Systems and methods for identifying video segments for displaying contextually relevant content

Z Neumeier, B Reed, M Collette, WL Hoarty - US Patent 9,055,309, 2015 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A system and method for the identification of specific video segments in a
video program, Such as certain TV commer cials, is presented. A means is described for an …

Networked audio/video system

A Holladay, RA Kreifeldt, GM Nelson… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A system for configuring an audio/video (AV) system includes a computing
device having a processor to enable a user, with a user interface of the computing device, to …

Monitoring individual viewing of television events using tracking pixels and cookies

Z Neumeier, M Collette, WL Hoarty - US Patent 9,838,753, 2017 - Google Patents
A real-time content identification and tracking system enabling monitoring of television
programming consumption specific to an individual television or other viewing device …

Systems and methods for performing a soft-block of a queue based on a size of a remaining period of a guard band

D Pannell - US Patent 9,960,872, 2018 - Google Patents
A network device including first and second queues, a determination module, a counter
module, a comparison module and a blocking shaper. The determination module …

Monitoring individual viewing of television events using tracking pixels and cookies

Z Neumeier, M Collette, WL Hoarty - US Patent 9,955,192, 2018 - Google Patents
A real-time content identification and tracking system enabling monitoring of television
programming consumption specific to an individual television or other viewing device …

Detection of common media segments

Z Neumeier, M Collette - US Patent 10,375,451, 2019 - Google Patents
Provided are systems, methods, and computer-program products for identifying a media
content stream when the media content stream is playing an unscheduled media segment. A …

Prediction of future views of video segments to optimize system resource utilization

Z Neumeier, M Collette - US Patent 10,902,048, 2021 - Google Patents
Provided are devices, computer-program products, and methods for improved management
of system resources in a matching system. For example, examples can increase the …

Methods for identifying video segments and displaying option to view from an alternative source and/or on an alternative device

Z Neumeier, M Collette - US Patent 10,116,972, 2018 - Google Patents
Techniques and systems are provided for identifying a video segment displayed on a screen
of a remote television system, and providing an option to switch to an alternative or related …

Systems and methods for partitioning search indexes for improved efficiency in identifying media segments

Z Neumeier, M Collette - US Patent 11,308,144, 2022 - Google Patents
Systems and methods include identifying a media segment of audio or video content. The
video segment is identified by deriving data from media content and comparing said data to …

Systems and methods for addressing a media database using distance associative hashing

Z Neumeier, B Reed - US Patent 10,169,455, 2019 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A system, method and computer program utilize a distance associative
hashing algorithmic means to provide a highly efficient means to rapidly address a large …