By Passive Determination And Measurement (e.g., By Detecting Motion Or Ambient Temperature, Or By Use Of Video Camera) Patents (Class 725/12)
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Patent number: 12382142Abstract: One or more videos are presented to a user. The videos include a plurality of hidden artifacts. The videos also include advertisements. The user looks for the hidden artifacts in the videos. Whenever the user finds the hidden artifacts in one of the videos, the user selects locations in the videos that correspond to the hidden artifacts. A computing device performs different actions depending on which ones of the hidden artifacts the user is able to find. For example, the computing device can provide different rewards to the user depending on which ones of the hidden artifacts the user is able to find.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2023Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignee: uSeek, Inc.Inventors: Huntley Stafford Ritter, Matthew Ambert Hartle
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Patent number: 12382146Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) receives a media broadcast including media items and embedded watermarks. A watermark detection module included in the RF receiver operates in a low-power state, during which the watermark detection module does not attempt to detect the embedded watermarks. The watermark detection circuitry is activated, thereby transitioning from the low-power state to an active state, in response to receiving an attention marker. during the active state the watermark detection circuitry attempts to detect the embedded watermarks in the media broadcast, and continues to do so until an indication that watermark detection is to be discontinued is received. In response to receiving the indication that the watermark detection is to be discontinued, the watermark detection module is again placed in the low-power state.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2023Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignee: iHeart Media Management Services, Inc.Inventor: Jeffrey Lee Littlejohn
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Patent number: 12363378Abstract: Provided herein are methods and systems for enabling users to provide contextually relevant information, such as feedback, relating to a content item. A computing device may receive a request for a content item. The computing device may receive the request and analyze a first portion of the content item to determine contextual information associated with the first portion. The computing device may determine one or more suggestions for contextually relevant items, such as symbols, to enable use of the symbols to provide information. The computing device may send the one or more suggestions with the first portion of the content item.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2024Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Zane Vella, Dominique Izbicki
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Patent number: 12363380Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for tracking device engagement The system includes a viewing device (e.g., television, etc.) and an eye-tracking device (e.g., a camera, etc.). The eye-tracking device is configured to capture data about the gaze of a viewer to determine if the viewer is watching the television at any given point in time. This information may be used for a variety of purposes, such as tracking user engagement with advertisement content. As another example, the information may be used for device energy saving purposes. For example, a screen of the device can be dimmed or turned off if the gaze of the viewer has not been directed towards the television for a given period of time. A notification may also be presented to the viewer prompting the viewer to indicate if they are still viewing the content being presented on the device.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2023Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Ali Abdool, Wenbin Ouyang, Hengameh Mirzaalian Dastjerdi
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Patent number: 12363367Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for tailoring and censoring content based on audience detected. An example embodiment operates by detecting an audience within a vicinity of a media device based on identifying information received by the media device, determining a category of the audience with a user identification system based on the identifying information, identifying a content tailoring rule for the audience based on the category of the audience, retrieving a content to be played by the media device, and modifying the content based on the content tailoring rule and a category label of the content.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2022Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: Roku, Inc.Inventors: Rakesh Ravuru, Bao Nguyen, Behnam Asefisaray, Doo Soon Kim, Praful Mangalath
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Patent number: 12354404Abstract: An example method may include receiving, at a computing device, a digital image associated with a particular media content program, the digital image containing one or more faces of particular people associated with the particular media content program. A computer-implemented automated face recognition program may be applied to the digital image to recognize, based on at least one feature vector from a prior-determined set of feature vectors, one or more of the particular people in the digital image, together with respective geometric coordinates for each of the one or more detected faces. At least a subset of the prior-determined set of feature vectors may be associated with a respective one of the particular people. The digital image together may be stored in non-transitory computer-readable memory, together with information assigning respective identities of the recognized particular people, and associating with each respective assigned identity geometric coordinates in the digital image.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2024Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: GRACENOTE, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey Scott, Aneesh Vartakavi
