For Displaying Or Controlling A Single Function Of One Single Apparatus, E.g., Tv Receiver Or Vcr (epo) Patents (Class 348/E5.102)
  • Patent number: 11615128
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for distributing content based on context are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes identifying, in a single resource, multiple different content item slots that are available for presentation of multiple different content items. A determination is made that a first content item slot is located in a first portion of the single resource, and that a second content item slot is located in a second different portion of the resource. A first content item is selected for presentation in the first content item slot based on terms that correspond to a first topic of the first portion of the resource. A second content item is selected for presentation in the second content item slot based on terms that correspond to a second topic of the second portion of the resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jason Robert Richard Sanio, Martin B. Freund
  • Patent number: 11435888
    Abstract: Systems are provided that include electronic equipment and electronic devices. A system may include electronic equipment such as a thermostat or other equipment in a vehicle or home, vehicle navigation equipment, networking equipment, computer equipment, equipment with speakers for playing audio, and other electronic equipment. An electronic device such as a portable electronic device may be placed in the vicinity of electronic equipment by a user. In response to detecting that the electronic device is adjacent to the electronic equipment, control circuitry in the electronic device can automatically display content of the electric device such as a user control interface for the electronic device or information related to operation of the electronic equipment. The system may monitor the position of the electronic device relative to the electronic equipment and can dynamically update the displayed content based on the current device position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Brian T. Gleeson, Adam S. Meyer, David H. Bloom, Peter M. Arnold
  • Patent number: 11405680
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for obscuring a presence of a media object in a video after a user fulfills an interaction requirement with a related media object. The system detects, an interaction with a media object and determines characteristics of the interaction. The system correlates characteristic of the interaction with an exclusion window and stores a record that links the exclusion window, user, and attribute of the media object. The system detects that a second media object will be displayed during playback of a video and determines an attribute of the second media object. The system retrieves the record by matching the attribute of the first media object from the record to the attribute of the second media object. In response to determining the exclusion window applies to the second media object, the system obscures the second media object while playing back the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael McCarty, Glen E. Roe
  • Patent number: 10937066
    Abstract: A terminal device including: a communication interface which is communicably connected to a server device via a network; a memory that is configured to store computer readable instructions; a processor configured to execute the computer-readable instructions so as to cause the communication interface to receive image selection information of a display image from the server, the display image being included in the advertisement and select one of a plurality of images as the display image to be included in the advertisement based on the selection information, the plurality of images being stored in at least one of the memory and a storage device connected to the terminal device via the network; and a display configured to display the advertisement including the selected display image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuki Morishita, Ken Narita
  • Patent number: 10863232
    Abstract: A display device including a display configured to display a received broadcast; a user input interface configured to receive a signal from a remote control device; and a controller configured to: when a function key setup mode entry signal is received from the remote control device, display a plurality of keys of the remote control device on the display, the plurality of keys respectively including images of numeric keys for inputting a desired number, display a mapped application icon on the image of a key to which an application is mapped among the plurality of keys, in response to a first preset input on the image of the key to which the application is mapped, input the desired number, and in response to a second preset input on the image of the key to which the application is mapped, stop the broadcast and execute the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jungoo Han, Ubeom Heo, Yunseok Jeong
  • Patent number: 10841653
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of content identification and more particularly to detection and identification of objectionable content present in a multimedia content. The objectionable content is detected before the upload of the content to a server or social media and it alerts the user about the presence of objectionable content based on the intelligent analytics. Further, during the alerting process the proposed mechanism is configured to consider the consequences of publishing or uploading the given content to a server or social media. Further, it also analyses the potential viewers, their profile, profile of the characters in the multimedia content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Wipro Limited
    Inventors: Manjunath Ramachandra Iyer, Gopichand Agnihotram
  • Patent number: 10817910
