Based On Demographics Or Geographical Area Patents (Class 725/35)
  • Patent number: 12219192
    Abstract: In an anonymous matching system, a demand-side service platform (DSP) may select segments to populate a target audience. A data warehouse platform and a multichannel video programming distributor (MVPD) platform ingest address lists, eliminate personally identifiable information (PII) from the address lists, and process the de-identified addresses to generate deterministic unique anonymous household identifiers (UHIDs). Households may be selected, for example, at the DSP's direction, to form a query request without exposing the PII. In response to the query request, the MVPD platform determines a matching UHID and includes a matching household attribute, such as an IP address or the like, in a query response without exposing the PII.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: CSC Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Kent Tseng, Wael Sabra, William Feininger, Jeff Dittus
  • Patent number: 12212796
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, systems and methods that allow a television broadcast facility or a headend to insert in-band messages, where the inserted message allow receivers to switch to, insert, or otherwise show addressable advertisements to its viewers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Adeia Media Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Seth Haberman, Gerrit Niemeijer, Alex Jansen, Erik van de Pol
  • Patent number: 12211065
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing conversion path performance measures and reports. In one aspect, user interaction data are obtained, were the user interaction data specify user interactions for a plurality of conversions. User interactions that are associated with each conversion are selected from the user interaction data, where the associated user interactions for each conversion are user interactions with a converting user during the conversion cycle for the conversion. Using the user interaction data for the selected user interactions, a quantity of user interactions that are associated with each conversion and occurred during the conversion cycle for the conversion are determined. In turn, conversion path performance measures are computed and reports specifying the conversion path performance measures are generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Sissie Ling-le Hsiao, Chao Cai, Eric W. Ewald, Cameron M. Tangney, Robert A. Walker, II, Japjit Tulsi, Ming Lei, Zhimin He
  • Patent number: 12200319
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to implement flexible commercial monitoring for television audience measurement are disclosed. Example television audience measurement systems disclosed herein include a flexible commercial detector to detect whether a first watermark decoded from a television program broadcast signal is a bridge watermark that indicates a portion of the television broadcast signal including the bridge watermark is associated with a flexible commercial insertion event, the flexible commercial insertion event corresponding to insertion of a flexible commercial in the portion of the television broadcast signal. Disclosed example television audience measurement systems also include a commercial metric calculator to credit audience exposure associated with the portion of the television broadcast signal to a flexible commercial crediting metric in response to a determination that the first watermark is the bridge watermark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Brian Fuhrer, Marie Kramer
  • Patent number: 12190207
    Abstract: A system for preparing machine learning training data for use in evaluation of term definition quality. The system can include a server having at least one server processor and at least one server memory for storing a plurality of terms with corresponding definitions, and a plurality of client devices each having at least one client memory device and at least one client processor. The client processor programmed to receive at least one of the plurality of terms and its corresponding definition from the server, display the term and its corresponding definition, and receive an indication of whether the definition satisfies one or more definition quality guidelines. The server memory includes instructions for causing the at least one server processor to receive the indications from the plurality of client devices and label each definition as satisfying each of the definition quality guidelines or not based on the received indications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Collibra Belgium BV
    Inventors: Gretel De Paepe, Michael Tandecki
  • Patent number: 12170806
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing media content to supplement an exhibit from an image of an audience for the exhibit include an image capture device proximate the exhibit that captures an image of the audience that includes the faces of audience members. A facial recognition process is used to identify each audience member, and certain audience characteristics are determined from the captured image. Stored information about the identified audience members and/or the audience characteristic information are used to determine the media content to provide to a playback device for playback while the exhibit is viewed by the audience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Inventor: Maris Jacob Ensing
  • Patent number: 12167103
    Abstract: A forecast for compatible advertisement opportunities, compatible with a class of advertisements, that will be available over a future time period is generated. For a content item associated with one or more advertisement opportunities, one or more compatible advertisement opportunities of the one or more advertisement opportunities are determined based on characteristics of the class of advertisements. Expected output of the content item over the future time period may be determined from historical data of output of other content items similar to the content item, and may be adjusted based on additional information, such as actual output of the content item. The forecast may be generated from the compatible advertisement opportunities associated with the content item and the expected output of the content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: FreeWheel Media, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Marc Heller, Michael Henry Evangelista, Jingchun Yu
  • Patent number: 12148448
    Abstract: Described are authoring tools for creating interactive AR experiences. The story-authoring application enables a user with little or no programming skills to create an interactive story that includes recording voice commands for advancing to the next scene, inserting and manipulating virtual objects in a mixed-reality environment, and recording a variety of interactions with connected IoT devices. The story creation interface is presented on the display as a virtual object in an AR environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Lei Zhang, Daekun Kim, Youjean Cho, Ava Robinson, Yu Jiang Tham, Rajan Vaish, Andrés Monroy-Hernández
  • Patent number: 12149764
    Abstract: Systems and method are provided for enabling advertisement display during a group session. A media content item group session is initiated between a first computing device and a second computing device, and a first portion of the media content item is received at the first and second computing devices. A period of time is identified for outputting one or more advertisements. A first selection of advertisements and a second selection of advertisements are identified for the respective first and second computing devices, where the run-times of the first and second selections are based on the period of time. The first and selection of advertisements are received and are output at the respective first and second computing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Adeia Guides Inc.
