web-page requested for display on a user node; generating a signature for each of the at least one multimedia content element, wherein each signature represents a concept, wherein each concept is an abstract description of one of the at least one multimedia content element; correlating the concepts of the generated signatures to determine a context of the at least one multimedia content element, wherein the context indicates at least a brand sentiment; searching for at least one advertisement item based on the signatures and the context; and causing a display of the at least one advertisement item within a display area of the web-page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Cortica, Ltd.
    Inventors: Igal Raichelgauz, Karina Odinaev, Yehoshua Y Zeevi