Patents by Inventor Brian Mulford
Brian Mulford 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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Patent number: 11978238Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods of converting media dimensions. A device may identify a set of frames from a video in a first orientation as belonging to a scene. The device may receive a selected coordinate on a frame of the set of frames for the scene. The device may identify a first region within the frame including a first feature corresponding to the selected coordinate and a second region within the frame including a second feature. The device may generate a first score for the first feature and a second score for the second feature. The first score may be greater than the second score based on the first feature corresponding to the selected coordinate. The device may crop the frame to include the first region and the second region within a predetermined display area comprising a subset of regions of the frame in a second orientation.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2023Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Brian Mulford, Nathan Frey, Alexandros Panagopoulos, Yinquan Hao, Yuan Zhang
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Patent number: 11842150Abstract: Systems and methods for delivering cross-site auto-play media are described herein. The server can receive, from a client device, a request for media content at a first domain embedded in a content element from a second domain. The request can include an identifier indicating that the client device is configured to restrict cross-domain redirection. The server can determine, responsive to identifying the identifier indicating that the client device is configured to restrict cross-domain redirection, that the request comprises a content type header having a first predetermined value. The server can generate, responsive to the determination, a response comprising the media content element in a body of the response. The server can transmit the response to the client device. Receipt of the response can cause the client device to extract the media content element from the body of the response and to render the media content element.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Murtaza Halai, Lloyd Thompson, Brian Mulford, Armen Mkrtchyan
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Publication number: 20230334261Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for identifying relevant content are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2021Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Brian Mulford, T.J. Gaffney, Michael de Ridder, Preethi Puducheri Sundar, Colby Ranger
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Publication number: 20230306463Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for automated compliance determination of content items are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Henry Scott-Green, Michael de Ridder, T.J. Gaffney, Brian Mulford, Amund Tveit, Antoine Delaite, Preethi Puducheri Sundar
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Publication number: 20230237760Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods of converting media dimensions. A device may identify a set of frames from a video in a first orientation as belonging to a scene. The device may receive a selected coordinate on a frame of the set of frames for the scene. The device may identify a first region within the frame including a first feature corresponding to the selected coordinate and a second region within the frame including a second feature. The device may generate a first score for the first feature and a second score for the second feature. The first score may be greater than the second score based on the first feature corresponding to the selected coordinate. The device may crop the frame to include the first region and the second region within a predetermined display area comprising a subset of regions of the frame in a second orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Brian Mulford, Nathan Frey, Alexandros Panagopoulos, Yinquan Hao, Yuan Zhang
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Patent number: 11669860Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for automated compliance determination of content items are provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2019Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Henry Scott-Green, Michael de Ridder, T. J. Gaffney, Brian Mulford, Amund Tveit, Antoine Delaite, Preethi Puducheri Sundar
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Patent number: 11605150Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods of converting media dimensions. A device may identify a set of frames from a video in a first orientation as belonging to a scene. The device may receive a selected coordinate on a frame of the set of frames for the scene. The device may identify a first region within the frame including a first feature corresponding to the selected coordinate and a second region within the frame including a second feature. The device may generate a first score for the first feature and a second score for the second feature. The first score may be greater than the second score based on the first feature corresponding to the selected coordinate. The device may crop the frame to include the first region and the second region within a predetermined display area comprising a subset of regions of the frame in a second orientation.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2022Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Brian Mulford, Nathan Frey, Alexandros Panagopoulos, Yinquan Hao, Yuan Zhang
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Patent number: 11562138Abstract: Systems and methods for delivering cross-site auto-play media are described herein. The server can receive, from a client device, a request for media content at a first domain embedded in a content element from a second domain. The request can include an identifier indicating that the client device is configured to restrict cross-domain redirection. The server can determine, responsive to identifying the identifier indicating that the client device is configured to restrict cross-domain redirection, that the request comprises a content type header having a first predetermined value. The server can generate, responsive to the determination, a response comprising the media content element in a body of the response. The server can transmit the response to the client device. Receipt of the response can cause the client device to extract the media content element from the body of the response and to render the media content element.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Murtaza Halai, Lloyd Dee Thompson, Brian Mulford, Armen Mkrtchyan