    Abstract: A management and delivery method and system for a distributed marketing network. Access to one or more network service gateways associated with a distributed marketing network can be authorized, if particular criteria are satisfied. A business transaction may be coordinated with the distributed marketing network through network service gateways in a near real time fashion and without manual intervention, in response to authorizing the access to the network service gateways. The network service gateways may include a partner interface, a centralized hub that communicates with the partner interfaces, and/or a local market integrated service layer that communicates with the centralized hub and the partner interface. The distributed marketing network may be, for example, a network of radio stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Bobbi Denise Schuster, Matthew M. Ferry, John W. Fulbright, David C. Jellison, Jr., Kohinoor Basu, Steven M. Gable
  • Patent number: 10771839
    Abstract: A control method and display apparatus for providing various types of content is provided. The display apparatus includes a display unit which displays an image of contents; a storage unit which stores information regarding the contents; a UI generation unit which generates UIs regarding the contents; and a controller which shuts down a first content being executed, storing information regarding the shut down first content and controls generation and display of a UI regarding the first content on the display unit, when running a second content different from the first content, while the first content is running. The control method includes running contents and displaying the contents; running a second content that is different from a first content being run, according to a user input; shutting off the first content before running the second content; storing the first content; and generating and displaying a UI regarding the first content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee-jeong Bae, Yong-hwan Kwon
  • Patent number: 10771858
    Abstract: A processing device can execute instructions to query a database to determine a top-ranked avail for a target audience, to generate a target avail, determine the target avail is not within a sell CPM price for the target audience, and determine that demand for the target avail as addressable television (ATV) impressions is beyond a predetermined threshold sufficient to discount the CPM price of the target avail for the target audience. The ATV impressions can be derived from directly addressable replacement ads. The processing device can further determine that the target avail is within the sell CPM price for the target audience with a determined discount and discount the sell CPM price for the target avail by the determined discount that decreases a margin for an ad campaign when filling the target avail with a broadcast ad. Also, ATV sell CPM price can be adjusted according to programmable TV campaign performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Marcus Liassides, Stefan Liassides
  • Patent number: 10764653
    Abstract: A processing device can execute instructions to query a database to determine a top-ranked avail for a target audience, to generate a target avail, determine the target avail is not within a sell CPM price for the target audience, and determine that demand for the target avail as addressable television (ATV) impressions is beyond a predetermined threshold sufficient to discount the CPM price of the target avail for the target audience. The ATV impressions can be derived from directly addressable replacement ads. The processing device can further determine that the target avail is within the sell CPM price for the target audience with a determined discount and discount the sell CPM price for the target avail by the determined discount that decreases a margin for an ad campaign when filling the target avail with a broadcast ad. Also, ATV sell CPM price can be adjusted according to programmable TV campaign performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Marcus Liassides, Stefan Liassides
  • Patent number: 10699312
    Abstract: A computer implemented method for creating a page including content includes the steps of inserting, with a computing device, one or more placeholders in the page, requesting, with a computing device, parameters, receiving, with a computing device, meta data in response to the step of requesting parameters, creating, with a computing device, frames in the page based on the meta data at positions corresponding to the placeholders, requesting, with a computing device, content, receiving, with a computing device, content in response to the request for content, and placing the content in the frames for display on a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: CBS Interactive Inc.
    Inventors: Monica Stroud, Eric Harper
  • Patent number: 10674231
    Abstract: A receiving apparatus comprises a recorder of the received digital contents and commercial messages. Commercial message retrieved from the recorder is interposed into a digital content or between a pair of digital contents in accordance with the type of commercial message. Interposition of commercial message is controlled by internal information, such as history of actually displaying the same commercial message, or history of skipping the same commercial message. The receiving apparatus controls the repetition time of displaying the same commercial message, or decision whether or not actually displaying a specific commercial message, or the order of displaying commercial messages. Skip of commercial message is prevented unless display has been repeated over a minimum requirement, or user agrees with a compensation for the skip. Repetition of the same commercial message ceases with skip repeated over a limit. Notice of interposing commercial message or of compensation for skip is made in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: NL GIKEN INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Masahide Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10560742
    Abstract: A method is provided, that initiates with providing a video over a network to a plurality of client devices, wherein each client device is configured to render the video and track movements of a pointer during the rendering of the video. Movement data that is indicative of the tracked movements of the pointer is received over the network from each client device. The movement data from the plurality of client devices is processed to determine aggregate pointer movement versus elapsed time of the video. The aggregate pointer movement is analyzed to identify a region of interest of the video. A preview of the video is generated based on the identified region of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Oath Inc.
