Curating narrative experiences through automated content compilation
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12192583
A content compilation system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a memory storing a software code configured to provide an editorial interface. The hardware processor executes the software code to receive compilation authoring data via the editorial interface, identify one or more end-user(s) for receiving a content compilation, access a consumption profile of the end-user(s), obtain, using the consumption profile and a first authoring criterion in the…
System and method for synchronizing live video with external data sources
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12184914
Methods and systems for synchronizing video with external data sources by a user device where the video is grouped into segment video files having video frames, includes establishing a persistent connection between the user device and a synchronization server, receiving a sync message associated with the beginning of a video segment to be played by the user device, the sync message having an initial recording wall clock time stamp, calculating by the user device a recording wall clock…
Secure content access across user accounts
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12184629
The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods to enable users to access content authorized to other users. A method for accessing content may include receiving an access activation request from a primary device or a primary user account corresponding to a content item accessible by the primary user account, generating an access identifier corresponding to the content item, where the access identifier identifies the content item and includes access information, receiving…
Park ride with drop swing propulsion
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12179123
A park ride for use in theme parks, amusement parks, and other settings. The new ride includes a track defining a ride path for a passenger vehicle (or multiple vehicles that may be linked in a train). The vehicle is configured, such as with a bogie assembly with two to four or more wheels, to roll upon and engage the track. The ride includes a drop swing propulsion system that is adapted to drop a section of track upon which the passenger vehicle is supported from a first elevation to a…
Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
D1055969
Temporal techniques of denoising Monte Carlo renderings using neural networks
Granted: December 17, 2024
Patent Number:
12169914
A modular architecture is provided for denoising Monte Carlo renderings using neural networks. The temporal approach extracts and combines feature representations from neighboring frames rather than building a temporal context using recurrent connections. A multiscale architecture includes separate single-frame or temporal denoising modules for individual scales, and one or more scale compositor neural networks configured to adaptively blend individual scales. An error-predicting module…
Data object classification using an optimized neural network
Granted: December 17, 2024
Patent Number:
12169778
A system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a memory storing a software code and a neural network (NN) having multiple layers including a last activation layer and a loss layer. The hardware processor executes the software code to identify different combinations of layers for testing the NN, each combination including candidate function(s) for the last activation layer and candidate function(s) for the loss layer. For each different combination, the software…
Data-driven ghosting using deep imitation learning
Granted: December 10, 2024
Patent Number:
12165395
One embodiment provides a method, comprising: training, using deep imitation learning, a neural network associated with a predetermined ghosting model to predict player movements for at least one player during at least one sequence in a game; receiving, at an information handling device, tracking data associated with a player movement path for at least one player during the at least one sequence; analyzing, using a processor, the tracking data to determine at least one feature associated…
Recall and triggering system for control of on-air content at remote locations
Granted: December 10, 2024
Patent Number:
12167051
There is provided a recall and triggering system and method for the control of on-air graphics at remote locations. The system including a television network and an affiliated station, the television network configured to insert a command into a video and transmit the video including the command to the affiliated station, and the affiliated station configured to receive the video including the command from the television network, store the video in the memory, detect the command from the…
Device-assisted services for protecting network capacity
Granted: December 10, 2024
Patent Number:
12166596
Device Assisted Services (DAS) for protecting network capacity is provided. In some embodiments, DAS for protecting network capacity includes monitoring a network service usage activity of the communications device in network communication; classifying the network service usage activity for differential network access control for protecting network capacity; and associating the network service usage activity with a network service usage control policy based on a classification of the…
Behavior-based computer vision model for content selection
Granted: December 10, 2024
Patent Number:
12165382
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.
Proactive conflict resolution in node-based collaboration systems
Granted: December 10, 2024
Patent Number:
12165107
A system includes processing hardware, a user interface (UI), and a system memory storing a software code. The processing hardware executes the software code to receive from a first user, via the UI, project data identifying a project including multiple tasks, determine, using the project data, a node-based graph of the project including the tasks, receive from a first user or a second user via the UI, task action data producing a modification to the node-based graph, and identify, based…
Station with infinite ingress and egress times for use in transportation systems
Granted: November 19, 2024
Patent Number:
12145631
A ride system adapted to eliminate delays caused by variances in loading or unloading through the inclusion of an infinite ingress/egress station within the ride path. The station provides a system to circumvent the vehicle in series design methodology, which allows the station to operate to pull a vehicle out of the line or series of vehicles if an issue arises during loading or unloading. This is achieved using a circular turntable that is rotated with a series of vehicles attached to…
Supplementing entertainment content with ambient lighting
Granted: November 12, 2024
Patent Number:
12143661
According to one implementation, a system for supplementing entertainment content with ambient lighting includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a memory storing a software code. The hardware processor is configured to execute the software code to receive an entertainment content, detect one or more attributes of the entertainment content that correspond to an artistic intent of a producer of the entertainment content, and interpret the artistic intent of the…
Local preference in anycast CDN routing
Granted: November 12, 2024
Patent Number:
12143443
Embodiments herein describe a CDN where anycast routing is used to identify a load balancer for selecting a cache in the CDN to use to deliver a requested object to a user. In one embodiment, the user performs a DNS lookup to identify an anycast IP address for a plurality of load balancers in the CDN. The user can then initiate anycast routing using the anycast IP address to automatically identify a load balancer. Once the identified balancer selects the cache, the load balancer can…
Performer density assessment
Granted: November 12, 2024
Patent Number:
12142042
A system for assessing performer density includes a computing platform having processing hardware and a memory storing software code. The processing hardware is configured to execute the software code to receive content and content data, the content data identifying one or more performer(s) depicted or referenced in the content, and determine, using the content and the content data, one or more segment(s) of the content in which the performer(s) is/are depicted or referenced. The…
Techniques for robust image denoising
Granted: November 12, 2024
Patent Number:
12141945
Techniques are disclosed for training and applying a denoising model. The denoising model includes multiple specialized denoisers and a generalizer, each of which is a machine learning model. The specialized denoisers are trained to denoise images associated with specific ranges of noise parameters. The generalizer is trained to generate per-pixel denoising kernels for denoising images associated with arbitrary noise parameters using outputs of the specialized denoisers. Subsequent to…
Systems and methods to adjust a unit of experience based on digital assets of users
Granted: November 12, 2024
Patent Number:
12141791
Systems and methods to adjust a unit of experience based on digital assets of users are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: manage first user information of a first user; receive an authentication request from the first user; determine whether the authentication information input is valid by comparing the authentication information input and first authentication information included in the first user information; determine, responsive to determination that the authentication…
User responsive augmented reality enhancement of moving images
Granted: October 29, 2024
Patent Number:
12131405
A system includes an augmented reality (AR) device having a first display, processing hardware, and a memory storing software code. The processing hardware is configured to execute the software code to monitor media content including a sequence of moving images displayed on a second display separate from the AR device and controlled by a media player device, detect, based on monitoring the media content, an image in the sequence of moving images for enhancement by one or more AR effects.…
Outdoor laser show control system using aircraft tracking data
Granted: October 29, 2024
Patent Number:
12131652
A control system, and associated control method, that processes aircraft tracking data to determine precise location information for aircraft in the vicinity of an outdoor show that includes laser projectors. The aircraft location information for each aircraft is processed along with heading and speed data to generate a set of laser control data, which is communicated via a monitoring interface to a laser projector operator for use in operating the laser projector. The control system…
