Wai Ling Lau

20070112567, May 17, 2007

Nov 7, 2006

11/594717

Wai Lau - Boston MA, US
Steven Lee - Stamford CT, US

ScanScout, Inc. - Cambridge MA

G10L 15/00

704240000

In one embodiment, a statistical pattern recognition engine determines content for a statistical pattern recognition task. The content and/or information related to the content is analyzed to determine a model to use in the statistical pattern recognition. For example, models may be classified in a plurality of domains based on different sets of data used to train models in the domain. The models may be classified based on knowledge sources used to generate the models, such as a news knowledge source, entertainment knowledge source, business knowledge source, etc. A model in the plurality of models is then determined based on the analysis where the determined model is classified in a domain. The model is then used by the statistical pattern recognition engine to perform the statistical pattern recognition task. For example, spoken words are transcribed into text using the determined model.

20070112630, May 17, 2007

Nov 7, 2006

11/594707

Wai Lau - Boston MA, US
Steven Lee - Stamford CT, US
Pete Martin - North Grafton MA, US

ScanScout, Inc. - Cambridge MA

G06Q 30/00

705014000

In one embodiment, an advertisement is matched to subject matter in a portion of rich media content, such as a digital video, Flash™ animation, etc. For example, during the playing of rich media content, it may be determined by audio recognition techniques that the content's subject matter matches or correlates with an advertisement. Rendering preferences associated with the advertisement are then determined. The rendering preferences may be used to determine how the advertisement should be rendered (i.e., displayed in association with the content). The advertisement is then served to a device. The advertisement is served such that it can be rendered relative to a time that the portion of media is being displayed on the device.

20120278169, Nov 1, 2012

Feb 29, 2012

13/408459

Wai Kit Lau - Boston MA, US
Steven Lee - Stamford CT, US
Pete Martin - North Grafton MA, US

Tremor Media, Inc - New York NY

G06Q 30/02

705 1453, 705 144, 705 1471

In one embodiment, an advertisement is matched to subject matter in a portion of rich media content, such as a digital video, Flash™ animation, etc. For example, during the playing of rich media content, it may be determined by audio recognition techniques that the content's subject matter matches or correlates with an advertisement. Rendering preferences associated with the advertisement are then determined. The rendering preferences may be used to determine how the advertisement should be rendered (i.e., displayed in association with the content). The advertisement is then served to a device. The advertisement is served such that it can be rendered relative to a time that the portion of media is being displayed on the device.

20180232192, Aug 16, 2018

Feb 14, 2017

15/432248

Samson Timoner - Cambridge MA, US
Wai Kit Lau - Chestnut Hill MA, US

G06F 3/14
G06T 3/00
G09G 3/00
G09G 3/20
G09G 5/12
G09G 5/391
H04N 17/02
H04N 9/31

The invention includes a method and system to visually capture, enhance, broadcast, annotate, index and store information written or drawn on physical surfaces. A user points a camera at a whiteboard and broadcasts the video stream so that other users can easily receive and collaborate remotely in multi-user fashion. The system enhances the video by leveraging the nature of video as a multitude of related frames over time and by leveraging the nature of writing, and/or the nature of the written surface in the video stream. Annotation tools, and real-time data sharing such as mouse-location facilitate multi-user collaboration. Also facilitating collaboration are archival functionalities that make it possible to review previous work, and search through older writings and annotations.The system addresses many writing surfaces including whiteboards, blackboards, glass, paper and other tangible surfaces. The nature of each surface is different—that is they have distinct properties and the algorithms can be tuned for each such surface. The writing on the surface and/or the surface is enhanced to improve the legibility of the writing. The algorithms within can also be made to adapt to available computational and bandwidth resources.The video is sometimes distributed by relaying the video through one or more central computers. It can be sent peer-to-peer, sometimes relayed from person to person. Depending on the number of people on the call, and the bandwidth and processing power available, different options may be preferable.The software system allows any camera pointed at a physical writing surface to perform all the functionalities above, so that users can easily collaborate remotely in a full-duplex, multi-party fashion. The broadcasting user will come to a website, which will access his web camera and broadcast the video stream to other users, who will watch on a website.