86 patents
Utility
Audio Streaming of Text-Based Articles from Newsfeeds
30 Nov 23
An example embodiment may involve receiving, from a client device, a selection of text-based articles from newsfeeds.
Venkatarama Anilkumar Panguluri
Filed: 11 Aug 23
Utility
Audio streaming of text-based articles from newsfeeds
21 Nov 23
An example embodiment may involve receiving, from a client device, a selection of text-based articles from newsfeeds.
Venkatarama Anilkumar Panguluri
Filed: 30 Dec 22
Utility
Retrieval and playout of media content
10 Oct 23
An example method involves accessing a playlist defining a sequence of media content items including a first media content item and a second media content item; retrieving, from one or more server devices, first data representing the media content items of the received playlist, and using the retrieved first data to playout the media content items in accordance with the sequence defined by the playlist; determining a status of an event, and using the determined status of the event as a basis to determine a condition; making a determination that the determined condition has been satisfied; and responsive to making the determination that the determined condition has been satisfied, (i) retrieving second data representing a media content item related to the event, and (ii) using the retrieved second data to playout the media content item related to the event in between playing out the first and second media content items.
Venkatarama Anilkumar Panguluri
Filed: 27 Sep 22
Utility
Real time popularity based audible content acquisition
19 Sep 23
A personalized news service provides personalized news programs for its users by generating personalized combinations of audible versions of news stories derived from text-based versions of the news stories.
Venkatarama Anilkumar Panguluri, Venkata Sunil Kumar Yarram, Lalit Kumar, Gregory P. Defouw
Filed: 19 Oct 22
Utility
System and Method for Surveying Broadcasting Ratings
10 Aug 23
A system and method in which a TV signal reception device (e.g., set top box) receives a broadcast signal, sends the broadcast signal to a TV, and sends an event signal to a rating statistics information server or associated user terminal when a predetermined condition occurs, to ultimately cause an associated user terminal to generate fingerprint data of audio from the TV and to provide the fingerprint data to the server so as to facilitate channel identification and generation of ratings statistics.
Hoon-Young Cho, Kil-youn Kim, Jaehyung Lee
Filed: 17 Apr 23
Utility
System and method for surveying broadcasting ratings
23 May 23
A system and method in which a TV signal reception device (e.g., set top box) receives a broadcast signal, sends the broadcast signal to a TV, and sends an event signal to a rating statistics information server or associated user terminal when a predetermined condition occurs, to ultimately cause an associated user terminal to generate fingerprint data of audio from the TV and to provide the fingerprint data to the server so as to facilitate channel identification and generation of ratings statistics.
Hoon-Young Cho, Kil-youn Kim, Jaehyung Lee
Filed: 6 Jan 21
Utility
Audio Streaming of Text-Based Articles from Newsfeeds
4 May 23
An example embodiment may involve receiving, from a client device, a selection of text-based articles from newsfeeds.
Venkatarama Anilkumar Panguluri
Filed: 30 Dec 22
Utility
Computing Device and Corresponding Method for Generating Data Representing Text
13 Apr 23
An example method involves (i) accessing first data defining multiple portions of a content item, wherein at least a plurality of the portions represent text; (ii) selecting, from the plurality of portions representing text, a subset of the portions representing text, wherein the selecting is based on each portion of the selected subset having a particular characteristic; (iii) based on the text represented by the portions of the selected subset, generating second data that represents a concatenation of the text represented by the portions of the selected subset; and (iv) providing output based on the generated second data.
Venkatarama Anilkumar Panguluri, Gregory P. Defouw
Filed: 14 Dec 22
Utility
Computing device and corresponding method for generating data representing text
28 Feb 23
An example method involves (i) accessing first data defining multiple portions of a content item, wherein at least a plurality of the portions represent text; (ii) selecting, from the plurality of portions representing text, a subset of the portions representing text, wherein the selecting is based on each portion of the selected subset having a particular characteristic; (iii) based on the text represented by the portions of the selected subset, generating second data that represents a concatenation of the text represented by the portions of the selected subset; and (iv) providing output based on the generated second data.