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Patent number: 12322182Abstract: that is captured by one or more images (e.g., by a video or several pictures of the scene). The method analyzes a captured image to identify a unique predefined displayed content (e.g., a first pattern or a sub-pattern of the first pattern) in a first region of the image. When the predefined displayed content is identified in the captured image, the method analyzes a second region of the image that is associated with the first region, in order to determine whether a set of one or more objects is within the second region. The second region is the same as the first region in some embodiments, while in other embodiments it is a bounding region (e.g., bounding shape) that encompasses the first region and a third region around the first region. In yet other embodiments, the second region has another association with the first region. When the method determines that an object is within the second region, the method generates and sends a notification (e.g., an email, a text message, an in-app message, etc.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Serdar Kizilgul, Steven L. Teig, Murali Dharan
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Patent number: 12316595Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for generating for display a notification to a plurality of users at a position within a display screen to which each user of the plurality of users is paying attention. Specifically, the media guidance application captures lines of sight of users who are paying attention to a display screen, based on which the media guidance application determines line-of-sight regions on the display screen that the users are paying attention to. The media guidance application then determines a display area that is noticeable to the users based on the respective line-of-sight regions on the display screen to display an electronic message.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2023Date of Patent: May 27, 2025Assignee: Adeia Guides Inc.Inventors: Charles Dawes, Takeaki Obara
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Patent number: 12294765Abstract: Methods and systems are described herein for providing streamlined access to media assets of interest to a user. The method includes determining that a supplemental viewing device, through which a user views a field of view, is directed at a first field of view. The method further involves detecting that the supplemental viewing device is now directed at a second field of view, and determining that a media consumption device is within the second field of view. A first media asset of interest to the user that is available for consumption via the media consumption device is identified, and the supplemental viewing device generates a visual indication in the second field of view. The visual indication indicates that the first media asset is available for consumption via the media consumption device, and the visual indication tracks a location of the media consumption device in the second field of view.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2023Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: Adeia Guides Inc.Inventors: Jonathan A. Logan, Alexander W. Liston, William L. Thomas, Gabriel C. Dalbec, Margret B. Schmidt, Mathew C. Burns, Ajay Kumar Gupta
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Methods and apparatus to model on/off states of media presentation devices based on return path data
Patent number: 12273593Abstract: Methods and apparatus to model on/off states of media presentation devices based on return path data are disclosed. An apparatus includes a memory and processor circuitry to execute instructions stored in the memory to: generate a probability distribution of actual durations of first tuning segments, the first tuning segments representative of lengths of time during which panelists accessed first media; modify the lengths associated with ones of the first tuning segments to generate second tuning segments having second durations; and estimate a time when a media device associated with a return path data (RPD) device is powered on based on (i) the probability distribution, (ii) the second tuning segments, and (iii) a third tuning segment during which the RPD device accessed second media, the third tuning segment reported from the RPD device.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2023Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Jonathan Sullivan, Katya Sotiris, Neung Soo Ha, Balachander Shankar -
Patent number: 12244891Abstract: A system for quantifying viewer engagement with a video playing on a display includes at least one camera to acquire image data of a viewing area in front of the display. A microphone acquires audio data emitted by a speaker coupled to the display. The system also includes a memory to store processor-executable instructions and a processor. Upon execution of the processor-executable instructions, the processor receives the image data and the audio data and determines an identity of the video displayed on the display based on the audio data. The processor also estimates a first number of people present in the viewing area and a second number of people engaged with the video. The processor further quantifies the viewer engagement of the video based on the first number of people and the second number of people.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2022Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: TVISION INSIGHTS, INC.Inventors: Inderbir Sidhu, Yanfeng Liu, Yun Fu