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Publication number: 20220245756Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods of converting media dimensions. A device may identify a set of frames from a video in a first orientation as belonging to a scene. The device may receive a selected coordinate on a frame of the set of frames for the scene. The device may identify a first region within the frame including a first feature corresponding to the selected coordinate and a second region within the frame including a second feature. The device may generate a first score for the first feature and a second score for the second feature. The first score may be greater than the second score based on the first feature corresponding to the selected coordinate. The device may crop the frame to include the first region and the second region within a predetermined display area comprising a subset of regions of the frame in a second orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Brian Mulford, Nathan Frey, Alexandros Panagopoulos, Yinquan Hao, Yuan Zhang
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Publication number: 20220108067Abstract: Systems and methods for delivering cross-site auto-play media are described herein. The server can receive, from a client device, a request for media content at a first domain embedded in a content element from a second domain. The request can include an identifier indicating that the client device is configured to restrict cross-domain redirection. The server can determine, responsive to identifying the identifier indicating that the client device is configured to restrict cross-domain redirection, that the request comprises a content type header having a first predetermined value. The server can generate, responsive to the determination, a response comprising the media content element in a body of the response. The server can transmit the response to the client device. Receipt of the response can cause the client device to extract the media content element from the body of the response and to render the media content element.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Murtaza Halai, Lloyd Thompson, Brian Mulford, Armen Mkrtchyan
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Patent number: 11282163Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods of converting media dimensions. A device may identify a set of frames from a video in a first orientation as belonging to a scene. The device may receive a selected coordinate on a frame of the set of frames for the scene. The device may identify a first region within the frame including a first feature corresponding to the selected coordinate and a second region within the frame including a second feature. The device may generate a first score for the first feature and a second score for the second feature. The first score may be greater than the second score based on the first feature corresponding to the selected coordinate. The device may crop the frame to include the first region and the second region within a predetermined display area comprising a subset of regions of the frame in a second orientation.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2018Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Brian Mulford, Nathan Frey, Alexandros Panagopoulos, Yinquan Hao, Yuan Zhang
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Patent number: 11200375Abstract: Systems and methods for delivering cross-site auto-play media are described herein. The server can receive, from a client device, a request for media content at a first domain embedded in a content element from a second domain. The request can include an identifier indicating that the client device is configured to restrict cross-domain redirection. The server can determine, responsive to identifying the identifier indicating that the client device is configured to restrict cross-domain redirection, that the request comprises a content type header having a first predetermined value. The server can generate, responsive to the determination, a response comprising the media content element in a body of the response. The server can transmit the response to the client device. Receipt of the response can cause the client device to extract the media content element from the body of the response and to render the media content element.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2017Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Murtaza Halai, Lloyd Thompson, Brian Mulford, Armen Mkrtchyan
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Publication number: 20210182902Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for automated compliance determination of content items are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2019Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: Henry Scott-Green, Michael de Ridder, T.J. Gaffney, Brian Mulford, Amund Tveit, Antoine Delaite, Preethi Puducheri Sundar
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Publication number: 20210019473Abstract: Systems and methods for delivering cross-site auto-play media are described herein. The server can receive, from a client device, a request for media content at a first domain embedded in a content element from a second domain. The request can include an identifier indicating that the client device is configured to restrict cross-domain redirection. The server can determine, responsive to identifying the identifier indicating that the client device is configured to restrict cross-domain redirection, that the request comprises a content type header having a first predetermined value. The server can generate, responsive to the determination, a response comprising the media content element in a body of the response. The server can transmit the response to the client device. Receipt of the response can cause the client device to extract the media content element from the body of the response and to render the media content element.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Applicant: Google LLCInventors: Murtaza Halai, Lloyd Dee Thompson, Brian Mulford, Armen Mkrtchyan
