405 patents
Utility
Remote control system for improving target specificity
16 Jan 24
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for a remote control system that improves one or more of directionality, target specificity, signal specificity, and bandwidth.
Eric Casten Riepling
Filed: 20 Apr 23
Utility
Content-modification system with household coordination feature
16 Jan 24
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.
Matthew Grover
Filed: 11 Aug 22
Utility
Using gestures to control a media player
9 Jan 24
In one aspect, an example method includes (i) receiving, by a computing system and from an input device associated with the computing system, a command to map a customized gesture with a particular action of a plurality of actions that a media player is configured to perform; (ii) in response to receiving the command, monitoring, by the computing system and using a camera, a viewing environment of the media player to detect performance by a person of the customized gesture; and (iii) in response to detecting performance of the customized gesture: generating, by the computing system, a classification for use by the computing system for detecting the customized gesture, and storing, by the computing system, in memory, mapping data that correlates the detected customized gesture with the particular action.
Michael Cutter, Sunil Ramesh, Karina Levitian
Filed: 25 Oct 22
Utility
Intelligent user interface customization for one-handed use
9 Jan 24
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments for intelligently customizing a user interface on a remote control.
David Louie, Karina Levitian
Filed: 11 Jun 21
Utility
Robust audio identification with interference cancellation
9 Jan 24
Audio distortion compensation methods to improve accuracy and efficiency of audio content identification are described.
Jose Pio Pereira, Sunil Suresh Kulkarni, Mihailo M. Stojancic, Shashank Merchant, Peter Wendt
Filed: 22 Feb 23
Utility
Audio enhancements based on video detection
9 Jan 24
Disclosed herein are various embodiments for implementing audio enhancements based on video detection.
Jan Neerbek, Kasper Andersen, Brian Thoft Moth Møller
Filed: 15 Apr 22
Utility
Smart switch with functionalities determined based on a grounded conductor connection
2 Jan 24
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method, and computer program product embodiments for modifying the functionality of an alternating current (AC) controlling device.
Gregory Mack Garner
Filed: 2 Feb 21
Utility
Dynamic domain-adapted automatic speech recognition system
2 Jan 24
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method, and computer program product embodiments for adapting an automated speech recognition system to provide more accurate suggestions to voice queries involving media content including recently created or recently available content.
Atul Kumar, Elizabeth O. Bratt, Minsuk Heo, Nidhi Rajshree, Praful Chandra Mangalath
Filed: 26 Mar 21
Utility
Content-modification system with content segment frequency feature
12 Dec 23
In one aspect, a method includes determining that a content-presentation device is scheduled to receive a content segment on a channel to which the content-presentation device is tuned.
Brian Jentz
Filed: 18 Nov 22
Utility
Content-modification system with probability-based selection feature
12 Dec 23
In one aspect, a method includes identifying an upcoming content modification opportunity on a channel.
Matthew George Grover
Filed: 22 Nov 22
Utility
Overriding multimedia device
12 Dec 23
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for switching the output of an overriding multimedia device from a first input to a second input or a combination of the first input and the second input.
Eric Casten Riepling
Filed: 3 Nov 22
Utility
In-sync digital waveform comparison to determine pass/fail results of a device under test (DUT)
12 Dec 23
Embodiments described herein generally relate to analyzing a signal generated by a device under test (DUT).
Nermin Osmanovic, Deepak Chand Jangid
Filed: 23 Aug 21
Utility
Preserving channel lock and performing dynamic ad insertion (DAI) in a multi-device setup
5 Dec 23
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.
Matthew Grover
Filed: 23 Mar 22
Utility
Port-connected television upgrader device
5 Dec 23
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for a port-connected television upgrader system.
Prateek Tandon, Cameron Esfahani, David Stern, Robin Edgell
Filed: 12 Oct 21
Utility
Rendering a dynamic endemic banner on streaming platforms using content recommendation systems and advanced banner personalization
5 Dec 23
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, in conjunction with an object recognition model, to enhance dynamic generation of a banner being shown to a user via an awareness or performance campaign.
Mehul Sanghavi, Rohit Mahto, Kelly Lee, Madhulika Taneja
Filed: 17 Aug 22
Utility
Generating crowdsourced trailers based on forward or rewind commands
5 Dec 23
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for automatically and programmatically generating crowdsource trailers.
Christopher James Tegethoff, Abhijit Pol, Anthony Wood
Filed: 27 Apr 22
Utility
Automated trailer generation
5 Dec 23
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product aspects, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for generating trailers (previews) for multimedia content.
Abhishek Bambha, Ronica Jethwa, Rohit Mahto, Nam Vo, Fei Xiao, Lian Liu
Filed: 7 Dec 22
Utility
Content-modification system with advertisement reconciliation feature
28 Nov 23
In one aspect, a method includes while a first content-presentation device is performing a content-replacement operation in which the first content-presentation device outputs a replacement advertisement segment in place of an advertisement segment, determining, by a computing system, that the advertisement segment is not an expected modifiable advertisement segment.
Matthew Grover
Filed: 26 Jan 23
Utility
Real-time assessment of multimedia service in a particular environment
28 Nov 23
Some embodiments include assessing multimedia service in a particular environment, determining in real-time whether an extender device would improve the multimedia service in the particular environment, and communicating a recommendation via a graphical user interface (GUI).
Amalavoyal Narasimha Chari, Jim Funk, Sujatha Jagannathan, Liang-Jong Huang, Jason Schmidlapp, Tito Thomas, Ilya Asnis
Filed: 23 Jun 22
Utility
Production console authorization permissions
21 Nov 23
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for enabling access to a firmware-locked function of a secure device.
Muhammad Israr Khan, Gary Franklin Ellison, Wing C. Lee
Filed: 15 Dec 21