    Inventors: Reda Harb, Tao Chen
  • Patent number: 12141342
    Abstract: One exemplary implementation displays a visual characteristic associated with an object on a display of a device and utilizes a sensor of the device to obtain physiological data associated with a pupillary response of a user to the visual characteristic. The device adjusts the visual characteristic based on the obtained physiological data to enhance pupillary responses of the user to the object and displays the adjusted visual characteristic to the user. For example, the adjusted visual characteristic may be selected based on previously identified pupillary responses of the user to particular visual characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sterling R. Crispin, Izzet B. Yildiz, Grant H. Mulliken
  • Patent number: 12137272
    Abstract: Aspects described herein describe selecting advertisements for insertion into video content. An advertisement may be selected based on when content was previously consumed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Hans Sayyadi
  • Patent number: 12130946
    Abstract: Methods and systems for recommending content to a client device operated by a user include receiving a set of ratings for each of a first set of content items by a user from a client device for use in a factor model. The set of ratings is not maintained in the server for longer than necessary to calculate a rating vector and/or to update a matrix factor defined by the rank of the factor model and a total number of content items eligible for ranking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: TURNER BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Recht, Erica Greene
  • Patent number: 12125072
    Abstract: A system can be configured to generate customized content data suitable for marketing, advertising, or campaigns. The customized content data can be feedable or can be streamed to devices, such as end user devices. The customized content data can include a static content component, e.g., referring to a product, such as a car, or a service, and a dynamic content component, e.g., a product version, such as a color of the car. The customized content data can alternatively include a static content component and one or more dynamic content components, e.g., a music or music track selected to be combined with the static content component. Two or more components can be combined at the time of rendering the customized content data on an end-user device. The customized content data can also be generated for streaming or transferring to the end-user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Inventor: Dawid Maj Kolodziej
  • Patent number: 12120392
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method, apparatus, and system for realizing dynamic scheduling for a cinema and controlling playing of a movie. In particular, embodiments of the present invention relate to dynamic scheduling of content presentation in a cinema by collecting user preferences of a plurality of users, wherein the user preference specifies at least a movie that a user desires to watch, a time for watching the movie, a cinema for watching the movie, and a number of people watching the movie; generating, based on the collected user preferences, a respective dynamic schedule for at least one cinema of a plurality of cinemas according to one of a plurality of scheduling schemes; and transmitting the generated respective dynamic schedule to at least one second electronic apparatus corresponding to the at least one cinema.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: GOGOCINEMA INTERNATIONAL FZ-LLC
    Inventors: Pranay Kumar, Man Nang Chong
  • Patent number: 12107850
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention relate to systems and methods for securely retaining profile data and the use of such data for the targeted delivery of content. In one embodiment, a unique profile that represents the user location and is keyed to profile attributes selected from both a first set of data collected from the user location and the second set of profile data collected from an external source, is generated. The key does not allow a third party to identify the end-user location or a user associated with the end-user location. Electronic content transmitted to end-user locations may be encoded such that it may only be accessed by an authorized user and/or on a specific electronic device at the user location. A graphical user interface may be utilized to allow a third-party to provide selection criteria for determining user locations to receive targeted content. Further aspects of the invention relate to an electronic device configured to present targeted content to a user at a user location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Walter F. Michel
  • Patent number: 12088887
    Abstract: This application relates to a method for displaying item information performed by a computer device. The method includes: displaying a live stream image comprising a live stream host performing in a live stream environment and at least one item located in the live stream environment, and the at least one item comprising a target item; in response to an item recognition operation, displaying an item tag corresponding to the at least one item; and in response to receiving a first selection operation on an item tag, displaying an item link region. Because the item tag includes an item keyword, preliminary information corresponding to the item can be directly provided to a viewer of the live stream. When the viewer account initiates a selection operation on the item tag, an item link region including item information is displayed. In this way, the viewer can further interact with the item information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Lin Yang, Chunyong Chen
  • Patent number: 12081811
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for displaying media content. Media content is displayed on user equipment. A scheduled break in the display of the media content is determined using control circuitry. One or more first parameters of the media content are determined for a predetermined period preceding the scheduled break using control circuitry. Additional media content having one or more second parameters corresponding to the one or more first parameters of the media content is selected from memory. The additional media content is displayed on the user equipment during the scheduled break in the display of the media content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Padmassri Chandrashekar, Daina Emmanuel
  • Patent number: 12069325
