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Kenneth Rudman

Samir M Ahmed

Basil Badawiyeh

Roger Yeh

Lee Douglas Shartzer

Vasil Nadzakov

Dan Han Diep

Peter S Lee

Gregory David Gudorf

Mark Leroy Walker

John Frederick Bishop

David Pettigrew

Genevieve Marie Pinvidic

Dana Forte

Andrew Yoon

Hao Chi Tran

James Earl Booth, Jr

Jason Pickersgill

Ryan Cameron Coulter

David Anthony Campana

James Edward Booth

Clayton Alexander Thomson

Greg Alan Martin

Daniel Joseph Hill

Laura ODonnell-Dunn

Jason Martell

Rodrigo Thomaz Moyses

Isaac Anthony Marchionna

Francois Xavier-Alexandre Montay

Douglas Jason Pickersgill

The present disclosure is directed towards having a user interface that displays a number of cards or windows. A user can implement a command where the user interface will automatically change the position of the displayed cards to show regions of interest which are the parts of the cards that a user may have interested in. The user interest can be determined in accordance with user preference information. Optionally, cards which do not have regions of interest are removed from a display area and such cards are replaced with new cards that do have regions of interest.

Method for locating regions of interest in a user interface

Method and apparatus for locating regions of interest in a user interface

The present disclosure is directed towards conducting a search for content and results using a user interface. A number of graphical objects () and filters are displayed where a search query is generated in response to a user gesture () that selects a graphical object and filter. The filters shown can change depending on various factors that impact what filters are selected from a group of filters ().

Visual search and recommendation user interface and apparatus

A user interface that displays a number of cards or windows is described where a user can move the cards in a horizontal direction freely. When a card resides in a locked zone, as defined by a user, the card will be able to be manipulated in a vertical direction, while cards that reside in a regular zone will not be able to be moved vertically. In addition, only cards that are in the locked zone can be subjected to a user action such as cutting content from the card, pasting content to the card, enlarging the contents of the card, or shrinking the contents of the card.

Method and apparatus for restricting user operations when applied to cards or windows

The disclosure is related to the idea of tracking user navigation, consumption, and/or behavior and applying analytics to help shape future offerings (customized offerings, up-sells, recommendations, etc.) to a user and to provide reporting data to service providers and studios. Methods and systems of providing viewing recommendations for a user are set forth. This involves collecting usage data related to a session of interaction by the user, processing the user data for the session, and providing feedback regarding the session. The sessions involve multiple stages tracking a user's interactions. These include stages such as an inquiry stage, a results stage, a details stage, a selection stage, and a confirmation stage. Usage data is then mined to indicate the content creator of a media asset regardless of the media asset type.

Media asset usage data reporting that indicates corresponding content creator

In multiple screen environments, an advertising server and a media server can interact with the multiple screens to ensure that advertisements are acknowledged by a viewer. In one example, a main or first screen is obscured to some extent until a viewer acknowledges the advertisement on one or more secondary devices. The extent of obscuring the main screen can be varied as well as the frequency of displaying the advertisement. This allows the user's viewing behavior to be modified based on the method of advertisement placement.

Interrelated multiple screen advertising

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South Pasadena, CA, United States of America

Kenneth Rudman