Michael A Spiegelman, 4964 Hartford St, San Francisco, CA 94114

7937380, May 3, 2011

Dec 22, 2006

11/615544

Michael Spiegelman - Los Angeles CA, US
William MacDonald White - Berkeley CA, US

Yahoo! Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/30

707705

Systems and methods have been developed for selecting and recommending events to a consumer of media content based on information known about the consumer, including the consumer's interests, consumption history and preferences. In an embodiment, a system records a history of the media content accessed, purchased, viewed or otherwise consumed by a consumer. The system further includes an event database containing information about upcoming events. When a consumer interacts with the system, such as to access a media content item, the consumer is notified of one or more events based on the consumer's history. In this way consumers are automatically provided with updated event recommendations based on the known interests of the consumer, without the need for the consumer to subscribe to an event recommendation service and maintain the subscription to accurately reflect the consumer's current interests.

8261967, Sep 11, 2012

Jul 19, 2006

11/489887

Greg Long - Moraga CA, US
Taya Harden - San Francisco CA, US
Michael Spiegelman - San Francisco CA, US

LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. - Emeryville CA

G06F 17/00

235375

A technique for interactively coupling electronic content to printed or written content, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, includes use of a computing device and a pre-printed control panel. The control panel includes graphic representations overlaid on unique coded patterns. Each unique coded pattern is associated with a particular function or datum. The control panel is used to input an identifier of a written or printed content to the computing device. In response thereto, the computing device interactively delivers the electronic content related to the particular written or printed content.

8281027, Oct 2, 2012

Sep 19, 2008

12/234000

Ronald Martinez - San Francisco CA, US
Marc Eliot Davis - San Francisco CA, US
Michael Spiegelman - Los Angeles CA, US
Christopher T. Paretti - San Francisco CA, US
Nicola Stefano Ghezzi - Santa Monica CA, US
Christopher William Higgins - Portland OR, US
Chris Kalaboukis - Los Gatos CA, US

Yahoo! Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

G06F 15/16

709231, 709203, 709227

A system and method for distributing media related to a location. The physical location of a media presentation device is received over a network. The physical location of a plurality of end users are identified, via the network, wherein each of plurality of users is associated with a user device capable of storing media files. At least one of the end users is identified who is located in such proximity to the media presentation device that the user can perceive media that presented on the media presentation device. At least one media file that is currently being presented on the media presentation device is identified and transmitted over the network to each of the identified end users.

8346798, Jan 1, 2013

Dec 21, 2005

11/315419

Michael Spiegelman - Los Angeles CA, US
David E. Brown - Boston MA, US
Lori Ann Sutton - La Jolla CA, US
Pierre Schiro - Culver City CA, US
Christa Maria Stelzmuller - Long Beach CA, US
Siddhartha S. Sahay - Rolling Hills CA, US
Daniel Baird - Carlsbad CA, US
Adam Korman - Glendale CA, US
Poorna Chandra Gowda Bannikuppe Ramachandra - Bangalore, IN
Bipin Suresh - Bangalore, IN

Yahoo! Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/30

707770, 707783, 709203, 725 34, 725 86

The present disclosure provides a method for making a playlist available to the public. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides a method for creating a playlist comprising user-defined descriptor information. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides a method for searching for such public playlists.

8386506, Feb 26, 2013

Aug 21, 2008

12/195969

Ronald Martinez - San Francisco CA, US
Marc Eliot Davis - San Francisco CA, US
Michael Spiegelman - Los Angeles CA, US
Christopher T Paretti - San Francisco CA, US
Nicola Stefano Ghezzi - Santa Monica CA, US
Christopher William Higgins - Portland OR, US
Chris Kalaboukis - Los Gatos CA, US

Yahoo! Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

G06F 17/30

707759

A system and method for media enhanced messaging. A message from a message sender to be delivered to at least one message recipient is received over a network. The message comprises at least one delivery criteria and at least one content criteria. When it is determined, via the network that the delivery criteria of the message has been satisfied, a query is formulated based on the content criteria so as to search, via the network, for user profile data, social network data, spatial data, temporal data and topical data that is available via the network and relates to the content criteria and to media files so as to identify at least one media file that is relevant to the content criteria. The media files are inserted into the message and the message is transmitted over the network to the recipient.

8417573, Apr 9, 2013

Mar 14, 2007

11/717982

Malcolm Slaney - Sunnyvale CA, US
Dennis Martin DeCoste - Mercer Island WA, US
Ian C. Rogers - Santa Monica CA, US
Michael Spiegelman - Los Angeles CA, US

Yahoo! Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

G06Q 30/00

705 261

An online music system includes a music database configured to store musical selections and to store a user profile for respective users of the online music system, an advertiser account management system to store bid amounts from advertisers seeking to provide information to the users of the online music system and a user recommendation system coupled to the music database to present information about musical selections to respective users based on the stored user profile and the stored bid amounts.

2006019, Aug 31, 2006

Dec 21, 2005

11/316052

Michael Spiegelman - Los Angeles CA, US
David Brown - San Francisco CA, US
Lori Sutton - La Jolla CA, US
Pierre Schiro - Culver City CA, US
Christa Stelzmuller - Long Beach CA, US
Siddhartha Sahay - Rolling Hills CA, US
Daniel Baird - Carlsbad CA, US
Adam Korman - Glendale CA, US
Alexander Toth - Venice CA, US
Poorna Chandra Gowda Ramachandra - Bangalore, IN
Bipin Suresh - Bangalore, IN

G06F 17/00

707104100

The present disclosure provides a user interface for making a playlist available to the public. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides a user interface for creating a playlist comprising user-defined descriptor information. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides a user interface for searching for such public playlists.

2008009, Apr 24, 2008

Oct 20, 2006

11/551698

MICHAEL SPIEGELMAN - Los Angeles CA, US

YAHOO! INC. - SUNNYVALE CA

G06Q 30/00

705 26

A method and system of sponsoring a media item is disclosed herein. A media item is received from a submitter. The media item is published for consumer access. Requests for the media item are received from media consumers. A number of consumer requests for the media item is counted. A determination is made as to whether the number of consumer requests for the media item is higher than a predetermined threshold of popularity. If the number of consumer requests for the media item is determined to be higher than the predetermined threshold of popularity, the media item is sponsored on a webcast station.