Shashank Merchant

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Santa Clara, CA, US

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Information Patent Grant
Detection of mute and compensation therefor during media replacemen...
- Patent number 12,309,452
- Issue date May 20, 2025
- ROKU, INC.
- Markus K. Cremer
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Personalized content related to content being viewed
- Patent number 12,244,885
- Issue date Mar 4, 2025
- ROKU, INC.
- Shashank Merchant
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Use of steganographically-encoded time information as basis to cont...
- Patent number 12,206,936
- Issue date Jan 21, 2025
- THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
- Benjamin J. Ropke
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Media channel identification and action, with disambiguation throug...
- Patent number 12,149,768
- Issue date Nov 19, 2024
- ROKU, INC.
- Andreas Schmidt
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Modifying playback of replacement content based on control messages
- Patent number 12,132,955
- Issue date Oct 29, 2024
- ROKU, INC.
- Kurt R. Thielen
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Use of steganographically-encoded time information as basis to esta...
- Patent number 12,108,094
- Issue date Oct 1, 2024
- THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
- Benjamin J. Ropke
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Use of steganographically-encoded data as basis to disambiguate fin...
- Patent number 12,101,520
- Issue date Sep 24, 2024
- THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
- Shashank C. Merchant
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Systems, methods, and apparatus to improve media identification
- Patent number 12,079,277
- Issue date Sep 3, 2024
- Gracenote, Inc.
- Jeffrey Scott
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Use of watermarking to trigger fingerprint-related action
- Patent number 12,015,833
- Issue date Jun 18, 2024
- ROKU, INC.
- Shashank C. Merchant
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Content system with lighting device calibration feature
- Patent number 12,016,100
- Issue date Jun 18, 2024
- ROKU, INC.
- Adil Jagmag
- H05 - ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
Information Patent Grant
Dynamic watermarking of media based on transport-stream metadata, t...
- Patent number 11,991,403
- Issue date May 21, 2024
- THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
- Shashank C. Merchant
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Use of steganographically-encoded data as basis to control dynamic...
- Patent number 11,962,846
- Issue date Apr 16, 2024
- ROKU, INC.
- Shashank Merchant
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Responsive to detection of remote control signals that modify opera...
- Patent number 11,937,026
- Issue date Mar 19, 2024
- ROKU, INC.
- Kurt R. Thielen
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Detecting and responding to rendering of interactive video content
- Patent number 11,936,467
- Issue date Mar 19, 2024
- ROKU, INC.
- Dewey Ho Lee
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Modifying playback of replacement content responsive to detection o...
- Patent number 11,895,370
- Issue date Feb 6, 2024
- ROKU, INC.
- Kurt R. Thielen
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Establishment and use of time mapping based on interpolation using...
- Patent number 11,882,321
- Issue date Jan 23, 2024
- ROKU, INC.
- Peter Dunker
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Robust audio identification with interference cancellation
- Patent number 11,869,261
- Issue date Jan 9, 2024
- ROKU, INC.
- Jose Pio Pereira
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Use of steganographically-encoded time information as basis to cont...
- Patent number 11,863,817
- Issue date Jan 2, 2024
- THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
- Benjamin J. Ropke
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Method and apparatus for multi-dimensional content search and video...
- Patent number 11,803,591
- Issue date Oct 31, 2023
- ROKU, INC.
- Jose Pio Pereira
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Modifying playback of replacement content based on control messages
- Patent number 11,765,426
- Issue date Sep 19, 2023
- ROKU, INC.
- Kurt R. Thielen
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Monitoring loudness level during media replacement event using shor...
- Patent number 11,748,055
- Issue date Sep 5, 2023
- ROKU, INC.
- Markus K. Cremer
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Detection of media playback loudness level and corresponding adjust...
- Patent number 11,740,860
- Issue date Aug 29, 2023
- ROKU, INC.
- Markus K. Cremer
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Use of steganographically-encoded time information as basis to esta...
- Patent number 11,736,746
- Issue date Aug 22, 2023
- THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
- Benjamin J. Ropke
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Media content identification on mobile devices
- Patent number 11,736,762
- Issue date Aug 22, 2023
- ROKU, INC.
- Mihailo M. Stojancic
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Grant
Media content identification on mobile devices
- Patent number 11,729,458
- Issue date Aug 15, 2023
- ROKU, INC.
- Mihailo M. Stojancic
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Grant
Media channel identification and action, with disambiguation throug...
- Patent number 11,722,721
- Issue date Aug 8, 2023
- ROKU, INC.
- Andreas Schmidt
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Media content identification on mobile devices
- Patent number 11,706,481
- Issue date Jul 18, 2023
- Mihailo M. Stojancic
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Grant
Use of in-band data to correct schedule drift
- Patent number 11,695,972
- Issue date Jul 4, 2023
- ROKU, INC.
- Alejandro Gutierrez
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Use of steganographically-encoded data as basis to disambiguate fin...
- Patent number 11,689,753
- Issue date Jun 27, 2023
- THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
- Shashank C. Merchant
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Establishment and use of time mapping based on interpolation using...
- Patent number 11,665,378
- Issue date May 30, 2023
- ROKU, INC.
- Peter Dunker
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
OPTIMIZING AUTOMATIC CONTENT RECOGNITION QUERIES BASED ON CONTENT U...
- Publication number 20250220284
- Publication date Jul 3, 2025
- Roku, Inc.
- Shashank Merchant