    Inventors: Paloma de Juan, Yale Song, Gloria Zen
  • Patent number: 10547903
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate selective advertisement display based on a channel switch. When a channel switch from a first channel to a second channel is initiated at a set-top box (STB), the STB may identify one or more properties associated with the second channel. Advertisement content may be stored at the STB, and each piece of advertisement content may be associated with one or more channel identifiers, genres/categories, or other channel properties. The STB may identify advertisement content that is associated with a channel identifier, genre/category, or other property of the second channel, and the identified advertisement content may be output to a display device during an acquisition of the second channel or for another predetermined duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Satya Prakash Pati, Krishna Prasad Panje
  • Patent number: 10503385
    Abstract: A switch includes a manipulation display, a processor, and an outputter. The manipulation display includes a manipulation section and a display section. The processor is configured to select one of a first state for giving an instruction as to operation of a specific device and a second state for giving an instruction as to operation of a prescribed device which is determined so as to correspond to a specific scene. The outputter is configured to output an instruction signal according to the first state or the second state selected by the processor when the manipulation display is manipulated. The processor is configured to select one of the first state and the second state in response to a specific manipulation performed on the manipulation display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Izumi Usuki, Kiyotaka Takehara, Tsuyoshi Wanaka, Toshiaki Nakao, Kazuhiro Kawamoto, Makoto Kawasaki, Yasuhiro Yanagi
  • Patent number: 10467320
    Abstract: A controller has a basic GUI formed of HTML5 and Javascript including elements to control a system as a whole. The controller receives GUI HTML5 and Javascript from each connected hardware module, such as a camera, microphone, lighting controller and the like. The controller adds the received HTML5 and Javascript from each hardware module to the base code and sends the combined GUI to the user. Data is returned from the user to the controller and then forwarded to the proper hardware module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Polycom, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan L. Deonarine, David W. Bourgoyne
  • Patent number: 10448095
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer-readable storage media for storing or caching targeted content on a receiver device using existing bandwidth within a media network are described. For example, unused bandwidth within a transport stream may be detected and targeted content may be inserted into the transport stream within the unused bandwidth. The targeted content may include targeted advertisements for a household addressable media network. The transport stream may be transmitted to the receiver device which may access and store the targeted content responsive to various targeted content signals. For instance, the transport stream may include targeted content signals configured to trigger the receive device to access and store the targeted content. The transport stream may include a commercial feed transport stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Visible World, LLC
    Inventors: Seth Haberman, Gerrit Niemeijer
  • Patent number: 10397637
    Abstract: A method and a system for facilitating channel control on a paired device are provided. The method includes extracting channel metadata information of each broadcast channel displayed on a display device, if an amount of display time of each broadcast channel exceeds a predetermined value. Further, the method includes transferring the channel metadata information of each viewed broadcast channel to the paired device. The method includes storing the channel metadata information of each viewed broadcast channel. Furthermore, the method includes displaying a plurality of icons on an interactive interface of the paired device, wherein each icon is based on the channel metadata information. Thereby, the method facilitates channel control through the interactive interface on the paired device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shivsharad Dhiman, Arihant Jain
  • Patent number: 10380267
    Abstract: A method for tagging multimedia content elements is provided. The method comprises receiving at least one multimedia content element from a user device; generating at least one signature for the at least one multimedia content element; generating at least one tag based on the least one generated signature, wherein the at least one tag is searchable by the user device; and sending the tag generated for the received multimedia content element to storage on the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Inventors: Igal Raichelgauz, Karina Odinaev, Yehoshua Y. Zeevi
  • Patent number: 10349121
    Abstract: An information providing method of a broadcast receiving apparatus is provided. The information providing method includes setting a channel zapping section including a plurality of zapping channels, acquiring information regarding the channel zapping section, and displaying information regarding the channel zapping section during a zapping time while channel zapping between the plurality of zapping channels is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-min Shin, Seung-won Kim, Je-youn Dong, Sung-pil Hwang
  • Patent number: 10321196
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided herein for a media guidance application that customizes media assets. In particular, the media guidance application may customize the media asset by condensing the media asset. The media guidance application may determine whether or not the condensed media asset omitted any desired parts of the media asset (e.g., one or more plot points of a movie; one or more parts of a movie featuring a specific actor or actress; one or more parts of a television show featuring comedy content), and alert the user about whether or not a desired part is omitted from the condensed media asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian C. Peterson