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for classifying media accounts of a media system into different demographic buckets based on media content data associated with the media accounts, where media content associated with a media account can be accessed by a plurality of members in a household of the media account. A demographic classifier can receive a plurality of media accounts, a plurality of sets of probability scores corresponding to the plurality of media accounts, and a plurality of demographic buckets. The demographic classifier can further estimate, based on public available information, an approximate number of media accounts of the plurality of media accounts belonging to a specific demographic bucket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Roku, Inc.
    Inventors: Soudipta Das, Venkata Yerubandi, Ricardo Vasquez-Sierra, Bhaskar Parvathaneni, Mithal Kothari, Gregory Enriquez, Raghavendra Sunku
  • Patent number: 12063422
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing attribute-based search of media assets such as video and audio assets, and associated augmented reality functions including dynamic provision of relevant secondary content relating to the identified attribute(s). In one embodiment, media or content assets are ingested into a processing system and processed according to one or more attribute detection, identification, and characterization algorithms. Attributes detected may include for example the presence of tangible items such as clothing or chattels, particular persons such as celebrities, and/or certain contexts such as sporting activities and musical performances, as rendered within the media asset. In one implementation, the characterized assets are provided a unique ID, and stored so as to permit cross-correlation based on, e.g., the identified and characterized attributes. Secondary content (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: WOWYOW, INC.
    Inventor: Adam Boskovich
  • Patent number: 12058389
    Abstract: Dynamic transcoding can be used to provide supplemental content, selected to be played during breaks in a stream of primary content, that has the same format as the primary content. It can be desirable to provide supplemental content that is personalized. This may include additional content or advertising that may be of interest or relevance to a viewer. In many instances, the supplemental content will come from a different source and thus can be in a different format. Approaches in accordance with various embodiments can take advantage of dynamic transcoding of the supplemental content to provide properly formatted supplemental content through the same stream as the primary content. A custom manifest can be provided to the media player that points to the transcoded supplemental content. At an appropriate break in the playback, the media player can use the manifest to obtain the formatted supplemental content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Varun Ram, William Dirks, Meera Jindal, Sierra Anderson, John Cowgill, Kenneth Victor Chamberlin, Mark DeSpain, Matthew Brinkley, Khawaja Salman Shams, Alex Xiaoye Zhang
  • Patent number: 12045802
    Abstract: This specification techniques for sharing service and identity information between devices. One example method include acquiring, by a first device, a digital object identifier (DOI) of a second device, the DOI including identity information associated with the second device; generating, by the first device, a service DOI based on the identity information from the DOI of the second device, the service DOI including the identity information of the second device and service information; and displaying, by the first device, the service DOI on a display of the first device, wherein the displayed service DOI is configured to cause the second device to perform service processing when the displayed service DOI is acquired by the second device, and wherein the service processing is based at least in part on the identity information and the service information included in the service DOI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lingnan Shen, Ge Chen, Yanghui Liu, Huifeng Jin
  • Patent number: 12041306
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method receives a distribution area identifier for media content. A distribution area is defined by one or more geographic primitives and associated with a distribution area identifier. A geographic primitive is defined by one or more location identifiers. The method determines whether the one or more geographic primitives of the media content is applicable to a geographic primitive that is determined from a location identifier associated with a request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: HULU, LLC
    Inventors: Dallas Mahrt, Brandon Lonac, Hank Hwang, Stephen Brown, William Daly, Yingan Wang
  • Patent number: 12015660
    Abstract: Provided are methods and systems for inserting custom content. An example method can comprise receiving, at a first computing device, an insertion instruction over a first non-packet-switching protocol information stream. The method can also comprise querying, by the first computing device, a second computing device in response to receiving the insertion instruction. The method can further comprise receiving, at the first computing device, content over a packet-switching protocol information stream in response to querying the second computing device. The content can be customized for an end-user associated with the first computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Allen Broome, Jason Burgess, Richard Fliam
  • Patent number: 12010400
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing attribute-based search of media assets such as video and audio assets, and associated augmented reality functions including dynamic provision of relevant secondary content relating to the identified attribute(s). In one embodiment, media or content assets are ingested into a processing system and processed according to one or more attribute detection, identification, and characterization algorithms. Attributes detected may include for example the presence of tangible items such as clothing or chattels, particular persons such as celebrities, and/or certain contexts such as sporting activities and musical performances, as rendered within the media asset. In one implementation, the characterized assets are provided a unique ID, and stored so as to permit cross-correlation based on, e.g., the identified and characterized attributes. Secondary content (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: WowYow, Inc.