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Patent number: 12236452Abstract: An advertisement multi-screen collaboration method and a device are provided, and relate to the field of electronic devices, to resolve a problem that a public-oriented device and a terminal of a user cannot implement cross-device multi-screen collaboration. When playing a first advertisement, an advertising device broadcasts a wireless signal that includes an identifier of the first advertisement and bearing information used to indicate a position and an orientation of the advertising device. A first terminal receives the wireless signal, and when determining that the first advertisement played by the advertising device is effectively exposed to a user of the first terminal, sends an effective exposure event to a server. The effective exposure event includes a unified identity corresponding to the user of the first terminal and the identifier of the first advertisement, so that the server updates a historical preference of the user corresponding to the unified identity.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2021Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventor: Lan Mo
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Patent number: 12220650Abstract: A remote control includes a body, a first rocker device, a second rocker device, a processor, and a signal transmission device. The first rocker device and the second rocker device are installed on the body. The processor connects to the first rocker device, the second rocker device, and the signal transmission device. The first rocker device includes a joystick component. The second rocker device includes a second joystick component. When the first joystick component moves in parallel relative to the body, the processor generates a remote control instruction used to control a movable object to move in a horizontal plane. When the second joystick component moves straightly relative to the body along a first direction or a second direction, the processor generates a remote control instruction used to control the movable object to move upward or move downward in a vertical direction of the movable object.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2023Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Huihua Zhang, Zhiying Liang
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Patent number: 12182339Abstract: A remote controller unit is provided. The remote controller unit may include a navigation keypad area that includes one or more navigation keys. The one or more navigation keys may be configured to move a cursor on a display device associated to a computing device or select one or more user interface items on the display device. The remote controller unit may include a fingerprint input component arranged in the navigation keypad area. The fingerprint input component may be configured to capture a plurality of fingerprint frames of a user in response to the navigation keypad area being touched by the user to move the cursor or select the one or more user interface items on the display device. The fingerprint input component may be a fingerprint input transducer or sensor.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2017Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: HOME CONTROL SINGAPORE PTE LTDInventors: Kwok Hoong Siu, Kyaw Zayar Han, Ching Guan Tay, Aloysius Choong, Chen Wee Cheah
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Patent number: 12165382Abstract: Various embodiments set forth systems and techniques for evaluating media content items. The techniques include receiving visual feedback associated with one or more audience members viewing a first media content item; analyzing the visual feedback to generate one or more emotion signals based on the visual feedback; and generating a set of features associated with the one or more audience members viewing the first media content item based on the one or more emotion signals.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2022Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Aaron Michael Baker, Mary Nell Borst, Dennis Li, Jacek Krzysztof Naruniec, Dustin Clint Tucker, Romann Matthew Weber
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Patent number: 12160632Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for preserving channel lock while performing dynamic ad insertion (DAI) in a multi-device setup. An example embodiment operates by identifying a secondary device that loses a channel lock on a channel based on a primary device performing DAI on the channel. The embodiment determines that that the primary device is configured to perform a DAI to replace a portion of multimedia content in the channel with a replacement portion of multimedia content. The embodiment modifies an automated content recognition (ACR) behavior for the secondary device based on the determining, thereby preventing the secondary device from losing channel lock on the channel. The embodiment then modifies a DAI behavior for the secondary device in response to the modifying the ACR behavior for the secondary device.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2023Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: ROKU, INC.Inventor: Matthew Grover
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Patent number: 12145058Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program are described comprising: receiving first interaction data at a first user in a multi-user virtual environment, wherein the multi-user virtual environment comprises a plurality of users including the first user; receiving metadata relating to the first interaction data at the first user; and rendering a first object to the first user in accordance with the first interaction data and the metadata, wherein the metadata includes instructions for selectively modifying one or more of the rendering of the first object and an interaction of the first user with the virtual environment.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Arto Juhani Lehtiniemi, Jussi Artturi Leppänen, Lasse Juhani Laaksonen