  • Patent number: 10298986
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for incorporating web based selected material in real time into a graphics template in a graphics system to be rendered and mixed with a video signal and broadcast, by first selecting the material as a key value to be paired with a key name where said key name is associated with a key name in a preexisting graphics template prepared to receive key value data associated with the key name, assigning the selected material to the desired key name to create a key pair, retrievably storing the key pair, monitoring the graphics system for a change to at least one key value for a key name in a template to be rendered in the graphics system, retrieving at least one key value in a key pair, inserting the key value in the template corresponding to the key name in the key pair, rendering the template, mixing the template with a video signal, and broadcasting the mixed signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: NewTek, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew D. J. Cross
  • Patent number: 10284791
    Abstract: Provided is a display on which an operation is performed by an information processing apparatus that is connected to the display. The display includes a USB terminal, a first video input terminal, a second video input terminal, an input signal processing unit that transmits inherent information of the display to the information processing apparatus, and a video terminal/USB terminal associating processing unit that determines, on the basis of inherent information transmitted from the information processing apparatus, whether or not the information processing apparatus is connected to a video input terminal of the display, and specifies the video input terminal connected to the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshinori Oonishi, Hiroki Onoue
  • Patent number: 10225603
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for rendering multimedia content on a user device is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by a content rendering device, multimedia content from a multimedia server. The multimedia content is stored in the multimedia server in form of chunks. The method includes transforming, by the content rendering device, at least one chunk of the multimedia content based on user preferences. The transforming comprises adjusting time duration of the multimedia content based on a user-defined time duration. Further, the method includes rendering, by the content rendering device, the transformed multimedia content on the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Wipro Limited
    Inventor: Manjunath Ramachandra
  • Patent number: 10218834
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile terminal which can perform remote control of a plurality of devices. A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a display; a reception unit which receives at least one device identification signal from at least one device or at least one transmitter corresponding to the device; a control unit which performs control so as to detect, from the received at least one device identification signal, the identification signal of a device that can be remotely controlled, extract control command information for the remote control of the device on the basis of the detected identification signal, and display a remotely controlled object for the remote control of the device, on the basis of the extracted control command information; and a transmission unit which, when a predetermined item in the remotely controlled object is selected, transmits a remote control signal corresponding to the selected item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Junseok Ham, Jaeyoung Kim, Yoonho Shin, Yoonseong Kim, Heejeong Heo
  • Patent number: 10187693
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for controlling access to media content includes defining a viewing profile for at least one viewing user according to a multiplicity of attributes associated with the media content, assigning allowable limits to the multiplicity of attributes in the viewing profile, where each of the allowable limits indicates a rating limit for one of the multiplicity of attributes, receiving attribute ratings associated with a media content item, where each of the attribute ratings is associated with one of the multiplicity of attributes, determining viewing permissibility for the media content item by the at least one viewing user by comparing the attribute ratings with the allowable limits, and based on the viewing permissibility, allowing or disallowing the at least one viewing user to view the media content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: SYNAMEDIA LIMITED
    Inventors: Altan Stalker, Stephen Tallamy, Andrew Valentine
  • Patent number: 10182259
    Abstract: A user device includes a viewer tracking module that tracks viewer events to form a viewer tracking log and a recommendation module that generates a timeslot viewing profile based on the viewer tracking log. The timeslot viewing profile includes television programs watched previously and a prioritized timeslot series profile determined by summing and prioritizing the count of a plurality of watched programs in a series. The recommendation module compares the timeslot viewing profile of available television programs during the timeslot, generates a first content recommendation list of available television programs, receives related content identifiers for related content that identify content that is available and is related to the television programs of the first content recommendation, and, based on the related content identifiers, generates a second content recommendation list including content that is available during the timeslot different from the first content recommendation list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Romulo Pontual, Sui-Ky Ringo Ling, Raynold M. Kahn, Robert G. Arsenault, Gordon H. Chen, Luke J. Crook, Jean Dumouchel, Hugh Rothman, Brad Rice