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
PERSONALIZED CONTENT RELATED TO CONTENT BEING VIEWED
- Publication number 20250150662
- Publication date May 8, 2025
- Roku, Inc.
- Shashank Merchant
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Use of Steganographically-Encoded Time Information as Basis to Cont...
- Publication number 20250119614
- Publication date Apr 10, 2025
- The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Benjamin J. Ropke
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Dynamic Triggering and Processing of a Purchase Based on Computer D...
- Publication number 20250086687
- Publication date Mar 13, 2025
- Roku, Inc.
- Jin Bao
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
PERSONALIZED CONTENT RELATED TO CONTENT BEING VIEWED
- Publication number 20250047924
- Publication date Feb 6, 2025
- Roku, Inc.
- Shashank Merchant
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Content System with Lighting Device Calibration Feature
- Publication number 20240431008
- Publication date Dec 26, 2024
- Roku, Inc.
- Adil Jagmag
- H05 - ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
Information Patent Application
Use of Steganographically-Encoded Data as Basis to Disambiguate Fin...
- Publication number 20240414386
- Publication date Dec 12, 2024
- The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Shashank C. Merchant
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Use of Steganographically-Encoded Time Information as Basis to Esta...
- Publication number 20240406471
- Publication date Dec 5, 2024
- The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Benjamin J. Ropke
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Lighting Device with Audio Signal Control Feature
- Publication number 20240407065
- Publication date Dec 5, 2024
- Roku, Inc.
- Adil Jagmag
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS TO IMPROVE MEDIA IDENTIFICATION
- Publication number 20240311426
- Publication date Sep 19, 2024
- Gracenote, Inc.
- Jeffrey Scott
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Video System with Object Replacement and Insertion Features
- Publication number 20240298045
- Publication date Sep 5, 2024
- Roku, Inc.
- Shashank C. Merchant
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
USE OF WATERMARKING TO TRIGGER FINGERPRINT-RELATED ACTION
- Publication number 20240298079
- Publication date Sep 5, 2024
- Roku, Inc.
- Shashank C. Merchant
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Use of Steganographically-Encoded Time Information as Basis to Cont...
- Publication number 20240107115
- Publication date Mar 28, 2024
- The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Benjamin J. Ropke
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
MODIFYING PLAYBACK OF REPLACEMENT CONTENT BASED ON CONTROL MESSAGES
- Publication number 20230353822
- Publication date Nov 2, 2023
- Roku, Inc.
- Kurt R. Thielen
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Use of Steganographically-Encoded Time Information as Basis to Esta...
- Publication number 20230336796
- Publication date Oct 19, 2023
- The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Benjamin J. Ropke
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
CONTENT-MODIFICATION SYSTEM WITH OVERLAY HANDLING FEATURE
- Publication number 20230308703
- Publication date Sep 28, 2023
- Roku, Inc.
- Andrew Laurence Ashbacher
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Use of Steganographically-Encoded Data as Basis to Disambiguate Fin...
- Publication number 20230276086
- Publication date Aug 31, 2023
- The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Shashank C. Merchant
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
MEDIA CHANNEL IDENTIFICATION AND ACTION, WITH DISAMBIGUATION THROUG...
- Publication number 20230276090
- Publication date Aug 31, 2023
- Roku, Inc.
- Andreas Schmidt
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Dynamic Watermarking of Media Based on Transport-Stream Metadata, t...
- Publication number 20230247240
- Publication date Aug 3, 2023
- The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Shashank C. Merchant
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
ROBUST AUDIO IDENTIFICATION WITH INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION
- Publication number 20230196809
- Publication date Jun 22, 2023
- Roku, Inc.
- Jose Pio Pereira
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Use of Steganographically-Encoded Time Information as Basis to Cont...
- Publication number 20230171463
- Publication date Jun 1, 2023
- The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Benjamin J. Ropke
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Use of Steganographically-Encoded Time Information as Basis to Esta...
- Publication number 20230007320
- Publication date Jan 5, 2023
- The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Benjamin J. Ropke
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Dynamic Watermarking of Media Based on Transport-Stream Metadata, t...
- Publication number 20220417572
- Publication date Dec 29, 2022
- The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Shashank C. Merchant
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
MONITORING LOUDNESS LEVEL DURING MEDIA REPLACEMENT EVENT USING SHOR...
- Publication number 20220276831
- Publication date Sep 1, 2022
- Roku, Inc.
- Markus K. Cremer
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Use of In-Band Data to Facilitate Ad Harvesting for Dynamic Ad Repl...
- Publication number 20220264171
- Publication date Aug 18, 2022
- Roku, Inc.
- Alejandro Gutierrez
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Use of In-Band Data to Correct Schedule Drift
- Publication number 20220264162
- Publication date Aug 18, 2022
- Roku, Inc.
- Alejandro Gutierrez
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
DETECTION OF MEDIA PLAYBACK LOUDNESS LEVEL AND CORRESPONDING ADJUST...
- Publication number 20220253275
- Publication date Aug 11, 2022
- Roku, Inc.
- Markus K. Cremer
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Media Content Identification on Mobile Devices
- Publication number 20220239977
- Publication date Jul 28, 2022
- Roku, Inc.
- Mihailo M. Stojancic
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
MODIFYING PLAYBACK OF REPLACEMENT CONTENT RESPONSIVE TO DETECTION O...
- Publication number 20220224986
- Publication date Jul 14, 2022
- Roku, Inc.
- Kurt R. Thielen
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Method and Apparatus for Multi-Dimensional Content Search and Video...
- Publication number 20220207083
- Publication date Jun 30, 2022
- Roku, Inc.
- Jose Pio Pereira
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING

