Methods and systems for selectively displaying advertisements

S Ozer, MP Hart, WWA Cho, CK Chau - US Patent 7,536,316, 2009 - Google Patents
The present invention generally relates to managing the delivery of advertising impressions
on devices that are inter mittently-connected to a network. More specifically, the present …

Video Player Including Embedded Purchasing

B Pliska, GL Bown, LL Magill - US Patent App. 12/433,792, 2010 - Google Patents
The subject matter disclosed herein provides methods and apparatus, including computer
program products, for video players. In one aspect, there is provided a computer-imple …

Second screen methods and arrangements

BL Davis, TF Rodriguez - US Patent 9,462,341, 2016 - Google Patents
The present technology concerns cell phones and similar devices, and their use in
conjunction with media content (electronic and physical) and other systems (eg, televisions …

Methods and apparatus for enhanced advertising and promotional delivery in a network

M Lawrence-Apfelbaum, W Webb, H Pfeffer - US Patent 9,503,691, 2016 - Google Patents
Methods and apparatus for enhanced advertising selection and delivery in a
communications network. In one embodi ment, the network comprises a cable television …

Method and apparatus for eyetrack-driven captioning

B Tognazzini, J Nielsen, R Glass - US Patent 5,898,423, 1999 - Google Patents
Apparatus, methods, systems and computer program products are disclosed that detect
when a user is interested in information presented on a display device. The invention then …

Methods and arrangements for providing a novel television and multimedia viewing paradigm

DJ Marsh - US Patent 6,931,657, 2005 - Google Patents
US6931657B1 - Methods and arrangements for providing a novel television and multimedia
viewing paradigm - Google Patents US6931657B1 - Methods and arrangements for …

Method and apparatus for interactively retrieving content related to previous query results

L Begeja, DC Gibbon, Z Liu, BS Renger… - US Patent …, 2011 - Google Patents
(65) Prior Publication Data of Video Sequences.” Proc. SPIE 2419. Digital Video
Compression: US 2004/OO2518O A1 Feb. 5, 2004 Algorithms & Technologies, pp. 2-13 …

Systems, apparatuses and methods for identifying transitions of content

O Beletski, M Keppels, JT Heinonen - US Patent App. 11/786,327, 2008 - Google Patents
Systems, apparatuses and methods for identifying the end of the presentation of a content
item Such as a song, and/or identifying transitions from one content item to another. Con tent …

Methods, computer program products, apparatuses, and systems for facilitating viewing and manipulation of an image on a client device

R Jakobovits - US Patent 8,520,978, 2013 - Google Patents
US8520978B2 - Methods, computer program products, apparatuses, and systems for facilitating
viewing and manipulation of an image on a client device - Google Patents US8520978B2 …

Apparatus and methods for monitoring and optimizing delivery of content in a network

R Rieger, PD Brooks - US Patent 9,519,728, 2016 - Google Patents
Methods and apparatus for delivering content to a user so as to optimize and enhance the
“experience'of the content. In one embodiment, an optimization and monitoring entity (OME) …