  • Patent number: 10171879
    Abstract: After receiving a content at a device usable to present the content to a user, a portion of the received content is analyzed to identify a context present in the portion, the context including a type of a subject-matter of the portion. A contextual rating rule corresponding to the context of the portion is selected from a set of contextual rating rules. A rating value of the portion is computed using a first rating value in the contextual rating rule, the rating value of the portion being distinct from a rating associated with the content by a distributor of the content. The portion is presented on a presentation device along with the rating value of the portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael K. Boudreau, Jia Chen, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Craig M. Trim
  • Patent number: 10168978
    Abstract: Disclosed is a watch type terminal including a touch screen which is capable of receiving a touch input and a control method thereof. The watch type terminal includes a main body, a wireless communication unit that communicates with an external terminal, a touch screen that includes a plurality of regions corresponding to each time, and a controller that displays information informing that content information corresponding on a copy region may be stored to the main body when a first touch input is applied to the touch screen while selection of the copy region is maintained at the external terminal, and the controller stores the content information to be mapped in a region which corresponds to a current time among the plurality of regions and displayed an icon informing that the content information has been stored in the region corresponding to the current time, when a second touch input is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jinwook Ro, Kyungin Oh, Nayeoung Kim, Mose Jueng, Jungeun Shin
  • Patent number: 10097867
    Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for providing a ratings version and a dynamic ad version of a video using a system having a non-transitory memory and a hardware processor. In an exemplary system, the hardware processor executes an executable code stored in the memory to receive a request for a video over a network, determine a time elapsed since a first broadcast of the video, provide a ratings version of the video over the network for display on the display device if the time elapsed since the first broadcast of the video is not greater than a threshold, and provide a dynamic ad version of the video over the network for display on a display device if the time elapsed since the first broadcast of the video is greater than the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramzi Bettendorf, Shant Mardigian, Xinh Le
  • Patent number: 10089762
    Abstract: A method for navigating through a set of images depicting a scene comprises providing a graph representation of correlations of the images and receiving input for navigation that includes an indication of a current image and weight information to control weights to be given to a plurality of measures of similarities of edges in the graph. The indication of the current image is used to determine a current node in the graph representation. At least one best ranked transition image is determined related to the current image by an edge from the current node, said determining comprising using the weight information to weigh the plurality of measures of similarities for forming a combined measure of similarity for edges from the current node, and selecting the at least one best ranked transition image based on a comparison of the combined measure of similarity for the edges from the current node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: MAPILLARY AB
    Inventors: Jan Erik Solem, Yubin Kuang, Johan Gyllenspetz, Peter Neubauer
  • Patent number: 10089861
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for configuring a wireless remote control terminal by a third party terminal. The wireless remote control terminal is used for remotely controlling one or more remotely controlled devices. At the third party terminal side, the method comprises: establishing a wireless communication connection with a wireless remote control terminal; generating configuration information about the wireless remote control terminal in response to an operation of a user; and sending the configuration information to the wireless remote control terminal via the wireless communication connection. By means of the present invention, home intelligentization and automatization can be achieved without additionally using a control center, the cost is low, and the control process is simple, thereby facilitating the overall popularization of intelligent home appliances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Inventor: Ning Lian
  • Patent number: 10057732
    Abstract: A system for alterting heathcare practitioners (20) includes a plurality of receiving devices (10), and a sending station (30). Each of the plurality of receiving device is associated with a corresponding healthcare practitioner. The receiving device (10) includes a user alerting device (120), a receiver (110), and circuitry (160). The user alerting device (120) alerts the practitioner to a received message with one of a plurality of types of alerts. The receiver (110) receives the incoming messages. The circuitry (160) causes the user alerting device to alert the practitioner to an incoming message with one of the plurality of types of alerts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Amjad Soomro
  • Patent number: 10045065
    Abstract: Wireless communication devices are provided with direct video and audio streaming capability. The streaming capability may support overlays. Some implementations include incorporation of these features into devices with a mirroring display mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Vijay Naicker Subramaniam, Padam Lal Kafle, Fawad Shaukat
  • Patent number: 9998793