    Inventor: Adam Boskovich
  • Patent number: 12010361
    Abstract: System and method of automatic enrichment of information for audio streams including an intelligent search engine which—by means of the ID3 metadata extracted from the audio file—completes a search over unstructured data sources and produces a structured database, from which a composing audio/video software automatically produces a video stream streaming with the collected additional information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: RADIO DIMENSIONE SUONO—SOCIETÀ PER AZIONI
    Inventor: Andrea Giovagnoni
  • Patent number: 12003557
    Abstract: A method for use in a processing system includes receiving information regarding a work, where the information does not include a valid unified numbering system identifier that identifies a particular work of a plurality of works, and where the information includes one or more received attributes associated with the work. The method further includes obtaining a plurality of sets of attributes from one or more databases, which include a set of attributes associated with each work of the plurality of works. The method further includes determining whether a threshold number for a set of attributes of the plurality of sets of attributes matches corresponding ones of the one or more received attributes. When the threshold number does not match, the method further includes assigning a new unified numbering system identifier associated with the work and storing the new unified numbering system identifier in a database of the processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: IHEARTMEDIA MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Jeff Littlejohn, Bobbi Denise Schuster, Keyin Hsu, Jennifer L. Smith
  • Patent number: 12003828
    Abstract: A system can be configured to generate customized content data suitable for marketing, advertising, or campaigns. The customized content data can be feedable or can be streamed to devices, such as end user devices. The customized content data can include a static content component, e.g., referring to a product, such as a car, or a service, and a dynamic content component, e.g., a product version, such as a color of the car. The customized content data can alternatively include a static content component and one or more dynamic content components, e.g., a music or music track selected to be combined with the static content component. Two or more components can be combined at the time of rendering the customized content data on an end-user device. The customized content data can also be generated for streaming or transferring to the end-user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Inventor: Dawid Maj Kolodziej
  • Patent number: 12003821
    Abstract: The present disclosure sets forth a technique for providing supplemental content along with source media. The technique includes receiving source media and content metadata associated with the source media, generating supplemental content based on the content metadata and preferences of one or more media consumers, and delivering the supplement content along with the source media to the one or more media consumers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Douglas A. Fidaleo, Michael P. Goslin
  • Patent number: 11995692
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and media for detecting advertisements with advertising cues are provided. In some embodiments, a method for detecting advertisements is provided, the method comprising: receiving an advertisement request from a web browser loading a web page; selecting an advertisement from a plurality of advertisements to be placed on the web page in response to receiving the advertisement request; loading an event listener associated with the advertisement that receives advertisement information associated with other advertisements on the web page; and transmitting advertisement information associated with the advertisement to frames on the web page, wherein the event listener receives responses to the advertisement information that includes the advertisement information associated with the other advertisements on the web page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Integral Ad Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Micah Freedman, Moshe Silberman
  • Patent number: 11977577
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products are provided personalizing recommendations of items with associated explanations. The example embodiments described herein use contextual bandits to personalize explainable recommendations (“recsplanations”) as treatments (“Bart”). Bart learns and predicts satisfaction (e.g., click-through rate, consumption probability) for any combination of item, explanation, and context and, through logging and contextual bandit retraining, can learn from its mistakes in an online setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: James E. McInerney, Benjamin Lacker, Samantha Hansen, Aloïs Gruson, Rishabh Mehrotra, Hugues Bouchard
  • Patent number: 11979623
    Abstract: Systems and methods create new viewership estimates to drive linear ad schedule optimizations. The systems use machine learning techniques to predict granular-level television viewership metrics for any consumer segment measurable at a national level. The systems provide capabilities beyond merely estimating and forecasting television viewership for age- and gender-based demographic segments. The systems accurately estimate viewership for any consumer segment, including behavioral, demographic, and other segmentation techniques and provide reliable viewership predictions. The systems model viewership by training an ensemble of machine learning models using historical consumer segments data and TV viewership data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Diana Saafi