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Patent number: 12145060Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for providing navigation assistance using eye gaze of a user. An example method provides assistive navigation in a video game. The method includes receiving input from a user device during a gameplay session of the video game. The method further includes capturing eye gaze of the user during the gameplay to identify a region of a scene of the video game associated with said eye gaze. Then, activating gaze navigation to move a focus of the scene to the region identified using the captured eye gaze. The gaze navigation is triggered automatically without said input from the user device.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2022Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignees: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC, Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Victoria Dorn, Steven Osman, Bethany Tinklenberg
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Patent number: 12141249Abstract: Software for securely storing digital content using a distributed ledger. The software performs the following operations: (i) receiving identification information of an owner of a digital asset, metadata of the digital asset, a digital hash of the digital asset, and the digital asset; (ii) verifying authenticity of the owner based, at least in part, the received identification information; (iii) in response to verifying the authenticity of the owner, creating a watermarked version of the digital asset based on the identification information of the owner, the metadata of the digital asset, and the digital hash; and (iv) storing the digital asset and the watermarked version of the digital asset in a first distributed ledger.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Hin Ting Chui, Jarett D. Stein, Bradley C. Herrin, Xianjun Zhu
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Patent number: 12132958Abstract: Example apparatus disclosed herein are to determine a location of a portable device based on location data collected by the portable device, determine whether a person is within a threshold distance of the portable device based on proximity data collected by the portable device, and, when the person is determined to be within the threshold distance of the portable device: (i) infer at least one of a presence or an absence of the person in a media exposure environment based on the location of the portable device, (ii) determine a confidence level that the person corresponds to a member of the panelist household, and (iii) determine an accuracy of presence information collected by a people meter based on the confidence level and the inference of the at least one of the presence or the absence of the person, the people meter different than the portable device.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2024Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Padmanabhan Soundararajan, Venugopal Srinivasan, Alexander Topchy
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Patent number: 12126583Abstract: In some embodiments, a display device includes a content receiving circuit configured to receive a content signal, a screen configured to display the content signal, a communication interface configured to communicate with other devices via a communication network, a memory storing one or more instructions, and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions to obtain, from a user, a chatting channel establishment request and counterpart information for establishing a chatting channel; to identify a counterpart display device based on the counterpart information; to obtain an availability state of a chatting counterpart on the counterpart display device; and to perform real-time chatting or non-real-time chatting between the user and the chatting counterpart on the counterpart display device, based on a determination of whether the availability state of the chatting counterpart on the counterpart display device allows the real-time chatting or the non-real-time chatting.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2022Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sungjun Hwang, Euijun Kim, Jiyeon Ma
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Patent number: 12105688Abstract: Methods and apparatus to estimate audience sizes using deduplication based on vector of counts sketch data are disclosed. A system includes hardware circuitry to instantiate: coefficient analyzer circuitry to determine coefficient values of a polynomial based on (i) variances in values in a first vector of counts and a second vector of counts, (ii) a first cardinality of the first vector of counts, and (iii) a second cardinality of the second vector of counts; and overlap analyzer circuitry to: determine a real root of the polynomial; and report generator circuitry to estimate a deduplicated audience size based on (i) the estimate of the quantity of the second subscribers that are duplicates of the first subscribers and (ii) the first and second cardinalities. The system includes communication circuitry to transmit a network communication to a third party entity, the second network communication including a report based on the deduplicated audience size.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2023Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Michael Sheppard, Jonathan L. Sullivan, Jake Ryan Dailey, Damien Forthomme, Jessica D. Brinson, Molly Poppie, Christie Nicole Summers, Diane Morovati Lopez
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Patent number: 12101530Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to identify user presence to a meter. An example apparatus includes memory, instructions, and at least one hardware processor to execute the instructions to at least: obtain presence information from a configuration device, the configuration device separate from the apparatus, the presence information indicating that user is present at the apparatus; verify the presence information matches user information, the user information stored in a memory of the apparatus; cause a confirmation prompt to be displayed on the configuration device, the confirmation prompt to indicate the presence information was obtained by the apparatus; and store the presence information in memory.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2023Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventor: David Watts