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for a media guidance application that manages user access to content provided by a plurality of content providers. In particular, the media guidance application may automatically manage and recommend content providers which a user should request access to.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: William L. Thomas, Paul T. Stathacopoulos, Walter R. Klappert
  • Patent number: 9992553
    Abstract: A video advertising system, methods, and apparatus are disclosed, which may include an advertising system, including an advertising server and advertising console, and a user device, which may cooperate to select video advertising campaigns and display video advertisements. In an example embodiment, a method includes playing a video on a display, overlaying markings on the video while the video plays, at a first time while the video plays, measuring a first refresh rate of the video, at a second time while the video plays, performing a first operation on the markings, measuring a second refresh rate of the video at the second time, and determining an estimated area of the video displayed on the display based on the first refresh rate and the second refresh rate. In an example embodiment, a prediction model is trained to output a viewability inference for a video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: ENGINE MEDIA, LLC
    Inventors: Dominic Bennett, Peter Wilmot
  • Patent number: 9973824
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a detector configured to detect a user input and a controller configured to determine a favorite channel group according to a user's viewing history, scan channels in response to detecting an input of a control signal corresponding to a channel shift button for a predetermined time, and decrease a channel shift speed in a favorite channel group section corresponding to the determined favorite channel group and increase the channel shift speed in a section other than the favorite channel group section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hye-jin Kang, Su-gyeong Hyeon
  • Patent number: 9961379
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for constructing a schedule well before the time of an asset delivery opportunity that associates a collection of one or more assets, potentially from multiple advertisers or asset providers, that are planned to play in each asset delivery opportunity. Specific rules for each device also determine which asset each will play, thereby ensuring that campaigns of total asset delivery and asset delivery pacing are approximately fulfilled. This scheduling can be accomplished using marketing data associated with each user device and can be prepared in a practicable period of time using reasonable processing resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: INVIDI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alden Flatt, Brett Kosinski, Jeremy Koopmans, Daniel C. Wilson, David Ballantyne
  • Patent number: 9954976
    Abstract: An electronic device for collecting and displaying measurement data includes a data interface, a processor and a transport interface. The data interface obtains measurement data. The processor is configured to generate portable graphical user interface (GUI) information indicating a visual format corresponding to at least one of the measurement data or the electronic device, and to associate the portable GUI information with the measurement data. The transport interface is configured to deliver the measurement data and the associated portable GUI information to a remote display, enabling the remote display to display the measurement data in accordance with the visual format indicated by the portable GUI information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Glenn Engel, Glen L. Purdy, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9947025
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for extracting the content of a video, image, and/or audio file or podcast, analyzing the content, and then providing a targeted advertisement, search capability and/or other functionality based on the content of the file or podcast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Edwin Ho
  • Patent number: 9918128
    Abstract: The invention relates to content categorization and a method to that end comprises acts of: rendering content within graphical user interfaces to a plurality of viewers; receiving multiple signals related to feedbacks from the plurality of viewers relatively to the rendered content; and tallying the multiple received signals from the plurality of viewers to categorize the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Orange
    Inventors: M. Guillaume Courouge, M. Antonin Lapiche
  • Patent number: 9877084
    Abstract: A system may receive tag information, associated with media content, that includes a tag and a tag time. The system may generate, based on the tag information, clip information that includes a start time and an end time for a media content clip associated with the media content. The system may determine, based on the tag information, advertisement information that identifies an advertisement to be displayed with the media content clip, and indicates how the advertisement is to be displayed. The system may provide the tag information for display via a social media application, and may receive, via the social media application, an indication that the media content clip is to be provided for display to a user. The system may provide the advertisement information and the clip information such that the advertisement and the media content clip are provided for display to the user based on the advertisement information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Jianxiu Hao, Jian Huang, Sanjay Ahuja, John K. Trimper
  • Patent number: 9857964
    Abstract: Systems and methods for instantiating collaboration interfaces via object recognition are disclosed. An object recognition engine communicatively coupled to a database and an electronic device receives sensor data related to an object and identifies an object characteristic. A component is selected having criteria satisfied by the object characteristic and a collaboration interface is instantiated on the electronic device. This can allow a user to edit content related to an object. A substantially identical collaboration interface can be instantiated on a second electronic device to allow collaboration among user with respect to content related to the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Inventor: Patrick Soon-Shiong
