Patents by Inventor Christopher Bader-Wechseler

Christopher Bader-Wechseler 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: 9633016
    Abstract: A system and method for searching and playing multimedia content on a social network portal is disclosed. The system and method includes hosting a social network portal of a user, wherein the social network portal displays information of the user. The method further includes integrating, on the social network portal of the user, a multimedia controller. A selection or mouse-over of the multimedia controller initiates and controls the playback and selection of a multimedia item on an integrated multimedia player. The method also includes enabling a user to simultaneously navigate the social network portal and stream content via the integrated multimedia player. A user can also search for or request multimedia content via the multimedia controller and player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Vivek Paul Gundotra, Ajmal Arshan Asver, Christopher Bader-Wechseler, David Gary Besbris, William M. Biggs, David M. Cohen, Amar Gandhi, Brett Rolston Lider, Noam Lovinsky, Matthew Stephen Steiner
  • Publication number: 20150304268
    Abstract: Technology is directed to a social networking application for sharing secrets anonymously. The social networking application receives a message from a user, anonymizes the message to generate a secret and shares the secret with other users. The other users cannot know who posted the secret. A message can include multimedia content such as a text, an image, an audio, a video or a combination thereof. The secrets are displayed in a graphical user interface (GUI) as secret GUI components. A secret GUI component displays the secret in a particular format. In one example, a text of the secret is superimposed on an image or a background color of the secret in the secret GUI component. The secret GUI component includes GUI elements using which users can “love”/“heart”/“like” a secret and/or comment on the secret. The secret GUI component can display author-viewer relationship information or a location information of the author.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: David Byttow, Christopher Bader-Wechseler
  • Patent number: 8862679
    Abstract: Technology is directed to a social networking application for sharing secrets anonymously. A user can share content (“secret”) with other users of the social networking application anonymously. The other users may not know who posted the secret. A secret can include multimedia content, e.g., text or an image. Users can “love”/“heart” and/or comment on a secret. The social networking application assigns an unique avatar to each of the users who comment on a secret. In some embodiments, the avatars are assigned on random basis. An author of the secret is assigned a specific avatar. In some embodiments, authors of any of the secrets are assigned the same specific avatar. Each of the comments is displayed with an avatar assigned to the user who posted the corresponding comment. The avatars can also be assigned based on a theme, occasion, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Secret, Inc.
    Inventors: David Byttow, Christopher Bader-Wechseler
  • Publication number: 20130110929
    Abstract: A system and method for searching and playing multimedia content on a social network portal is disclosed. The system and method includes hosting a social network portal of a user, wherein the social network portal displays information of the user. The method further includes integrating, on the social network portal of the user, a multimedia controller. A selection or mouse-over of the multimedia controller initiates and controls the playback and selection of a multimedia item on an integrated multimedia player. The method also includes enabling a user to simultaneously navigate the social network portal and stream content via the integrated multimedia player. A user can also search for or request multimedia content via the multimedia controller and player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Vivek Paul Gundotra, Ajmal Arshan Asver, Christopher Bader-Wechseler, David Gary Besbris, William M. Biggs, David M. Cohen, Amar Gandhi, Brett Rolston Lider, Noam Lovinsky, Matthew Stephen Steiner