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Patent number: 12096082Abstract: In some embodiments, a method determines a reward metric based on feedback for an instance of content. A delivery status for a delivery constraint of the instance of content is applied to the reward metric to generate a constrained reward metric. The method uses the constrained reward metric to train a model. The model is used to select from a plurality of instances of content. One of the plurality of instances of content is selected for delivery using the model.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: HULU, LLCInventors: Pengfei Gao, Dingming Wu, Chunyang Wei, Xiaohui Xie, Shulei Ma
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Patent number: 12088885Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for employing QR code scanning to identify instances of background streaming. In certain embodiments, a method may comprise verifying a content stream is being viewed, including generating a scannable indicator including metadata related to a content stream, displaying the scannable indicator during the content stream, receiving a message indicating that the scannable indicator has been scanned, and continuing to display the content stream based on the message.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2022Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Atmosphere.tvInventors: Jeff DiTullio, Alen Durbuzovic, Brent Alan Hays, Zach Hobbs
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Patent number: 12068000Abstract: In various example embodiments, a system and method for determining a crowd response for a crowd are presented. One method is disclosed that includes receiving an audio signal that includes concurrent responses from two or more respondents, determining the concurrent responses from the audio signal without regard to the identity of the respondents, and generating a crowd based on the concurrent responses.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2019Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: EBAY INC.Inventor: Sergio Pinzon Gonzales, Jr.
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Patent number: 12051272Abstract: An example method may include receiving, at a computing device, a digital image associated with a particular media content program, the digital image containing one or more faces of particular people associated with the particular media content program. A computer-implemented automated face recognition program may be applied to the digital image to recognize, based on at least one feature vector from a prior-determined set of feature vectors, one or more of the particular people in the digital image, together with respective geometric coordinates for each of the one or more detected faces. At least a subset of the prior-determined set of feature vectors may be associated with a respective one of the particular people. The digital image together may be stored in non-transitory computer-readable memory, together with information assigning respective identities of the recognized particular people, and associating with each respective assigned identity geometric coordinates in the digital image.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2023Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: GRACENOTE, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey Scott, Aneesh Vartakavi
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Patent number: 12039108Abstract: Architecture that enables the detection of a user by a user device and interaction with content of the user device by the user before the user physically contacts the device. The detection capability can utilize one or more sensors of the device to identify the user and the proximity (distance) of the user to the device. Based on the user identity and the proximity, the device operates/functions in a certain way. Moreover, ongoing interaction can be enabled by recognition of a natural user interface (NUI) gestures, alone or in combination with other recognition techniques (e.g., speech recognition). Device activity can include causing the device to operate in predetermined ways such as power modes, application launching and manipulation to cause control of hardware and other software (local and/or remote) and, obtaining and presenting specific types of content (e.g., advertisements, notifications, messages, reminders, news, incoming communications, etc.).Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2023Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Neal Osotio, Eun Hyung Kim
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Patent number: 12007561Abstract: A method performed by an XR rending device (124) having an NCOD (199) for generating, for a first user, XR content for an XR environment with which the first user is interacting. The method includes obtaining first user preference information for the first user, the first user preference information comprising sensory permission information indicating, expressly or implicitly, one or more sensory stimulations to which the first user agrees to be exposed. The method also includes obtaining XR scene configuration information for use in generating XR content for the first user. The method also includes generating XR content for the first user based on the sensory permission information and the XR scene configuration information such that the generated XR content does not comprise XR content for producing any sensory stimulation to which the first user has not agreed to be exposed.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Gregoire Phillips, Paul McLachlan, Héctor Caltenco
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Patent number: 12003370Abstract: A system includes a memory, and a processor. The processor receives a request to register a device. In response, the processor extracts a set of parameters from the device, and stores a baseline record associated with the device, which includes the set of parameters, in the memory. The processor determines that an update to the device modified the set of parameters. In response, the processor extracts the modified set of parameters from the device, and stores a new record associated with the device, which includes the modified set of parameters, in the memory. The baseline record was used to validate an identity of the device prior to the processor determining that the update modified the set of parameters. The new record is used to validate the identity of the device subsequent to the processor determining that the update modified the set of parameters.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Bank of America CorporationInventors: Shailendra Singh, Vasuki Anand