  • Patent number: 9794642
    Abstract: Methods and systems to insert advertisements and/or other supplemental or replacement content into a stream of video content are described. In some example embodiments, the methods and systems receive a request to replace a portion of video content currently playing at a client device with supplemental video content, such as an advertisement. In response to the request, the methods and systems determine one or more fingerprints of the video content plating at the client device, identify one or more frames of the video content at which to insert the supplemental video content based on the one or more fingerprints, and insert the supplemental video content at the identified one or more frames of the video content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Gracenote, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Dunker, Markus K. Cremer, Donald F. Gordon
  • Patent number: 9760268
    Abstract: A mobile device includes a storage unit that stores information of previously registered electrical devices and an application for monitoring and controlling the previously registered electrical devices, a communication unit that communicates with the previously registered electrical device, a user interface unit that includes an overview part and a widget part, outputs an operation status of the previously registered electrical device, and receives an operation command of at least one of the previously registered electrical devices, a control unit that controls the user interface unit so that the operation status of the previously registered electrical device is output when the application is executed, and controls an operation of the at least one electrical device based on the operation command input to the user interface unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Hyun Jeon, Young Sun Shin, Eun Kyung Hong, Sun Young Seo, So Young Yun, Jiyoon Yoon
  • Patent number: 9756369
    Abstract: A method and network element for providing at least one segment that is of a different length than the actual segment of a media stream and where the segment of a different length comprises data not belonging to the actual segment, wherein the segment of a different length begins with a key frame or contains key frames only.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Michael Huber, Anders Axelsson, Thorsten Herber, Johan Kölhi, Dan Mathiasen, Robert Skog
  • Patent number: 9756393
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a media processor displaying an advertisement regarding a future media presentation and determining an identifier and a communication capability of a mobile device associated with a subscriber associated with a remote second media processor. The media processor establishes communication with the mobile device in accordance with the communication capability, receives a first signal from the mobile device indicating that recording of an advertised future media presentation is desired, and displays a first menu in response to the first signal, where the first menu comprises an identifier of the future media presentation and identifiers of additional future media presentations advertised previously. The media processor also receives a second signal from the mobile device indicating selection from the first menu of a future presentation to be recorded, and transmits an instruction via the network to record the selected presentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Stephanie Lewis, Jennifer Portanka
  • Patent number: 9686571
    Abstract: Techniques to selectively provide a video feed to broadcasting equipment are disclosed. A master control switcher may receive video feeds from video servers containing video content. The master control switcher may select one of the video feeds to output. At least one localized switcher may also receive video feeds from the video servers and select one of the video feeds to output. One of the video feeds supplied to the localized switcher(s) is the output from the master control switcher. An air server may receive video feeds from the master control switcher and the at least one localized switcher and out put the video feeds to separate broadcasting equipment. The video feeds may be arranged to reflect a schedule of programming for a local television station. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: CBS Interactive Inc.
    Inventor: James M. Chase
  • Patent number: 9678617
    Abstract: Systems and methods for instantiating collaboration interfaces via object recognition are disclosed. An object recognition engine communicatively coupled to a database and an electronic device receives sensor data related to an object and identifies an object characteristic. A component is selected having criteria satisfied by the object characteristic and a collaboration interface is instantiated on the electronic device. This can allow a user to edit content related to an object. A substantially identical collaboration interface can be instantiated on a second electronic device to allow collaboration among user with respect to content related to the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Inventor: Patrick Soon-Shiong
  • Patent number: 9648377
    Abstract: An interactive television program guide system is provided in which a viewer may direct a television to simultaneously display a selected television program and a program guide display. A viewer may use the program guide display to browse available video-on-demand (VOD) while continuing to view a previously selected program in the background. The viewer may browse through video-on-demand programs on the program guide display using a variety of keys on a remote control unit. The viewer may direct the program guide to order a given video-on-demand program, and set a desired broadcast time for that program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael D. Ellis