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Interdigital Madison Patent Holdings, Sas

Samir M Ahmed

Basil Badawiyeh

Kenneth Rudman

Roger Yeh

Lee Douglas Shartzer

Vasil Nadzakov

Dan Han Diep

Peter S Lee

Gregory David Gudorf

Mark Leroy Walker

David Pettigrew

John Frederick Bishop

Hao Chi Tran

James Earl Booth, Jr

Andrew Yoon

Genevieve Marie Pinvidic

Dana Forte

Jason Pickersgill

Clayton Alexander Thomson

Robert R Alfano

Ryan Cameron Coulter

James Edward Booth

Feng Liu

Kwong M Yoo

Greg Alan Martin

Joel M Fogelson

Daniel Joseph Hill

Laura ODonnell-Dunn

Zhi-Wei Zang

Douglas Jason Pickersgill

Christophe Louvion

Jason Martell

Rodrigo Thomaz Moyses

Isaac Anthony Marchionna

Francois Xavier-Alexandre Montay

Various aspects of methods and apparatuses are described herein. Some methods may include receiving video content, receiving metadata including a hierarchical order of metadata fields, and performing an enhancement operation on at least a portion of the video content according to settings associated with at least one of the metadata fields. The enhancement operation may include a video processing operation configured to modify one or more visual characteristics of the video content. The settings associated with the metadata field(s) may be predefined in a device that receives the video content and the metadata. The enhancement operation may be performed at a time based on a time code in the video content. The enhancement operation may be performed on a bounded area of an object. The hierarchical order may correspond to a type of display technology. The hierarchical order may correspond to information associated with a manufacturer of a display.

Enhancing video content according to metadata

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

A method for making a content recommendation to at least one user commences by first establishing a location for the at least one user. Thereafter a check occurs to determine which devices are available to the at least one user to use (e.g., consume) the content at the location. Next, the content available to the at least one user is determined based on at least the user's location and available devices available to the at least one user. A content recommendation is then made among the available content based on at least one attribute of the at least one user.

Content recommendation based on user location and available devices

A technique for forming an image of an object in or behind a scattering medium. In one embodiment, the object is made luminescent, and the luminescent light is selected for imaging while the illuminating light is filtered out. The quality of the image can be further improved by selected the portion of the luminescence spectrum that is strongly absorbed by the scattering medium.

Technique for imaging an object in or behind a scattering medium

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Glendale, CA, United States of America

Samir M Ahmed