Venkatarama Anilkumar Panguluri, Gregory P. Defouw
Filed: 11 Mar 21
Utility
Real Time Popularity Based Audible Content Acquisition
9 Feb 23
A personalized news service provides personalized news programs for its users by generating personalized combinations of audible versions of news stories derived from text-based versions of the news stories.
Venkatarama Anilkumar Panguluri, Venkata Sunil Kumar Yarram, Lalit Kumar, Gregory P. Defouw
Filed: 19 Oct 22
Utility
Audio streaming of text-based articles from newsfeeds
7 Feb 23
An example embodiment may involve receiving, from a client device, a selection of text-based articles from newsfeeds.
Venkatarama Anilkumar Panguluri
Filed: 6 May 22
Utility
Playlist Selection for Audio Streaming
26 Jan 23
An example embodiment may involve determining that a client device (such as a smartphone, tablet, or in-automobile audio device) is in an automobile and that the client device has access to a playlist of audio content.
Venkatarama Anilkumar Panguluri
Filed: 15 Sep 22
Utility
Retrieval and Playout of Media Content
19 Jan 23
An example method involves accessing a playlist defining a sequence of media content items including a first media content item and a second media content item; retrieving, from one or more server devices, first data representing the media content items of the received playlist, and using the retrieved first data to playout the media content items in accordance with the sequence defined by the playlist; determining a status of an event, and using the determined status of the event as a basis to determine a condition; making a determination that the determined condition has been satisfied; and responsive to making the determination that the determined condition has been satisfied, (i) retrieving second data representing a media content item related to the event, and (ii) using the retrieved second data to playout the media content item related to the event in between playing out the first and second media content items.
Venkatarama Anilkumar Panguluri
Filed: 27 Sep 22
Utility
Real time popularity based audible content acquisition
22 Nov 22
A personalized news service provides personalized news programs for its users by generating personalized combinations of audible versions of news stories derived from text-based based versions of the news stories.
Venkatarama Anilkumar Panguluri, Venkata Sunil Kumar Yarram, Lalit Kumar, Gregory P. Defouw
Filed: 28 Jun 21
Utility
Retrieval and playout of media content
1 Nov 22
An example method involves accessing a playlist defining a sequence of media content items including a first media content item and a second media content item; retrieving, from one or more server devices, first data representing the media content items of the received playlist, and using the retrieved first data to playout the media content items in accordance with the sequence defined by the playlist; determining a status of an event, and using the determined status of the event as a basis to determine a condition; making a determination that the determined condition has been satisfied; and responsive to making the determination that the determined condition has been satisfied, (i) retrieving second data representing a media content item related to the event, and (ii) using the retrieved second data to playout the media content item related to the event in between playing out the first and second media content items.
Venkatarama Anilkumar Panguluri
Filed: 9 Sep 21
Utility
Playlist selection for audio streaming
25 Oct 22
An example embodiment may involve determining that a client device (such as a smartphone, tablet, or in-automobile audio device) is in an automobile and that the client device has access to a playlist of audio content.
Venkatarama Anilkumar Panguluri
Filed: 16 Sep 20
Utility
Methods, systems and apparatus to calculate long-term effects of marketing campaigns
20 Sep 22
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to calculate long-term effects of marketing campaigns.
Leslie Wood, Andrew K. Faehnle
Filed: 18 Feb 19
Utility
Audio Streaming of Text-Based Articles from Newsfeeds
18 Aug 22
An example embodiment may involve receiving, from a client device, a selection of text-based articles from newsfeeds.
Venkatarama Anilkumar Panguluri
Filed: 6 May 22
Utility
In-vehicle audio playout
21 Jun 22
An example embodiment may involve receiving an indication of media content selected by way of a first client device.
Venkatarama Anilkumar Panguluri
Filed: 2 Jul 20
Utility
Audio streaming of text-based articles from newsfeeds
21 Jun 22
An example embodiment may involve receiving, from a client device, a selection of text-based articles from newsfeeds.
Venkatarama Anilkumar Panguluri
Filed: 23 Jul 21