  • Patent number: 11972488
    Abstract: Method and systems generate optimized and online targeted messages. Various campaign criteria are provided having different advertising or marketing goals that cause the delivery of targeted messages. Messages may be generated based upon customer data, customer preferences, life events, marketing campaigns, predictive models, and/or propensity scores. For instance, messages may be sent when a propensity threshold score is exceeded indicating a high likelihood of a milestone event, which may be indicative of customer behavior or an event that is relevant to the campaign goal, thereby sending more relevant messages to customers. A milestone propensity score may be calculated using a predictive modeling algorithm having weighted data variables, which may include data provided by the customer or accessed through various sources, such as monitoring customer online interactions with their permission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Mark D. Warfel, Ginger L. Hlebasko, Rebecca L. Hill, Jillian J. Wille, Rama Kumari Naraparaju, Michael E. Wilkerson, Trent Durflinger, Quincy J. Carolan
  • Patent number: 11966930
    Abstract: Risk associated with end-user computing tools can be discovered automatically. Machine learning and other approaches can be employed to automate discovery of risk associated with end-user computing tools. In one instance, a machine learning model can be constructed and fine-tuned through training that can classify end-user computing tools in terms of risk. The risk can be of a particular type, such as financial or reputational risk, and extent, such as high or low. In another instance, end-user computing tools can be subject to automatic clustering and subsequent risk assessment. Mitigation action can be performed to reduce risk associated with high-risk end-user computing tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventor: Robert Lee Posert
  • Patent number: 11962866
    Abstract: Information display and processing methods and apparatuses, a device, and a medium are provided. The information display method includes: in cases where the playback mode of a target multimedia resource is a non-immersive playback mode, receiving key event information from a server, the key event information being used to indicate that, on the basis of resource data of the target multimedia resource, it has been determined that a key event has occurred; and displaying, on the playback screen of the target multimedia resource, event notification information corresponding to the key event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hui Xuan, Yingke Wang, Wenjing Liu
  • Patent number: 11962821
    Abstract: A media content packaging and distribution system that generates a plurality of disparate live media output streams to be viewed on a plurality of consumer devices, receives a programming schedule for a channel from a network scheduler. The programming schedule corresponds to a first manifest associated with a first pre-encoded media asset. Information related to a plurality of media segments from the first pre-encoded media asset indicated in the first manifest is inserted into a live output stream manifest. Transition occurs between first media segments of the plurality of media segments from a first data source to second media segments of the plurality of media segments from a second data source, different from the first data source, where the transition is based on additional information. Based on the transition, a disparate live media output stream is generated for a channel viewable on a consumer device via a media player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: TURNER BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.
    Inventors: Donald Jude Loheide, Nishith Kumar Sinha, Nicolas Paul Webb
  • Patent number: 11954703
    Abstract: A computer implemented method includes allocating to an advertisement campaign, planned bookings for certain time periods and for certain digital displays from an Out Of Home inventory. The method also allocates, by a real-time bidding process, unplanned bookings to the time periods. Forecasts of unplanned bookings demand are taken into account in allocating planned bookings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: VIOOH LIMITED
    Inventors: Carrie Ward, Ludovic Menard, Borahn Tarridec, Andrew Block
  • Patent number: 11948172
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for utilizing a content recommendation system powering a streaming media publisher channel to enhance an ad creative being shown to the user via awareness or performance campaigns. This method allows the platform to present the most relevant hyper-personalized in-channel content to the publisher platform users in endemic banners that run on the platform which then correspondingly helps drive user reach. An example embodiment operates by implementing personalized content banners that may act as a hook for channel users opening their streaming device, both active and lapsed, to enter back into the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Roku, Inc.
