Brian T Duersch from Salt Lake City, UT, age 48

Providing Content Interruptions
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US Patent:

8640161, Jan 28, 2014
Filed:

Aug 17, 2009
Appl. No.:

12/542040
Inventors:

Oleg B. Rashkovskiy - Cupertino CA, US
Thomas J. Morgan - San Mateo CA, US
Matthew Wong - Palo Alto CA, US
Brian T. Duersch - Mountain View CA, US
Assignee:

BlackArrow - San Jose CA
International Classification:

H04N 7/025
H04N 5/445
H04N 7/16
H04N 9/80
US Classification:

725 32, 725 42, 725142, 386250
Abstract:

A system includes a cache, coupled to a receiver, to store received content and advertisements. An interface in the receiver detects the occurrence of an advantageous condition during the play of content retrieved from the cache. The receiver locates one or more advertisements in the cache, and enables the display of a user interface in place of the content so long as the advantageous condition is detected. The user interface includes selectable indicia of the located advertisements and an indicia of the content. The interface is adapted to locate one or more advertisements using markers that are inserted into the content by the interface, and pointers to the one or more advertisements associated with the markers, the pointers having a stored association to the markers.

Providing Content Interruptions
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US Patent:

20070162951, Jul 12, 2007
Filed:

Mar 7, 2007
Appl. No.:

11/715171
Inventors:

Oleg Rashkovskiy - Cupertino CA, US
Thomas Morgan - San Mateo CA, US
Matthew Wong - Palo Alto CA, US
Brian Duersch - Mountain View CA, US
International Classification:

H04N 7/173
H04N 7/16
US Classification:

725134000, 725142000, 725131000
Abstract:

Content which users may wish to receive may be distributed with interrupting content such that the use of the content on the user's receiver may be interrupted and replaced with the interrupting content. The content which the user wishes to receive may be software, audio, video, graphics or other material and the interrupting content in one embodiment of the prevent invention may be advertisements. In this way, the user's receiver may be utilized to determine when it is appropriate to interrupt the interruptible content with the interrupting content. This may provide a convenient mechanism for reduced price or free distribution of a wide variety of media currently provided only in physical form or only for free without any compensation to the content provider.

Providing Content Interruptions
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US Patent:

20090304357, Dec 10, 2009
Filed:

Aug 17, 2009
Appl. No.:

12/542036
Inventors:

Oleg B. Rashkovskiy - Cupertino CA, US
Thomas J. Morgan - San Mateo CA, US
Matthew Wong - Palo Alto CA, US
Brian T. Duersch - Mountain View CA, US
International Classification:

H04N 5/91
H04N 7/16
US Classification:

386 95, 725142, 386E05001
Abstract:

Content which users may wish to receive may be distributed with interrupting content such that the use of the content on the user's receiver may be interrupted and replaced with the interrupting content. The content which the user wishes to receive may be software, audio, video, graphics or other material and the interrupting content in one embodiment of the prevent invention may be advertisements. In this way, the user's receiver may be utilized to determine when it is appropriate to interrupt the interruptible content with the interrupting content. This may provide a convenient mechanism for reduced price or free distribution of a wide variety of media currently provided only in physical form or only for free without any compensation to the content provider.

Interactive Multi-Stream Advertisement
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US Patent:

20120284743, Nov 8, 2012
Filed:

May 17, 2011
Appl. No.:

13/109551
Inventors:

MARK UNAK - Wilmette IL, US
Thomas Morgan - San Mateo CA, US
Ralf Jacob - Newbury Park CA, US
Brian Duersch - Mountain View CA, US
International Classification:

H04N 7/10
US Classification:

725 32
Abstract:

An advertisement is generated including a plurality of associated media streams. The advertisement complex is delivered over a computing network to a network connected video consumption device.

Automatic Content Generation Based On Source Content And Re-Sizing Options
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US Patent:

20190377479, Dec 12, 2019
Filed:

Jun 11, 2018
Appl. No.:

16/005569
Inventors:

- San Jose CA, US
SHIVAM GOYAL - Santa Clara CA, US
SANGEETA VARMA - Sunnyvale CA, US
MORGAN GURFINKEL - New York NY, US
BRIAN DUERSCH - Mountain View CA, US
BHAVIN BHUPENDRA DOSHI - Milpitas CA, US
International Classification:

G06F 3/0484
G06F 3/0482
G06Q 30/02
Abstract:

The present disclosure relates to generating target content, and in particular, generating target content based on source content and a plurality of re-sizing options. In this regard, preexisting source content is selected and input into a content generation engine. A focal point associated with the source content and at least one re-sizing option are selected. A focal point associated with target content, as well as the location of textual data associated with the target content are determined. Target content is generated to conform to the at least one selected re-sizing option and the determined focal point. The target content is then displayed for further modification in a user-friendly user interface.

Brian T Duersch