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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016

Filed:

Jan. 25, 2013
Applicant:

Virage, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

David Girouard, San Francisco, CA (US);

Bradley Horowitz, San Mateo, CA (US);

Richard Humphrey, San Mateo, CA (US);

Charles Fuller, Foster City, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/81 (2011.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/478 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/812 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0241 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0255 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0269 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/466 (2013.01); H04N 21/47815 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for applying a database to video multimedia is disclosed. Certain embodiments provide media content owners the capability to exploit video processing capabilities using rich, interactive and compelling visual content on a network. Mechanisms of associating video with commerce offerings are provided. Video server and search server technologies are integrated with ad serving personalization agents to make the final presentations of content and advertising. Algorithms utilized by the system use a variety of techniques for making the final presentation decisions of which ads, with which content, are served to which user.


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