Patents by Inventor Alek KOLCZ
Alek KOLCZ has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20210048965Abstract: A method and apparatus for displaying digital photos on a digital display with a network connection module. The method includes identifying two different photos in a digital photo collection that include a matching photo content, and displaying the two different photos simultaneously in a split screen on the digital display. The two different photos can be matched from related photo clusters. An integrated camera can be used to automatically determine an identity of a frame viewer to determine photos to display, and can capture gesture-based feedback. The photos can be filtered and cropped at the receiver side.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: AURA HOME, INC.Inventors: Ophir Frieder, Abdur CHOWDHURY, Eric JENSEN, Ben CHERRY, Richard SANFORD, Alek KOLCZ, Prooshat SABERI
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Patent number: 10853404Abstract: A method for automated routing of pictures taken on mobile electronic devices to a digital picture frame including a camera integrated with the frame, and a network connection module allowing the frame for direct contact and upload of photos from electronic devices or from photo collections of community members. The integrated camera is used to automatically determine an identity of a frame viewer and can capture gesture-based feedback. The displayed photos are automatically shown and/or changed according to the detected viewers. The photos can be filtered and cropped at the receiver side. Clustering photos by content is used to improve display and to respond to photo viewer desires.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: AURA HOME, INC.Inventors: Ophir Frieder, Abdur Chowdhury, Eric Jensen, Ben Cherry, Richard Sanford, Alek Kolcz
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Patent number: 10824666Abstract: A method for automated routing of pictures taken on mobile electronic devices to a digital picture frame including a camera integrated with the frame, and a network connection module allowing the frame for direct contact and upload of photos from electronic devices or from photo collections of community members. The integrated camera is used to automatically determine an identity of a frame viewer and can capture gesture-based feedback. The displayed photos are automatically shown and/or changed according to the detected viewers. The photos can be filtered and cropped at the receiver side. Clustering photos by content is used to improve display and to respond to photo viewer desires.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: AURA HOME, INC.Inventors: Ophir Frieder, Abdur Chowdhury, Eric Jensen, Ben Cherry, Richard Sanford, Alek Kolcz
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Patent number: 10820293Abstract: A digital picture frame including a camera integrated with the frame, and a network connection module allowing the frame for direct contact and upload of photos from electronic devices or from photo collections of community members. The integrated camera is used to automatically determine an identity of a frame viewer and can capture gesture-based feedback. The displayed photos are automatically shown and/or changed according to the detected viewers. The photos can be filtered and cropped at the receiver side. Clustering photos by content is used to improve display and to respond to photo viewer desires.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2017Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: AURA HOME, INC.Inventors: Ophir Frieder, Abdur Chowdhury, Eric Jensen, Ben Cherry, Richard Sanford, Alek Kolcz
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Publication number: 20200210128Abstract: A digital picture frame including a camera integrated with the frame, and a network connection module allowing the frame for direct contact and upload of photos from electronic devices or from a user's social media account or her or his community members' social media accounts. The integrated camera is used to automatically determine an identity of a frame viewer, and a viewer profile automatically determined from the identity of the viewer. The displayed photos are automatically shown and/or changed according to the detected viewers.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: AURA HOME, INC.Inventors: Ophir Frieder, Abdur Chowdhury, Eric Jensen, Ben Cherry, Richard Sanford, Alek Kolcz
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Patent number: 10701175Abstract: A method for generating recommendations involves selecting a first platform message, making a first determination that the first platform message is potentially associated with a plurality of topics including a first topic and a second topic, obtaining additional information associated with the first platform message including at least one of information about an account that authored the first platform message and information about third party accounts engaging with the first platform message, making a second determining that the first platform message is associated with the first topic using the plurality of topics and at least a portion of the additional information, wherein the first topic is an initial classification of the first platform message, generating a recommendation for at least one account based on the second determination, and providing the recommendation to at least one account.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Twitter, Inc.Inventor: Alek Kolcz