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Patent number: 12002180Abstract: An immersive training system, and method performed with such system, which comprises one or more sensors configured to measure at least one response of a user to a three-dimensional (3D) asset of a 3D rendering that is being rendered on a virtual reality (VR) display, the 3D rendering comprising a plurality of 3D assets. The immersive training system and method compares, in real time, the received measured response of the user to a corresponding predetermined user response value to the 3D asset and, based on the user response comparison and a generated user-customized dynamic decision matrix, modifies at least one of the plurality of 3D assets of the 3D rendering. A customized dynamic decision matrix is generated for each user based on, for example, a corresponding personal performance profile and a neural efficiency score.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Inventor: Tyler H. Gates
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Patent number: 11991413Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting a number of viewers of a media device are disclosed. The methods comprise generating for display on the media device a media asset, initiating a first scan while displaying the media asset for nearby user devices within a detectable range, determining a number of nearby user devices, determining a direction and distance from the media device to each of the user devices, and determining the number of viewers of the media device currently consuming the media asset, based on the distance and direction of the user devices.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.Inventors: Vikram Makam Gupta, Reda Harb, Vishwas Sharadanagar Panchaksharaiah
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Patent number: 11974020Abstract: Systems and methods are described to address deficiencies in conventional biometric devices by dynamically enabling and disabling a biometric device based on the content the user is viewing. The media guidance application may utilize a device enablement rule, which has content criteria. If the content criteria is satisfied, the media guidance application may enable or disable a biometric device in accordance with the device enablement rule.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.Inventors: Angel Merced, Krista Ramirez, Todd Dietz
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Patent number: 11962851Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a thermal image detector to determine a heat blob count based on a frame of thermal image data captured in the media environment, an audience image detector to identify a face of an audience member based on a frame of audience image data captured in the media environment, the frame of audience image data corresponding to a field of view associated with at least one heat blob included in the heat blob count, and a people meter controller to cause a people meter, which is to emit a prompt for audience identification information, not to emit the prompt for at least a first time period after the audience member is identified.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Stanley Wellington Woodruff, John T. LiVoti
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Patent number: 11956500Abstract: Presentation of content on a display device is adaptively modified based on the apparent size of a content area in which the content is presented. A distance between the first user and the display device is determined, as well as an actual size of the content area in which the content is being presented. Based on the distance and the actual size of the content area, an apparent size of the content area is calculated, and presentation of the content is modified based on the apparent size of the content area.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.Inventors: Charishma Chundi, Vikram Makam Gupta, Vishwas Sharadanagar Panchaksharaiah, Rajendra Pandey, Susanto Sen
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Patent number: 11949967Abstract: In an approach for enhancing an experience of a user listening to and/or watching an audio-visual content by modifying future audio and/or video frames of the audio-visual content, a processor captures a set of sensor data from an IoT device worn by the first user. A processor analyzes the set of sensor data to generate one or more connotations by converting the emotion using an emotional vector analytics technique and a supervised machine learning technique. A processor scores the one or more connotations on a basis of similarity between the emotion exhibited by the first user and an emotion expected to be provoked by a second user. A processor determines whether a score of the one or more connotations exceeds a pre-configured threshold level. Responsive to determining the score does not exceed the pre-configured threshold level, a processor generates a suggestion for the producer of the audio-visual content.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Dhruv Khurana, Kristin E. McNeil, Itai Gordon, Radha Mohan De
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Patent number: 11949970Abstract: Systems and methods described herein provide for novel boundary generation features for interleaving additional content into media content. Media content may be received which includes a video and audio portion. An unencrypted encode of the video portion may be generated. A first set of time stamps for the video portion may be generated using a computer vision algorithm. A second set of time stamps for the video portion may be generated for identifying IDR frames using a first algorithm. A third set of time stamps may be generated to serve as boundaries for interleaving additional content into the media content based on a priority algorithm that uses the first set of time stamps and the second set of time stamps. The video portion may be encoded using the third set of time stamps to determine the IDR frames for the media content.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Abhishek Kumar, Yongjun Wu, Sitaraman Ganapathy, Vasanthakumar Soundararajan, Varun Chadha