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Publication number: 20210012502Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods of converting media dimensions. A device may identify a set of frames from a video in a first orientation as belonging to a scene. The device may receive a selected coordinate on a frame of the set of frames for the scene. The device may identify a first region within the frame including a first feature corresponding to the selected coordinate and a second region within the frame including a second feature. The device may generate a first score for the first feature and a second score for the second feature. The first score may be greater than the second score based on the first feature corresponding to the selected coordinate. The device may crop the frame to include the first region and the second region within a predetermined display area comprising a subset of regions of the frame in a second orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2018Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicant: Google LLCInventors: Brian Mulford, Nathan Frey, Alexandros Panagopoulos, Yinquan Hao, Yuan Zhang
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Patent number: 10733376Abstract: Systems and methods for delivering cross-site auto-play media are described herein. The server can receive, from a client device, a request for media content at a first domain embedded in a content element from a second domain. The request can include an identifier indicating that the client device is configured to restrict cross-domain redirection. The server can determine, responsive to identifying the identifier indicating that the client device is configured to restrict cross-domain redirection, that the request comprises a content type header having a first predetermined value. The server can generate, responsive to the determination, a response comprising the media content element in a body of the response. The server can transmit the response to the client device. Receipt of the response can cause the client device to extract the media content element from the body of the response and to render the media content element.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2017Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Murtaza Halai, Lloyd Dee Thompson, Brian Mulford, Armen Mkrtchyan
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Publication number: 20200050659Abstract: Systems and methods for delivering cross-site auto-play media are described herein. The server can receive, from a client device, a request for media content at a first domain embedded in a content element from a second domain. The request can include an identifier indicating that the client device is configured to restrict cross-domain redirection. The server can determine, responsive to identifying the identifier indicating that the client device is configured to restrict cross-domain redirection, that the request comprises a content type header having a first predetermined value. The server can generate, responsive to the determination, a response comprising the media content element in a body of the response. The server can transmit the response to the client device. Receipt of the response can cause the client device to extract the media content element from the body of the response and to render the media content element.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2017Publication date: February 13, 2020Applicant: Google LLCInventors: Murtaza Halai, Lloyd Thompson, Brian Mulford, Armen MKRTCHYAN
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Publication number: 20180253415Abstract: Systems and methods for delivering cross-site auto-play media are described herein. The server can receive, from a client device, a request for media content at a first domain embedded in a content element from a second domain. The request can include an identifier indicating that the client device is configured to restrict cross-domain redirection. The server can determine, responsive to identifying the identifier indicating that the client device is configured to restrict cross-domain redirection, that the request comprises a content type header having a first predetermined value. The server can generate, responsive to the determination, a response comprising the media content element in a body of the response. The server can transmit the response to the client device. Receipt of the response can cause the client device to extract the media content element from the body of the response and to render the media content element.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2017Publication date: September 6, 2018Applicant: Google Inc.Inventors: Murtaza Halai, Lloyd Dee Thompson, Brian Mulford, Armen Mkrtchyan
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Publication number: 20090244600Abstract: A system and a computer program product process billing documents and payments. The system includes one or more processors for processing billing documents and for processing payments, and one or more databases in communication with the one or more processors. The one or more databases store information generated by the one or more processors. The computer program product enables a computer system to process billing documents and payments. The computer system has a computer readable storage medium bearing software instructions. The computer program product has software instructions for enabling the computer system to perform predetermined operations, and the predetermined operations include: providing print rules that control the production of billing documents; providing remittance rules that control processing of the payments; and storing images related to the billing documents and the payments.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2008Publication date: October 1, 2009Inventors: Todd Haycock, April R. Sumner, Jeffrey B. Klaasen, Tracy A. Dalton, Brian Mulford