Program verification and decision system
Granted: September 1, 2020
Patent Number:
10764611
Embodiments herein describe a content distribution system that verifies a media presentation (or portions thereof) using a broadcast schedule. In one embodiment, the content verification system evaluates the media presentation to identify a unique identification data for the presentation such as a fingerprint or watermark. Using the broadcast schedule, the content verification system can identify what content the media presentation should (or is expected) to contain. The content…
User tracking stereoscopic image display system
Granted: September 1, 2020
Patent Number:
10764564
According to one implementation, a stereoscopic image display system includes a computing platform having one or more hardware processor(s), a system memory storing a software code, an autostereoscopic display, and a user tracking unit controlled by the hardware processor(s). The hardware processor(s) execute the software code to utilize the user tracking unit to detect a left eye location and a right eye location of a user of the stereoscopic image display system, and to determine a…
Automatically synchronizing multiple real-time video sources
Granted: September 1, 2020
Patent Number:
10764473
Systems, methods and computer program products to perform an operation comprising receiving a first video frame specifying a first timestamp from a first video source, receiving a second video frame specifying a second timestamp from a second video source, wherein the first and second timestamps are based on a remote time source, determining, based on a local time source, that the first timestamp is later in time than the second timestamp, and storing the first video frame in a buffer…
System for guiding a user through an immersive experience
Granted: September 1, 2020
Patent Number:
10762878
An immersive experience system has a display device and a processor. The processor receives media content including one or more normal video frames. Further, the processor tracks an orientation of the display device with respect to an intended focal point within an immersive experience. Moreover, the processor determines whether the orientation of the display device exceeds an angular displacement threshold. In response to a determination that the orientation of the display device does…
Multi-mode haptic effects delivery system
Granted: September 1, 2020
Patent Number:
10761607
In one implementation, a multi-mode haptic effects delivery system includes an impact surface, a mass adjacent to the impact surface, and a driving mechanism configured to reciprocate the mass. The multi-mode haptic effects delivery system also includes a motor configured to generate a vibrational mode haptic effect. The driving mechanism configured to reciprocate the mass causes the mass to strike the impact surface so as to generate a recoil mode haptic effect. In one implementation,…
Floating image display system
Granted: September 1, 2020
Patent Number:
10761343
According to one implementation, a floating image display system includes a computing platform including a central processing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), and a system memory storing a software code. The system also includes one or more display screens controlled by the GPU, and a rotor coupled to the one or more display screens and controlled by the CPU. The CPU executes the software code to render a two-dimensional (2D) graphic on the one or more display screens using…
System and method for determining activation sequences of devices
Granted: September 1, 2020
Patent Number:
10761180
A system includes a host device having a hardware processor and a host wireless transceiver, and client devices having client wireless transceivers for wireless communications with the host device. The hardware processor receives wireless signals transmitted by the client wireless transceivers using the host wireless transceiver, and determines locations of the client devices relative to the host device based on angles of arrival of the of the wireless signals. The hardware processor…
Techniques for automatically allocating tasks to application programming interfaces
Granted: August 25, 2020
Patent Number:
10754712
In various embodiments, a broker application automatically allocates tasks to application programming interfaces (APIs) in microservice architectures. After receiving a task from a client application, the broker application performs operation(s) on content associated with the task to compute predicted performance data for multiple APIs. The broker application then determines that a first API included in the APIs should process the first task based on the predicted performance data. The…
Signaling warp maps using a high efficiency video coding (HEVC) extension for 3D video coding
Granted: August 25, 2020
Patent Number:
10757391
Techniques are disclosed for view generation based on a video coding scheme. A bitstream is received that is encoded based on the video coding scheme. The bitstream includes video, quantized warp map offsets, and a message of a message type specified by the video coding scheme. Depth samples decoded from the first bitstream are interpreted as quantized warp map offsets, based on a first syntax element contained in the message. Warp maps are generated based on the quantized warp map…
Occlusion using pre-generated 3D models for augmented reality
Granted: August 25, 2020
Patent Number:
10755486