    Inventors: Mehul Sanghavi, Rohit Mahto, Kelly Lee, Madhulika Taneja
  • Patent number: 11949936
    Abstract: A method of targeting of advertising content for a consumer product is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining consumer demographic data from a first server over a network, the consumer demographic data including a plurality of demographic attributes for each person among a plurality of persons; obtaining product purchaser data for a plurality of product purchasers of the consumer product from a second server over the network, each product purchaser among the plurality of product purchasers being among the plurality of persons; and enriching the purchaser data with the consumer demographic data. The method further comprises enriching viewing data with consumer demographic data; and selecting viewed media among the aggregated viewed media having the highest similarity to the product purchasers as target media for the advertising content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: ADAP.TV, Inc.
    Inventors: Brendan Kitts, Dyng Au, Sih Huseyin Ulger
  • Patent number: 11941046
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for generating search results based on contextual information are provided. In some implementations, a method for presenting search results is provided, the method comprising: receiving, using a hardware processor, a query related to media that is currently being presented; identifying a program that is currently being presented; identifying a plurality of keywords associated with the identified program; determining one or more of the plurality of keywords that are contextually relevant to the query; obtaining a plurality of search results based on the query and the one or more contextually relevant keywords; and causing at least one of the plurality of search results to be presented to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ingrid McAulay Trollope, Ant Oztaskent, Yaroslav Volovich
  • Patent number: 11943505
    Abstract: System, methods, and non-transitory, machine-readable media to facilitate state-based content composite generation with respect to digitally distributed content are disclosed. Electronic communications received via interfaces may be detected. Signals of events that are specified for digital distribution from events may be detected. Data changes that are generated based on an event may be detected. A specification of criteria that apply to the data changes may be identified. A content composite may be created. An adaptable content object may be identified. The adaptable content object may be configured with a content object so that the content composite. The content composite may be output for presentation so that the endpoint media device performs an operation relating to the content composite. A signal corresponding to the operation that is indicative of activation of an interface option may be processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: DISH Network L.L.C.
    Inventors: Robert Sadler, Timothy Meyer, Christopher Kuhrt, Jesse Montgomery, Shaun Ryan
  • Patent number: 11941665
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing an advertisement marketplace where buyers and sellers can trade linear mediacast advertisement inventory programmatically at local, national, and/or worldwide levels. The marketplace system may include a seller-controlled marketplace system which connects sellers with buyers and offers revenue management tools for optimizing yields across direct and programmatic channels. The advertisement inventory is bought and sold as canonical inventory units which group similar but discrete advertisement slots together. The marketplace system may include a real-time bidding (RTB) adapter through which digital advertising buyers may place bids for such inventory units using standard protocols utilized in digital RTB systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: WideOrbit LLC
    Inventors: Tyler Wallace Box, David Bridges, Brian M. Burdick, Geoffrey P. Coco, Ian P. Ferreira, Paul Jaffe, Alfred Lawrence Shiels, Brian Thoman, Sean Trigony
  • Patent number: 11910061
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining emotional responses to videos, generating emotional arc based on the responses and reactions, and determining the type and/or point of insertion of secondary content based on the determined emotional responses are disclosed. The methods display primary content to a plurality of users and determine their emotional response as they consume the primary content. An average emotional arc is generated based on the determined emotional response and it is compared to a current emotional arc generated based on emotional response from a current user. When values of the current emotional are within a predefined range of the average emotional arc at a particular play position in the timeline of the primary content, a secondary content that is designated for the value of the current emotional arc is inserted in the primary content at the particular play position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventor: Mona Singh
  • Patent number: 11910046
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to verify and/or correct media lineup information are disclosed. Disclosed example apparatus include means for determining reference media, the means for determining reference media to identify a plurality of first signatures in a database that matches a plurality of second signatures included in media presentation data representative of media output by a media device in response to a mismatch between the media presentation data and reference data associated with first reference media corresponding to a first station, the plurality of second signatures generated from the media output by the media device; and determine second reference media corresponding to the plurality of first signatures; and means for storing the media presentation data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventor: F. Gavin McMillan
  • Patent number: 11901062