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Patent number: 10592186Abstract: A digital picture frame including a camera integrated with the frame, and a network connection module allowing the frame for direct contact and upload of photos from electronic devices or from a user's social media account or her or his community members' social media accounts. The integrated camera is used to automatically determine an identity of a frame viewer, and a viewer profile automatically determined from the identity of the viewer. The displayed photos are automatically shown and/or changed according to the detected viewers.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: PUSHD, INC.Inventors: Ophir Frieder, Abdur Chowdhury, Eric Jensen, Ben Cherry, Richard Sanford, Alek Kolcz
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Publication number: 20190391995Abstract: A method for automated routing of pictures taken on mobile electronic devices to a digital picture frame including a camera integrated with the frame, and a network connection module allowing the frame for direct contact and upload of photos from electronic devices or from photo collections of community members. The integrated camera is used to automatically determine an identity of a frame viewer and can capture gesture-based feedback. The displayed photos are automatically shown and/or changed according to the detected viewers. The photos can be filtered and cropped at the receiver side. Clustering photos by content is used to improve display and to respond to photo viewer desires.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: PUSHD,INC.Inventors: Ophir Frieder, Abdur CHOWDHURY, Eric JENSEN, Ben CHERRY, Richard SANFORD, Alek KOLCZ
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Patent number: 10474407Abstract: A digital picture frame including a camera integrated with the frame, and a network connection module allowing the frame for direct contact and upload of photos from electronic devices or from a user's social media account or her or his community members' social media accounts. The integrated camera is used to automatically determine an identity of a frame viewer, and a viewer profile automatically determined from the identity of the viewer. The displayed photos are automatically shown and/or changed according to the detected viewers.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2016Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: PUSHD, INC.Inventors: Ophir Frieder, Abdur Chowdhury, Eric Jensen, Ben Cherry, Richard Sanford, Jonathan Wirt, Scott Milstein, Alek Kolcz, Daniel Waldron
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Patent number: 10467986Abstract: A digital picture frame including a camera integrated with the frame, and a network connection module allowing the frame for use as a Mobile Positional Social Media (MPSM) device for displaying social media pictures from a user's social media account or her or his community members' social media accounts. The integrated camera is used to automatically determine an identity of a frame viewer, and a viewer profile automatically determined from the identity of the viewer. The displayed photos are automatically shown and/or changed according to the detected viewers.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2016Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: PUSHD, INC.Inventors: Ophir Frieder, Abdur Chowdhury, Eric Jensen, Ben Cherry, Richard Sanford, Jonathan Wirt, Scott Milstein, Alek Kolcz, Daniel Waldron
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Patent number: 10430986Abstract: A digital picture frame including a camera integrated with the frame, and a network connection module allowing the frame for direct contact and upload of photos from electronic devices or from photo collections of community members. The integrated camera is used to automatically determine an identity of a frame viewer and can capture gesture-based feedback. The displayed photos are automatically shown and/or changed according to the detected viewers. Clustering photos by content is used to improve display and to respond to photo viewer desires. The photos can be filtered and cropped at the receiver side.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2017Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: pushd, Inc.Inventors: Ophir Frieder, Abdur Chowdhury, Eric Jensen, Ben Cherry, Richard Sanford, Alek Kolcz
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Patent number: 10387504Abstract: A method involving obtaining a first plurality of topic groups (TGs), each having a membership of accounts, identifying a first plurality of accounts as authorities for an expertise topic, obtaining a second plurality of TGs with a number of accounts as members, wherein the first plurality of TGs comprises the second plurality of TGs, identifying a first frequent account which is a member in at least one of the second plurality of TGs, adding the first frequent account to the authorities of the expertise topic to obtain a second plurality of accounts as the authorities of the expertise topic, determining a third plurality of TGs in which a second number of accounts from the second plurality of accounts are members, determining that another frequent account is a member in one of the third plurality of TGs, and obtaining a ranking of accounts that are an authority on the expertise topic.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2015Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Twitter, Inc.Inventor: Alek Kolcz
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Patent number: 10229163Abstract: A method for providing recommendations involves obtaining a first topic group (TG) associated with a first expertise topic, the first TG specifying a first plurality of accounts, selecting a second TG that specifies a second plurality of accounts, making a first determination that one of the second plurality of accounts is specified in the first TG, based on the first determination, analyzing the second plurality of accounts to determine whether the second TG is associated with the first expertise topic, based on the analysis making a second determination that the second TG is associated with the first expertise topic, generating a recommendation for a first account based on a third determination that the first account is related to an account in the first plurality of accounts or an account in the second plurality of accounts, and providing the recommendation to the first account.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2015Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: Twitter, Inc.Inventor: Alek Kolcz