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Patent number: 11928828Abstract: Disclosed is a computer-implemented method of determining a spatial relationship between planning image data and current surface data which leads to improved surface registration accuracy by considering the elasticity and deformability of the tissue. The knowledge about the tissue can be estimated based on type of tissue and atlas information. For the process of generating surface registration points on specific anatomical regions, e.g. the face or forehead, are acquired with a classical navigated pointer or laser pointer. It is also possible to acquire points with surface scanners. Confidence values defining a probability for certain parts of the surface registration points being deformed in comparison to a planning image are read from atlas data and used to compensate for the deformation in the registration between the surface registration points and the planning image in order to render the registration valid.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: BRAINLAB AGInventor: Sebastian Stopp
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Patent number: 11908238Abstract: Disclosed is a facial recognition system/method, utilizing modules to perform the following routine: extracting a feature descriptor from a detected feature point of a detected face in an input image frame; and matching the extracted feature descriptor with at least one of a pre-stored facial image that is index-mapped, comprising at least a first and second round of matching, wherein the second round of matching only selects the index-mapped facial images that matched above a pre-defined threshold from the first round of matching. Optionally, the above described steps may be coupled to a Point-of-Recognition (POR) provisioning, enabling an on-demand gate-keeping and/or payment processing for an end-user at an event/venue entry or point-of-sale.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: NORTEK SECURITY & CONTROLInventors: Chandan Gope, Gagan Gupta, Nitin Jindal, Krishna Khadloya, Vaidhi Nathan
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Patent number: 11895363Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to identify user presence to a meter. An example apparatus includes memory, instructions, and at least one hardware processor to execute the instructions to at least: obtain presence information from a configuration device, the configuration device separate from the apparatus, the presence information indicating that user is present at the apparatus; verify the presence information matches user information, the user information stored in a memory of the apparatus; cause a confirmation prompt to be displayed on the configuration device, the confirmation prompt to indicate the presence information was obtained by the apparatus; and store the presence information in memory.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventor: David Watts
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Patent number: 11860363Abstract: A method performed by an XR rending device (124) having an NCOD (199) for generating, for a first user, XR content for an XR environment with which the first user is interacting. The method includes obtaining first user preference information for the first user, the first user preference information comprising sensory permission information indicating, expressly or implicitly, one or more sensory stimulations to which the first user agrees to be exposed. The method also includes obtaining XR scene configuration information for use in generating XR content for the first user. The method also includes generating XR content for the first user based on the sensory permission information and the XR scene configuration information such that the generated XR content does not comprise XR content for producing any sensory stimulation to which the first user has not agreed to be exposed.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Gregoire Phillips, Paul McLachlan, Héctor Caltenco
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Methods and apparatus to determine a duration of media presentation based on tuning session duration
Patent number: 11856250Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to determine a duration of media presentation based on tuning session duration. Example apparatus a receiver to obtain a first tuning session duration indicative of an amount of time between channel changes of a first media presentation device at a first media presentation location, a presentation session estimator to select a model from storage, the model selected based on a match of the first tuning session duration and a second tuning session duration, the model including a relation between the second tuning session duration and a first presentation session duration of media presented on a second media presentation device at a second media presentation location, and estimate a second presentation session duration of media presented within the first tuning session duration based on the model.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Michael Sheppard, Jonathan Sullivan, Peter Lipa, Alejandro Terrazas -
Patent number: 11843829Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating a content item recommendation based on an identified posture. An input associated with a content item delivery service is received at a computing device. A capture of a user is received, and a digital representation of the user is generated based on the capture of the user. A posture of the user is determined based on the digital representation of the user, and a content item genre is identified based on the determined posture. A content item recommendation that is based on the identified genre is generated and output.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.Inventors: Rupayan Dutta, Vikram Makam Gupta, Vishwas Sharadanagar Panchaksharaiah, Sukanya Agarwal, Reda Harb