    Abstract: Example embodiments relate to methods and systems for playback of adaptive music corresponding to an athletic activity. A user input is received from a user selecting an existing song for audible playback to the user, the song comprising a plurality of audio layers including at least a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer. Augmented playback of the existing song to the user is initiated by audibly providing the first layer but not the second layer. Physical activity information derived from a sensor corresponding to a real-time physical activity level of a user is received. If the physical activity level of the user is above a first activity level threshold, the augmented playback of the existing song is continued by audibly providing the first layer and the second layer to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Fraga, Harold L. Lindstrom, Jr., Willoughby H. Walling, Christopher Andon, Kristopher J. Schultz, Eric S. McGary
  • Patent number: 11887237
    Abstract: A system to dynamically generate and cause display of composite user identifiers is described. Embodiments of the present disclosure related to systems for: receiving an identification of a user profile from a client device; retrieving user identifiers associated with the user profile and a user profile associated with the client device; selecting an animation script from among a plurality of animation scripts, the animation script including a set of graphical elements; generating a composite user identifier based on the user identifiers associated with the user profile and the user profile associated with the client device; and causing display of a presentation of the composite user identifier at the client device, wherein the presentation is based on the animation script.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis, Jeremy Voss
  • Patent number: 11887152
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and programs are presented for determining exposure rate. One method includes an operation for operation for receiving a request, from a client device, for a value of an exposure rate of a zone within a webpage, the request comprising at least one search parameter and information about a viewport of the presented webpage. A check is made to determine if the exposure rate has been previously calculated. When the exposure rate has not been previously calculated, a visibility height of the zone is calculated and stored in a memory. When the exposure rate has been calculated, the visibility height is retrieved from the memory. Recordings of members accessing the webpage are analyzed to determine when the visibility height of the zone is visible in member devices accessing the webpage. The exposure rate of the zone is calculated based on the determinations of visibility of the zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Content Square SAS
    Inventors: Antoine Guo, Stephen Lemaistre, Sylvain Cousquer
  • Patent number: 11882335
    Abstract: The user can respond to a media segment wherein the media segment may be associated with a schedulable event. Software on the device can then schedule the event into an electronic calendar system, and/or may use data associated with the media segment. At the appropriate time, the electronic calendar system may notify the user of the scheduled broadcast and/or event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: STRATOSAUDIO, INC.
    Inventors: Kelly M. Christensen, John Phillip Hansen, Thomas Daniel Mock
  • Patent number: 11876776
    Abstract: In one aspect, an example method includes receiving, from a first content-presentation device, a request for supplemental content for use in connection with performing a content-modification operation; identifying a download conflict between the first content-presentation device and a second content-presentation device having a same IP address as the first content-presentation device; and providing, to the first content-presentation device, a response to the request, with the request including a download delay instruction. Reception of the download delay instruction by the first content-presentation device causes the first content-presentation device to wait until a condition associated with the download delay instruction is satisfied before downloading a supplemental content item specified in the response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Roku, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew Grover
  • Patent number: 11871081
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining emotional responses to videos, generating emotional arc based on the responses and reactions, and determining the type and/or point of insertion of secondary content based on the determined emotional responses are disclosed. The methods display primary content to a plurality of users and determine their emotional response as they consume the primary content. An average emotional arc is generated based on the determined emotional response and it is compared to a current emotional arc generated based on emotional response from a current user. When values of the current emotional are within a predefined range of the average emotional arc at a particular play position in the timeline of the primary content, a secondary content that is designated for the value of the current emotional arc is inserted in the primary content at the particular play position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventor: Mona Singh
  • Patent number: 11863604
    Abstract: Technologies for audiovisual communication include an audiovisual server and a number of audiovisual client devices, including a presenter device and a number of audience devices. Each audience device captures an audiovisual stream and transmits the audiovisual stream to the audiovisual server. Each audience device also captures sensor input data such as eye tracking data or facial expression data and transmits abstracted sensor input data to the audiovisual server. The abstracted sensor input data may be based on the captured audiovisual stream. The audiovisual server determines an interestingness rating associated with each audience device based on the sensor input data, and selects one or more audiovisual streams based on the interestingness ratings. The audiovisual server transmits the selected audiovisual streams to the presenter device. The audiovisual server may update the interestingness rating algorithm based on feedback from the presenter device or the audience devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Sigal Louchheim, Omer Ben-Shalom