Shashank Merchant

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Detection of mute and compensation therefor during media replacemen...

Personalized content related to content being viewed

Use of steganographically-encoded time information as basis to cont...

Media channel identification and action, with disambiguation throug...

Modifying playback of replacement content based on control messages

Use of steganographically-encoded time information as basis to esta...

Use of steganographically-encoded data as basis to disambiguate fin...

Systems, methods, and apparatus to improve media identification

Use of watermarking to trigger fingerprint-related action

Content system with lighting device calibration feature

Dynamic watermarking of media based on transport-stream metadata, t...

Use of steganographically-encoded data as basis to control dynamic...

Responsive to detection of remote control signals that modify opera...

Detecting and responding to rendering of interactive video content

Modifying playback of replacement content responsive to detection o...

Establishment and use of time mapping based on interpolation using...

Robust audio identification with interference cancellation

Use of steganographically-encoded time information as basis to cont...

Method and apparatus for multi-dimensional content search and video...

Modifying playback of replacement content based on control messages

Monitoring loudness level during media replacement event using shor...

Detection of media playback loudness level and corresponding adjust...

Use of steganographically-encoded time information as basis to esta...

Media content identification on mobile devices

Media content identification on mobile devices

Media channel identification and action, with disambiguation throug...

Media content identification on mobile devices

Use of in-band data to correct schedule drift

Use of steganographically-encoded data as basis to disambiguate fin...

Establishment and use of time mapping based on interpolation using...

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

OPTIMIZING AUTOMATIC CONTENT RECOGNITION QUERIES BASED ON CONTENT U...

PERSONALIZED CONTENT RELATED TO CONTENT BEING VIEWED

Use of Steganographically-Encoded Time Information as Basis to Cont...

Dynamic Triggering and Processing of a Purchase Based on Computer D...

PERSONALIZED CONTENT RELATED TO CONTENT BEING VIEWED

Content System with Lighting Device Calibration Feature

Use of Steganographically-Encoded Data as Basis to Disambiguate Fin...

Use of Steganographically-Encoded Time Information as Basis to Esta...

Lighting Device with Audio Signal Control Feature

SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS TO IMPROVE MEDIA IDENTIFICATION

Video System with Object Replacement and Insertion Features

USE OF WATERMARKING TO TRIGGER FINGERPRINT-RELATED ACTION

Use of Steganographically-Encoded Time Information as Basis to Cont...

MODIFYING PLAYBACK OF REPLACEMENT CONTENT BASED ON CONTROL MESSAGES

Use of Steganographically-Encoded Time Information as Basis to Esta...

CONTENT-MODIFICATION SYSTEM WITH OVERLAY HANDLING FEATURE

Use of Steganographically-Encoded Data as Basis to Disambiguate Fin...

MEDIA CHANNEL IDENTIFICATION AND ACTION, WITH DISAMBIGUATION THROUG...

Dynamic Watermarking of Media Based on Transport-Stream Metadata, t...

ROBUST AUDIO IDENTIFICATION WITH INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION

Use of Steganographically-Encoded Time Information as Basis to Cont...

Use of Steganographically-Encoded Time Information as Basis to Esta...

Dynamic Watermarking of Media Based on Transport-Stream Metadata, t...

MONITORING LOUDNESS LEVEL DURING MEDIA REPLACEMENT EVENT USING SHOR...

Use of In-Band Data to Facilitate Ad Harvesting for Dynamic Ad Repl...

Use of In-Band Data to Correct Schedule Drift

DETECTION OF MEDIA PLAYBACK LOUDNESS LEVEL AND CORRESPONDING ADJUST...

Media Content Identification on Mobile Devices

MODIFYING PLAYBACK OF REPLACEMENT CONTENT RESPONSIVE TO DETECTION O...

Method and Apparatus for Multi-Dimensional Content Search and Video...