480 patents
Utility
Methods and apparatus for efficient media indexing
16 Jan 24
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for efficient media indexing.
Matthew James Wilkinson, Jeffrey Scott, Robert Coover, Konstantinos Antonios Dimitriou
Filed: 7 Mar 22
Utility
Station library creation for a media service
9 Jan 24
A machine may form all or part of a network-based system configured to provide media service to one or more user devices.
Peter C. DiMaria, Andrew Silverman
Filed: 28 Jan 22
Utility
Generating and distributing playlists with related music and stories
9 Jan 24
An embodiment may involve, based on a profile associated with a client device, selecting an audio file containing music.
Rishabh Sharma, Markus Cremer
Filed: 8 Jun 21
Utility
Monitoring icon status in a display from an external device
9 Jan 24
Systems and methods for monitoring of icon in an external display device are disclosed.
Konstantinos Antonio Dimitriou
Filed: 28 Sep 21
Utility
Logo recognition in images and videos
2 Jan 24
Accurately detection of logos in media content on media presentation devices is addressed.
Jose Pio Pereira, Kyle Brocklehurst, Sunil Suresh Kulkarni, Peter Wendt
Filed: 16 Feb 22
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Synthesizing a presentation from multiple media clips
2 Jan 24
In an example implementation, a method is described.
Dale T. Roberts, Randall E. Cook, Markus K. Cremer
Filed: 30 Jun 22
Utility
Methods and apparatus for harmonic source enhancement
19 Dec 23
Methods and apparatus for harmonic source enhancement are disclosed herein.
Zafar Rafii
Filed: 3 Nov 22
Utility
Modification of electronic system operation based on acoustic ambience classification
12 Dec 23
Methods and systems for modification of electronic system operation based on acoustic ambience classification are presented.
Suresh Jeyachandran, Vadim Brenner, Markus K. Cremer
Filed: 28 May 21
Utility
Audio playout report for ride-sharing session
5 Dec 23
In one aspect, an example method to be performed by a computing device includes (a) determining that a ride-sharing session is active; (b) in response to determining the ride-sharing session is active, using a microphone of the computing device to capture audio content; (c) identifying reference audio content that has at least a threshold extent of similarity with the captured audio content; (d) determining that the ride-sharing session is inactive; and (e) outputting an indication of the identified reference audio content.
Nisarg A Modi
Filed: 18 Jan 23
Utility
Methods and systems for determining accuracy of sport-related information extracted from digital video frames
28 Nov 23
A computing system determines accuracy of sport-related information extracted from a time sequence of digital video frames that represent a sport event, the extracted sport-related information including an attribute that changes over the time sequence.
Jeffrey Scott, Markus Kurt Peter Cremer, Nishit Umesh Parekh, Dewey Ho Lee
Filed: 30 Jun 21
Utility
Methods and apparatus for volume adjustment
21 Nov 23
Apparatus, systems, articles of manufacture, and methods for volume adjustment are disclosed herein.
Robert Coover, Jeffrey Scott, Markus K. Cremer, Aneesh Vartakavi
Filed: 2 Dec 22
Utility
Generation of media station previews using a reference database
7 Nov 23
In one aspect, an example method includes (i) while a media playback device of a vehicle is playing back content received on a first channel, sending, by the media playback device to a server, a preview request, the preview request identifying a second channel that is different from the first channel; (ii) receiving, by the media playback device from the server, a response to the preview request, the response including identifying information corresponding to content being provided on the second channel; and (iii) while the media playback device is playing back the content received on the first channel, providing, by the media playback device for display, at least a portion of the identifying information corresponding to content being provided on the second channel.
Pat D. Fearn, Suresh Jeyachandran, Damon P. Fasching, Mark W. Sherman
Filed: 17 Dec 19
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Classifying Segments of Media Content Using Closed Captioning
2 Nov 23
In one aspect, an example method includes (i) retrieving, from a text index, closed captioning repetition data for a segment of a sequence of media content; (ii) generating features using the closed captioning repetition data; (iii) providing the features as input to a classification model, wherein the classification model is configured to output classification data indicative of a likelihood of the features being characteristic of a program segment; (iv) obtaining the classification data output by the classification model; (v) determining a prediction of whether the segment is a program segment using the classification data; and (vi) storing the prediction for the segment in a database.
Aneesh Vartakavi, Lakshika Balasuriya, Chin-Ting Ko
Filed: 7 Jul 23
Utility
Interactive Programming Guide
2 Nov 23
Techniques of providing an interactive programming guide with a personalized lineup are disclosed.
Wilson Harron, Oscar Celma Herrada, Irene Zhu, Markus K. Cremer
Filed: 7 Jul 23
Utility
Selecting Balanced Clusters of Descriptive Vectors
2 Nov 23
A clustering machine can cluster descriptive vectors in a balanced manner.
Aneesh Vartakavi, Peter C. DiMaria, Markus K. Cremer, Phillip Popp
Filed: 6 Jul 23
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Methods and Apparatus to Identify Media That Has Been Pitch Shifted, Time Shifted, And/or Resampled
2 Nov 23
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to identify media that has been pitch shifted, time shifted, and/or resampled.
Robert Coover, Matthew James Wilkinson, Jeffrey Scott, Yongju Hong
Filed: 5 Jul 23
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Methods and systems for extracting sport-related information from digital video frames
31 Oct 23
A computing system automatically extracting, from a digital video frame, scoreboard information including a first team name, a second team name, a first score, and a second score.
Jeffrey Scott, Markus Kurt Peter Cremer, Nishit Umesh Parekh, Dewey Ho Lee
Filed: 25 Jan 19
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Audiovisual content curation system
31 Oct 23
Systems and methods are provided for filtering at least one media content catalog based on criteria for a station library to generate a first list of candidate tracks for the station library, combining a similarity score and a popularity score for each track of the first list of candidate tracks to generate a total score for each track of the first list of candidate tracks, generating a list of top ranked tracks for the first genre, and returning the list of top ranked tracks of the first genre as part of the station library.
Peter C. DiMaria, Andrew Silverman
Filed: 26 Oct 22
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Methods and systems for sport data extraction
24 Oct 23
A computing system engages in digital image processing of received video frames to generate sport data that indicates a score and/or a time associated with a sport event.
Jeffrey Scott, Markus Kurt Peter Cremer, Nishit Umesh Parekh, Dewey Ho Lee
Filed: 6 Apr 21
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Methods and apparatus to fingerprint an audio signal
24 Oct 23
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to fingerprint an audio signal.
Alexander Topchy, Christen V. Nielsen, Jeremey M. Davis
Filed: 4 Mar 21