Patents by Inventor ANDREW T. WANSLEY

ANDREW T. WANSLEY 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).

  • Patent number: 10091152
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for receiving, by at least one remote computing device, location information of one or more other computing devices. Which of the one or more other computing devices is within a pre-defined distance from an event location is identified based upon the location information. At least a portion of automatically-suggested user information associated with at least a portion of the one or more other computing devices within the pre-defined distance from the first computing device is sent to a first computing device. A selection of one or more users associated with the automatically-suggested user information sent to the first computing device is received by the at least one remote computing device from the event location. An invitation to an event at the event location is sent to at least a portion of the selected one or more users associated with the automatically-suggested user information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Andrew T. Wansley, Kavi Harshawat, Anton Lopyrev
  • Patent number: 9436946
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus include computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium for providing content to a user. A method includes: receiving a query; receiving query results based on the query; determining for each of a predetermined number of top results entities associated therewith; using the determined entities to either augment or filter the query producing an enhanced query; and using the enhanced query to identify one or more sponsored content items for presentation to a user along with the query results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Collins, Andrew T. Wansley
  • Patent number: 9363634
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for predicting context-relevant information based on large-scale aggregations of data. One of the methods includes receiving a user context of a user, wherein the user context specifies a location of a user device being used by the user. Data that represents counts of websites visited by users matching the user context is obtained. Data that represents counts of websites visited by users in general is obtained. Using the obtained counts, one or more likely websites visited by users matching the user context more frequently than by users in general is determined. Information identifying the one or more likely websites in response to receiving the user context is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Kirmse, Kenny J. Leftin, Ivan Young Lee, Andrew T. Wansley, Emanuel Taropa, Alec W. Berryman, Yaxin Liu, Rajesh Venkataraman
  • Patent number: 9195703
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for predicting context-relevant information based on large-scale aggregations of data. One of the methods includes receiving a user context of a user, wherein the user context specifies a location of a user device being used by the user. Data that represents counts of websites visited by users matching the user context is obtained. Data that represents counts of websites visited by users in general is obtained. Using the obtained counts, one or more likely websites visited by users matching the user context more frequently than by users in general is determined. Information identifying the one or more likely websites in response to receiving the user context is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Kirmse, Kenny J. Leftin, Ivan Young Lee, Andrew T. Wansley, Emanuel Taropa, Alec W. Berryman, Yaxin Liu, Rajesh Venkataraman
  • Publication number: 20150039589
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus include computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium for providing content to a user. A method includes: receiving a query; receiving query results based on the query; determining for each of a predetermined number of top results entities associated therewith; using the determined entities to either augment or filter the query producing an enhanced query; and using the enhanced query to identify one or more sponsored content items for presentation to a user along with the query results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Collins, Andrew T. Wansley
  • Publication number: 20140297761
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for receiving, by at least one remote computing device, location information of one or more other computing devices. Which of the one or more other computing devices is within a pre-defined distance from an event location is identified based upon the location information. At least a portion of automatically-suggested user information associated with at least a portion of the one or more other computing devices within the pre-defined distance from the first computing device is sent to a first computing device. A selection of one or more users associated with the automatically-suggested user information sent to the first computing device is received by the at least one remote computing device from the event location. An invitation to an event at the event location is sent to at least a portion of the selected one or more users associated with the automatically-suggested user information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: ANDREW T. WANSLEY, Kavi Harshawat, Anton Lopyrev