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Patent number: 11838581Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for preserving channel lock while performing dynamic ad insertion (DAI) in a multi-device setup. An example embodiment operates by identifying a secondary device that loses a channel lock on a channel based on a primary device performing DAI on the channel. The embodiment determines that that the primary device is configured to perform a DAI to replace a portion of multimedia content in the channel with a replacement portion of multimedia content. The embodiment modifies an automated content recognition (ACR) behavior for the secondary device based on the determining, thereby preventing the secondary device from losing channel lock on the channel. The embodiment then modifies a DAI behavior for the secondary device in response to the modifying the ACR behavior for the secondary device.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Roku, Inc.Inventor: Matthew Grover
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Patent number: 11838583Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to identify user presence to a meter. An example apparatus includes memory, instructions, and at least one hardware processor to execute the instructions to at least: obtain presence information from a configuration device, the configuration device separate from the apparatus, the presence information indicating that user is present at the apparatus; verify the presence information matches user information, the user information stored in a memory of the apparatus; cause a confirmation prompt to be displayed on the configuration device, the confirmation prompt to indicate the presence information was obtained by the apparatus; and store the presence information in memory.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventor: David Watts
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Patent number: 11818416Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a thermal image detector to determine a heat blob count based on a frame of thermal image data, the frame of thermal image data captured in the media environment, a comparator to compare the heat blob count to a prompted people count, the prompted people count based on one or more responses to a prompting message, and when the heat blob count and the prompted people count match, cause a timer that is to trigger generation of the prompting message to be reset.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: John T. Livoti, Rajakumar Madhanganesh, Stanley Wellington Woodruff, Khushboo Agarwal
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Patent number: 11785294Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for detecting a presence of a second user inside an aural range of the video but outside of a visual range of the display device, determining that a profile of the second user indicates a conflict for the second user with respect to the video, in response to determining that the profile of the second user indicates the conflict, and dynamically adjusting a volume of the video so that the second user is outside of an adjusted aural range of the video. The systems and methods may determine that the second user has entered the visual range of the display device, and, in response to determining that the second user has entered the visual range of the video, may alter a visual component of the video.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.Inventor: Samir B. Armaly
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Patent number: 11782883Abstract: Systems and methods described herein facilitate the management of personalized life information using a distributed ledger. For example, a distributed ledger system, such as one or more blockchains, may manage personalized life information of one or more individuals to, for example, determine an occurrence of a life event for a first individual based at least in part on personalized life information for the first individual, to access various types of personalized life information for the first individual in response to the determination of the occurrence of the life event for the first individual, and to provide a subset of the personalized life information data for the first individual to a user device associated with a second individual.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Inventors: Gabriel Carlos Fernandez, Qunying Kou, Arthur Quentin Smith, Oscar Roberto Tijerina, Mark Paxman Warnick
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Patent number: 11736823Abstract: An integrated high-speed image sensor includes a pixel array; a processor configured to determine a region of interest (ROI) and a region of non-interest (RONI) of the pixel array; an analog signal processing circuit configured to read out ROI image data at a first frame rate and read out RONI image data at a second frame rate; and a memory storing the ROI image data and the RONI image data.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Woo-Shik Kim, Jonghwan Ko
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Patent number: 11677847Abstract: Techniques are described for using sensor data derived from a monitoring system to drive personalized content. Sensor data captured by a monitoring system may be used to determine attributes of users of the monitoring system and/or attributes of a property monitored by the monitoring system. The determined attributes may be used to select content to present to users of the monitoring system. Content presentation may be made through the monitoring system and may be triggered based on events detected by the monitoring system.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Alarm.com IncorporatedInventors: Stephen Scott Trundle, Jean-Paul Martin, Alison Jane Slavin