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Publication number: 20190050403Abstract: A method for automated routing of pictures taken on mobile electronic devices to a digital picture frame including a camera integrated with the frame, and a network connection module allowing the frame for direct contact and upload of photos from electronic devices or from photo collections of community members. The integrated camera is used to automatically determine an identity of a frame viewer and can capture gesture-based feedback. The displayed photos are automatically shown and/or changed according to the detected viewers. The photos can be filtered and cropped at the receiver side. Clustering photos by content is used to improve display and to respond to photo viewer desires.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2018Publication date: February 14, 2019Applicant: pushd, Inc.Inventors: Ophir FRIEDER, Abdur CHOWDHURY, Eric JENSEN, Ben CHERRY, Richard SANFORD, Alek KOLCZ
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Publication number: 20190042171Abstract: A digital picture frame including a camera integrated with the frame, and a network connection module allowing the frame for direct contact and upload of photos from electronic devices or from a user's social media account or her or his community members' social media accounts. The integrated camera is used to automatically determine an identity of a frame viewer, and a viewer profile automatically determined from the identity of the viewer. The displayed photos are automatically shown and/or changed according to the detected viewers.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2018Publication date: February 7, 2019Applicant: PUSHD, INC.Inventors: Ophir Frieder, Abdur Chowdhury, Eric Jensen, Ben Cherry, Richard Sanford, Alek Kolcz
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Patent number: 10108674Abstract: A method for generating recommendations involves selecting a first platform message, making a first determination that the first platform message is potentially associated with a plurality of topics including a first topic and a second topic, obtaining additional information associated with the first platform message including at least one of information about an account that authored the first platform message and information about third party accounts engaging with the first platform message, making a second determining that the first platform message is associated with the first topic using the plurality of topics and at least a portion of the additional information, wherein the first topic is an initial classification of the first platform message, generating a recommendation for at least one account based on the second determination, and providing the recommendation to at least one account.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2015Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: Twitter, Inc.Inventor: Alek Kolcz
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Publication number: 20170061931Abstract: A digital picture frame including a camera integrated with the frame, and a network connection module allowing the frame for use as a Mobile Positional Social Media (MPSM) device for displaying social media pictures from a user's social media account or her or his community members' social media accounts. The integrated camera is used to automatically determine an identity of a frame viewer, and a viewer profile automatically determined from the identity of the viewer. The displayed photos are automatically shown and/or changed according to the detected viewers.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Applicant: PUSHD, INC.Inventors: Ophir Frieder, Abdur CHOWDHURY, Eric JENSEN, Ben CHERRY, Richard SANFORD, Jonathan WIRT, Scott MILSTEIN, Alek KOLCZ, Daniel WALDRON
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Patent number: 9472166Abstract: A digital picture frame including a camera integrated with the frame, and a network connection module allowing the frame for use as a Mobile Positional Social Media (MPSM) device for displaying social media pictures from a user's social media account or her or his community members' social media accounts. The integrated camera is used to automatically determine an identity of a frame viewer, and a viewer profile automatically determined from the identity of the viewer. The displayed photos are automatically shown and/or changed according to the detected viewers.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2015Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: PUSHD, INC.Inventors: Ophir Frieder, Abdur Chowdhury, Eric Jensen, Ben Cherry, Richard Sanford, Jonathan Wirt, Scott Milstein, Alek Kolcz, Daniel Waldron
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Patent number: D805309Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2016Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: PUSHD, INC.Inventors: Emily Moyer, Abdur Chowdhury, Eric Jensen, Ben Cherry, Matt Sanford, Scott Milstein, Jonathan Wirt, Daniel Waldron, Alek Kolcz, Neil Bhakta, Alice Urmey, Scott Chapps, Ophir Frieder
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Patent number: D818723Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2017Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: PUSHD, INC.Inventors: Emily Moyer, Abdur Chowdhury, Eric Jensen, Ben Cherry, Matt Sanford, Scott Milstein, Jonathan Wirt, Daniel Waldron, Alek Kolcz, Neil Bhakta, Alice Urmey, Scott Chapps, Ophir Frieder