To prevent virtual content from occluding physical objects in an augmented reality (AR) system, the embodiments herein describe generating a pass-through texture using a pre-generated model of a physical object. In one embodiment, the AR system determines the location of the physical object as well as its orientation. With this information, the system rotates and re-sizes the pre-generated model of the object to match its location and orientation in the real-world. The system then…
Media content ontology
Granted: August 18, 2020
Patent Number:
10747801
There is provided a media content ontology system and method. The system includes a computing platform having a processor and a memory, a content genome database stored in the memory, and ontology software for execution by the processor. The ontology software is configured to map a media content asset to first and second content classifications based on respective first and second data, and to generate first and second content genome database entries associating the media content asset…
Method and device for fantasy sports player recommendations
Granted: August 18, 2020
Patent Number:
10744415
A method and device generates a fantasy sports recommendation. The method includes receiving a plurality of ranking values associated with a sport player, each of the ranking values being generated from a respective source. The method includes assigning a weight value to each of the ranking values, the weight value being associated with the respective source. The method includes generating a recommendation value for the sport player as a function of the ranking values and the…
Real-time search and validation of phrases using linguistic phrase components
Granted: August 11, 2020
Patent Number:
10742577
A method and system is disclosed for evaluating a chat message sent between users of an online environment. The method may include receiving a chat message and parsing the message into words. The method determines the acceptability of the message by matching the message to a plurality of acceptable messages stored in a data structure. Upon determining the message does not match any acceptable messages, the method replaces each word in the message with grammatical metadata. The method may…
Menu navigation mode for media discs
Granted: August 11, 2020
Patent Number:
10741221
Systems and methods are provided for reordering and/or bypassing certain informational content or menus that are conventionally presented prior to playback of media content stored on physical media discs. Upon initial use of a physical media disc, certain information content or menus may be presented to a user or viewer, for example, piracy warnings, language selection menus, etc. However, upon subsequent use of the physical media disc, such informational content or menus may be…
Image customization using a persona
Granted: August 11, 2020
Patent Number:
10740942
An image management system includes a computing platform including a hardware processor and a system memory storing an image customization software code, and a database of personas assumable by a user, the database communicatively coupled to the image customization software code. The hardware processor executes the image customization software code to receive a wireless signal associating a persona stored in the database with the user, receive a digital image including an image of the…
User modelling and metadata of transmedia content data
Granted: August 11, 2020
Patent Number:
10740397
Disclosed is a system for linking transmedia content subsets. A memory stores a plurality of transmedia content data items and associated linking data, which define time-ordered content links between the transmedia content data items. The transmedia content data items are arranged into linked transmedia content subsets comprising different groups of the transmedia content data items and different content links therebetween; a transmedia content model that represents the transmedia…
Retroreflector display system for generating floating image effects
Granted: August 11, 2020
Patent Number:
10739613
A display system is provided that combines the use of a display element with a beamsplitter and at least one retroreflector to provide an image (2D or 3D depending upon the output image from the display element) that appears to be floating in space some distance from the beamsplitter. For example, light that is bounced off/reflected and/or that is transmitted through the beamsplitter may be reflected from the reflective surface of the retroreflector toward the beamsplitter. The…
Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
Granted: August 11, 2020
Patent Number:
D892844
Adaptive material point method
Granted: August 4, 2020
Patent Number:
10733336
An adaptive material point method for simulating and rendering of solid materials is disclosed. During each time step, a simulation application splits and/or merges particles according to a resolution of a grid and assigns properties to the split/merged particles. The simulation application then rasterizes particle information, including masses and velocities, to the grid, on which forces and/or collisions are computed to obtain updated velocities. Grid information, including the updated…
System and method for real-time generation of segments for a computerized decision system
Granted: August 4, 2020
Patent Number:
10733626
A system and method for real-time generation of segments for a computerized decision system provides an event segment list to a decision engine. The event segment list is generated based on consumer affinities determined from consumer data and modeled data on that consumer's consumption and geo-location. The consumer affinities are used in a query to obtain current events related to the consumer's affinities. The current events are associated with generic events, which together are…