Sean E Doherty

US Patent:

20080271101, Oct 30, 2008

Filed:

Apr 18, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/106172

Inventors:

Sean Paul Doherty - Los Gatos CA, US

Assignee:

SHORELINE ASSOCIATES X, LLC - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

H04N 7/173

US Classification:

725114

Abstract:

A broadband digital video recorder (BDVR) system allows cable or satellite television (TV) viewers to cause a copy of a selected TV show to be downloaded via a broadband Internet network and stored for viewing on a designated computer or a portable media player. Television viewers make a selection of a TV show to record using their remote control device. In response, the BDVR system causes a copy of a video file corresponding to the selected television show to be automatically downloaded from a remote server to the user's computer over a broadband Internet connection. Users may conveniently select a television show to record via a conventional television network but automatically download a digital video file corresponding to the television show to their computer via a broadband Internet network without complicated user interaction and without searching for the video files on the Internet.

US Patent:

20220417576, Dec 29, 2022

Filed:

Jun 27, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/359569

Inventors:

- Palo Alto CA, US
Noam Koren - Los Gatos CA, US
Yuval Fisher - Palo Alto CA, US
David Martinez - Brentwood CA, US
Sean Doherty - Palo Alto CA, US
Nam Hung Ly - Sunnyvale CA, US

International Classification:

H04N 21/2668
G06Q 30/02
G06N 20/00
G06N 5/04
H04N 21/234
H04N 21/81
H04N 21/25
H04N 21/24

Abstract:

A method of assigning advertisements to slots in video channels of a bundle of channels provided to an end user. The method includes managing credits, for each specific channel of the channels, indicative of a difference between a number of advertisements provided by an owner of the specific channel that were displayed on other channels and a number of advertisements provided by owners of other channels displayed on the specific channel In addition, scores indicative of a predicted success of the advertisement with the end user are calculated for a plurality of advertisements. An advertisement to be displayed to the end user is selected responsive to a function of both the calculated scores and the managed credits.